Dunning-Kruger in the Galley
As a person who has always been plagued with insecurity and anxiety, I am fascinated by the Dunning-Kruger Effect. If you're unfamiliar with the term, it's the reason your totally incompetent colleague believes that he's God's gift to [insert subject here]. Articles abound on the subject, and you can even read the original [...]
Rigging For Crow’s Nest Academy
On a sailboat, the rigging includes all of the ropes, cables, or chains that support a ship's masts and control the boat's yards and sails. It seems appropriate that the ideas that are shaping the curriculum I'm developing for Crow's Nest Academy should be called its rigging. Here's how they're shaping up [...]
Advanced Course in Naming Courses
One of our favorite TV shows is/was Community. If you haven't watched it, please do. Right away. It's hysterical. As I was playing around with curriculum unit ideas for Crow's Nest Academy, I couldn't help thinking of one of my favorite episodes -"Conspiracy Theories and Interior Design." It features a colossal blanket fort [...]
Founding a Private School in Under Five Minutes
Once we decided to go the homeschooling route, I quickly set about brainstorming curriculum. I was interrupted from my optimistic reveries by Captain Jack. "Sooooo what are the requirements for homeschooling, anyway?" he asked, ever the pragmatist. I had no idea, but I found my answer in lightning fast time. Apparently, there are [...]
Sans Galley (Part II)
The other side of the galley is the table and sitting area. This is also where the main AC/DC distribution panel resides. I just want to get it stripped out without damaging the trim. Like the other side of the galley, this was fairly uninteresting. The only possible exception being [...]
Teaching At Sea Among Other Things
"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education." :Albert Einstein We're still several months off from even moving aboard the Sea Shanti. While tearing up floorboards and pulling down paneling, Jack discovered that the boat already had about a million residents: termites. Yech. Just one more reason that he's [...]
Sans Galley (Part I)
The only thing that really remains in the main cabin is the galley. Everything else in there isn't really connected to the flooring so the disposition of that can be figured out later. A few lockers, the head sink, etc aren't really a concern at this point as they're in [...]
Captain Jack and Quartermaster Autumn
Boatswain Fain
The Sea Shanti
