Back to School

Our first sea day meant our first chance to work through the school schedule. While we managed to get through the material we had on the syllabus for today, it was not an unqualified success. We wanted to get going at 8:30, with a day of math, ELA, science, social studies, and computer science (for Thomas) planned. We wound up getting a later start than we wanted to as Thomas was a bit sluggish getting out of bed and breakfast took longer than we’d planned. We also learned that kids under 16 (or 18? Whichever, doesn’t make a difference) are not allowed on the fitness machines in the gym. That’s a bummer as we’d planned to leverage those for our PE. We’re going to have to figure out how to keep the boys active without the gym.

We lose an hour tonight – an event that will recur with regularity throughout the trip – as we move into Atlantic time. So that’ll put additional pressure on managing the school schedule. But we’ll work it out and find a rhythm and a schedule that works.Read more