Education for the Family

School started last week for us. As most of you are aware, we homeschool, and so there is a certain amount of flexibility in our schedule. Joel is making progress with his reading, and says it is fun. I guess he sees his sister reading and wants to do the same. Last year, when Bethany first started to read, Joel complained "Sister is no fun anymore. All she wants to do is read!" Oh well, you can't please all the people all the time.

Yes, I'm still going with the Greek. I read lesson 11 twice over the weekend, and lesson 12 once yesterday. I find 15-20 minutes a day lets me make steady progress (though not as much as I would like). Other projects include reading "The Case for Faith" (about 1/3 finished) and "The Histories" by Herodotus (almost half finished). It's most interesting to compare the last parts of the Old Testament to be written with Greek literature of the time (about 500 B.C.).