We take our homeschool summers off. We’re not like those homeschoolers who go at it all summer with a two-week break to sleep it off. We get off at the beginning of June. This year, we legged it for a […]
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Homeschooling tips, advice, pain, joy, jokes, and burnout from a 25 year veteran
We take our homeschool summers off. We’re not like those homeschoolers who go at it all summer with a two-week break to sleep it off. We get off at the beginning of June. This year, we legged it for a […]
Read moreAre you stuck in homeschooling? Do you feel as if you’re running in place? Gasping for breath, feeling the burn but going no where? Time seems to loop like the movie Ground Hog Day; every day is like the one […]
Read moreOur children do not speak German. That is the single biggest regret of my homeschool career. Find out what went wrong on today’s episode of Homeschool Impossible. You are probably thinking that I should count myself lucky that my single […]
Read moreWhat did Melville write again, “The damp, drizzly November in my soul whenever I find myself pausing involuntarily before coffin warehouses?” That is exactly how winter homeschool burnout feels – only forget November. November is National Decorating Season in America. […]
Read more“Was it your child we could hear all during Mass?” the lady demanded to know. She took me by surprise. Who was this person? I’d never seen her before at the Latin Mass. I blinked a few times to adjust to […]
Read moreI started writing this modesty article twelve years ago. Why the rush? Let’s just say I enjoy this topic about as much as men enjoy talking about childbirth. Would it surprise you to know that I’m not alone? Many of […]
Read moreWelcome to Homeschool Impossible. The column that wishes it were a reality TV show. It’s not your average reality show. The goal is not to create chaos and then film it: Mixed singles in their twenties… a summer camp situation… heh heh heh… […]
Read moreIt was one of those homeschooling days. The kids were brutes and I was a beast. Later, when I forgot the soup and it turned to swill, I thought, “How appropriate.” The family assured me that it tasted fine but […]
Read moreIf you haven’t read P. G. Wodehouse, you have no right to say that you have lived and you really should remove such claims from your business card. What matters it, if you have read the entire Summa backwards in […]
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