We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bellyful of words and do not know a thing.
so very pregnant...
Posted May 6th, 2008 by TraceyI'm tired of being pregnant. I'm at that point of the pregnancy where I just can't find a comfortable position to be in at all. A bath keeps sounding good, but as soon as I get in, I'm like, "oh" and I get bored. There's no comfy way to sleep...sit...stand...walk...pee. I can't concentrate on any activity for longer than a few minutes...like reading is beyond me right now...I can't focus on a whole TV show... read more »
Silly Superintendent...
Posted April 5th, 2008 by Tracey in
As taxpayers, we get a regular newsletter thingie from "our" school district. I sometimes glance through... This morning, I was reading the opening of the booklet, written by the superintendent. It starts with a quote:
"High expectations are the key to everything." ~ Sam Walton read more »
Around the house
Posted March 12th, 2008 by TraceyWe are trying to move far, far away from New York State. I HATE the weather (yes, I grew up in Maine, and went to college in NY...but I guess living in the southwest for years made me a wimp!), I am shocked by the general attitude towards natural birth here, I cannot justify the homeschooling laws here, and I just don't like it at all. We moved here from New Mexico (about 2 years ago now), and that's where we want to go back to. read more »
Paying students for academic achievement
Posted March 5th, 2008 by ArpWrapping up self-esteem in grades is one thing. There's at least the slight charade involving the love of learning. Paying students for grades is another thing altogether, and it is, at best, a half-assed band-aid for a critically hemorraging educational system.
That's my heavy-handed metaphor of the week :-P, inspired by a New York Times article (copied below). read more »
