Latham - so very cool. A few decades ago when I was drowning from all my commitments I told a friend I needed to achieve “work-life balance”. He said, maybe what you need to strive for is “work-life integration”. Balance involves a trade-off, like a teeter totter. Integration embodies connection, where the different aspects of your life come together gracefully.
That came up for me when reading about your son, your family, his education, your writing, and your heart. This new endeavor will bring together all those domains and many more I suspect. Congratulations Latham. I’m off to subscribe now and look forward to your insightful contribution.
James, you have a very wise friend. I really like the work-life integration idea. I'm so grateful for the reflection. And of course for subscribing. Thank you for coming along.
This looks amazing Latham! Makes total sense and will help you articulate your learnings better and increase serendipity WHILE every reader benefits from learning about learning/teaching. I, personally, I'm very eager to read it, it will be super helpful since we plan to have kids soon. And in general I admire you for making the decision of homeschooling your son, will be a treat learning about it alongside you!
Oscar, thank you for the wonderful comment and the support. I am so grateful.
If this project helps you as you figure out how to raise your own kids, then that is a huge success. I want to make sure parents like you guys get so much value out of this experience. I already know we are here.
Dang dude, can you teach my kid as well? 😄 I've wanted to get her out of the school system, but she really needs the social interaction, and being a single parent means it isn't feasible. I'm very impressed though. What curriculum are you using?
I couldn’t imagine doing this as a single parent. I know a few single moms who have made it work, but they have the flexibility of running their own businesses and so they work when they want to and school in between.
Last year we picked and chose our curriculum for each subject. Singapore Math, All About Reading for phonics, Memoria Press for Latin (and Greek this year). I expect to use far less curriculum learning this year, and far more personal exploration. I’ve been unimpressed with a lot of the curriculum out there. I’ve even been considering writing my own at some point. We do outsource science to a local homeschool science program that gets him out studying animals and snowpacks and other things.
On the social piece, I was surprised how many opportunities for social interaction exist with homeschool programs. Not to say you should homeschool, but it’s not at all what I had in mind when I first considered it.
Latham - so very cool. A few decades ago when I was drowning from all my commitments I told a friend I needed to achieve “work-life balance”. He said, maybe what you need to strive for is “work-life integration”. Balance involves a trade-off, like a teeter totter. Integration embodies connection, where the different aspects of your life come together gracefully.
That came up for me when reading about your son, your family, his education, your writing, and your heart. This new endeavor will bring together all those domains and many more I suspect. Congratulations Latham. I’m off to subscribe now and look forward to your insightful contribution.
James, you have a very wise friend. I really like the work-life integration idea. I'm so grateful for the reflection. And of course for subscribing. Thank you for coming along.
Hell yeah. Just signed up. Congrats on the progress.
Thanks Jeff. It's been wild and so much fun.
This looks amazing Latham! Makes total sense and will help you articulate your learnings better and increase serendipity WHILE every reader benefits from learning about learning/teaching. I, personally, I'm very eager to read it, it will be super helpful since we plan to have kids soon. And in general I admire you for making the decision of homeschooling your son, will be a treat learning about it alongside you!
Oscar, thank you for the wonderful comment and the support. I am so grateful.
If this project helps you as you figure out how to raise your own kids, then that is a huge success. I want to make sure parents like you guys get so much value out of this experience. I already know we are here.
Dang dude, can you teach my kid as well? 😄 I've wanted to get her out of the school system, but she really needs the social interaction, and being a single parent means it isn't feasible. I'm very impressed though. What curriculum are you using?
I couldn’t imagine doing this as a single parent. I know a few single moms who have made it work, but they have the flexibility of running their own businesses and so they work when they want to and school in between.
Last year we picked and chose our curriculum for each subject. Singapore Math, All About Reading for phonics, Memoria Press for Latin (and Greek this year). I expect to use far less curriculum learning this year, and far more personal exploration. I’ve been unimpressed with a lot of the curriculum out there. I’ve even been considering writing my own at some point. We do outsource science to a local homeschool science program that gets him out studying animals and snowpacks and other things.
On the social piece, I was surprised how many opportunities for social interaction exist with homeschool programs. Not to say you should homeschool, but it’s not at all what I had in mind when I first considered it.
Thanks man, that's good to hear. It sounds like you're really getting creative with it, and you and your son will have some great memories.