Yet another reason I love homeschooling: Asa didn't do so hot on last week's math test. Instead of just having to move on and keep truckin', we backed up and repeated last week's lessons. His response today was excitement for really knowing the material, and his outlook on being "good at math" is positive. At the end of the week, we will repeat the test and average the two. What is more important, knowing that someone can learn something within a certain amount of days, or mastering it so you can apply your knowledge to future math mastery? Yeah, homeschooling is seriously fantastic.
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Addison is doing a chronological, history-based science program. In it, he is currently learning about 1st century C.E. Alexandria . He was supposed to read today's chapter, and then write a short essay, "Would you like to live in Alexandria in 1st century C.E.? What would you like to see? What would be some likely activities?" Based on the reading, it would be a great place to live. Addison hit Google, and looked up future events in Alexandria. He then wrote his paper stating that he would NOT want to live there, due to the Kitos War, which would destroy much of the city a century later... but then went on to explain the activities that he would do if he did.
I had great teachers that could think outside the box and knew their stuff well enough to really be effective. I also had a few that just wanted to grade a paper based on the answer in the answer book. Addison would DEFINITELY not fare well in a class taught by the latter.
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