I am going to assess my child. Like total assessmenty data data data… I will find some format to asses her against, I’ll write a rubric. This will make her a better person… force her to be better at stuff… stuff that I, as an adult, know better will be good for her to know……
Tag: Democracy
working together
I have been thinking about community. There are homeschool communities all over the local area. There is a bulletin board that advertises events that are coming up, but they are just the general things… To join one of the groups, you have to know someone. Occasionally, someone starts a new one with an enthusiastic florish…
Our days are numbered
Helena has said repeatedly now that she will go to high school. Mostly, she is consistent with this. This means we only have until the end of this year left. I am of two minds. I know that high school is primarily a waste of time if your interests are academic .. well, depending on…
what happens at when I can’t see
H has been sick and spent a few days watching TV. This just happened to coincide with an interview on Radio New Zealand about how we don’t totally relax. I went with the whole mind-numbing TV thing until I was too restless and started some random projects, so my eyes were off the ball. H…
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…
Homework
This is the kind of homework I approve of…. Self set showing thought and thinking of their game in the context of the wider world… The child who did this homework has been coming for years. They are charismatic, so very full of amazing ideas, such a leader… They told me they were bullied/teased at…
democracy
H just wrote her first submission on a bill that is going before Parliament. The Fast Track bill – which gives 3 men (with an irrelevant set of skills) the power to override decisions of the environmental court… basiclly removes democracy, and means they can mine conservation land among other devistations. She cried when I…
the circle of education
I first taught H to knit years ago. She wanted to learn, but she was so little. I guess she wanted to as it is what I do, usually while ‘watching’ TV, gotta keep those hands busy. I have been knitting for years. I am not an expert like lots of my friends or like…
the candidates meeting
I am delighted my child chose to come to our local “meet the candidates” meeting, in fact she didn’t want to miss it! It is our local body elections and Helena knows that her grandfather and I care… we talk about it, tell each other snippets we have read at the dinner table. The School…
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