For a month after we got married, Brittany and I lived in our house without internet. Ten years ago everyone would have shrugged and said, "Eh, that's not so bad."
But we had just graduated from college where, when the T1 lines were packed during "peak hours", you could feel the stress level rise across campus because it would take ten seconds for a page to load. The horror!
Surprisingly, we still managed to function. I knew the area already so we could find a gas station, the grocery store, the library, and how to get to church (it's next door to the library). But how do you contact the phone company to setup your phone service and internet plan without a phone or internet?
I eventually figured out that I needed to go to my sister's house and use her phone.
How do you find the nearest Costco?
Reaching way back into the recesses of my mind, I remembered that there was this thing called a "Phone Book" that also included addresses. I pulled our latest edition out from where it had been buried, and started flipping through the pages.
I was lost.
Even after I found the entry, how was I supposed to figure out how to get there without being able to plug the address into Google Maps?
After that initial month of being disconnected from the world, I am very happy that today I have access to forums, reviews, and other helpful information.
But this got me thinking: I know where I go to get information about technology, but where should I go to get information about homeschooling?
So, enlighten me, please. Where do you go to get information about the various options you have in homeschooling? What sites do you trust for book recommendations (besides Sonlight.com, of course <smile>)? Where do you find the best reviews of curricula? Help me!
I feel like a newly wed without internet, and I want to get connected!
~Luke Holzmann
Filmmaker, Writer, Expectant Father
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