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Old 02-11-2015, 04:08 PM
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Originally Posted by michelepixels View Post
Truly. It was so encouraging to me when I was starting out, and has repeatedly been a good reminder.

After all, how much of what we were supposed to learn in school do we use today? What my kids are studying/practicing/learning is what they want, which means it will most likely stick. And yes, my 13 year old may still be baffled by long division, but she knows stuff about history and music that I never will fully understand, and that's fine.
This is pretty much exactly how I feel. I went to public school, and I literally knew nothing about history when I graduated. I hated science, history, and math. I just thought it was all boring. The things I was interested in I loved of course, and those things stuck with me. I want my kids to focus on what they are interested in, it is a much more effective way to learn. But I still have trouble with being okay with them not doing just a little of the basics (reading, math) each day LOL.
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