WHY?

The other day, after she completed her homeschooling studies, my youngest daughter walked into my office and said, “Dad, why doesn’t everyone use the Oxford Comma?”

I laughed out loud.

“I have no idea,” I replied.

“Well they should. It would make what they say and write so much easier to understand,” she said emphatically.

“I couldn’t agree more, my dear.”

Then she left.

LOL.

NEW HOMESCHOOLING STUDIES

My children have begun their new year of homeschooling. Although my oldest daughter graduated High School this past summer in this (her gap) year she will be informally continuing her education with the same books my other children are using.

For this first quarter they will be reading:

TEN GREAT MYSTERIES by Edgar Allen Poe

ARCHAEOLOGY: THEORIES, METHODS, AND PRACTICE – we almost never use textbooks, almost always only original sources, but this textbook was so superb I decided for it

THE BIBLE – they will continue their study of the Bible in English and in Greek

THE DICTIONARY OF SCIENTIFIC LITERACY

INVENT IT, SELL IT, BANK IT by Lori Greiner

THE CELTS by Gerhard Herm

This of course does not include their lab-work (which will be primarily chemistry and biology this year), their musical training, sports, or field trips. This list includes only the books they are reading for the first quarter