Simon and Garfunkel in my head now, where have you gone?
Been busy, typical excuse, right? Dealing with Stress, Worry, and Anguish. Part of the other family of drawves, the ones Snow White missed visiting, they're still talking about it btw. The family finishes out with Pity, Remorse, Regret, and Woe. They don't sing HiHo, HiHo, they sing Oh,no, Oh, no. Okay, I'm partially kidding. But not about the drawves, they mumble in the forest from time-to-time.
School, oh yeah, school. This is a been a great year, really. We've already finished two subjects, Discovery of Deduction (from Classical Academic Press), and Harmony Fine Arts Medieval/Renaissance Art History.
We discovered a great fit for our writing program, Writing with Skill. We started with a free sample from Peace Hill Press, finished the seven weeks, and plan on continuing with it is as soon as I order the books.
We started on our study of Japanese with Irasshai, which is awesome! We're going to have a few changes in the lineup, which I will discuss once they are in place.
I also readily planning 2012-2013 year. It will be high school, I have some reading ahead to do. We're going back to ancient history and spending most of our time on Greece & Egypt. We're moving ahead to Geometry, or backward as the two texts I'm considering are from 1965 and 1985. We might even delve into some Euclid if we have time. (bites fingernails, has a small panic attack, "Time, who has time?!")
Our block schedule is working out well. My biggest concerns are the weekly rotating classes. I'm not sure how I'm to deal with that quite yet. The session classes are going well. I plan on scheduling in a similar fashion next year, probably a Fall, Winter, and Spring term.
As this year passes into memory, I'm excited for the progress we've made. I also look forward to the new year and promise that it brings.
