I haven’t been blogging much and when I do, it hasn’t been all that related to homeschooling.
This isn’t because we haven’t been homeschooling. We have been. It’s primarily that I am simply exhausted from the daily task of pulling a decent amount of work out of Captain Science right now. It’s like pulling teeth. We have maximum “tween” attitude and minimum actual effort being applied towards his school work. It’s also wildly inconsistent. The essay he wrote today had the depth I would expect from a 7 year old. The previous essay, about Theodore Roosevelt, was great. I don’t know if it’s that he thinks he has to be completely interested in and invested in the topic for it to be worth his while, or if he simply can’t be bothered to try, because eh, what’s the worst that can happen?
I do have things I want to write about. I don’t want any advice on things to do to motivate Captain Science (I am resourceful and intelligent; he’s just having one of those phases where nothing is going to make much difference). I really kind of need a vacation from my life for a couple of days.
As an aside, as Captain S trudges away at another version of his essay, Babypie is stark nekkid and trying to convince Badge the Beagle to poop directly into one of the tiny blue poo-scooper bags (without success, thankfully).
