Posted in In the Files, Links on Sep 24th, 2008 7 Comments »
A few years ago I got quite interested in the way boys are floundering in school compared to girls. Here’s a short article at PBS — Boys in School which summarizes some of the recent findings. Another recent article The Trouble with Boys says
In elementary-school classrooms—where teachers increasingly put an emphasis on language and a […]
Posted in homeschool questions, Transition Years on Sep 23rd, 2008 3 Comments »
Laura asked about my last school post:
Not that you have to be an expert or anything, but you do have at least one child in college, so perhaps you could answer something for me: How much has what Cohen said about not having to take the typical high school survey courses been superseded by […]
Posted in Journal, Photos on Sep 23rd, 2008 2 Comments »
Then I did….I cut my own hair! I was sick of it and yesterday decided that I had a daughter who could help me salvage it if I really messed it up.
But it’s OK… at least, if there’s a bad part in the back, I am happily unaware of it ;-).
Posted in Links on Sep 23rd, 2008 3 Comments »
I loved this An Unauthorised Guide for Unschooling Mums dealing with (still developing) Unschooling Dads
So funny and seems quite perceptive!
My own husband has always been pretty fine about alternative methods — in fact, in this house I’m more the “inside the box” type than he is, and when I’m the divergent one he’s usually OK […]
Posted in Highlights on Sep 21st, 2008 2 Comments »
My occasional Daybook.
Adventures in Recent Past and Future:
Sean’s football, which is like a marvellous saga in itself.
An upcoming trip north for a family reunion. Only some of us can go; Sean and Kevin have to stay here, so Sean can go to school and practice, and Brendan may hang out here too in order […]
Posted in Living and learning on Sep 20th, 2008 1 Comment »
Do you care about grass stains? I do, right now; I never particularly did before. But if you do, this site has lots of tips for getting them out.
The reason that I care is that Sean’s “away” jersey is mostly white, and he sure can pick up a grass stain. Since the jersey belongs […]
Posted in Links on Sep 17th, 2008 Comments Off
Kevin saw this on my blog so he did one too. This is his.
Your result for The Who Would You Be in 1400 AD Test…
The Lord
You scored 24% Cardinal, 54% Monk, 35% Lady, and 65% Knight!
Posted in Photos on Sep 16th, 2008 3 Comments »
Andrea told me how to embed video, so here’s another try.
Posted in Links on Sep 16th, 2008 Comments Off
Your result for The Who Would You Be in 1400 AD Test…
The Monk
You scored 5% Cardinal, 79% Monk, 50% Lady, and 35% Knight!
HT: Drew at Running River Latin School.
Posted in School Life on Sep 16th, 2008 2 Comments »
This evening was devoted to helping Sean study for an Earth Science chapter exam — he didn’t do too great on the first one so I wanted to demonstrate the process of studying a textbook — something he doesn’t know much about. He is having the easiest time in Language Arts, the class I was […]
