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Mom, could you homeschool me?
I knew we had to do something when, early in the school year, the younger son asked me to homeschool him. When I asked him why, there was the range of answers that included he’s not looking forward to...
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Partial perfectionism
The younger son had forgotten a text book which he needed to do an assignment, so I told him that he should get done what he could and try to finish it up in the morning. But mom…she doesn’t accept...
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The Christmas Aftermath
Christmas presents are better when they have an element of DIY. The younger son is learning how to replace a laptop screen…
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World’s Worst Officemate
I have been working at home, trying to finish up this PhD thing once and for all. Earlier this year, the place I worked was shut down and so I figured that if I had any desire to stay in academia...
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Fun conversations with younger son
Part of the fun of hanging out with my offspring for part of the day is the entertaining conversations we get to have. When he was younger, he had some awfully adorable misconceptions that resulted in...
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Adventures in high school classes
The younger son was very adamant that he wanted to take high school biology this year. He wasn’t in my face about it, but whenever the question was put to him about whether he was sure he wanted to do...
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Meet the old math, same as the new math
The younger son is beginning adventures in algebra, and I had a hard decision to make. He’d been using computer-based programs to learn math, but Mike and I decided we didn’t want to go that route any...
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Conversations with the kid
Younger son: “I don’t care if Tesla was smarter than you, I still love you.” Me: “But he was only just a bit smarter, right?” Younger son: “Nope. He was a lot smarter. You just do physics.” Me: “I...
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Mercurial biology text
Younger son was reading through some biology homework when he suddenly pipes up, “Mom! Did you know you need mercury in your blood?” I was of course quite shocked at his proclamation because that just...
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How to get something accomplished
I’ve been wondering why I felt like I got little of what I wanted done the beginning of the year, but the past four or five months have been amazingly productive. Part of that is, of course, due to...
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