We did a mini-unit on Norway.Fara ( dd8) wrote a poem (unassisted) which reflected her thoughts while viewing a video of fjords on youtube. MIST “The mist sails, The mist covers, as the sun rises, it’s a whole new day for surprises. The mist shades the sun. It strips the sun of its glory, and [...]
Archive > April 2009
History and culture
There has been some discussion about culture and history in the homeschool newsgroup that I subscribe to. It was sparked off a comment made by a professor in an article in the newspaper. The professor claimed the following: “”It is my gentle reminder that parents need to expose their children to the Malaysian culture, and [...]
Facebook and frivolity
I must admit, I began facebooking with more than a thwack of snobbery. Frivolous pursuits. Frittering away precious time with inconsequential minutae like “Hey, this is what I had for dinner ” (picture of lobsters slapped in sauce on table) or “Went to the grocery store this morning” (no pic of exciting store) or “Can’t [...]
The day after Easter
“One short sleep past, we wake eternally,/And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.” (Donne)
Easter Daysies( no mis=spelling intended)
Here’s a poem I’m working on: “I’d like to think on Easter Day, you’d be spending a whole weeks’ pay on drinks for the boys and jokes for the gals. Leaning on elbows with leaves in your sleeves you’d talk of daffodils, yellow and full, bursting -dancing on that self-same hill, where the gentle poet [...]
Easter treat
Today, I had the opportunity to co-teach at a church-run tuition centre for underpriveleged children. It has been a long time since I experienced the teacher-student dynamics of a classroom. Eleven years ago, I was teaching five classes of forty to forty-five teenagers per classroom. There were lesson plans, record books, worksheets and whiteboard dust [...]