“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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Lessons of a $60 million high school stadium
Not far from where I live, the school district of Allen, Texas has constructed a gargantuan sports stadium. Allen, like a lot of cities in this area, has experienced explosive growth in recent years. Obviously outgrowing it’s small town roots, the Allen School District needed a new sports stadium. So in a down economy,the voters […]
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Real funny, God.
The human body is a marvel and thanks to Science! and technology (“Technology!”?), we are becoming aware of how much more marvelous it is than we had ever imagined. The complexity of the design truly is awe inspiring. Mathematician Alexander Tsiaras recently gave a TED Talk presenting human life from conception to birth. It is […]
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Not why, but why not
(Reposted and cleaned up from my old blog. Apparently, nothing prior to July 2007 made the jump.) From time to time, I’ve been asked why we homeschool. Well, for lots of reasons, some more important (to us) than others: for matters of faith, philosophy, understanding of how individuals learn, and personal choice. And sometimes just […]
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Cheater, cheater, pumpkin eater
I had an interesting experience in a craft store this afternoon. Apparently some local middle school teacher of indeterminate subject assigned some sort of detested project. Many irritated parents accompanied the young scholars to gather styrofoam pieces and paint. I have no idea what they were making. I do know nobody was very happy about […]
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Terrible Tuesday
Today is the first day of the “full schedule Tuesday” that will run through the beginning of November. Occupational therapy, Girl Scouts, softball. And it’s not actually the “full schedule,” next week could add a tee ball and/or a baseball game to the mix. Terrible Tuesday, indeed. Links! On the topic of education, Seth Godin […]
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Teaching my children the whole lesson
One of my favorite poems to teach my children is “Listen to the Mustn’ts” by Shel Silverstein. It was one of the first poems memorized by both of my girls, and the boys will memorize it as soon as they master certain consonant combinations. In that way, when go to the drugstore on line cialis […]
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On Zombies and Doubts
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Words, Words, Words!
First, a public service announcement. If you do not currently listen to Radiolab, you are missing one of the best audio programs in existence. This is what they say about themselves: Radiolab believes your ears are a portal to another world. Where sound illuminates ideas, and the boundaries blur between science, philosophy, and human experience. […]
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Mad enough to post
I’m at a homeschool convention, trying to get our act together for the new year, and generally causing off-line mayhem. But this has ticked me off enough to rant. The drop out rate may be as high as 30%. (Shouldn’t that be a easily verifiable number? You’re educators, can’t you count?) The Texas Education Commissioner […]
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I’m a mural!
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