Summer is over and this fall, I’m homeschooling again for 8th grade. Here is my daily schedule:

For math, I’m doing geometry. For science, I’m doing physics. In language arts, instead of working on a spelling book, I’m doing vocabulary study where I learn different Greek and Latin roots and English words derived from it. For formal reading, I started with “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe. After reading it once, I didn’t understand anything. I had to read it three times before finally understanding it. Now I’m reading “Little Women” by Louisa May Alcott which I find interesting because it’s about four sisters and I find it funny, although some chapters are boring. I’m also doing Intermediate Logic and continuing with Latin and Spanish (although I really want to learn Japanese, Chinese, and Korean).

(Photo by Johwey Redington)

My mum teaches all of my subjects (except for gymnastics, ballet, and ice skating, of course). She is a very strict teacher – she expects me to wake up at 7:00 am everyday by myself and to do my best in all my schoolwork. When she thinks I’m not focusing, she gets mad and yells and threatens to take away my phone, laptop, and iPod. -_- I know though that she works hard to prepare my schoolwork and that all this training is to help me excel when I grow up. In her defense, she is sometimes funny.

(Photo by Johwey Redington)

I like homeschooling because I learn a lot and since I’m not in a regular school, I can do more sports and activities during the day.

I do dislike a couple of things about homeschooling like not having any classmates except for Rinoa. I miss having my friends around during school. :/ I also dislike being in the house most of the day. I liked it better when I went to a different building in the morning to go to school.

My favorite class is art because it’s the most fun and creative. :) My least favorite subject is history because I find it the most difficult.

This year, we now have a one-and-a-half-hour break in the afternoon called “quiet time”. ^__^ It helps a lot because I can do whatever I want, as long as it’s “quiet”, and now I don’t feel as tired in my afternoon lessons.

(Photo by Johwey Redington)

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