Re: Can You Name All 53 States?
From: Shel Register (mostexcellentmom_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 08/10/04
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Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:55:40 GMT
Okay, I'm new to this group and probably am fixing to stick my nose in
something that is only going to get it punched, but far be it from me to
keep my mouth shut (hubby will vouch for that one).
Good answer, you DO ask them about what they're learning. If that makes you
and your daughter geeks, at least you're EDUCATED geeks. My kids and I are
the same way, more so my daughter than my son (God forbid my teenage son
should get caught dead talking to his mother in a civil tone). I work at
home thank goodness, and it gives me the ability to be more involved in my
children's lives than I'm sure they would like. But, even when I was still
in an office I made it a point to stay involved in the curriculum and other
happenings in my kids' schooling. Stranger still, I actually read their
textbooks and see how my brain stacks up to what's being taught today. Yep,
they think I'm weird (voluntarily subjecting myself to the horrors of
actually learning something), and I tell them it's because I want to see
what they're taught versus what I was taught. I don't know how old the rest
of you are, nor whether you have children or not. But for those of you that
have teenagers, check out some of their books (especially Geography). You'd
be amazed what a teenager could teach you that you were SURE you already
knew.
As for your comment about getting slammed for "braying about" you and your
daughter's intelligence, BRAY ON. Last time I checked (at least down here
in Florida), an education and intelligence were something to be PROUD of.
Kudos to you for actually taking on the challenge of home schooling, I wish
you BOTH all the luck in the world!!!
Shel
Bellatrix Lestrange, CMT wrote in message
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>clj1219@aol.com78946321 (CLJ1219) wrote in message
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>> So, again, the question
>> is, how do we know for certain that our kids aren't being taught the same
>> things!
>>
>> Carol
>
>Ummm, you ask them? The children, that is.
>
>So maybe my geek-daughter and I are weird? We talk to each other.
>I've never worried about what she was or wasn't learning in school;
>she tells me, and if she isn't learning what she needs to know, I
>teach her. [Of course this is all moot at this point: we've chosen
>to homeschool for the next 2 years.]
>
>Of course if I go on about that in any more detail, I'll be accused
>yet again of braying about my intelligence, her intelligence, etc., ad
>infinitum, ad nauseaum.
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