Friday, August 20, 2004

Back to School ... for the Whole Family

Hannah and Rose sure are taking some interesting classes this year and we're hearing all about them. I'd forgotten that not only do we wind up discussing teachers and classmates but the actual subjects being studied. Quelle surprise! Well, my French is rusty but it won't be for long because Rose is coming home and practicing her one or two sentences with me after every class. We were treated to the story of one teacher's attempts to get his students to think for themselves and question the status quo (World History). This fell on unappreciative ears as Rose is schooled in that daily at home and didn't necessarily agree with the teacher's bent. However, she can look on it as an interesting sociology experiment happening in front of her eyes.

Hannah and I discussed an alternative theory for the disappearance of Roanoke colony this morning (AP American History). Last night, she gave Tom and I a short review of Socrates and his encounter with the Delphi Oracle. Socrates was then contrasted and compared to excerpts of a bestseller named Sophie's World which the teacher said was horribly written but accurately represented some philosophical ideas. Hannah approved neither of the writing nor whichever idea was being presented in the excerpt. Her Ancient Philosophy teacher is going to be pleased if Hannah's name gets drawn out of the hat to be one of the four students discussing the readings for the day.

There's certainly going to be a high level of conversation going on around here for a while!

No comments:

Post a Comment