Encouragement

The bad news:
It's not going to be OK.
No one is coming to save you.
There is no map.
You have to figure it out.

The good news:
Tools are cheap and available.
Information is cheap and available.
Access to people and communities is cheap and available.

People need:
Energy (electricity)
Medicine
Food
Fun

Action Items:
Sell your TV. It only wants to hurt you.
Learn how to sell. Sell yourself. Sell your ideas. Sell your products.
Study humans. Human behavior and personality. You will deal with them a lot, know how they work.

Some good books are:

Predictably Irrational, Revised and Expanded Edition: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

How We Decide

Emotional Intelligence: 10th Anniversary Edition; Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (P.S.)

Stumbling on Happiness

APtutor.tv is perfect for homeschoolers because for whatever reason public schools don't meet our families needs.

When my kids were in school I found the textbooks to be awful. We spent a lot of time in our local library and I loved all the books there, but public school was a different story. Where do they get their awful, boring, out dated textbooks? I felt I could supply my kids with a much more interesting, intriguing, fun, up to date supply of books. That would keep them wanting more.

Lets face it, in this day of easy, abundant, information old textbooks are second rate at best. Now we have the computer and Internet which can offer lots of good learning opportunities. APtutor.tv offers online video lessons for your families educational needs. Add us to your program and watch them soar!

Happy Homeschooling
-Becky

In this episode of the How To Homeschool podcast Scott and Becky talk about how home schooling prepares kids for real life, what is Algebra, choice and responsibility, and Scott has a Home School Lunch recipe for "tasty salmon".

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In this episode Scott and Becky talk about how learning is work and how to make it enjoyable. They also talk about testing and quizzes and answering the age old question of children, "why?" We are here to answer your questions, email them to: homeschoolshow@gmail.com

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Parent: You need to study.

Child: Why?

P: So you will be smart.

C: Why?

P: Because if you get a good education you will be able to make things and do things.