Becoming Peculiar

Here are the handouts for the scrapbooking class that I taught.

It's been almost 4 months since I wrote my first blog article about digi scrapping - you can find it here.

Here is where we can discuss the chapters of the book "A Thomas Jefferson Education".

I am almost through with Anne of Green Gables I think that I have 9 more chapters. One part I liked was at the bottom of page 152 where Mrs. Lynde tells Anne that "It's because you're too heedless and impulsive, child, that's what. You never stop to think -- whatever comes into your head to say or do you say or do it without a moment's reflection."

What an interesting book. I haven't quite finished it yet, but I wanted to give a few of my thoughts. I am not sure if this is a negative or not but it seems that Ralph does an awful lot for being a young boy. He is 8 when the book opens. Maybe that just goes to show what young people can do if given the chance. I was thinking that he was only 6 but he was 8. I was very impressed with the way the Father disciplined Ralph. He never seemed to be cruel in anyway. In someways he almost seemed like the soft one but he was firm.

I am not sure exactly how to do this but here goes. I really enjoyed this book. I found that I wasn't just reading for entertainment, but actually looking for things that we might discuss and things that I needed to learn. I didn't realize that there was so many differences in the Jewish religion. I knew that there were differences but I guess I didn't realize how vast the differences could be. How sad it would be to grow up without you father talking to you unless you were discussing (debating) the Talmud. The difference Danny and Reuven's upbringing was night and day different.

My Dad has always enjoyed reading Louis L'Amour novels, but I don't think I've ever read one before. I have to admit I was shocked to find one listed on a beginning classics list. When discussing it with my Dad I mentioned that the Sackett's series by L'Amour was also listed in the Classics for youth list. Dad said, "Darn't I've read a classic, I was trying to avoid that." Despite the joking I'm know that my Dad has read many other classics and I hope that he will continue to join me on this journey.