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Playing Hooky: Better Than School
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EXPLORING THE WORLD OF HOMESCHOOLING. Friday, November 16, 2007. It's always reassuring to learn that people with these ideas usually know very little about the reality of homeschooling. Some kids this way. Wallace's seven-year-old son was miserable in school, but when his parents inquired into teaching him at home they had to face an unsympathetic and all-too-powerful school board. After a few tense meetings and a lot of paperwork the board reluctantly allowed the Wallaces to homeschool Ishmael....I'm g...
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Playing Hooky: November 2007
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EXPLORING THE WORLD OF HOMESCHOOLING. Friday, November 30, 2007. Tuesday, November 27, 2007. Worry Less, Live More. My husband thinks I worry too much. Maybe he's right, although sometimes I'm just stating a fact ("Amelie is going to bed too late"), which my hubby quickly translates into worry-speak ("Amelie isn't getting enough sleep and will end up sick or slap-happy or the victim of some other terrible fate"). Who's the real worry wart? Today's mantra: Worry Less, Live More. Oh, and laugh more too.
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Playing Hooky: Happy Hanukkah
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EXPLORING THE WORLD OF HOMESCHOOLING. Thursday, December 6, 2007. Amelie is lucky. She gets two holidays, and that adds up to A LOT of presents. In my family, my brother and I were given a gift every night of the eight nights of Hanukkah. That's one big pile o' goods. After all, as Jewish kids we had Christmas to compete with, so we needed some good ammunition for our friends. ("Oh, yeah? Presents under the tree and in your socks? Well, we get a present every night for eight whole nights! And So It Goes.
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Playing Hooky: Reading to Flurry
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EXPLORING THE WORLD OF HOMESCHOOLING. Friday, November 30, 2007. December 6, 2007 at 7:13 PM. I wanted to let you know I added you to my Blog Roll. Thanks for adding me to yours! December 6, 2007 at 7:16 PM. Double thanks, Marla! I really enjoy your blog too. December 6, 2007 at 8:56 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). I'm a freelance writer-editor who likes the idea of giving her child a chance to be a freelance, free-thinking student. View my complete profile. Worry Less, Live More. And So It Goes.
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Playing Hooky: December 2007
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EXPLORING THE WORLD OF HOMESCHOOLING. Thursday, December 6, 2007. Amelie is lucky. She gets two holidays, and that adds up to A LOT of presents. In my family, my brother and I were given a gift every night of the eight nights of Hanukkah. That's one big pile o' goods. After all, as Jewish kids we had Christmas to compete with, so we needed some good ammunition for our friends. ("Oh, yeah? Presents under the tree and in your socks? Well, we get a present every night for eight whole nights! And So It Goes.
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Playing Hooky: July 2007
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EXPLORING THE WORLD OF HOMESCHOOLING. Tuesday, July 31, 2007. Look at What My Hubby Did! Allow me a moment to crow. My fabulous husband has published a book - a real live hardcover book with this sexy, glossy cover. Rocketeers: How a Visionary Band of Business Leaders, Engineers, and Pilots Is Boldly Privatizing Space. Check out the stellar review in this past weekend's Wall Street Journal. Is that cover some kind of sci-fi fantasy, or what? Friday, July 27, 2007. But What about College? The other day I ...
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Playing Hooky: Postcards from Abroad
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EXPLORING THE WORLD OF HOMESCHOOLING. Wednesday, March 5, 2008. As soon as I pronounce to the world that I'm ready to blog again, wouldn't you know it, I get swamped with freelance work, so swamped that I work all weekend until my butt is sore and I'm practically cross-eyed. And I'm not even out of the hole yet. Still digging. My job gives me wanderlust in the worst way. And come face to face with the Terra-Cotta Warriors of Xi'an. Okay, I'm definitely past the backpacking stage of my life (so twenties!
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Playing Hooky: Love Chat
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EXPLORING THE WORLD OF HOMESCHOOLING. Thursday, March 20, 2008. These little love fests are becoming more and more frequent lately. I'm basking in them. And what cheers me most is realizing that my daughter is reflecting what I give her right back at me. She gets these phrases from me, and she might not even know what "I'm proud of you" means but she absorbs the feeling in the words and returns it to me a thousandfold. Thanks for making me smile. April 29, 2008 at 3:45 PM. I'm in the same boat! Like I Ha...
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Playing Hooky: Alive and Kicking
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EXPLORING THE WORLD OF HOMESCHOOLING. Thursday, February 28, 2008. I was planning on calling this post "Back from the Dead," but I thought that might be too much of a downer. And it wouldn't mesh well with this cheery pic of Amelie painting at her easel. It's a "glass half full or half empty" kind of thing. Half full, it seems, is our winner tonight. This blog is once again a living, thriving, pixilated, virtual organism. I am breathing life back into it. Voila. Amelie: Deer, can you fly? Mama starts fla...
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Playing Hooky: September 2007
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EXPLORING THE WORLD OF HOMESCHOOLING. Tuesday, September 25, 2007. Working from home seemed like a far-fetched idea before I started doing it. But my husband insisted upon the freelance lifestyle for himself, being quite literally allergic. When we first started to consider homeschooling our daughter, I said to my husband, "Well, we're freelance writers. Why can't Amelie be a freelance student? It's a good life. It's a free life. Why should my daughter have anything less? Wednesday, September 19, 2007.