Why do I blog? Why do I write about gifted kids, gifted education and gifted homeschooling? Why do I need to write about it?
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Why I Blog
My Kid is NOT Average, and Pride Has Nothing to Do With It.
What can I say about the post, ‘My kid is average and I am oh so proud‘ ?
I can say that it makes me feel deeply uncomfortable. Maybe it’s the passive aggressive tone, maybe it’s the conflation of their child’s achievements and their own ego. I’m not sure.
What I think is damaging and breath-takingly dangerous about this post, is that it reinforces stereotypes that encourage discrimination and prejudice. Even if the opposite was the author’s intent. Which I’m not sure is the case.
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Musings on Tertiary Options
I wasn’t sure what to write for the blog-hop on ‘homeschooling gifted/2e kids into their teens’. I mean, C is almost 7, J is 2.5. They’re not exactly galloping towards teenager-hood at this time. But then I asked for some advice, and had a good think, and realised – I do have something to say. Because I have thought about some of the problems we’re sure to encounter. Continue reading “Musings on Tertiary Options”
Staying Motivated Throughout the Homeschool Year: How to Survive
Homeschooling can be brutal. This has nothing to do with teaching, or learning, exploring or creating. This has to do with sleep. Or rather – where did all that lovely shut-eye go?
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SF/Fantasy Gifted Homeschoolers Series: Have Spacesuit, Will Travel
This is part of a series of reviews on books that have gifted homeschoolers of one variety or another as protagonists. A few of these books are also actually sequels or one in a series. If so, I will say. As I explain here, not all these books will be suitable for children to read. But today’s book is one of the happy exceptions. Which is a Heinlein rarity!
Title: Have Spacesuit, Will Travel
Author: Robert A. Heinlein
Genre: SF
Disclaimer: This post may have links to buy books, because if you want to read this awesome books, I want to make it easier for you – I am a book-enabler.. But you can always hop over to your local library instead – libraries are cool.
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