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Catherine and Isabela
Catherine Brooks is a certified art teacher whose school district allows teachers to take a sabbatical every 5-6 years. Catherine knew exactly what she wanted to do during her year off: travel the world and bring her daughter Isabela with her.
Since the time that Isabela was 5 years old, Catherine had been preparing her daughter for this trip, telling her that when she was in the 5th or 6th grade, they would set off for the vacation of their lives.
Catherine asked her daughter over the years if there were countries that she wanted to visit, but she already had an itinerary in mind. They would start off in Europe because Catherine thought it was important to understand the foundation of Western civilization: the origin of democracy in Greece and the Roman Empire in Italy. They would also visit Scotland, Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary. In Asia, they would go all over, to India, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, China, Japan, Hong Kong and Indonesia.
Catherine thought of reading, writing and math assignments that her daughter would complete on the road, but she knew that the life-experiences that her daughter would gain would be her most valuable lesson.
To learn more about how Catherine “homeschooled” her daughter while traveling around the world, read the following articles:
http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-28081-SF-Living-Abroad-Examiner~y2009m11d8-Posttriparoundtheworld
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