Tossed by the Fates is a blogged book for homeschooling parents with the American military. At this time it is still a work in progress, with new entries added as time goes by. This post is the table of contents to the book.
Excerpts from the Introduction:
The idea for this book surfaced on the email list, HomeschoolMilitary, in July of 2002 when one listmember asked if anyone knew of a military homeschooling book and someone else commented that I’d written one. What I’d written was a 24-page booklet for homeschoolers in Germany, Frequently Asked Questions About Military Homeschooling in Europe And One Homeschooler’s Answers.
My first year of homeschooling consisted alternately of trying to meet the demands of a boxed curriculum; keeping an eye out the window for terrorists because of Desert Storm and Desert Shield, now called The Gulf War (we had duty rosters for the families to keep watch through the night); and watching CNN just in case our eldest son would be shown with the rest of the Army’s Big Red One. We thought our son was in Saudi Arabia but Norman Schwartzkopf and Colin Powell had him and the other troops sneak into Iraq. It was a momentous year.
Continue reading Tossed by the Fates, by Valerie Bonham Moon.
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