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No offense, but you seem like an overbearing parent who wants his child to learn, learn, learn. And that's ok...sort of. If your child wants to be a chef, maybe the best thing to do would be to buy him pots and pans and oil and spices and some fish and some steaks, and letting him experiment. Not all learning comes from books, as I'm sure you know.
Books won't hurt, especially cookbooks in this case, and reading another sort of book won't hurt him, but if his interest is in cooking, then don't make him read too many books. Make him cook!
Have him cook dinner for your family, and let him know, gently, if he did something wrong, like something was overcooked or too salty or whatever, and have him try again. Then in his spare time if he can read a book or two, encourage him to do that, but then have him make lunch for you.
Don't stifle your child by trying to expand his horizons. It can happen. Let him focus on what he cares about and the rest should come naturally.
Once your son is a master chef, he can read all the books you suggest, but let him be himself first.
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Actually, that's a good point about my word usage. Provoke might not have been the best one to use. Thank you for pointing that out.
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About my previous post about Shakespeare, you don't necessarily learn Shakespeare from books. If you want, take him to a play that's happening in theatres. Maybe he would like to start a career in theatre after watching historical fiction plays, or even just fiction for that matter.
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(Apr 01, 2017, 18:47 pm)RobertX Wrote: About my previous post about Shakespeare, you don't necessarily learn Shakespeare from books. If you want, take him to a play that's happening in theatres. Maybe he would like to start a career in theatre after watching historical fiction plays, or even just fiction for that matter.
He would not understand any plays here. We live in a Spanish speaking country, which is not our native tongue. He has a long ways to go before being able to read Spanish fluently, let alone hear it and understand easily. But that was a great idea. Thanks!
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Apr 15, 2017, 05:41 am
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You should read Conn Iggulden's Conqueror series. You'll love it.
https://www.goodreads.com/series/44108-conqueror
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(Apr 15, 2017, 05:41 am)escrowms Wrote: You should read Conn Iggulden's Conqueror series. You'll love it.
https://www.goodreads.com/series/44108-conqueror
I don't have any on my list from this part of history yet, so this is a great idea. Thanks!
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Head hurt! 
I'll keep on finding more ideas.
Right now, I can't find any other remedy than to allow public education.
You see, although you have won the respect of other parents by taking on a difficult task of being a teacher, you need to realise that if your boy is going to learn stuff, he should be in class with other students. Don't know too much about the local language? All the better! You see, immersion is a good way to learn any language. I know that my Mandarin got better because I live in an area where mainland Chinese frequent. I still have a ways to go before mastering, but I'm getting there.
You would come in when your boy needs to ask questions about what he's learning in school. While helping him, design lesson plans where he would realistically learn that will not take away a lot of time to do his homework.
Just my two Canadian dollars.
EDIT: And oh, The Pirate Bay has a wealth of media that uploaders volunteer their time uploading. You shouldn't have too much trouble with finding a good film/TV show that talks about common stuff LIKE history and in any language. Watch those programmes you find in TPB with him and you can also gain knowledge that you may not have done so before the fact.
Good luck.
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