@stillwatersart, y'know when I think about it, a lot of people I know in the States don't read for pleasure... and I'm now wondering if it's because the learning process itself was so disagreeably forced. There's no pleasure to be found now, 'cause there was no pleasure experienced then? Hmmm...

Regardless, BRAVA TO YOU! Homeschooling two boys makes you heroic in my book.