Do we have any self-educators on this board?

[BritAnnia]

I know many here work ahead of their dc's planned studies for better understanding and teaching later on. I was wondering if anyone here is studying something purely for their own pleasure.

I am not homeschooling this year so I have time to myself each day. I was thinking of putting that time towards educating ME.

[Nan in Mass]

I'm usually studying something for my own pleasure. It is lovely not to have to pull the children along with me GRIN. Usually it is art or music or languages or anthropology or natural history.

[yslek]

Last year I took a course on the History of the English Language through the U of Wisc Independent Learning program. It was interesting, but demanding, and I had to take an extension to finish. I'd love to take their Latin courses, but don't have the $$$ right now, and probably not the time, either. (Dh is finishing up his degree right now.)

 

I did enroll in the Master Knitter level 1 program through The Knitting Guild of America, but haven't actually done much work on it recently. :)

 

Kelsy

[Michelle in MO]

into a graduate program, but am applying to a different program instead, which is going to require a little more work on my part.

 

I just enrolled in a beginning Latin class through the University of Georgia--a distance learning option. I've done h.s. Latin through Henle I with my dd's---now this will be studying it for myself, with Wheelock's.

 

I'm also reading and re-reading through as many works of American and British Lit. as I possibly can, in order to prepare for the GRE Subject Test in English Lit. I just finished Beowulf and am now reading (and enjoying!--it's a hoot!) The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin.

[Kareni]

Here's a great recent thread on that very topic: What are you doing for self education?

Regards,

Kareni

[elegantlion]

I have my hands in too many things right now. My focus is working through an old Dolciani pre-algebra program right now.

[Grace is Sufficient]

I hope to do much more when the kids (now 9th and 10th grade) are no longer my educational responsibility.

 

For now, although I have wonderful resources for both Great Books and history, I'm doing things that are a little easier since I'm not able to concentrate on it as much as I hope to in a few years.

 

I'm working through Rod & Staff English 7 and 8 because I would like a deeper knowledge of grammar, and Rosetta Stone Spanish because it's convenient and easy to learn, and one of the more useful languages in the U.S. at this point.

 

I try to do a little most days, but don't always succeed.

[Beth in SW WA]

Rosetta Stone Spanish

 

Do you have the new Version 3 for homeschool. I'm seriously considering Spanish as our modern foreign language w/ RS.

Christmas present for the family perhaps...

 

As far as self-education, I'm reading tons of history & lit ahead of my kids. That is all I have time for at this junction.

 

Latin, who are we kidding? I'll let Mr. Spotts take take care of that. My dream of re-learning algebra is not going to happen either. My ds is light years ahead of me already. I give up :)

[Pamela H in Texas]

I have in the past....various subjects.

 

This year though, I started school myself--like for a degree. So it's not necessarily what I WANT to study, but what I NEED to study. SO far, it's GREAT though. I might think differently when I get to certain other subjects though.

[Grace is Sufficient]

Do you have the new Version 3 for homeschool. I'm seriously considering Spanish as our modern foreign language w/ RS.

Christmas present for the family perhaps...

 

 

No, I have the old Version 2, but it works okay. I've struggled with the Student Management System at times, though. I don't know what the differences are between the two versions.