blog post 3 - wish list

there are lots of things that i wish my kids would do, but i think the most prevalent thing is not immediately to shut out anything that is related to schoolwork. they shut down when they see any work they must complete. it seems like no matter how interesting i try to make the material, as long as they think i'm teaching them a strategy...forget it. they will sometimes work on the assignment, but i find it very challenging to get them to actually think about their answers, they simply want to fill in the lines.

i guess i just wish that they would connect with the material, and have an open mind. i think many of them want to learn; however, if there is no immediate payoff, they think it is a waste of time. i wish they had more examples of people like them who have used education for a payoff.

next year, i think i will work much more to get them to see the power of words and reading.