Trying again... A Passion Poll

[Janice in NJ]

OK. I've never done this. Trying a poll.

I've always been curious about the demographic here. TWTM is such a strong literary education, but with solid math, science, and critical thinking goals folded into it.

Where do YOUR passions lie. (I'm trying to ignore my kids here - just thinking about me....) And you?

[8FillTheHeart]

Janice,

There should be a little "poll" box for you to check before you post and then after you post your message, a poll screen should appear.

But, beyond that......my true passion for study is theology. I love studying Church history, early Church Father writings, and understanding Catholic theology. :)

[mellifera]

I like the study of theology also. History would be my second choice. That said, I was a science and language major in college. Go figure.:)

[Trivium Academy]

I love discussing books especially with someone who has read it, I love the analysis, digging deeper than the surface, comparing characters, really getting into a book.

Art is a magnificent subject, it tells so many stories- the stories of the artist, the story of the piece of work itself, the story of history. There are so many intricate details so that everytime you look at a piece, you see something new.

I have a passion for each subject really, but art & literature are prime. I find history and science fascinating but complicated. Probably the subject I have least passion for is logic but that is because there's no zing to it at all and too many have used it to hurt others.

[Friederike in Persia]

How weird, I'm exactly the same!

[Lolly]

I am/used to be a voracious reader. I have to watch myself now that I have children because I am totally sucked in when I read. Nothing else exists outside of the world in the book. When the kids were smaller, I simply did not allow myself to read because I would neglect them while I was in another world. Now, I am trying to learn to limit my reading time to just a few hours a day, but it calls me so strongly I have trouble keeping my mind out of it. I have a hard time with read alouds too. My kids can almost always get me to read just one more chapter. We tend to finish these Sonlight books way ahead of schedule! My throat suffers from it terribly.

My first passion is biology. I just love studying the living world. I am able to control this one better though. :) Two of my dc seem to have inherited this love. It makes science time fun.

[Kelli in TN]

I don't think I have a passion for anything.

Is that sad? It was not cultivated when I was young and I became a mom at 20 and it was just busy, busy, busy after that.

My passion is my kids and I study what I need for them. I suppose if I were not homeschooling I would not study the things I do. I might eat bon-bons with Amy in Orlando. No, not really. Truthfully I would probably be the parent who practically lives at the school and runs the bake sales and such.

My passions go wherever my children go. I truly have no passions or real identity outside of that. I am absolutely defined by my family.

And the funny thing is, I don't think it is bad or that I should feel guilty or sorry for myself or any of that. I am content.

[Zee]

Primarily literature for me, but reading about Charlotte Mason has opened up lots of new areas of interest and desire for deeper knowledge. I now have deep interest in history, art, classical music and it's history, science, languages and so on. I'm still scared of logic and rhetoric, but I'll try to eat that animal one bite at a time. I guess reading about CM and PNEU schools, opened up a world of knowledge I never felt interest to pursue before.

[RhondaM.]

I have not had much time to devote to it....but I am SO interested in the Orphan Trains, the slums of old New York city and especially the area called Five Points in New York. I think there was a movie made about Five Points recently...but as I don't do TV/movies, I have not seen it. 'How the Other Half Lives' (ack..can't remember who wrote it...Jacob somebody.) wrote about it and it is very interesting. You can find it online with pictures. I had not idea that Orphan Trains had ever existed until about 6 years ago.

If I have a passion it is the history of that era. Woman's Studies of that time period and place also deeply interest me.

[Janice in NJ]

Please see above for the "real" poll- sorry.
Nobody look at me, OK? :-)
Just like most things in life, I'm a bit slow at the start.......

[Tracey in TX]

I love history, primarily Western European history. The integration of Church history, religion, and genealogy are intriguing to learn about because it really does shape who we are and why we've become this way. My children have picked up the fascination as well. (Two years ago I did extensive family history and suddenly it became something personal.)

[Kristiana]

My first response was my passion is classical music. I'm a classical cellist, it's what I do. But I think I'm actually more passionate about history at the moment. I've been in music for years, I feel like I know a lot more about it, and though the passion is there for playing, I feel more passionate about history because I don't know nearly as much about it, if that makes sense. I have more hunger to learn about history because I don't know as much about it.

I'm also highly passionate about family history and how it ties into the larger history of the world. Genealogy is an addiction for me!

I also love languages and geography, then I get to things like art and literature. Everything else is way down the list.

[Jenny in Florida]

I've never been particularly interested in math, and science jazzes me only in pretty conceptual terms. However, other than those reservations, I can't think of anything I don't find fascinating when it is well presented. I've always loved to read, and people frequently just sort of stand there and shake their heads when they look at my bookshelves, because we have such an eclcectic collection, with really incongruous selections right next to each other. What's on my reading list tends to run in spates: I'll spend a few months reading about the history of single-sex education in the U.S., then a year or so lost in classic British literature, then a couple of years reading nothing but those "micro-histories" like Salt and The Victorian Internet, etc.

I also love, love, love really good theatre of all kinds. We have season tickets for a couple of performing arts groups in town and buy singles to lots of other things, with the result that we see an average of at least two or three shows per month.

If I had to try and make sense of it all, I guess I'd say my real passion is education. I love to learn new things, myself, and I love researching about education in general and thinking about and planning better ways to learn and to teach.

--Jenny

[RegularMom]

I read voraciously like that, as well. If I don't have something to read, I go a little crazy. We just moved, and most of my books are all boxed up still, and I've finished all the paperbacks I keep getting at the grocery store to tide me over until my stuff is unpacked. And so I find myself digging out the Nancy Drew mysteries that my MIL found at a garage sale and my 7yo will soon be ready for (of all things) to skim through at bedtime. Because I need something to read. At all times. I'm just weird like that. :)

As for my passions, they'd be: literature, history, and astronomy. In that order.

[Daisy]

Momof7, you are speaking my language. My degree is in theology and I love it!! My passion is hands-down theology and church history. I love reading the works of really old dead guys. LOL.

[Karen in CO]

How about chocolate. I love dark chocolate. And coffee. I really love coffee.

I went to what would now be considered a private classical Christian high school. I studied Latin from 7-12th grade. I loved math and science. I graduated from a private liberal arts college with a degree in computer science (and minors in math and political science). I have been employed as a computer programmer and database analyst for 17 years. Logic, planning, thinking through a process and breaking it down into workable steps is what I spend the most time doing.

Passion - hmmmm.
My interests over the years have varied greatly, but I think my passion is learning. Either that or a nice latte with dark chocolate. mmmm.

[Maxine in WA]

Music and books have always been my passion, ever since I was a little girl. They have brought me through some very tough times in my life. I cannot imagine a world without either.

I have always loved science, but I come from an era where girls were given messages that we could only be secretaries, nurses, teachers, or homemakers. As a result, I never took any high school science courses and dropped all dreams of pursuing science (I wanted to be a Marine Biologist).

I love Philosophy and Logic. I went to a liberal arts college where 2 classes in Philosophy/Logic were required to graduate. That's where I fell in love with the great thinkers. "The Thinker" is my favorite statue. So, I guess my true passion is thinking. :D