Today’s slice comes to you late! Usually, I wake up, get my high schooler’s out the door and then write my blog . Whether it is for the Slice of Life Story Challenge as it has been this month, or my usual daily blogging, I like to get it done early. My blog is usually…
It’s no secret that I have been stressed lately. Hopefully, after this weekend some of the stress will be alleviated. On Saturday I am a featured speaker at our local Spring into Gardening Conference, hosted by our Master Gardener Volunteer Association. It is an annual conference our group hosts, bringing in at least one well-known…
Just over a year ago, my husband bought a 3D printer for our house. Really, it was bought for my 18-year-old who will graduate from HS in a few months. He’s our inventor, our experimenter, our dreamer. Over the course of the last year, he’s put the 3D printer to good use. He played with…
Influenza has visited our home! The timing could not be worse! This week, term and semester finals are scheduled at our high school and my sophomore is down with the flu! It is never a convenient time to be sick. But, there are some times worse than others and this is one of those times!…
Every once in a great while, I will be asked an odd question…. …..”how did your son complete all his high school math in middle school” was one of the more classic examples of the odd questions posed to me in the past. But, last week I was asked by someone I know only through…
When my oldest entered high school, there was no question whether he would take advanced placement classes. He had completed all his high school math in middle school, and thus, was on track to take AP Calculus as a Freshman. So, when the time came we did not contemplate what taking an AP class would…
This is a story about my intensity as a person and why I cannot make a run for a seat on the school board. You need to know that I wish I did not notice every little thing or have the intense desire to want change and educational reform. It is a story about letting…
It’s Tuesday again! Already! Time for a Slice of Life Post sponsored by the Two Writing Teachers Blog. Last Thursday, I found out the my proposed study, Garden Education and The Subsequent Development of Environmental Stewardship: Indicative Memories, was approved by the IRB, or Institutional Review Board, at the university I attend for graduate school. My mentor…
Recently, I have been bothered by some emails I received from Dr. Jo Boaler who is a Math Professor at Stanford University in California and founder of You Cubed, a math website for teachers of mathematics and the families they serve. Do not get me wrong, I do not know Jo Boaler, but from reading…
Yesterday, I was doing some work for school, and the phone rang. The caller id said, “Janesville”. There is not anyone in Janesville that we know, so it was probably a solicitation, but I picked it up anyway. I have been getting better at saying no, no thank you, to solicitors, but am also guilty…