The reluctant homeschooler, Part I of IV
Let me get one thing straight before I begin. J and I loved school. (I may not have liked what went on around school, like the bullying and the name-calling, but school itself…brilliant!) We were very...
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When I finally got my hands on the kids, and put them through their paces, I was appalled. We had been paying high school fees and I discovered that both kids had actually regressed. LD, at the age of...
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We are now in the third quarter of 2011, by my retelling. Our overwhelming feeling is that our kids have been treated as nothing more than guinea pigs by people who had boasted to us about their years...
View ArticleThe reluctant homeschooler, Part IV of IV
And so here we are. What began as a move of desperation now appears to me to be the only way to properly educate children. I understand that it’s not for everyone for a number of reasons. It requires...
View ArticleDo the British even LIKE their children?
Last year, as we were driving around the neighbourhood, we noticed a banner up at the side of the road advertising Christmas Dinner at a nearby restaurant. With nothing planned for Christmas Eve, we...
View ArticleBeing a selfish #homeschool parent
From the time The Wast was born, he puzzled us. Here was a child who could not go to sleep for the first four months of his life if he wasn’t resting on my chest. As a result, I learnt how to sleep...
View ArticleReview: Golden Palm Tree Resort, Sepang
[I talked about analysing reader habits at the Sandal Press blog this week. If you have a hankering to put in your two cents, please feel free to comment.] A couple of weeks ago, we decided to splurge...
View ArticleState of the #homeschool
[On the Sandal Press blog this week I'm talking about the New Big Thing of choosing manuscripts based on reader popularity and why I don't like the trend. Chip in if you have an opinion.] I’ve been...
View ArticleOh no, the holidays!
[On the Sandal Press blog this week, I talk about how opera is like self-publishing. No, it's not what you think. If you're piqued, head on over and have a read.] J approached me after reading last...
View ArticleHomeschooling progress #homeschool
[I talk about self-publishers and missing the elephant in the room over at the Sandal Press blog. Why not head on over and post a non-spam comment? It'll be a rarity!] It’s been a while since I last...
View ArticleCompletely missing the point #Singapore #Christians
There was a bit of a kerfuffle in Singers last week, stalwart reader. But first, an introduction. Hair for Hope is a fundraising initiative of Singapore’s Children’s Cancer Foundation. Every year,...
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