Thursday, July 2, 2009

Home schooling in spite of ourselves





















Come around early May, after a 2 week spring break followed by a two week swine flu break, Sabina threw down the gauntlet and said that after 7 months, school wasn't working. She wanted out. We never fancied ourselves home schoolers. What a lot of trouble for the parents! But Tyler had some time and there were certainly lots of things that she and Sabina could learn together in and around Oaxaca. Part of Sabina's home schooling program (modified actually because she participated ocasionally still in the classroom, presenting her work) would be going with Tyler to Casa Hogar to run a children's group. The other part was horses. Lots of horses, as much time as she could bargain for. Her mentor, Sisika, so liked Sabina and her sense of responsibility, that she took her on as a stable hand once a week. And she got to ride the last hour.





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