June 4, 2008 - WATN - Lesson 2 for Home School Critics

This week’s WHERE ARE THEY NOW? WEDNESDAY (WATN) is a continuation of my WATN posting from two weeks ago. That post concerned me taking my 1st grader out of school to “home school” him at a baseball game about Diversity, Economics, and Hearing Safety.

Last Wednesday, I continued my “Home Schooling” mission by taking my 1st grader out of school for a another field trip. This time we went to a golf course.

He learned about the GEOMETRY of lining up putts based on a double breaking greens.

He learned about triple digit MATH addition by adding up 18 various digits on a Golf Scorecard. He also learned why there is a 19th hole.

Additionally, he now understands “golf etiquette” and how and when to use his “golf voice.”

His vocabulary now includes terms such as:

MULLIGAN
SHANK
SLICE
DUCK HOOK and
FORE

He also knows that any putt over 6 feet is just a waste of time and that those putts are always good.

Next week, we go to the horse track to learn about letting it ride and about how to use an ATM machines.