Here’s a cool website for those seeking to identify unknown bugs: http://whatsthatbug.com/
FYI, there is a picture of wheelbugs mating which prompts a comment about “bug pornography” by the site authors. Nothing major, but I thought I’d give a heads-up in case that sort of thing bugs you. (Get it – bugs you! [...]
Archive for August, 2006
Bugs galore!
Posted in education, homeschooling, tagged bugs, education, homeschooling on August 31, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Homeschooling at work!
Posted in being mom, homeschooling, humor, kids, tagged ADD, homeschooling, kids on August 31, 2006 | 1 Comment »
In our house when one of my boys does something particularly boneheaded, my darling, ever helpful hubby will often sarcastically remark “Homeschooling, eh?” Yesterday my 11 year old gave a truly spectacular demonstration of the superior results of homeschooling while filling out a form. First he didn’t capitalize his last name, then he spelled homeschool [...]
Why do we put up with this?
Posted in education, tagged education, reform on August 31, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
According to the government, we spend an average of $8,287 per student in public schools. That’s $207,175 for a class of 25. The average teacher makes about $47K. Yet every year we read stories like this. If the money isn’t going into teacher salaries or supplies for the classroom – where [...]
Technology only a man could love
Posted in humor, tagged humor, men, technology on August 31, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
When my hubby told me about BMW’s new technology which allows a car to park itself, I was pretty impressed. Until I read about how it actually worked. Turns out this technology only works if you’re parking your car in the garage. And you have to stand next to the car and [...]
Link-o-palooza!
Posted in education, homeschooling, tagged education, homeschooling, useful websites on August 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The Chicago Tribune had a list of useful links for students and teachers which I thought I’d pass on to you. I copied these addresses and desciptions from the story and have tried to correct incomplete addresses, but if you come across something which doesn’t work, leave a message and I’ll try to fix [...]
Learning by Osmosis
Posted in homeschooling, kids, tagged homeschool, kids, learning on August 28, 2006 | 3 Comments »
If you have read this blog for any amount of time, you may have noticed that I go through cycles of worry and paranoia about how we teach our two sons, ages 7 and 11. Much of this is fed by the fact that the homeschool moms I spend the most time with are the [...]
Pedophile Identification . . . Please pass this on
Posted in current events, kids on August 23, 2006 | 1 Comment »
The New York Times today printed a truly chilling piece today about the psyche of pedophiles using the web. Now, I want you to understand that I am not the sort of person who is given to alarmist views or paranoia. I don’t pass on alarming e-mails about people who want to take away your [...]
Carnival Of Homeschooling’s Up!
Posted in homeschooling on August 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This week’s carnival of homeschooling is up over at Patricia Ann’s Pollywog Creek Porch.
It’s a trip to the swamp without the mosquito bites! My post from yesterday about the Washington Post columns on high school mediocrity is there as well as a bunch of other good stuff. So skip the Off! and head [...]
Unclear on the concept
Posted in being mom, humor, kids on August 21, 2006 | 1 Comment »
Over the weekend my 7 year old caught a big black cricket and put it in a plastic water bottle on our counter. (This is a huge improvement of his previous practice of placing bugs under over-turned drinking glasses on the counter, BTW.) I told him that he should let it go.
“But Mom, [...]
