DS has finished his first semester away at college and is into his second semester. He LOVES it! He is doing well. The first semester was a huge learning experience. He learned how to better manage his time. He is a theater and music major and they both take A LOT of time. He has to practice his guitar 4 hours a day and the piano 2 hours I think. Then he has lots of rehearsals for plays and set building and then his other non theater/music classes to study for as well. I think all in all his first semester went well but I think his second will be even better due to lessons learned. :o)
DD is finishing up 8th grade. She is doing well, though she is rather stubborn and doesn't really like to do school work. Which is CRAZY since she is usually done well before noon! She fights me on it quite a bit.
That being said, I'm realizing how very different she and her brother are. Their interests are so similar that it's sometimes easy to think they are alike and learn the same but they aren't and don't. Sooooo.....
I'm looking at the next four years and thinking we are going totally different! More structure. She is a free spirit but wants things more laid out rather than just exploring. She's not as curious about science and history as DS was/is. He would go off on his own and watch documentaries for hours. DD? If it's not there she's not going looking for it. She likes it, just not enough to explore on her own. She'd rather play the piano, or sing, or read books of her choice or watch TV of her choice.
I've been scouring the internet looking for just the right curriculum for us or for DD. I think we are going to try Oak Meadow. We used it years ago and she enjoyed it but it was too easy at the time for her. Now, that it will be high school I think it will be a good fit again. I'm hoping so anyway. It's kind of expensive so we will use it the whole year no matter what but we'll see how it goes before we decide the next year.
I'm excited to start the new adventure of high school with my DD. I'm sad too... I can't believe she is almost in high school already!! Where has the time gone?
