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  Shouldn’t every grade be like that?

  03.11.10 | Permalink | 15 Comments

  Before our walk this morning, Chrysanthemum and I were talking about school. I think I mentioned something about how Susan is so ready for kindergarten (she’ll be six in October) and I hope she won’t be bored since she’ll go in knowing how to read (which was not the case for Sally). Chrysanthemum told me [...]

• school

  The meaning of life

  02.04.10 | Permalink | 14 Comments

  When I was in 10th grade Honors English (Mrs. Dart), we read To Kill a Mockingbird. It’s an easy read, and a compelling story: I read it that first night. Then I went back to school and realized we were only supposed to read one chapter a day, and we had to fill out a [...]

• homeschool, school

  Half-day

  12.23.09 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  Sally tells me today is the best day of her life. I express surprise, and she says, “Is it not the best day of your life too?” I tell her maybe not the best, but certainly a good day, I hope, and why is it the best day of her life? Because she doesn’t have [...]

• school

  all I can think about is …

  11.17.09 | Permalink | 21 Comments

  Homeschooling. When I was in high school, I read a book called Free at Last about the Sudbury Valley School. It was enchanting, and liberating, for me to know that there were places like that, and that my mother would support me in any sort of school arrangement I wanted to come up with for [...]

• Sally, school

  Dear Sally, Grandma thinks you’re autistic and she can’t stop talking about it

  07.21.08 | Permalink | 11 Comments

  {Back to HELP WANTED.} Sometimes I think about homeschooling. This thinking usually peaks around May and plummets in July. The timing is handy, making me look forward to both summer vacation and to school starting again. And even though I know it’s a cycle, I can’t avoid it because let’s face it: two universal truths [...]

• movies, parties, pta, school, valentine's day

  Party planner to the stars

  02.19.08 | Permalink | 4 Comments

  I have a confession to make. I’m not a room-mother or a member of the PTA. At least, I usually sign up to be a part of PTA, but then I never follow through. I don’t volunteer. I don’t even make sure that Sally returns her Take-Home Library book every day. But I’m turning over [...]