displace Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 #homeschoolfail I blame my recent illness for not realizing this until this afternoon. At least I got through a really productive school day without guilt. I would not have been able to take a Holiday today anyway because of aforementioned recent illness and time off recently, but I would at least have incorporated some discussion. There's always discussion time in the car, at least :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poppy Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 That is a homeschool win in my book because you can skip the whole she-bang ! My daughter came home from public school explaining to me that we have today off because Columbus was a great hero...... Ugh! (She is 7). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
displace Posted October 12, 2015 Author Share Posted October 12, 2015 I was just thinking how I will need to make certain to remind DS of Leif erikson (sp?), and of course native Americans settling North America, terminology of "Indians", etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted October 12, 2015 Share Posted October 12, 2015 I considered posting something waaaay earlier in the day about Columbus day. I love Columbus day! I don't care much about Columbus, but I put both my kids in day camp, and they tend to only have those things on school holidays. So, I got a holiday. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
displace Posted October 12, 2015 Author Share Posted October 12, 2015 I considered posting something waaaay earlier in the day about Columbus day. I love Columbus day! I don't care much about Columbus, but I put both my kids in day camp, and they tend to only have those things on school holidays. So, I got a holiday. :) That's brilliant! I should do that next holiday :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purpleowl Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 I took a seminar course in college that was allllll about Christopher Columbus. It was one of those classes that met once a week, but for three hours. Oh, how I despise Christopher Columbus. When I taught history, I may or may not have told my middle school students that he was a crazy person. But anyway, my husband had to work today, so we did school as usual, too. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThisIsTheDay Posted October 13, 2015 Share Posted October 13, 2015 We never took off for holidays, so my kids were only vaguely aware of most of them--sometimes we started school on Labor Day (lol). For Columbus Day, Veteran's Day, MLK Day, any Presidents' Day, we rolled right on like a regular school day, and at some point, I'd usually remember and mention it. They're scarred for life, I'm sure. But probably for other reasons, not because we missed holidays! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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