Some Reflections On Worldschooling
Welp, Zach has finished school and is now officially grown. And, further, he’s been accepted to his first-choice college at his first-choice university, Oxford, to...
Category: World School
How Does High School Work After Homeschooling While Travelling?
A lot has been written about how easy it is – or otherwise! – to do education on the road. But nobody seems to have...
In Which We Find a School
The next school we see, Dyatmika, looks promising. It’s got a good mix of local and international students; the elementary level is taught in Indonesian...
Green School, Bali
“Don’t miss the healing circle,” says one friend, rather snidely. We’re off to inspect Green School, the extensively-PRed international school on Bali, with its award-winning...
Science, World Schooling and, Ya Know, Stuff
After a long weekend in a castle – my “little” cousin, who, in my head, is still a rather sulky teen, but in reality is...
Astronomy in Amsterdam
“Wow,” says Zac, meditatively. “Amsterdam really is a very liberal city, isn’t it?” Since the queue for the Anne Frank House stretches in a weary,...
1984 versus Fahrenheit 451 – a comparison
1984 was published by George Orwell, or Eric Blair, in 1948. Fahrenheit 451 was published in 1951 by Ray Bradbury. Both are works of dystopian...
Why We Won’t Continue the Chinese School Experiment
We committed to Chinese school for Zac on the apparently random basis that we would reassess when the time came up to renew our lease....
Some Thoughts on Chinese Algebra
Watching Family Guy last night, we hit the episode where Tricia Takanawa says: “Hi! I’m here with Stephen Hawking, the only white man I’ve ever...
5.30am Is No Time to Wake Up
For the first week of Chinese school, our routine has been: wake up at 6am, breakfast, dress, and leave the house at 6.40 to make...