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Tai 2018-06-26T17:59:56+00:00

The Mayan Ruins of Chichen Itza

By Canaan Crouse and Tai Turrell In two weeks, our families (my family and my friend, Canaan’s family) will be going on a Disney Western Caribbean cruise. One of our [...]

By | January 10th, 2020|

Growing Up Japanese

I’m of mixed ancestry. I’m not a “pureblood.” My dad is English, my mom is half Japanese and half American. So that makes me one-fourth Japanese blood. Even though I’m [...]

By | November 20th, 2019|

My Alaskan Cruise Adventure

Earlier this month, my family went to Vancouver and from there, went on a cruise through Alaska. Alaska is the largest state - and also the coldest state - in [...]

By | October 7th, 2019|

Hunting in Scotland

 My family loved Scotland so much we decided to go again! We’ve been to Scotland three times in nine months. We went for the first time in September, then again [...]

By | June 26th, 2019|

Washington D.C. as My Classroom

Two months ago, my family and I went to Washington D.C. I’ve been all over the world and have been to many nation’s capitals, but I think Washington D.C. is [...]

By | June 5th, 2019|

Why I Love Homeschooling

School has been around since the time of Ancient Mesopotamia. The first schools were started by Sumerians in Mesopotamia because they invented writing around 3100 B.C. and needed to teach [...]

By | March 25th, 2019|

Churchill and the Spitfire Won WWII

In World War II, the Nazi war machine was dominant at first because of two aspects: their fighting style and military tactic, known as Blitzkrieg or lightning warfare, and their [...]

By | March 19th, 2019|

My First Hunt – A Rite of Passage

Last year, I got my first hunting kill. I had been sitting in tree stands with my grandfather for a couple years every hunting season, watching and learning the tradition [...]

By | February 22nd, 2019|

Pointe du Hoc

In homeschool, we’ve been studying World War II all year because I think it’s really interesting. So when we went to visit my family on the southcoast of England, we [...]

By | October 25th, 2018|

Expanding My Word Power

My mom loves to write. She wants us to have a love of writing and words, too. So for homeschool, we’ve been doing word of the day. After two weeks [...]

By | September 7th, 2018|

What I’ve Learned from Gaming

I love gaming. I’ve learned a lot from playing video games. I don’t believe that gaming is bad for you or causes kids to be violent. Rather, I believe that [...]

By | June 19th, 2018|