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And a vignette - my dh went to the TX Homeschool Conference a couple of years ago to listen to & be inspired by SWB. I warned him to stay away from several of the other speakers as their life philosophies are radically different from ours. He didn't listen to little ol' moi and was completely dissed by a female speaker who literally turned her back on him when she found out that he *actually* <gasp> teaches his children. And <horror of horrors> his wife (me for those of you keeping score at home) *actually* works.
So, here's to all the homeschooling dads. (imagine a smiley hefting a beer glass).
Thanks for your support!
:hurray:
I've also had moms turn their backs, although not in the same context. It used to happen when I was waiting outside to pick up DD from K (her only PS grade). I'd be chatting, and mid-conversation, I'd be set adrift so the mom I was talking to could go talk to another mom. I'm not talking about the usual polite lapses in conversation, either.
Some don't believe me, but when one mom I've known for a while met me at a nature center program, she saw it happen and was aghast. Because she talked to me, every other mom there physically moved away from us, and did not speak to us for the rest of the program. She was stunned. I just shrugged.
BTW --I saw SWB speak at a little college in PA -- truly awesome.
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The guys on NPR Car Talk love the Mini, but if you're talking snow, I'd get a Subaru. We put a quarter million miles on our last one.
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Hmm...if I heard the term homeschool dad, I would think "dad who homeschools". Not the outside working spouse of a mom who homeschools. Unless said spouse actually did some of the homeschool. Then that would be ok.
My DH would never call himself a "homeschool dad". He does say "we homeschool" though, meaning as a family our family chooses to homeschool.
You're right, and your DH is right. I only bring it up as an issue because the site referenced in the top post does not take that view, nor does a segment of the HS parent population I've encountered.
I was at a curriculum sale once and was chatting with some moms. Here's the Spark Notes -- no, wait, let me date myself...the Monarch Notes version:
Me: "blah blah, yeah, there aren't too many HS dads in this area, blah blah..."
Moms: "Oh, that's not true! We know many."
Me: "You mean fulltime fathers who actually DO the HSing? Super! I had no idea! I'd like to meet them!"
Moms: "No, we've never actually met a father who does the homeschooling."
So there ya go.
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I don't know. My dh is a medical student, soon to be doctor and I have referred to myself as a med student wife and heard of other woman refer to themselves as doctor wives. Also military wives of various sorts. I don't really find it offensive, although I am sorry you do. Mostly I see it used when that particular lifestyle is different than the norm and affects the whole family, and I do feel that homeschooling falls into this (along with medicine, military, etc.) Just my opinion, though. I'm sorry it offends you or that you find it sexist.
Using the examples from my post ("lawyer mom" or "dentist mom"), "doctor wives" is not in the same category. What if you were called a "med student mom," which does fit with my original examples. Are you then still the spouse of the med student, or the mom of the med student?
Yes, it's semantics, but isn't that what we're teaching at home anyway? Words matter, especially to whom they apply.
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I just did a tracert (fun for your kids if you want to see just how a request gets from browser to site), and it REALLY hung and timed out after about the third hop. Based on the IP address of forums.welltrinedmind.com, it would appear I am trying to access a server or servers run by CloudFlare in San Jose, Costa Rica. Well, at least some of the servers are in Costa Rica -- CloudFlare seems to be US based, and it most likely the company hosting this site.
With the sheer complexity of the net in general, not to mention a gazillion people viewing the new ACA sites, i think it's just moving marbles through a straw (watermelon through a snake? IDK, pick your simile), and will clear at some point.
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Um... One of my daughters looks caucasian - has light brown hair and brown eyes....and she's half-Korean. Her last name is also Korean. Will she have a hard time explaining her background later?
Excellent point, and to go down a parallel path, how about self-identification that's entwined with geopolitics? I would think a Tibetan identifies as Tibetan, even though a Chinese official might identify her as Chinese. And don't even get me started on the African and Middle Eastern tribes that were randomly carved up into countries by the Anglo empires of old. THAT sure has worked out well.
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I just had rant-post on that site about the term "homeschool dads." I understand the common usage -- the working father of a mom who homeschools -- because dads who actually DO the HSing are an extreme minority. My username not AHomeschoolDad because I am one of so many.
However, I must speak out against using "homeschool dad" to represent the working spouse of a mother who homeschools. Are "lawyer mom" or "dentist mom" used....have they been used to describe the wife of a man in a particular profession....at least since, say 1950...if ever?
Then again, perhaps I shouldn't worry about it, which kinda sounds like what women have heard in response to workplace misogyny since about forever, or at least until Gloria Allred can get in there and crack some heads.
