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How many is "quite a few" and could you give a more detailed schedule and how religion will fit into each part? I'm still interested; if you don't mind an equally religious Jew being there. I won't be offended if I'm not wanted.
I'll send a PM so we can go back and forth if there are multiple questions.
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Yes there were be quite a few Christian prayers starting and ending and throughout.
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I'm curious about the Hive mind on this, if you were within driving distance would you attend? What would you like to have on the itinerary? Our weekend is almost all planned out, but there's some room to add something on Friday and I'm all ears on ideas.
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Northwest Well Trained Minders, and those who wish to travel,
You are invited to attend Homeschooling from Rest, a moms' retreat of encouragement and self-education. Homeschooling from Rest will be held on June 3-5 at Lake Retreat in Ravensdale, WA. CiRCE Institute trained teacher Jennifer Dow is our guest speaker. She will be presenting a talk on The History of Classical Education as well as Practical Tips for the Classical Homeschooler, and she will be doing some hands-on workshops. Do topics like nature study, poetry, fairy tales, mimetic lessons, Socratic dialogues, commonplace books, the 7 liberal arts, and homeschooling from rest through truth, goodness and beauty interest you? If so, come join us for an encouraging and educational weekend! Connect also through Facebook @HomeschoolingFromRest.
Eventbrite: Homeschooling from Rest
If anyone wants or needs tips on hosting a retreat in your area, talk to me. I'm learning a bunch! This is my first one, and so far planning it is a BLAST!
-Jennifer
Retreat Hostess
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Hello WA WTMers! You are invited to Homeschooling from Rest, a moms' retreat I am hosting June 3-5 in Ravensdale, WA. We have CiRCE Institute trained teacher, Jennifer Dow, as our guest who will be presenting workshops in nature study, teaching poetry, and her highlighting / note taking and commonplace book system. She will also be giving talks on the history of Classical Education and Practical tips to implement truth, goodness and beauty in the homeschool. Please join us!
Eventbrite: Homeschooling from Rest
-Jennifer
Retreat Hostess
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Do you get the Circe magazine? There is an article in the most recent issue about Dante. I haven't read it yet, but I skimmed a little and it looks really good!
I don't get the magazine but I was inspired to read it by a CiRCE podcast I listened to.
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Dante. It's not purposefully for Lent, but by God's grace I hope to be changed.
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My daughter wants to take an anime drawing course. Any suggestions?
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Pray for me a sinner
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I'll be back to read everyone's stories later. Our family conversion has a quite a story. The negativity was from our former church and a mysterious anonymous threat letter writer. The mystery is not solved, but we are all safe. We will be seeking counseling now in an attempt to recover and heal. Being part of the Church has a costly price, as the Gospel says, it's the Pearl of Great Price. Peace unto you and your journey. May all go according to God's will and may you be blessed despite the attempts to curse you.
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~~Vent Begins Now~~
When someone shuts down a perfectly civil discussion about a controversial topic by saying that the Deceiver is stirring us up, and since it's not a salvation issue we should just leave well enough alone. Really? You just called us all discussing this topic in a level headed manner Devil influenced pot stirrers. Grrrrrr! This was not done on TWTMF, this was done in a FB group I belong to. I called them on it, but I have a feeling that I'm going to be the bad guy now.
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They also have a political issue on their website as part of their SOF. (This isn't what it is, but it is comparable to saying, 'We believe the Republican Way is the only Christian way." Another deal breaker for me.)
Gag!
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I think by CC, you mean Classical Conversations? To refresh your memory, I test out as an ambiguous INT/FJ. In fact, I did the test again when you started this thread and I came out INTJ this time, but right on the border in T/F as always. :) I am a girl who loves an organized system, and I can very much relate to what you are saying here. The co-op I belong to is enrichment-based. It is the only reason I have happily meshed there for so many years. I have considered other co-ops before, including a CC one and a Classical one (I drool over the idea that they have Latin there!) However, I have never gone beyond reading their fact pages, because I chaffe at following someone else's plan. I know this will not suit me; it's a major reason I homeschooled in the first place. I smugly expect my plan to be ideal. ;)
The co-op I belong to is all enrichment (except they do have a high school tutorial that is credit classes). So, every semester, I can choose from a variety of "specials," such as dance, P.E., martial arts, drawing, knitting, Lego engineering, photography (I teach that one!), chorus, drama, etc. The offerings vary and some of the teachers are in-house, while others are outside teachers. Over the years, there have been awesome classes and not-super-awesome classes offered, but there has almost always been a good enough variety that my kids could be busy all day on co-op day. At one point, I felt that the class offerings were becoming low quality; the board member who held that job offered to resign. I took the job. So I was a board member for two years, mainly because I didn't think the system was optimal. Since my tenure, two other members have held that job and it has only gotten better and better. It is currently the best version it has ever been! :)
Yes, CC, meaning Classical Conversations. The Latin gets me too. I've tried to do Latin on my own, and...nope. They offer it in Challenge A, which is my big kerbobble decision because that is where my middle two would go next year. There is next to no flexibility once you get to Challenge A. I think I will go insane, especially because the catechism is based on a book that is creationist in its rhetoric. I don't like the way creationist books are worded with the inclusion of exclamation points ad nauseum. They are so condescending toward the scientific community and "some Christians," in which the author is referring to my family and I. For these reasons I'm skeptical that I can handle it. But, there are those pulls like Latin, discussion/conversation with peers, Logic, memorizing the body parts (my daughter wants to become a nurse), memorizing the world map...All of these things seem impossible to do on our own. Do you see how I analyze this thing to death?
