A Philosophy Of Learning Requires Forgiveness

With forgiveness, we can move on to the task at hand.

One of my kids is just finishing the first grade. She is already reading chapter books and can spell most simple words quickly. She has dabbled in writing in school, too. One thing that surprised me about school these days is that they’re already teaching kids how to type in the first grade.

To facilitate my daughters’ training, we found an online typing tutor, and I set my older daughter on it. I suggested that she spend about 15 minutes…