Luanne Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Do you have a set of goals you want to achieve for your own education? or do you just wing it and study at the time whatever strikes your fancy? Do you have a schedule made up or at least goals and when you want to achieve the goals? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beezus Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 No, I don't have any particular goals for myself at the moment; I just follow my muse. I do read to stay ahead of my kiddo with whatever she will be doing for school, so we can discuss things together in adequate detail. Kathleen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayne J Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 I definately set goals. Now, whether or not I meet those goals, or write a new set...:D I have set myself grand goals in the past and never met them. I found that looking up at Mount Parnassus was overwhelming, and I quit. So now I try to set an overall direction (basically I want to lead where I want my children to follow) and take baby steps. I do have an overarching plan (self education 101 in The Latin Centered Curriculum) and when I have accomplished that, then I have other things I'd like to pursue. I also leave lots of room for my personal, changable interests. I am finally coming to a point in my life where I realize I can't do it ALL, so I am plucking away what is good and leaving what is best, as best as I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedarmom Posted October 21, 2009 Share Posted October 21, 2009 Set goals. Sometimes I switch if I am getting bogged down, but I try and always have some goals. I try and read a Great Book or History Book for 30 minutes 4 x a week and do at least one lesson in LoF 4 x a week. And maybe some Latin, but I'm sort of discouraged on the Latin front and giving it a breaK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pageta Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I plan, but I like having a plan. My latest plan is going through many of the Ambleside selections, starting with Year 11 (since its language the most familiar and thus easiest to do - the older a book is, the harder it is to read due to the changes in language). I like having the variety. I generally just get stuck doing literature and such because I have no idea what books in other genres to read, or I see so many in literature that I don't have time for anything else. I did read (and enjoy) the Well-Educated Mind, but I wasn't really crazy about many of the literature selections, especially those in the 20th century. Bottom line, I plan, but if I find a plan that excites me more, I switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peela Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 I try and read some books ahead of my kids (now teens) and I read aloud the ones I want to cover in depth with them, often. However, as far as self education goes, I follow what I am drawn to. I dont read fluff, romance novels (well, apart from Twilight recently) and I dont read novels much at all, but I am always reading something. I tried to be systematic for a while, but I gave up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DianeJM Posted October 22, 2009 Share Posted October 22, 2009 My plan is to learn the whole cycle of history, and to read much of the literature as well goes with it. I didn't get the greatest education myself, and I'm hoping to correct some of that. Didn't learn the entirety of history, chronologically, and definitely didn't get a clue as to the intertwining of Biblical history with world history. I'm looking forward to it, we start next year with ancients and I'm searching for how to make it a great study. I only have my youngest now, so it will be just me and him, unless I start some sort of a a co-op, which I really would like to do so that he will have other kids to learn with. I've been homeschooling 15 years, and didn't have the big picture in mind when I started -- not until recently have I figured out that I want to be in on the learning! Late bloomer here :blushing:, but I'm excited about it. Hey, I'm investing all this time, I want to learn it too-lol. I don't have specific goals for myself; I think I'll just leave it loose with just the overall goal of learning it along with ds. But I will be adamant that we will be orderly and deliberate about what we study. Looking forward to starting at the beginning and going from there. At the same time, I try to take things one year at a time and avoid super long range planning..... but I do have a progression in mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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