Today in class we welcomed our new assistant mentor -- Philosopher Suzanne. We also had an unexpected guest, Deborah, who is an exchange student from Brazil who got to come hang out with us as her school was closed for the day.
We shared some fun math patterns -- "times 9's" and the hypotenuse of a right isosceles triangle is always the length of one of the other two sides times the square root of 2.
We also did our first really in depth document study. It was a bit of a slog, but we managed to figure out what Immanuel Kant was saying and we learned that we can do it! The snacks were a bonus, too!
How is your reading coming? Don't forget, Zen, and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance is due for our next class. We're also going to be doing a simulation.
HOMEWORK:
CORE BOOK: Minimum of 5 each week. Spend at least 10 minutes each time you study your core book. You want to work up to at least 20-30 minutes of study each day.
MATH LESSONS: Minimum of 4 each week.
LOG BOOKING: Continue writing in your Log Book. This semester, you can start using a commonplace book to record your impressions, patterns, feelings, quotations, principles, questions, essays, I wonders, experiments, ideas, etc. You should be spending a minimum of 10 minutes per day, 4 days per week writing in your logbook/commonplace book. This is separate from the writing you will be doing during your core book studies and the essays that we will be doing on our document studies.
PATTERNS/I WONDERS: Continue looking for patterns and I wonders to share at the beginning of class each week. Remember to log them, too.
GOAL WORKSHEETS: Complete your Goal and School Tips worksheet. GET IT SIGNED by a parent. It was due last Thursday.
DOCUMENT STUDY: Finish up reading thru and understanding the last paragraph that we didn't get a chance to finish in class.
BOOK: Finish reading Zen, and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. It’s due on Feb. 4th.
PROJECT: Have you given any thought to your project for this semester? You have until Feb. 11th to decide what "problem" you want to do your project on.
See you all on Thursday!
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