A recent Washington Post article talked about the importance of math education in an increasingly technical world. The goal was for even average math students to make it to advanced math courses in high school to prepare them for competitive colleges. They criticize the “math apathy” generated by many adults who didn’t find such skills applicable in their own [...]
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Today in the mail I got a packet from the school district. It had a permission to evaluate form (granting the district permission to administer the gifted testing) along with a couple questionnaires, so it looks like they may possibly follow through with testing C this summer (they refuse to accept our testing). The paperwork included the standard time-frame [...] Yesterday I mentioned that the head of special education at my district suggested that the IU offers gifted testing to preschoolers much the way it offers evaluations for early intervention. While today was way too hectic (with C home and Z sick) for me to call the IU to get the real scoop, I did spend some [...] Today was C’s last day of kindergarten, his last soccer class and his graduation. It was a busy day, made more so when his little brother Z spiked a fever and threw up all over me. I hadn’t really planned on taking a shower mid-day and giving Z a bath, but they were definitely necessary! I’m [...] One topic that hasn’t come up on this blog yet are C’s food allergies. C is allergic to peanuts and tree nuts. His allergies have become completely ingrained in our lives at this point, but each new situation brings up new fears. I was happy when C ended up at a half-day kindergarten, because we didn’t have to worry about [...] I’ve been a bit lax lately about working with C on his cyber school curriculum. When he was stuck in the pattern of refusing to do the more boring work at school and bringing it home, we had little time and motivation for yet another thing to do. Now with graduation around the corner, no more [...] We did some minor spring cleaning over the weekend (there is still a ton left to do) and I separated some items for Goodwill, for freecycling and for a yard sale. If you haven’t heard of Freecycle, check it out. It’s a bit like Craig’s List, but only for free items. You can post items you’d [...] My life right now seems to be centered around a number of countdowns. There is less than a week until C’s kindergarten graduation, less than a month until Z’s evaluation by early intervention, and just over a month until a much anticipated vacation to the shore. School has actually been going well for C this past week. He [...] My husband, who reads this blog, mentioned today that Googled “metablognition” and actually got a lot of results. I hadn’t even thought to Google my new word and to him I responded “How dare all those people use my new word before I even invented it!” I guess that goes to show you that it’s hard [...] While we knew that we would have issues with our public school district once it became clear that C wouldn’t meet their age cut-offs, but we didn’t know what to expect as far as how bureaucratic they’d actually be. At first I entertained the idea that C could actually go to public school for first grade next [...] |
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