Eclectic Muddlehood

No, not those headlines. These headlines. I seriously just almost peed my pants laughing. At the second link, of course. I don’t even want to talk about the first link. Stephanie at Throwing Marshmallows has done a fabulous job addressing the first link. All I have to say about that is […]

I am exhausted.
Seriously exhausted.
But in a very positive way.   It is actually somewhat amusing to me that, as a year round homeschooler, I am being struck by the physical, mental and emotional adjustment period that is Back-To-School time.  Athena had no desire to take a break over the summer for more than a few days […]

Take the time to view this TED Talk video by Sir Ken Robinson.  He takes a humorous, yet pointed, look at what he believes to be the crux of the problem with the world’s public education systems.  Founded less than 2oo years ago as a response to the Industrial Revolution, public school systems were a […]

Two fellow homeschooling and blogging mothers suggest we rethink how we approach answering the most commonly and (as one of them points out) most carelessly asked question in opposition of the home education path.  Check out their responses to the “socialization question” at Survive the Experience and The Happy Homeschooler. These posts are elloquent […]

There is a certain stretch of Texas highway I occasionally traverse to and from various activities with the Triad that always simultaneously humors and sobers me with its ironic scenery.  Positioned on the same side of the road, less than two miles apart from each other, stand two institutional structures.  Both are for the most […]

The 2007 Homeschool Blog Awards are open for nominations from now until November 17th.  Please take the time to nominate your favorite sources of fun, inspiration, support, information and general homeschooling mayhem and reward your fellow bloggers for their wonderful efforts this year.

Once again, Big Daddy thinks I’ve lost my mind.  I am reviewing our long term homeschooling plans this week and began discussing a few educational travel plans with him.  He just smiles and nods as I prattle on about my latest list of homeschool fantasies and latest schemes for starting to save the cash.  I am […]

Every homeschooling family in America has at one time or another been questioned about their decision.  Such cross examinations often consist of the same handful of ill-informed questions regarding socialization, a parent’s ability to teach higher level mathematics or foreign languages, and the college admissions process.  Most homeschoolers quickly develop their standard list of reponses to teach […]

Why I am choosing to homeschool isn’t even the right question some days. During my short drive home from the grocery store this afternoon, the right question for me was who in their right mind would trust the physical, moral, ethical and spiritual development of their precious children to the public school system? Five miles […]