Being locked up in our homes is trying for all of us. Personally, I don’t cope well with boredom. Since my husband is a 15 year veteran...

I was born in 1973 which was a pivotal year for women’s rights. Unfortunately there is a big difference between legal rights and societal...

Anyone who has read my blogs knows how I feel about the public school system. I find it refreshing to know that several states have...

I finally got to see Frozen yesterday. It was a refreshing change from Disney’s damsels in distress, good vs. evil dichotomies, and other...

I’ve been asked many times why I’m so against public schools. I look around me and see a society of people who are trained to accept the...

I recently found a website, The Art of Not Being Governed, which claims to support the “Non-Aggression Principle. As I read through many...

I have a lot to say, and now I have a little more time to say it. People who have read my blog have probably deduced by now that I have a...

I have been teaching science to elementary aged children for a few weeks now. The curriculum for the classes remains constant from one to...

How, exactly, do children learn? The most effective teacher is experience. As parents, we understand that we cannot have our children...

I’m embarking on a new career path. Well, I suppose it’s not new. I have been aspiring to be a teacher for years, but obstacles continue...

What, exactly, could be gained and/or lost by implementing a new system of higher education? Let’s explore this. When higher education...

I”m going to gripe about our modern classroom again. I’m sure people are getting a bit tired of it, but I want to start instilling a...

Jobhunting in California feels like beating your head against a brick wall…repeatedly. Personally, I am attractive to look at, extremely...

One way to combat the poor educational system is to educate ourselves–or at least, educate our children ourselves. Homeschooling has...

Our educational system is obviously failing. From the elementary levels all the way to the graduate levels of college. We somehow have...

I wanted to get back to my education idea. How about a hypothetical situation: Say you have Several high performing high school juniors....

Our economy is in a slump, there is no denying that. Especially out here on the west coast people have to fight for a living. I have a...