One of my dreams is to live on a farm : extensive grounds to ramble through, hosts of animals- goats, ponies, dogs, chickens- and a 40 minute radius away from everyone else. Now, this might some both idyllic and unfriendly. But it really is not. We live in the thick of suburbia, packed with houses, [...]
Category > Exploring Culture
Should women wear pants or dresses?
I wish that someone would buy this book for me. I read McMinn’s “Growing Strong Daughters” some time back and gained a new perspective on how we can condition our daughters to the ways of the world when we could be nurturing them to be the unique strong individuals that God has created them to [...]
The Bigger Picture
Lord, help me see the bigger picture when there are clothes waiting to be folded, schoolbooks lying unmarked, meals begging to be cooked, little ones asking to be played with and read to. Help me remember Your call upon my life when all I see are books unread poems unwritten songs unsung adventures untaken. Stir [...]
Really short musings about benchmarks and homeschooling
The discussion about the Standards movement in the United States is pretty err…standard now. As parent who does not live in the United States, I shouldn’t have to worry about that kind of an issue. But in this (cliche) global village, it doesn’t take too long for issues as such to circulate to our end [...]
History and culture
There has been some discussion about culture and history in the homeschool newsgroup that I subscribe to. It was sparked off a comment made by a professor in an article in the newspaper. The professor claimed the following: “”It is my gentle reminder that parents need to expose their children to the Malaysian culture, and [...]
