re: #32 reine.de.tout

Right. This is sort of the scam of semi-home schooling. The kids have to get their schoolwork in on time, and if you have the luxury of requiring good grades, that too. But they have to understand that prompt homework and good grades does not mean that they are actually learning something of substance.

The school does not teach them what they need to know for college. AP History teaches them the amount of work required in a college class, but they don’t learn how to do history. That’s where the James Burke DVDs come in.

Have you ever had a learning experience when you feel this new bit of knowledge actually change you? Well, they never feel that in school. It happens plenty of times in life if you’re open to it. And that’s part of the semi-homeschooling gig, to teach them what real learning feels like. It’s not just dead memorization.