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I will add, though, that I have to weigh my own desires with what's best for the kids. My last one at home is a total E and that's requiring some bloodletting on my part!
This is where I get hung up. I feel my kids need a co-op, so I go searching for one and sign up, then halfway through or sooner I feel choked by the commitment and it starts to feel like a yoke I do not want to guide me.
For next year, I'm trying to put together a group that meets just once a month for presentations.
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Can I resurrect my own thread? I've been mulling over this ever since I started this thread. Do we have any new participants who would like to chime in?
I'm mostly curious about how you made co-oping or not co-oping work in your family. We are part of a CC community currently. I like being part of a community, but I don't like the restraints I feel, whether real or imagined, to follow someone else's plan. I get bogged down with questioning everything and analyzing everything. I'm constantly thinking about how to improve the program. I'm pretty sure it's an INTJ personality trait to not be tied down to anyone else's plan, and I'm wondering if I should just face the music and live within my personality confines and not sign up for a group next year, at least one that has a plan I must follow, even if somewhat loosely. I need to come to terms with how I can and cannot function well. I get so kerbobbled when I'm tied down to someone else's plan. Tell me it's ok to be me. Tell me if you have overcome a similar struggle to be your INTJ self.
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Even better would be if my family went on vacation every 6 weeks without me!!!
My husband and kids take a trip the weekend before school starts so I can get all set up and organized.
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I have great longevity for joining in. I have been in the same co-op for my entire hs journey, since my oldest child was Kindergarten.
Wow! If you ever get down about the quirks of being INFJ, you can be grateful for this. I can't imagine a group I could unite with like that. Maybe if there was a small group of deep thinking Orthodox homeschoolers who prefer classical but are not dogmatic and rigid about it and who are dedicated, hard working and creative, I could imagine the possibility.
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Haha!
Few weeks ago I was waiting for my kid at drama class. Usually nobody waits, but that day there were a few people. Two women were going on and on and on andddddddd ON about something. I thought to myself oh gawd shoot me. I'm not dissing the fact they were talking, but the stuff they were talking about was killing me. One woman was talking about how she didn't want to tattoo her breasts because she didn't want her daughter seeing that and sending a bad message. And on and on. So they left finally. There was one other woman left in the room. She mumbled under her breath "oh my god did you ever hear anything more annoying". I thought wow...maybe another one of my kind. Maybe this woman could be a friend (three years from now when I decide to talk to her). :lol:
I also hate it when I'm in a waiting room and someone comes in with their kid playing on a device with the sound up. When did this become socially acceptable? I was looking forward to sitting in this comfy chair, just me and my thoughts while my kids get their teeth cleaned and I hear beepety beep beep beep. I want to take that thing and throw it out the window!
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Making small talk is my idea of hell on earth
Preach! Small talk? Just kill me now.
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If you want to stick w/ a group for a year/be consistent, I think you just need to remind yourself that you are reaching a lot of your goals & that this one particular thing can be ok (doesn't have to be perfect) & still meet the need (which, in this case, is for your child instead of for you).
Great perspective! Thanks!
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I think a homeschool childhood would be ideal, what an awesome childhood. One can study all.day.long, from your own interests and in your own way! Yes, I agree, I should have liked to have been homeschooled.I wonder why that is?
I am very much an INTJ. I think my lowest percentage is 76%. In my case it was because I'd wished I was homeschooled. Maybe that is more likely to be true of INTJ's?
INTJs are perfectionists. Certainly the public schools leave an INTJ feeling uneasy, unless of course it's perfect for your family.
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J/P is my weakest of the 4 modalities, at 25% J, the INT is strong in this one.
I work outside the home 4 hrs per day, own a business. I have one child (of 3 currently HSing) who strongly wants and asks for group/co-op stuff. Also, since I'm gone for a portion of the day, meeting day breaks that up a bit. I would prefer not to do groups, but I force myself. Inevitably, I find something "wrong" with the group and I switch or create my own or do a group less year.
If I was honest I would admit that I homeschool for myself. I like the challenge and I like learning new things, integrating my own interests into our together time, I like spending time with the kids and at home, and I can't stand institutions like public school with so many flaws. I think my kids benefit from it, and get a great childhood reading awesome books, but I get most of the benefit I think.
I struggle with sticking to a group and I ask myself constantly if I'm short changing my kids of a consistent peer group.
Help.
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INTJ is a rare personality type, but well represented on this forum. This personality type is introverted, intuitive, thinking, judging.
Take the test here:
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INTJs, why do you homeschool? For the sake of the kids, do you engage with groups like co-op, CC community, play groups, field trip groups, etc? If so, how do you get along with your group? Are you able to stick with one group very long? If you don't do groups, how does that play out with the kids?
Long time no chat!
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Hey everyone! I haven't been over here for 9 months! I stopped going on the General Board because I didn't feel I could engage in any of the conversations productively. What's the atmosphere over there like lately? Have you all been over there engaging in conversations? I don't consider myself a classical homeschooler anymore either, so it seems weird to engage on the board. I'm a Charlotte Mason homeschooler now. I feel like being Orthodox led me to a more restful method that has the foundation of guidance from the Holy Spirit as the final and most important principle.
Anyway, I stayed home from church today due to a backache and since I can't partake of the Eucharist I thought I would write a little article of "Thanksgiving" about being Orthodox and homeschooling the Charlotte Mason way. I wanted to include the "Help I think I'm a post evangelical" thread in the article for reference, so I came over here on the forums to find it, and I can't find it. Did they get rid of all the old threads?
I hope you are all well. I keep up with some of you on Facebook, but not Milovany. How are you? <3 you all! Happy Lent.