We had no idea of the amount of people that attended a sci-fi convention. We learned fast though.
We wanted to get there yesterday by 1pm to see the Mythbusters team, and we got to the hotel at 12:50 - just in time to get in line and stay there for THREE HOURS! We came close to giving up and probably should have as we ended up only spending about 3 hours at the con before leaving.
We got there early Sunday morning, though, and only stood in line for tickets for about 45 minutes. I'm glad the Mythbusters team was still there to sign autographs because William was able to get this:
He was so struck he couldn't speak. We had Grant sign a photo showing him working on R2-D2 as well. William is now thinking about studying robotics so he can either be on Mythbusters or work for M5 one day.
Today I was able to also get autographs from John DeLancie and Brent Spiner from Star Trek:TNG. William and I also attended the Next Generation panel. Brent Spiner is soooooo funny. If you've only seen him as Data, you're missing out.
We learned some lessons and will definitely do things differently next year.
Labels: dragoncon, Mythbusters, pictures, Star Trek
We have finished with week 2. William has homework this weekend. He is supposed to have a project ready on Monday on the topic "Heroes". He's been procrastinating, though, and it's not ready, so he has to work on it this weekend. I have to come up with a consequence if it's not done on Monday, though, just like if he was in school. We don't really do grades, so grades won't matter to him. He'll just move on to the next thing. The only thing right now that affects him is playing World of Warcraft. So I guess if the project isn't done, he won't be playing for a few days next week.
I have had to step back and reassess the goals for homeschooling. Right now, with him being in 7th grade, I know he doesn't have research and report skills that he will need in the future. That is why the research module has been added to language arts for this year and will be added in subsequent years as well until he has mastered research and reports.
The rest of the subjects are on track. He's doing very well now in math and is finally remembering multiplication tables! We should be set to finally continue on to division and hopefully be at grade level by the end of the school year.
Our homeschool group is beginning their new year of meetings on the 23rd. We'll be glad to get back into the swing of things with the group.
Next week dh and I will be off to camp. We're going to attend a 4-H training session for the shotgun competitions. William has wanted to be involved for a while so we're happy about starting this.
Over Labor Day weekend we will be indulging in another family vice - sci-fi! We will be at Dragon Con in Atlanta on Saturday & Sunday. Saturday will mostly be spent with William finding out about robots, attending the Mythbusters panel, and browsing the autograph tables and the exhibits. Sunday we'll be watching the robot battles and attending the Star Trek: TNG panel. That's the one I'm looking forward to attending. No, we will not be in costume, however I am thinking of buying some "Unsocialized Homeschooler" T-shirts to wear.
So that is our week. I hope everyone else is having a great week, whether you've started back to school or not.
Labels: 7th grade, camp, dragoncon, math, research, sci-fi, week 2
