Wants

Tag: schooling

  • I want everything we do to be on purpose

    I want everything we do to be on purpose

    Keywords: Connections Academy , Feeding Giants , Homeschooling , The Uncommon Room

    I admit that when my kids were in school, and even when I taught school, I really didn’t pay a lick of attention to what curriculum they/we used. I honestly didn’t care because I knew I would make do with what I was given and add to it if necessary. However, according to blogs, Facebook message boards and the YouTubes, curriculum is an exciting, even controversial topic among homeschoolers. Who knew? When there aren’t any powers-that-be handing you your books or sending you to teacher trainings, you can choose whatever you want — Free? Paid for? Common Core? Traditional? Freestyle? Religious? Secular? Direct instruction? Independent learning? Student directed? Teacher directed? Online? Book only? No textbooks? No curriculum at all? There are a LOT of choices … a lot of products … and even more opinions.

    https://feedinggiants.com/2018/09/14/the-skinny-on-online-school
  • I just wanted to find someone who was struggling like me

    I just wanted to find someone who was struggling like me

    Keywords: {0}

    Over the course of these blog posts, I will be keeping you up to date with my attempts at finding a job. This will include things that I try out, such as volunteer work, as well as just plain and simple rants about how difficult it can be. Along the way there will be some humour (I hope), some harsh truths, total honesty and transparency. I hope that by writing this blog, I can figure it out. I can finally narrow in on what it is that I want to do and who knows, maybe I can even show this blog to a potential future employer. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy ranting because there will be a lot of it!

    https://whatthefenglishdegree.wordpress.com/2024/02/26/welcome
  • None of my papers are the color I want them to be

    None of my papers are the color I want them to be

    Keywords: Nonfiction , The River

    When I turn thirteen, I go to public high school. I am asked to write and write and write and I can’t. I have a word in my head. I know the color but not the shape, the taste but not the texture. I try to write it out. One, two, three spellings erased. I pick a different word that doesn’t mean quite the same thing, but that I know how to spell.

    https://sandyriverreview.com/2021/11/17/when
  • I wanted to prove to myself that I was smart enough

    I wanted to prove to myself that I was smart enough

    Keywords: work stuff , career , college , healthcare , jobs , success

    Kids need to learn to navigate the real world first, get to know who they are as people first, before encountering pressures to learn and/or live someone else’s ideals.

    https://writefromkaren.com/2021/05/23/college-is-not-necessarily-a-pre-requisite-to-success