Technorati Search for: homeschooling August 29th, 2008
Homeschooling Only One ~ Excerpts from HOOville Posted 1:49 AM, Aug. 29, 2008 Over on my message board dedicated to those who are homeschooling only one (affectionately called “HOOville”), we have a lot of discussions—some serious, some fun. There is plenty of camaraderie, plenty of shoulders to cry on, plenty of encouragement and rejoicing with those who rejoice. We also discuss homeschooling in the news. Recently this article came to our attention about homeschooling under attack in
Technorati Search for: homeschooling August 29th, 2008
I collect the children from school to be immediately buried in half a hundred weight of trees. What is wrong with these people? Haven’t they heard of the paperless society? We have the technology, it’s called e-mail. I am grossly grumpy as I sort through three sets of identical A4 sheets of paper, often with a mere one liner. I concentrate on a huge wad of stapled sheets with class room rules, as rules are made to be broken. I am to review the rules with my son before we pen our respective
Technorati Search for: homeschooling August 28th, 2008
From Connect Savannah, writer Stacey Kronquest's article, Testing Boundaries: Parent Coalition pushes back against current standardization "Almost 40 percent of Georgia's eighth graders failed the standardized math test." "But the validity of Georgia's tests was called into question this year. Eighty percent of sixth and seventh graders failed the Social Studies CRCT, prompting Georgia Secretary of Education Kathy Cox to throw out the score because they weren't deemed trustworthy assessments o
Technorati Search for: homeschooling August 28th, 2008
Tiptoeing Through the Uke-lyptus posted Wednesday, August 27, 2008 1:21:00 PM by Bill My family spent most of last week camping with several dozen fellow homeschooling families. As you might expect these are all special people, smart and funny and every one of them outrageously talented, often in multiple intimidating ways. One common thread was music. Several times I sat listening to campfire singalongs with a dozen or so musicians playing a variety of stringed instruments (and a flute or
Technorati Search for: homeschooling August 28th, 2008
Featured Blogger ~ kirstenjett Posted 5:33 PM, Aug. 28, 2008 How about meeting a fairly new blogger for a change? Kirstenjett of 4jetts Adventures in Life is who I've picked. She looks like someone who could handle the adventure of being the Featured Blogger! The first thing you are going to notice is that this family dives right in to science. King Cluck's Embalming takes an adventurous spirit or at least a strong stomach. My family tried this experiment and it seriously went awry.
Technorati Search for: homeschooling August 28th, 2008
The California Court of Appeals recently ruled that homeschooling parents in the state must be certified to teach their children. This motion was enstated to ensure that children, regardless of how they are educated, do not fall behind standards. Agreeing with this ruling is Marty Hittelman, president of the California Federation of Teachers and a Los Angeles community college math teacher. "All parents have a right to be involved in the education of their own children... Home-schoolers should
Technorati Search for: homeschooling August 28th, 2008
I could come here and talk about how perfect my life is today but the truth is - this week my kids are driving me crazy*. Imagine that. I feel so much better and yet so much worse at the same time for writing that out. It's that whole mommy guilt thing. I think the rain coupled with the changes in routine since we are back to homeschooling our 7 year old son has taken it's toll on our
Technorati Search for: homeschooling August 28th, 2008
Kevin sent me a message indicating that Jimmy Carter would be on Talk of the Nation this afternoon. He mentioned I should check with his namesake in our backyard. The boys took a brief break from their secret club activities to submit their queries. Carter: Did he really live on a peanut farm? Archie: Or played in a park? Carter: What is the favorite pet he ever had? Me: How about you ask something that we couldn’t answer by searching the web. Carter: Okay- what’s his favorite color? Arc
Technorati Search for: homeschooling August 28th, 2008
Ya think?! We have been weighed in the balance and found A-OK. In the mail today: The salient bit: So apparently the State of Oregon will allow us to continue abusing our children for the next 24 months at least. August 25, 2008 |
Technorati Search for: homeschooling August 28th, 2008
Can you believe it’s been almost a week since I last wrote here. My brain has been jello and putting together actually sentances has been far too daunting for me to try. I’ve got a billion emails to reply to, I swear i’m not ignoring you. I had planned last night to get some stuff done but the laptop had other plans and kept shutting down every 5 minutes. It’s running now, but the fan is making a growling noise and the battery is dying. I think it’s time to take the poor baby in somewhere for a
