Today is School Girl’s first day in 3rd grade. Our school has solved their overcrowding problem by splitting up the school into 2 separate units: K-2 is at one school, 3-6 is at another school. If that sounds strange to you, perhaps it will make more sense if I tell you that our annual state [...]
Once again Field Day reared its ugly head yesterday. Our school has 3 days worth of field days, certainly if you’ve got children in more than one age group; which can make for some, um, excitement. Fortunately, we don’t have to worry about that. The day started around 9 or so. It was already hot [...]
Our kids may not either. Thank you, Texas Board of Education. On Friday the TX State Board of Education approved sweeping changes to their social studies/history curriculum. Among the changes, approved by a 9-5 vote, are eliminating mentions of slavery…pretty much anywhere (the “slave trade” will now be referred to as the “triangular trade”), and [...]
Right now, as I’m writing this, President Obama has finished delivering a speech to school children across the US about the importance of staying in school, hard work, and self-discipline (mostly in regards to doing homework every day). Predictably, the right-wing crazy has been in an uproar over his speech. Parents have been keeping their [...]
School Girl has been a 2nd grader for an entire week. For everyone who is preparing the inevitable “OMFG that’s too early!!!” comments, let me just say you’d be preaching to the choir here. You don’t want to get me started on that subject. Really. Her classroom is closest to the door, almost exactly where [...]