There Is No Hope for Government “Education”
A few weeks ago, my 10-year-old son and I were discussing climate change at the dinner table. He really enjoys science — all of it, from chemistry to anatomy to astronomy. He has a collection of books on all sorts of science-y stuff, scattered all over the house, from the living room to the dinner table to his desk, and spilling over onto his bed. Oftentimes, he carries a couple books around like toys. If we go out, he might take his biochemistry and microbiology books, and he’ll sit in the back seat and read aloud, after which he’ll annoyingly quiz his parents. So it’s no surprise that he’d want to talk about climate change. He had most likely been reading about it.
My son’s interest in science became obvious after my wife introduced him to the Basher book series. My wife found the series as part of her never-ending quest for homeschool curricula. The first book she bought was on the Periodic Table, and thanks to the creative way the elements are presented in the book, my kid was off and running, rambling nonstop about radon and hydrogen and cobalt.
My son didn’t always appear to be a whiz kid. He entered public-school kindergarten with a speech impediment. He required speech therapy, which he got. He also required maturity, so he repeated kindergarten.
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