i love math and science. they are predictable. there are rules. if you follow the rules, you win, you get a good grade, people like you.
language arts... "good" writing never looks the same. there are no rules. i lose, i get a poor grade, nobody likes me.
along come language arts curriculums that some call complicated because they are full of rules and repitition (aka predictable)... SWR (spell to write and read), IEW (institute for excellence in writing), & FLL (first language lessons - not complicated, but still amazing and completing my language arts category)
***SWR - the english language does follow a set of rules! it is not completely unpredictable and haphazard as i'd always thought. (especially in comparison to easy-to-understand spanish and french, which i learned later.)
***IEW - good writing can be done following a set of rules - a checklist! i don't have to write a 12-page paper and just hope it is good. i can know it is good because there is a standard that i understand!
***FLL - grammar is not complicated! my 5 year old gets it. it just requires a slow and steady building (not a cramming once your already in college, memorize it for a test and forget it, mentality).
Leigh Bortins, the founder of CC, says we're "redeeming 2 generations" - that as i teach my children i am giving myself the education i never received. hooray for educating myself!
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