Category Archives: EDUCATION
And Writing Well Part II or What the Kid Teaches Me
Since last night… Did you finish your math homework? Yes- it was easy as pie. He said this just as I completed the word pie in my previous post. Mom, what does adversary mean? Look it up in your dictionary. … Continue reading
How Do You Teach a Kid to Write Well?
Well, damned if I know. Give me food allergies, give me asthma, give me an FH, give me how to explain Love Actually when he walks in on me watching it. I got it. I got all this down. I … Continue reading
What A Difference A Year Makes…And Some New Teachers
Last night was parent teacher conference night. Our slot was scheduled for 7:20 which is usually about the time we are feeding gnats to the frogs and winding down for the triple B- bath, book and bed. It was difficult … Continue reading
The Plot Thickens
Summer reading. We didn’t have summer reading when I attended school in the Stone Age (yeah yeah insert pun here), but that was also back when summer was June, July and August and you didn’t step foot in a classroom … Continue reading
The End of The School Year
I have been waiting all year to write this. Today is the last day of school for the public school system in Nashville. It is the last day of 6th grade. I feel a couple knots loosening in my neck and … Continue reading
A Letter From Greg Mortenson
I am on the email list for the Central Asia Institute. I received the following email this evening. I am happy to share it. Sunday, April 17, 2011 Asalaam-o-Alaikum (Peace Be With You). Greetings from Montana and on behalf … Continue reading
In Support of Greg Mortenson and the Central Asia Institute
During my childhood and throughout most of my adulthood I loved the game of baseball. I followed the Pittsburgh Pirates with total devotion and the rest of the National League with sincere fervor. I weathered a couple of strikes and … Continue reading
A Virus Breeds A Philosophical Discussion
April showers have yet to bring May flowers, but April has brought a rather pernicious virus to my small household. My son and I have what I believe medical science defines as “crud.” It’s just enough fever to feel droopy and … Continue reading
Maybe He’s Mommy’s Boy After All
Books. Have I mentioned I love books? I think I may have uttered that fact once or twice. If I could put books in a giant cereal bowl and pour milk over them and eat them for breakfast I would. … Continue reading
Children with Food Allergies
There has been an issue in the media the last few days concerning an elementary school in Florida and a student there who has a severe peanut allergy. Parents of students attending this school are actually standing outside the school … Continue reading
