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Category Archives: Homeschooling

Rhymes with bard

The other day on The View that brilliant analyst of social relations, Joy Behar, said that a lot of homeschooled kids are demented. The gaggle had been talking about the Obama girls going to the pricey Sidwell Friends school, and Joy said wouldn’t it be swell (she didn’t use the word swell, of course) […]

Posted 24 November 2008 † Brigette Russell § ‡ Comments (8) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Today I am…

Bookmarking stupid New York Times and Santa Fe New Mexican editorials that make me scream and want to write blog posts about, then not having the time to do it.
Trying to organize my desk and all my homeschooling papers. Organization shall set you free – except when you are a truly sick OCD sufferer […]

Posted 20 November 2008 † Brigette Russell § Personal ‡ Comments (4) ° Tagged: , , , , , ,

Finding the time

I almost quit blogging last week. So often I feel pressed for time, unable to find the time to write the kind of thoughtful posts I’d like to write, and unwilling to write too many of the sort of stream-of-consciousness quickie posts I can dash off between diaper changes and dinner prep. Other […]

Posted 27 October 2008 † Brigette Russell § Parenthood § Personal § Religion § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Should Home-Schooling Be Illegal?

This is the title of a brief article in yesterday’s Parade section of the Santa Fe New Mexican. I missed it, since I didn’t get past the front page, local news and opinion sections. My conscientious friend and fellow homeschooling mom Melissa alerted our local homeschooling e-mail list.
There was nothing really new in […]

Posted 02 June 2008 † Brigette Russell § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,