Very Important Cultural Milestone

And for once, a positive one: an objective front-page story in the New York Times on homeschooling. It begins: “In Penny Kjellberg’s modest living room in Stuyvesant Town, one of her 11-year-old twins conjugates French verbs while cuddling a kitten. The book shelves sag with The Encyclopedia of the Ancient World, ‘The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Understanding Einstein,’ and Ken Burns’s videos about the Civil War. Ms. Kjellberg’s other daughter devours a book about Ulysses with periodic romps outdoors when she grows antsy.” Read “Unhappy in Class, More Are Learning at Home” by Jane Gross.

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8:01 am on November 10, 2003