After last week’s homeschool CC meeting, my daughter launched into a long vent about the book. Specifically, that it is very one-sided and condescending and manipulative. (My condensation of her rant.). I did not put any words in her mouth; it just spilled out. She said, “I know you weren’t trying to make me against evolution when we read it before, (She was ten), but back then I just thought everything about evolution was wrong. Now I can see it’s …rant, rant.”
Thus ensued long and vigorous discussion. She is pretty worked up about this view being put upon her classmates. She has been thinking about how to respond to the question that will come tomorrow, “What did you think about the chapter?”
That’s a tough one, but has led to more conversations about belief, fears, truth, and what really matters.
We are pretty proud of her, and I thought you would like to know that she has “seen the light” on her own.
I am a bit trepidatous as to what will happen next, though. We are close to these families and I sure don’t want them to distance themselves from me.