Today, I woke up after being sick for a while, and my brain was a buzz. When I was last sick, I wrote to a friend of my mother’s, and before I posted the letter she died. My mother and her were really good friends, one who believed in God and one who didn’t. They…
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adult school
I like learning, and I particularly like learning about ‘teaching’ and ‘learning’… I think this is what makes me a teacher. I chose my last assignment to be a video and an explanation. I am a little sad it’s over.
Modeling
I am doing Masters. As it is about education, I am sharing it with my one student. Firstly, thinking about how we think of ourselves within education. Secondly, thinking about our place as pakeha in a Maori country, how to be tangata tiriti. We listened to the RNZ history podcast together. I bought a beautiful…
Playing school
It turns out homeschool kids play school. Helena plays it with her neighbors (7 and 4), her toys, and me!!! This has happened before. I go to bed to find a note on my pillow letting me know I have to sign up to some school like activity. I am currently not doing my Science…
this is the best book on Education I have read…
Even reading it over my shoulder has inspired my child to write a poem. I don’t know where to start on saying how good it is. He really saw the children. The work they did was so fabulous. They did writing like you would a writing class for adults.. conversations with their peers! Once when…
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