Lesson#9 First Calendar Day of Highschool 8/5/2013

So obviously I don't think that education stops at summer break. I feel that life IS education, and the "book work", or "curriculum" that we use should only be used for a few reasons. The first and most important is to benefit LIFE, the life the interest that she has NOW, things should be explored when you are interested, not in five years when it might be good for you. This helps us living more fully in the present. Secondly to full fill some sort of high school requirement, and thankfully in KY it is easy to bend/expand/change requirements to fit our needs and life. Lastly to get into/feel comfortable and to succeed in college. Evie intends to go, and I am proud of her for that, but I will be just as  proud of her if she never sets foot in a college classroom. All I want is for her to follow her heart, be happy and healthy, to feel like she is living her life and not just getting by, to feel JOY and Awe in her own life.

To celebrate our first calendar day of highschool we picked up Alexa, and went to the pool!