I really need to post more often so my posts aren't so freakin' long.

[aome]

Win for the day: I had $70 in Kohl's Cash between buying new, full-sized suitcases for the girls and some clothing Will had recently bought, another $10 coupon that came at the bottom of a Staples receipt, and a "bonus 20% off everything" coupon that came in email. I bought a small ceramic frying pan to replace our dying Teflon one, a dressy-ish

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[alchemine]

Wow, that does sound like a weak Home Ec class. I took cooking in sixth grade as an elective (we had a similar setup to MiniPlu's school, in that you rotated to a new elective every quarter, unlike TC's school where you have one elective for the whole year), and among other things I remember making wontons in an electric skillet that the teacher brought in. Somehow we all managed not to burn ourselves to death on hot oil. :-P

[aome]

Apparently today was the day they learned to make popcorn. In the microwave. And the teacher did all the programming, so all they had to do was unwrap the packet, put it in right side up, and press "start" once the teacher had the buttons all set up. Is there seriously ANY kid who can't manage that by him/herself by age 11? Two could do that when she was 8. Possibly younger.

[hamsterwoman]

First, because I keep forgetting -- we got MiniPlu's thank you letter for her birthday present a little while ago, and it was so sweet! Very glad she liked her presents so much, and tell her we really appreciated the note!

the 4th grade team was trying to impress upon us how seriously the district is taking this no-junk thing, by saying that if they were caught violating the policy they could lose their jobs. Meanwhile, MiniPlu has TWICE been given small amounts of candy for little prizes, with no apparent concern on the part of the teachers. Same district

That's crazy -- but also not totally surprising, because while all our schools seem to have the same basic policy from the district, the degree to which they enforce it is very different -- cousin D's school outright forbids sugar while our elementary school just discourages it (and everybody ignores that rule).

The other one is apparently older than she looks, as she's taught for 28 years and, in fact, taught the younger one when she was a tweenThat's got to be so weird, in a

[aome]

Tarbean is hard because his life is so terrible. We don't want to think about having to live life on the edge like that, or to get beat up for no reason. I didn't find it slow, just painful. It was the part before Kvothe started telling his story that was slow for me. I'd only just gotten to his wagon ride to University when I posted this; by now I'm at the place where the Sympathy master is forcing Kvothe to teach in an attempt to shame him.

I like the idea of giving my elder student a separate gift; however, I'm not sure about making him a "helper" - I have two official helpers already (MiniPlu and an 8th grader I've already met, v much like Two only doesn't mind being an actual girl). And, besides, having him as a helper means that I'm not giving him a chance to learn. I may ask my co-teacher what she does with her older students. Hmmm.

See my comment above about the pathetic "lesson" they had today on microwave popcorn. :-P

Relay went well - thanks!

[hamsterwoman]

The framing story, with Kote and the Chronicler continues to be slow for me as well, even though I really love Bast.

I don't know that Tarbean was so much hard for me emotionally as that part of the book had the least of what appeals to me about this series -- magic geekery and clever dialogue.

Microwave popcorn, really? XD (Although judging by how often people manage to burn popcorn at work, maybe it's more challenging than one realizes...)