Midnight Sunday evening at the Cole home, I am again reminded of the freedom that homeschooling allows us. Matthew has learned that if he does something the night before he doesn’t have so much to so the next day! This evening he did Bible with his dad, then when I came down from my evening painting at about 10:40pm he was ready to do phonics and literature! So we now only have to do grammar & math to do tomorrow.
I can see this becoming a trend. Both Matthew and I are night owls and we really are not accountable to anyone but Mark and God. We could easily get lots of school done in the evening.
Some may worry about Matthew finding it hard in later life in holding down a real job that expects him to be at work at 8 am…. Well my response is that while habits are being formed now they are not set in stone. He could adapt to waking early like all the other night owls through history have done. He is learning discipline in other areas of his life and will be able to apply it to waking, if he has to. Alternatively, the world is changing, technology is advancing. Money can be earned from the comfort of your own home, ideas can be developed at any time of the day. Sometimes Mark gets up to write at 3am and returns to bed at 5am. Matthew’s generation will have even more flexibility than we do. We can’t even imagine the freedoms he will enjoy in the work world.
Freedom, flexibility – these are things that thrive at the Cole Academy.
