Comments on: my ideal education

By: Jill

Jill — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 21:49:11 +0000

Jaime,
Please tell me why you stopped homeschooling, didn’t Jessica homeschool too for a while?

I did it this year, with the 5 of them, now with #6 due in Sept, I am in the great decision of to do it again this year or not! I hate the public school near us, but I just know I am going to be stressed out enough with the new baby! HELP any words of wisdom you may have I will listen too! Love and Miss you terribly!

By: a book for a well-read mind | sophistimom

a book for a well-read mind | sophistimom — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:34:15 +0000

[...] Wise Bauer, who with her mom wrote The Well-Trained Mind, outlines a vast literary curriculum, and shows the reader how to interpret the material like a [...]

By: Cindi

Cindi — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:54:51 +0000

I’m reading “The Well Educated Mind” right now. I’m thinking I should put it away and read “The Well Trained Mind” instead. I don’t homeschool, and although I might sometime, for now I just try to supplement with whatever means I can!

By: april~living the sweet life

april~living the sweet life — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:07:58 +0000

I am homeschooling- but we call it family school. I have never read this book (the well trained mind). I just read through the prologue and it sounds wonderful Thanks for sharing this post.

By: Carrie -Ireland

Carrie -Ireland — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:50:10 +0000

Yes, please do explain why you gave up homeschooling. I also have three kids, and I watched the first lose all his passion and interest in learning after a few years in a school where he has 9 teachers in 3 years. It never came back to him and now as a teen and though very bright and a voracious reader and a fantastic musician he continuously does average or slightly below in school. Number two is 9 and has remained curious he loves going through the Atlas and learning about animals. He constantly blows us away with facts about the world that we didn’t know but next year he will be moving to a teacher whom I have no faith in, he does not seem to care about teaching. I would like to get him out before this teacher has an effect, and as number three is due to start school next year it would be a great time to decide. I would love the idea of home schooling but I do understand that there could be drawbacks, I’d love to know them… Love the site by the way

By: Rachelle

Rachelle — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:15:28 +0000

Jodi just told me about your site, and I love it!

I’m missing Bryce’s charter school, which was giving him a classical education. The things he learned in Kindergarten were more than he learned in 1st grade after we moved. You make me want to read both of those books–I’ll have to add them to my list.

Oh, and what a cute pic of you on your “about” page, taken by your hubby!

By: Anjanette

Anjanette — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:33:33 +0000

I love Lewis and classical education as well.

By: Ursula

Ursula — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 16:56:34 +0000

I’m a high school English teacher who taught 5th grade at one point, and I just wanted to point out that we don’t get to teach nearly as much as we want to either. When we work with so many different levels, it’s quite difficult to get through it all. Lots of classrooms are turning to book clubs now to supplement the one-on-one time that we can’t have with them. Instead, they learn to read like “good readers”: asking lots of questions and creating lots of links between the book and their life/the world/other arts.

Having said all that, my husband and I have been discussing homeschooling our child–once we have one–since I’m a teacher. It certainly seems to have its pros and cons and doesn’t seem to be for everyone.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 03:47:24 +0000

I really wish you would bore me with why you stopped home schooling. This topic has come up so many times with friends in the last few weeks.

By: kat-in-texas

kat-in-texas — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 13:14:04 +0000

What about publishing a food book?

You could be the next Rachael Ray! Really!