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 [...]
Archive for April, 2006
Stuff to look at
Posted in education, homeschooling, resources, tagged blogs, education, fashion, interesting links on April 29, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Let’s go to the carnivals!
Posted in education on April 26, 2006 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
The state and your children
Posted in homeschooling, politics, tagged children, homeschooling, liberty, politicians, politics on April 24, 2006 | 2 Comments »
I sometimes wonder if parents realize how much control they are handing to the government when they enroll their children in government schools. I’m guessing that many parents do not realize that not only are they not choosing what specifically their children are taught, but they do not have the legal right to have their [...]
Forbes magazine on why your kids should think about skipping college
Posted in education, tagged college, Forbes Magazine, professions on April 24, 2006 | 1 Comment »
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 [...]
Uproar over teacher’s blog
Posted in culture, current events, education, tagged blogs, chicago, Fenger High School, outrage, teacher on April 23, 2006 | 5 Comments »
In today’s Chicago Tribune, there’s an article about a teacher’s blog which is apparently creating such a fuss and out-cry that the teacher has stopped coming to school out of fear for his safety. The school in question is Fenger High School , one of Chicago’s worst public schools. On a blog he called “Fast [...]
Mind over body
Posted in being mom, humor, kids, tagged humor, kids, sickness on April 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
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. [...]
What does the state need to be able to do to "their" kids?
Posted in current events, homeschooling, politics, tagged children, government, homeschooling, liberty on April 20, 2006 | 1 Comment »
I read an article today about homeschooling in VA where apparently there are some rather onerous requirements for assessment. Fortunately, there’s also an out: a religious exemption clause which allows parents who are homeschooling for religious reasons to do so without interference from the state. Now some people are wondering if the law should be [...]
This week’s carnival of Homeschooling is up!
Posted in education, homeschooling on April 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
What if they learn without doing the worksheets?
Posted in education, homeschooling, kids, tagged blog, homeschooling, kids, unschooling on April 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
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 Good Friday and Easter
Posted in religion, tagged easter, religion, resurrection on April 14, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
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. [...]
