In Theory, there is no Practice.

I need to focus, to have some objectives in my reading / learning. I know I do best with the structure of a class, but without necessarily needing a teacher. I had a great thought:  set up some classes I can take on my own! Setting aside the curriculum and stuff, the first question that I should answer is, What subjects do I want to study?

Subjects I want to learn more about (with books I already have listed in the topic). This does duplicate much of my earlier post, but grouped and organized better:

• Spiritual Ideals
  • The Bible
  • Quieting a Noisy Soul Kit: Overcoming Guilt, Anxiety, Anger, and Despair
  • Changed Into His Image: God’s Plan for Transforming Your Life, Taking Time To Change: An Interactive Study Guide For Changed Into His Image
• How to be a better father
  • The Five Love Languages of Children
  • Raising Godly children
  • Homeschooling/Teaching my sons (The Well-Trained Mind: A Guide to Classical Education at Home (Third Edition)
  • Coaching/Playing sports with my sons
• How to be a better husband
  • Discovering The Mind Of A Woman: The Key To Becoming A Strong And Irresistible Husband Is…
• Classic Literature
  • Don Quixote
  • The Faerie Queene: Book One (Bk. 1)
  • The Pilgrim’s Progress (Oxford World’s Classics)
  • The Canterbury Tales: Nine Tales and the General Prologue (Norton Critical Editions)
• Reading / Learning Skills
  • Pragmatic Thinking and Learning: Refactor Your Wetware (Pragmatic Programmers)
  • Vocabulary
  • Phonics
  • How to Read a Book (A Touchstone book)
  • The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had
• Programming
  • Test Driven Design/Development
  • Clean Code: A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship (Robert C. Martin Series)
  • Productive Practices (The Productive Programmer (Theory in Practice (O’Reilly), The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master)
  • Improving existing code (Refactoring: Improving the Design of Existing Code (Addison-Wesley Object Technology Series), Refactoring to Patterns (Addison-Wesley Signature Series), Working Effectively with Legacy Code (Robert C. Martin Series))
  • Windows development / Windows Home Server Plugins
  • Design Patterns (Head First Design Patterns)
• Web / Graphic Design
  • Head First Web Design
  • Creating a Web Site: The Missing Manual
• Physical Education
• Drawing / Art
• Science Fiction / Urban Fantasy
• Discrete Mathematics
• Algorithms
• Cooking

Now I just need to divide these up into classes. It seems pretty obvious which I am most interested in. I still need to take some core classes to help me overall.

Then I need to decide on my electives, the length of the session, and the goals / topics for the actual session. This is turning into a pretty ambitious plan.

I think I need to consider some goals / rules on what makes up a balanced set of classes.