August 2007 - Posts
I read an article in a Hallmark magazine that had a couple of interesting facts about school lunches. Okay, I was sitting in the dentist office, and Field and Stream just wasn't cutting it. Anyway, one survey showed that 84% of school children traded
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From the perspective of my three year old grandson (the boss), one year of school is enough. After all, for one year he went to school two days a week, carried a lunchbox, and had the preschool experience. What more does he need to do? He will tell you
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I have always been a shy person. Somehow I can come alive in front of a group of kids, but ask me to talk in front of adults, and the fear comes up from my toes. The biggest problems started for me when the educator gurus came up with the group activities.
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A few years ago two boys in my sixth grade class were shocked when they didn't pass and had to attend summer school. They actually came and talked to me and told me that they couldn't believe they weren't promoted to seventh grade. They told me that they
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Technology is happening so fast that one never knows what might be available tomorrow. I used to give my students cartoons without the captions and have them work together to come up with their own captions. Some were funnier than the originals. Another
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My sister and I have been spending a lot of time together. Our mom is in the hospital and is very ill. It has been a day to day kind of life as she has good days and bad days. Our mom has to be one of the funniest people around, even when she is sick.
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