I am taking 3 classes with the Ron Paul Curriculum homeschooling program, Math, English, and History. I used to take a science class with the Ron Paul program, but this year I decided it would be better to do a more self taught course, researching different topics. For example, this week I’m researching fog and mist, and next week I plan on running an experiment concerning fog, while the week after that I’ll research something else.
My Math class is pretty good at teaching it’s subject, though the lessons can get rather repetitive and redundant, as well as monotonous whenever there’s a particularly long video lesson, or a review lesson. So I like to go over it with my dad to make sure I actually absorbed what the teacher was teaching.
English is a fairly short class, with the video lessons commonly just repeating themselves with regards to the subject at hand, as the tangible part of the lessons comes in the reading and writing assignments. The reading is nearly always enjoyable, since the teacher has me reading old and popular books, like 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, or Treasure Island. The writing, is rather less enjoyable, especially this 8th grade year, since he has me writing multiple essays a week.
The History class is probably my favorite, not for a quality reason, but just because I enjoy learning about the past and how certain things happened, and what life would’ve been like. It’s also interesting to me how different cultures were spread through the world in different manners.
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