Got a call from the school nurse today. She said, ‘oh gosh, we don’t have all of M2’s vaccination info & uh, so, she has to be vaccinated for varicella (chicken pox) or you have to sign the exemption form, see, it’s this new Washington state law… even if they’ve had chicken pox.”
Um NO. […]
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M2 made a new friend who’s name she can’t remember but had a blue shirt, and that a boy named Matthew picked his nose and was caught and the teacher made him wash his hands, but she (M2) was very good and didn’t pick her nose or eat any boogers today. […]
Today was M2’s First Day of Kindergarten. She survived. She even had fun. She, of course, told Gramma & Grampa *much* more about her day than she told us. In a round about way I found out that one of the boys at her table “touched” her. Depending on the telling, he either tickled her […]
About an hour before we march around all afternoon looking at other people’s houses who are in the same situation as us.
I spent the morning cleaning fish tanks, cleaning little girls’ room, cleaning bathroom, our bedroom, kitchen… Alas, there is still cleaning left to do so I need to get up and do it, but […]
A fascinating look at math education from the perspective of a real mathematician.
[earlier in the article]
SIMPLICIO: But not everyone is cut out to be an artist. What about the kids who aren’t “math people?” How would they fit into your scheme?
SALVIATI: If everyone were exposed to mathematics in its natural state, with all the challenging […]
M1 has come home the last couple nights really worried. Tonight when we got home she says to me, “Mom, I’m scared.” Scared? Whatever for? “The WASLs are next week.” Why does that scare her? “They’re the biggest test I’ve ever <i>taken!</i>” I don’t know what they’re telling the kids, but they’re terrifying them. I […]