by Andrew Pudewa Good Writing. What is it? Everyone has an opinion, but opinions differ widely. While one language arts curriculum infers that simply adding in more adjectives will “improve” sentences, other experts—quoting Mark Twain—suggest that adjectives and adverbs should be hunted down and killed. Although most people would agree [...]
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by Andrew Pudewa Although it certainly doesn’t rank in my list of top ten entertainment options, the Jay Leno show does have one redeeming component. And it’s truly scary. Jay walks the streets with microphone and camera, asking simple questions to random people. Things like, “Who is the current vice president of [...]
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by Andrew Pudewa At some point, one of the hardest decisions that a homeschooling family must make is whether to do “Home Education” or to do “School” at home. Many times this choice is made by default when a family jumps into homeschooling by purchasing a complete “curriculum-in-a-box” (or on [...]
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by Andrew Pudewa Awkward. Even the spelling of the word is disturbing. If we look back, we likely have memories of high school or college teachers having scribbled the ugly “Awk” word in the margin of our paper, leaving us with the tremendously helpful insight that whatever it was we [...]
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by Andrew Pudewa Adorning our humble office, there are two things that always brighten my day and help restore my focus–a map, and a pile of papers. The map is an ordinary, somewhat faded Rand McNally World, but what makes it special are the forty-six pins representing the forty-six countries [...]
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