Comments on: My Home School Story http://www.xamuel.com/home-school/ Articles by Sam Alexander Mon, 18 Jan 2010 06:08:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Glowing Face Man http://www.xamuel.com/home-school/#comment-1286 Glowing Face Man Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:59:31 +0000 http://www.glowingfaceman.com/blog/?p=1248#comment-1286 Sweet, thanks, fixed the spelling error. Sweet, thanks, fixed the spelling error.

]]> By: Ouroboros http://www.xamuel.com/home-school/#comment-1283 Ouroboros Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:38:08 +0000 http://www.glowingfaceman.com/blog/?p=1248#comment-1283 Principal. Principal.

]]> By: Glowing Face Man http://www.xamuel.com/home-school/#comment-1266 Glowing Face Man Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:17:38 +0000 http://www.glowingfaceman.com/blog/?p=1248#comment-1266 Whoops, thanks for the spelling correction. They say that fear and excitement are the same emotion-- that would sure go a long way to explain how you and I ended up loving things we hated :) The blog gets several comments a day, just they're spread out over hundreds of articles. And it gets quite decent traffic, just the majority of the readers are lurkers. You should think of starting a blog yourself, though I guess that might be a little redundant if you're a writer already :) Whoops, thanks for the spelling correction. They say that fear and excitement are the same emotion– that would sure go a long way to explain how you and I ended up loving things we hated :) The blog gets several comments a day, just they’re spread out over hundreds of articles. And it gets quite decent traffic, just the majority of the readers are lurkers. You should think of starting a blog yourself, though I guess that might be a little redundant if you’re a writer already :)

]]> By: Ben http://www.xamuel.com/home-school/#comment-1265 Ben Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:56:55 +0000 http://www.glowingfaceman.com/blog/?p=1248#comment-1265 It's nice to see there's someone else with an interesting and somewhat education experience. I attended 7 different school districts, plus two short stints of homeschooling, and the schools ranged from a tiny tiny fundamentalist Christian school out in the woods of Ohio, to a minority-white ghetto school in, believe it or not, Pasadena, CA. (Btw, why did you spell it "Pasa Dena"?). Ironically, I loved arithmetic and math and was terrified of learning to read, and like you, the thing I was terrified of became my biggest interest- I'm a writer now. So, I can relate to the social awkwardness of that kind of a childhood, and the broader perspective and iconoclasm it can provide. Thanks for making me feel slightly less alone :). Btw, I'm also impressed and grateful you keep writing the blog, even though I rarely see anyone commenting on it. My guess is that you have a real knack for self-generated motivation- is this true? I really enjoy your unique perspective. Even if each post isn't always interesting to me, it's periodically extremely interesting. I especially liked your recounting of your military experience, for example. So, muchos gracias :). It’s nice to see there’s someone else with an interesting and somewhat education experience. I attended 7 different school districts, plus two short stints of homeschooling, and the schools ranged from a tiny tiny fundamentalist Christian school out in the woods of Ohio, to a minority-white ghetto school in, believe it or not, Pasadena, CA. (Btw, why did you spell it “Pasa Dena”?).

Ironically, I loved arithmetic and math and was terrified of learning to read, and like you, the thing I was terrified of became my biggest interest- I’m a writer now.

So, I can relate to the social awkwardness of that kind of a childhood, and the broader perspective and iconoclasm it can provide. Thanks for making me feel slightly less alone :) .

Btw, I’m also impressed and grateful you keep writing the blog, even though I rarely see anyone commenting on it. My guess is that you have a real knack for self-generated motivation- is this true?

I really enjoy your unique perspective. Even if each post isn’t always interesting to me, it’s periodically extremely interesting. I especially liked your recounting of your military experience, for example. So, muchos gracias :) .

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