Over on msn.com, one of the highlighted stories scrolling across the top of the page is about the blogs of 4 teachers preparing to start a new school year – 2 looking forward and 2 starting retirment. One of the 2 teachers looking forward to the new school year of a HOMESCHOOLING mom named Tanna. Blog here. I think it’s way cool that a mainstream … Continue reading Way cool
Well, OK, so a “few days” turned into 3 months, but I was real busy, ya know. We moved into a new house on April 30th which is far enough out of town that we can’t get cable or DSL and our old computer is so rickety that we couldn’t even get the CD Rom to read an AOL start-up disk. (Donations in support of … Continue reading I’m Back!
I’m sure all my faithful minions are heartbroken that I haven’t been blogging more this week, but packing must continue. So in the meantime, I’ll direct you to some fun stuff to look through: The Pig’s Tales: A 4th grade teacher blogging about life, school, kids and an outrageously terrible principle. I recommend starting here and wandering through older posts (the stuff on her main … Continue reading Stuff to look at
I’m still busy packing, so I’m not going to have much time to post over the next few days (which doesn’t mean I won’t indulge anyway!), but I wanted to let everyone know that the Carnival of Homeschooling is up over at the Common Room. The Carnival of Education is up over at Education Wonks. Browse, mingle, talk among yourselves, have fun! Continue reading Let’s go to the carnivals!
Over on msnbc.com they have an article from Forbes Magazine titled “Five Reasons to Skip College” which I think every parent and teen should read. The article points out that while there is a correlation between a college degree, particularly from a top school, and earnings, this should not be taken to be a causative relationship. If you’re smart and ambitious enough to get into … Continue reading Forbes magazine on why your kids should think about skipping college
We have a mean flu bug working its way through the house. It hit my 6 year old pretty hard today. He’s been running a fever and this afternoon, he fell asleep for a couple of hours on the couch. When he woke up, his temperature was about 102. I asked him how he felt. He looked up at me with his flushed face and … Continue reading Mind over body
Week 16 of the Carnival of Homeschooling is up over at about homeschooling. If you haven’t seen a carnival before, be sure to head on over. It’s a sampling of what homeschoolers on the blogosphere are talking about and can be a great way to find new, interesting blogs. My post “My kitchen table’s under-used (and I think I’m OK with that)” is included in … Continue reading This week’s carnival of Homeschooling is up!
Over at the new blog “Robin’s Blue Skies”, there is a wonderful post about how kids learn in the real world vs. workbook learning. I know people who are “school at home types” and I know that some of them think the idea of not having the kids sit down to do their school work for several hours every day seems crazy. However, if my … Continue reading What if they learn without doing the worksheets?
Yesterday on beliefnet.com, the blogger Chattering Mind asks if we need to/should accept Jesus’ literal resurrection as fact. She seems inclined to the Borg train of thought in which one makes up something more suitable, albeit without any supporting evidence besides one’s own conjurings like Jesus being alive in our hearts, rather than physically alive. I was going to leave a comment, but I couldn’t … Continue reading For Good Friday and Easter
Mythbusters on the Discovery Channel tonight examined the myth of a gigantic slingshot used to fling people through the air and across the border. There’s one way to cross! Of course they’re too nice/smart to get too embroiled, so the imaginary border they created to test their gigantic slingshot was the US Canadian border. But not too nice, and definately smart enough to put the … Continue reading In honor of the protests over illegal immigration . . .
The Upside Down World 