Is there room within the cm methods for a student to narrow down his focus if he finds something he delights in or should they always stick to the broad feast? My boys are late middle school and i think my hope is that they (one day – please Lord!) will hit on something they are interested in and may become passionate about and will want to follow maybe as their vocation or future job? If they are allowed to follow a ‘spark’ to fan it in to flame – do you stop everything else for a while? Do any of you have experience with this yet? I love the advise on here but find the glimpse of middle/highschool – the daily doing of it examples , aren’t as frequent as the younger years advise/ testimonies. What does your older schooling look like with cm?- especially with a mind to not just turning out ‘cm clones’ that have all read the same books,on the same subjects from the booklists here or AO – when and how does it get personalised for them and their possible future life choices?
Background – i have been absent from here for a while as i tried a unit study approach in a panic because of a new baby arriving ‘sigh’ , yet again for the umpteenth time since pulling the older ones out of public school I am coming back with my tail between my legs wishing i would learn! There are 4 boys ages 13, 12, 5, 7 months. All advice and experiences gratefully received – I have effectively lost half a year of schooling by having a baby, moving house and trying the unit study approach (disaster!) desperately trying to get things ready to start back on monday for the first time in months.
Blessing from Devon , UK – Jo