Two days in the life of a home schooling fourteen year old:
Her Facebook Status Tuesday:
HUGE day! Reading on chair, reading on couch, reading in passenger's seat of van, reading in the very back seat of the van, more reading in the passenger's seat, lunch at Panera, even more reading in the passenger's seat, shopping at Kohl's, reading in the passenger's seat, shopping at Walmart, reading in the passenger's seat, Bob Levy lecture, now I'm home, and will probably read in bed. Lots of time w/ Mommy, and it was great! ♥
Car Schooling Tuesday:
~Woke up, breakfast, family work, read the Kite Runner, took notes, researched, and checked Facebook a couple times to say hi to friends. Went with mom to get x-rays after lunch, watched, learned, and asked questions. Read and studied while driving around doing errands. Spent some time memorizing new music notes, and mom tested me on them while eating an early dinner at Panera Bread. Stopped by Kohl’s and got some new clothes. Back in the car, I read aloud the TJEd for Teens book to Mom and we discussed the chapter on acquiring 5,000 hours of study in the Teen Scholar Phase, what a specialized education is, and the difference between intellect and intelligence.
The discussion today led us to deciding that I would sign up for Aleks Math Online, with TJEd.org. We finished up the day by attending a lecture on the Constitution and its relevance, with speaker Robert Levy, President of CATO Institute.
Mr. Levy is like a Rock Star in our teen circle. My daughter and her friend were happy to have their picture taken with him!
Back home at 9pm, I am finishing writing a paper on Survival vs. Goodness for my Mentor Meeting with Ms. Black tomorrow. The paper has been developed based on the book Ender's Shadow and our discussions that followed; my Mentor hopes to publish the paper at the Center for Social Leadership, Youth site. http://www.thesocialleader.com/
Tutor & Private Lesson Wednesday:
~Woke up, family work, headed over to the Island Racket Club for my 10am tennis lesson. I played well in the cold today, then came home for a quick shower. My piano tutor came at 11:45 for my piano lesson, and after that I spent a half hour watching and playing with my nephews. At 1:30 I met with Ms. Black, online, for my weekly Mentor Meeting. We discussed my schedule and the TJEd Planner, followed by a book discussion on my current read, The Kite Runner. We went over a paper I am writing on Survival vs. Goodness, inspired by the book Ender's Shadow; she is helping me develop my thoughts deeper. Ms. Black will be critiquing my paper over the next week and I’ll get my results next Wednesday. We also discussed my music studies and the TJEd for Teen’s chapter that I read with mom in the car yesterday. After our meeting I studied voice and finished my voice lesson homework. At 4:30 I had a voice lesson, then after I read a little more in the Kite Runner and spent the next few hours writing for fun. I’ve been writing a novel and finally finished chapter 19. It's 227 pages so far. Then this evening I watched the President on TV, from the Tucson and America Memorial for the Arizona shooting victims with mom and dad. Afterwards, we had a small discussion about it.
We work hard to group all of our daughters private tutoring lessons on the same day and all of them, except tennis, are in our home, the tutors come to us. This way, the rest of the week, she can stay in the flow of choosing what she studies during her blocked off home schooling time. Also, this stops us from running in and out of the house the rest of the week. The only other day we leave, is every other Friday afternoon, for her 4H Club Meetings.
Posted by: Patti | 12 January 2011 at 11:43 PM