Beowulf with Hoosen, Jr.

THROWBACKS That Time I Threw Caution to the Wind, and Homeschooled a Third Grader

Original manuscript of Beowulf. Image: The British Library (Public Domain)

A decade or so ago, I was looking at a bleak future of worksheets and tests for my son (He Who Shall Not Be Named On The Internets, Junior or HWSNBNOTI Jr. pronounced Hoosen Benoti, Junior).

I remembered my own fabulous adventures at his age. In that golden time in postwar England…