Back to School! {link up}

Today, I'm participating in the September Let's Homeschool Highschool blog hop! This month's theme is Back to School, which is great, since I was already planning on writing a post on this general topic.

This year, the new school year isn't as exciting for me as at has been some years. There isn't much new curriculum, but there are still new topics. With the classical method, you come back to each main history and science topic every four years, so I am doing things this year that I haven't done since 6th grade. If you're familiar with the classical method, you know which topics I'm doing this year. :)

Here's a quick overview of what I'm studying this year. I'm not going to talk curriculum now, since that will come later, in the the subject by subject HF posts. For history this year, I'm doing Middle Ages. It's so sad for me to think that this is my last rotation! I'll never study Ancients again! This is my last chance with the Middle Ages! :) For science, I'm doing Earth Science. This being the last time for science just isn't as sad to me, especially since I'll probably have to take many of the sciences again in college. :) I'm still doing some grammar and vocabulary, and all my writing and literature is integrated with history. I'm still in Algebra 2, but I'm hoping to work through that pretty quickly so that I can start Geometry part way through the year. I'm also doing Rhetoric, having finished Logic last year. I'll also be starting Spanish, and continuing with Latin.

I started school on Monday, which means that I've done almost a full week of school. I've done everything but Spanish, since my book got ordered a bit late. It's supposed to arrive today, though, so I'll be able to start it up pretty soon.

Really, 10th grade isn't that different then 9th grade. It'll be a lot of the same curriculum, and a lot of the same schedule. In some ways, though, this will be my last year of totally homeschooling. In 11th grade, I can start taking classes at the community college, as part of Running Start. While I don't plan on going there full time, I'll still be a college student, which means I won't really be 100% homeschooled anymore. It's kind of bittersweet to think about.

Well, whatever happens this year, I'm glad to have had a pretty good start to the year!

Envisioning the Future

Today I am participating in the Let's Homeschool Highschool monthly blog hop! Today's topic is "Envisioning the Future."

When I think about the future, I don't know exactly what to think. Where will I be five, ten, twenty years from now? Today, I'm going to make some guesses, predictions, and ask some questions about the future.

In five years, I will be twenty years old. I imagine that I will be getting ready to start my junior year of college. I think it is likely that I will be going to a small, private, liberal arts college in Washington or Oregon. That, at least, is what I would like to do. It is also possible that I'll be going the college in town and living at home. That would be the more economical option most likely. Where will I be living? Will I keep in touch with my friends? Will I have a job I like? What will I be studying? Will it be English, or something else? These are my questions for my twenty year old self.

In ten years, I will be twenty five. I really don't know what to expect. I hope that I am living in a place I like, and that I have a job I enjoy. Will I have kept in contact with all my friends from today? Will I have a boyfriend or even a husband? Will I be in grad school? Will I be a librarian or editor, or will I have gone in a totally different direction? Will I be living here, in my home town, or will I have gone somewhere else, maybe to a larger city like Seattle or Portland? These are my many questions to my twenty five year old self.

In twenty years, I will be thirty five. By this point in my life, I would like to be settled down, maybe with a few kids. According to family tradition, I have to have a child when I am 31. :) My grandma was born when her mom was 31, my mom was born when my grandma was 31, and I was born when my mom was 31. I hope I have a job I love. Today, I envision that involving books, writing, or literacy in some way, but things can change. Where am I living? Did I stay in my bay side college town, or did I leave for somewhere bigger? Am I still on the West Coast? Right now, I can't imagine ever leaving, but things can change. Am I happy where I am? Have I done everything I wanted to do by this point in my life? This is my main question for my thirty five year old self.

I hope you didn't find my musings too boring. :)