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Love in a Time of Homeschooling: A Mother and Daug
Category: Memoirs
Author: Laura Brodie
Copyright/published Year: 2009 by HarperCollins
ISBN: 0061706469
Binding: Hardcover
After years of watching her eldest daughter, Julia, struggle
in a highly regimented public school system, Laura Brodie
determined to teach her ten-year-old at home for a year. Although
friends were skeptical and her husband predicted disaster, Brodie
had visions of one ideal year of learning.
The monotony of fill-in-the-blank history and math worksheets
would be replaced with studying dinosaurs and Mayan
hieroglyphics, conversational French, violin lessons, and field
trips to art museums, science fairs, bookstores, and concerts.
But can one year of homeschooling make a difference? And what
happens to the love between mother and daughter when fractions
and spelling enter the relationship? Love in a Time of
Homeschooling is a funny and inspiring story of human foibles and
human potential, in which love, anger, and hope mingle with
reading, math, and American history. As today's parents ponder
their children's educations, wondering how to respond to
everything from homework overload to bullying to the boredom of
excessive test preparations, homeschooling has become a popular
alternative embraced by millions.
Short-term homeschooling is the latest trend in this growing
movement. Brodie gave her daughter a sabbatical to explore,
learn, create, and grow - a year of independent research and
writing to rejuvenate Julia's love of learning. The experiment
brought out the best and worst in the pair, but they worked
through their frustrations to forge an invaluable bond. Theirs is
a wonderful story no parent should miss.
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