EvaSieteTres's Journal, 16 May 2020

I can read "homeschooling!" Having taught all mine at home, I know the challenges and the joys! Whatever yours are right now, good luck! ❤️😂 

Ostras, pretty accurate! Es un puntazo lo de la zona sur de Moldavia separada y en blanco. jjaja sin mirar wiki, qué país "sin nombre" anda por esos lares? Venga ese quizz 

I didn't know you homeschooled your kids, Melissa. In Spain we can't do anything else now, as the schools have been closed for two months and classes will resume in September at the earliest. I don't know if you know what Eurovision is: a song contest where there is one song for each European country, plus Israel and Australia (don't ask me why, LOL), and through a jury and the vote of the public the best one is chosen. It's very kitchy but fun, and we love it at home. This year we couldn't celebrate the festival of the final, but yesterday there was a tribute program on TV and the map served for my children to mark the countries that appeared, and in this way they learned a little geography. 

Maku, absolutamente ni idea! Lo que sí detecté y busqué ayer fue el trocito de Rusia que está "suelto" al sur de Lituania: Kaliningrado, un enclave ruso dentro de Europa. Espero la solución al enigma. 

Transnistria, los indepes Moldavos! Jaja no les reconoce ni Dios, salvo Rusia, y es que la URSS nunca se fue y Putin paga sus pensiones a cambio de que se estudie ruso como idioma nativo. También hay un trocito de Rusia bajo Armenia junto al trocito sin nombre que es el Azerbaián partido.  

Oh thanks for explaining! It sounds like a great way for the kinds to be interested in geography. For years we used a free, online quiz program called Seterra for our gang. It worked so well, snd they all know their geography far better than me... Their supposed teacher! 😁 Yeah, we also have no school until fall. I was responsible for all of thier education until the first four graduated from high school. My youngest is in high school and ironically is being homeschooled again... I don't do a lot for him, since. Mostly it is easy for him to do online. My oldest is entering a masters program in the fall. Next down just did a two year degree and works now. Third is still at university... Well will be in the fall again. Fourth is at college... Fifth... My high school kiddo. 😁  

Transnistria! Un nombre para historias de miedo. Muy interesante, Maku. No estaba nada puesta en estos manejes de Rusia. 

So you have 5 children and homeschooled all of them?? I don't know why I thought you had three, which is quite a lot already XDD Now I understand why they're so close to you, and to each other. Besides being siblings, they went to class together! You must be proud of what you've done for them. 

Thank you, Eva! I am proud of them, but I can't take credit. They had to learn to study hard on their own, which I guess helped them when they advanced to upper levels. I hope they will always remain each other's most dependable friends! 😁