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Sunday Evening Review: January 14, 2007

Last week’s week in review got overlooked in Valorie’s transfer to the baby blog. (Check it out). Therefore, this week, you will get two, two, two weeks in one. Here is what has been going on in the homeschooling blog from January 1, to January 14, 2007. We started out the year with the 2006 in Review: Homeschooling Blog at a Glance and The 31 Most Talked About Blogs of 2006 . Still in a reflective mood, Valorie wrote Reflections on Homeschooling and Thoughts on Home schooling a Gifted Child . Constant reflection and re-evaluation in homeschooling is so important, … Continue reading →

Vocabulary Word of the Day: Selfish (sell-fish)

Dictionary.com describes a selfish person as being devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one’s own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others. They are characterized by or manifesting concern or care only for oneself. Homeschoolers have been accused of having selfish motives. If you do not believe me, check out this blog and this one too. Yep, they think we are selfish. I am OK with that. The day I told my son’s teacher that I planned to homeschool my children; she outright accused me of being selfish. I was pulling a child out of school … Continue reading →