In Manitoba: Day 6

A la glorieuse memoire

des aviateurs, marins, et soldats

des armiees francaises et alliees

qui se sacrifierent

dans la

bataille de Dunkirque.

Mai/Juin 1940

Dunkirk Memorial

I'm currently working on an essay for History. I've chosen to do it about the battle and evacuation of Dunkirk. While browsing through websites, online books and the books on my Aunt's bookshelf (in Dutch!) I've come across some very interesting things. One of the most intriguing is the picture below.
In this picture, the soldier to the far right is supposedly firing at German aircraft. However, aside from his fellow soldier to the left, he appears to be alone on the beach, and no aircraft are visible. This picture gives me the feeling that I'm right there next to the soldier on the left and that although not visible in the picture, I feel the Germans are playing a cat and mouse game with the Allied soldiers.

Maybe I'm right, maybe I'm wrong.... Either way this picture is going on my title page. ;-)

School plans... ugh!

Well, I guess its that time of year again. Mom's been working out our assignment lists and boy do they ever look impressive. I'll post mine here and link to Mom's blog so that you can read my sibling's lists.

Here's mine: (the asterisks stand for credits earned when completed)



Bible and Worldview
*(Hebrews to Revelation)
Church history review
Mere Christianity, The Screwtape Letters, The Universe Next Door, Seven Men Who Rule the World from the Grave, The Deadliest Monster, Postmodern Times and parts of Beyond Opinion
Reformed faith classes

English
*BJUP British Literature
The Roar on the Other Side by Suzanne Rhodes (poetry)
Classics to accompany history (1500 to present), with reports
Two science biographies or other science books, with in-depth reports
Wordsmith Craftsman, partially
*Rod and Staff Building Christian English 9/10
Elements of Style

Math
Finish New Additional Math from Singapore
*Calculus and/or statistics (university texts and ALEKS)
University of Waterloo Math competition and preparation
Corporate accounting (ALEKS)

Sciences
*Advanced Chemistry (Apologia and ALEKS)
*Advanced Physics (Apologia)
*Anatomy and Physiology of Large Animals (yes, this is a vet course, but she really wanted to do this for advanced biology. She will need to learn background material as well. I think I’ll grade it by having her do a report or a hands-on project for each chapter. She has at least two job shadowing days planned with vets, so that will help. If this becomes too challenging, we will change our plans.)

History
*Second half of Spielvogel’s The Human Odyssey, including map work
Read relevant Truth Quest guides and do the assignments
Read and report on classic literature from the time period
Two essays
Time line work

French
*Finish BJUP French 2,
*French Three Years from AMSCO
Rosetta Stone Levels 2 and 3
Various readings
Speak with co-workers

Dutch
Finish Rosetta Stone level 2
Visit the Netherlands
Read novels and nonfiction
*Finish Hugo’s Dutch in Three Months and then begin Taking Dutch Further (if I can get a copy) or some other intermediate level grammar book.

Greek
Finish Elementary Greek 2, an unfinished commitment from the past(1/2 credit)

The Arts
Music: organ as well as flute, guitar, or fife
Picture Study

Physical Activity
Judo: work on brown belt

Other
Work on dairy farm, full time September and October, part time for the rest of the year
Trip to Netherlands, December
Gary North’s Study Habits (free download at garynorth.com)
Prep and write SAT
Apply to universities and scholarships (This means I need to get transcripts and reports finished!!)
Puppy training


How will I ever finish that in six months? - most of the first term will be spent in Manitoba and the Netherlands-so really I feel overwhelmed already!!!

Anyways, you can read about the rest of the family's school plans here.

...from farm work to school work...

Second cut is done. The fence is fixed -somebody caught the rake on the fence and took out quite a sizable bit... (that somebody wasn't me!) and I have at least 2 days off, maybe 4! Don't get me wrong here. I love working on the farm. Its amazing and I learn so much, but I haven't had a decent night's sleep for a WEEK! and I'm tired.

'out of the frying-pan and into the fire' ...from farm work to school work... Chemistry, English, French, Dutch(for my Holland trip) and an online course will keep me very busy for the remaining weeks of summer. My goal is to get far enough ahead is those subjects so that when I go to Manitoba in the fall and Holland in the winter I won't fall too far behind.

My goals for tomorrow are to write a Chemistry test and an English test and to finish 2 assignment for English. I also want to sign up for the online course and work on some French. Will that actually happen? I really don't know. It is possible... I think!

On the weekend I'll be getting a puppy. His name is Chester and he will be 8 weeks old on Friday. He is a purebred Border Collie and very cute. Mom and Dad are also getting a puppy this weekend. Their puppy's name is Shaggy (at least that's what he's called now). He is a Border Collie/Lab cross and is also 8 weeks old.

Thanks to all you who have left comments or emailed me... I enjoy hearing from you!