Bad Day for Pubic School
I used to quip that I could write faster than I could read. And it was almost true.I've been a fairly good typist ever since I taught myself by attempting to write a mystery novel at age 10 or so. I got to 83 pages of single-spaced text. That's when I went back to read what I had written. Horrified by my pathetic prose, I abandoned the project.But reading blogs has forced me to learn how to skim. So my reading speed has much improved. I hope the same is true of my writing. That said...While burning through hundreds of posts in my RSS reader this week, I saw a recurring theme: Major problems within public schools. Things like

When School Starts
...and other reasons to homeschoolI attended a small Christian school for kindergarten.But I started late.I was "held back" a year because of my September birthday. And from what I've been reading over the past week, I'm really glad my parents kept me back.Since I had some downtime while out in California, I picked up Outliers. I've wanted to read it for a while now. Malcolm Gladwell has some pretty brilliant insights into the world. In this book, Gladwell points to--among other things--the inherent

In Loving Memory...
I was gone since Saturday morning because I was in California for my father-in-law's memorial service.For those of you who are friends with my wife on Facebook, that isn't a big surprise. For the rest of you... that may have come out of the blue. Sorry about that. Sometimes it's hard for me to know how to give you the heads up on stuff.That's why I didn't post Monday or Tuesday.But back to my father-in-law. Rather than bore you with any tidbits I could piece together, I would like to share his blog with you. He started it in March and has a few updates now and again. All of them insightful and interesting.

Sonlight's College Scholarships
College tuition costs are huge. That's why scholarships are so helpful. I was awarded an academic scholarship as well as a small sports scholarship for swimming. That money ultimately paid for almost a complete year at my university. Talk about a major blessing!Are there college scholarship opportunities for homeschoolers?Well, I know there's at least one! Sonlight is giving away thirteen scholarships this year. These scholarships range from $1,000 to $5,000 a year for up to four years of your college career.You can apply for these scholarships if you have used at least five Sonlight Core programs ov

Lying for God
I first bumped into Greg early in my Sonlight blogging career because someone linked to one of his anti-homeschool posts. Interested in hearing his dissenting opinion, I was even more pleased to discover that he was a huge anti-creationist as well.I've been happily following him ever since.And honestly, if you can get beyond the language that slips in--and pours out in the comments--it is fascinating to browse his posts. Like the one from yesterday about a common Christian lie. You've heard the