Sorry, it just ticks me off.
:mad:
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OK, so my post went in the wrong forum there. And thus, kids, we see the danger of multiple browser tabs after a long day. I will go quietly....
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Dh and I are the Benevolent Overlords. :laugh:
Beat me to it - I use "benevolent dictatorship." I suppose benevolent oligarchy might work.
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I just found a great page for this topic in National Geographic.
Click on any face to see how that person self identifies.
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yeah scam alert.
was she calling from Nigeria?
Hey! I get email from an uncle in Nigeria. He says I'm his long losf heir. Seems legit.
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Googling "natural gas rate scams" brings up a ton of results. Buyer beware.
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Don't do it! It's a trap!
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I have no idea why that posted twice....
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If I really count from the beginning, my father's last name started from one Edward de Veci, who sailed from Normandy to abritain with William I. So maybe I'm English? Or French? Or for that matter, is any current Brit not Saxon, or Norman, or..?
It may come from our relative junior status as a nation. 300 years - big deal. I was in a functioning church in Britain that was a THOUSAND years old. Everyone here is from somewhere else, although it's more likely their great-grandparents are the ones who immigrated. Perhaps self-identifying as an "original" ethnicity is a way to feel unique in what is really a hodgepodge. We're mostly mutts.
With such a huge and diverse country, the appeal of being part of a tribe - ethnic, sports fanatic, political ploarity, religion, etc. - must fill a deep need in the more primative parts of our brains.
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My GM always felt better after eating cherry pie. Turns out there is a connection:
http://www.arthritistoday.org/what-you-can-do/eating-well/arthritis-diet/cherries.php
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Ya know why I can't imagine divorce? It's because every time I opened my eyes during each of my several hospital stays over the past 3 years, DW was there.
It's that simple, and not so simple.
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My SIL has an odd relationship with her ex. He's 10 years older; they knew each other a year before marriage; three sons later, and a month after his mom died, he comes out; living with his partner now and contributes little to his kids. Stupid schmuck.
I can't say I get the disconnect some fathers have.
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My 7 year old takes a once a week piano class and other wise we just have music on, mostly classical and instrumental, in the morning every day. Hmm should I be doing more?
Trust your gut. At 7, if you push too hard, he may grow to hate it all.
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My kids started the recorder this last year.it's taught them the notes and how to read music, and they really have fun with all the songs they learn.
We also enjoy Beethoven's Wig, the classical kid series, and various other cLassical CDs.
Recorder Karate is a great book. DD did that one summer. We still listen to Beethoven's Wig!
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There must be organic in Chicago -- it has the population to support it. Try www.eatwild.com/products/illinois.html, or www.freshpicks.com.
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I'd go for Saxon because it's spiral, reinforcing prior concepts as new ones are introduced -- exactly what is NOT done in many PS math classes. One caveat -- look for the older editions used on Amazon/Ebay. There are many compliants that once Saxon died and a new publisher put out his books, the content just wasn't the same. It may also take some experimentation -- we started Saxon 2nd grade in 1st grade. Depends on the kid.
I haven't had trouble teaching Saxon, and I'm an old English major who managed to not take any math past high school. You can get a Saxon teacher DVD that lays everything out step by step, too.
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DW is a middle school bad director, so DD plays french horn for DW's concerts, and fifth bass drum in the school's percussion ensemble. Tried Suzuki violin early on -- not the right fit. Tried piano -- not the right fit, although we still use it all the time for choir and horn practice. We bought a good upright used from a college music program that gets rid of practice room painos on a regular basis.
This year, DD auditioned into the Advanced choir of the NJ Youth Chorus, having gone through their apprentice and intermediate programs over 5 years. This is pretty much the center of our music study now, since NJYC Advanced does crazy-hard literature and has heavy gigs with orchestras and such. I just consider practice as a scheduled subject of the day, so we get in about 45 min, depending on how many pieces are in the folder at the time.
Not so much luck with theory programs. Music Ace got a bit boring, but I think there's untapped potential there. I think theory may be more of an organic thing, working with DW and DD's conductor as needed. I played though college, but I'm pretty useless if you throw too many squiggles into the key signature.
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It's always a mixed tote-bag. DD will float from deep stuff to fluff and back. I usually poke around and add some to the pile, and to be sure, some are winners, some aren't, but DD looks at every one and has really latched on to some titles I found just by chance.
Windows software dept. Funny.
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Social engineering is a time-honored hacking trick. Usually it's a call to your cubicle from "Bob in IT" who just needs your login to run a quick diagnostic. Of course, Bob is really in Kosovo and just got into the corporate network.