Thursday I posted about a site for testing how secure a password might be. Then this morning I posted a TED Talk by Bruce Schneier on security.
Instapundit linked to a nice post on Thinking About Better Passwords. One of the points it makes is there are times when it makes sense to write down your passwords. It is worth reading.
Saturday, December 31, 2011
TED Talk - Bruce Schneier on The Security Mirage
I enjoyed this TED Talk by Bruce Schneier on The Security Mirage:
If you like his talk you might enjoy his blog.
If you like his talk you might enjoy his blog.
Khan Academy had 4 million unique visits in November
Facts About the Khan Academy reports some exciting news:
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Over the last month (November), Khan Academy had 4 million unique visits. That’s up from 1 million in the same period last year, and up from 3.5 million in October.
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There is a lot still to happen with online education.
Hat tip: Instapundit
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Over the last month (November), Khan Academy had 4 million unique visits. That’s up from 1 million in the same period last year, and up from 3.5 million in October.
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There is a lot still to happen with online education.
Hat tip: Instapundit
Good argument for depowering the TSA
Chante Codrington makes a great case for why judges should take away the power TSA agents have to do agressive pat downs in Codrington vs United States.
Kind of funny that this opnion piece is being posted from the Caribbeans.
Hat tip: Boycott Flying
Kind of funny that this opnion piece is being posted from the Caribbeans.
Hat tip: Boycott Flying
Friday, December 30, 2011
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Password security: It would take 408 thousand years to crack my password
My mom found a fun site: How Secure Is My Password?
Because I am paranoid I didn't enter my exact passwords, but I tried similar types to what my passwords really are. The web site says it would take a PC any where from 6 thousand to 408 thousand years to crack my passwords!
Because I am paranoid I didn't enter my exact passwords, but I tried similar types to what my passwords really are. The web site says it would take a PC any where from 6 thousand to 408 thousand years to crack my passwords!
Some other homeschooling carnivals
The latest edition of a homeschooling carnival is up at Garden of Learning.
And there is a Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival up at Dewey's Treehouse.
And there is a Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival up at Dewey's Treehouse.
Reminder - send in a post for the next Carnival of Homeschooling
Next week Janine and I will be hosting the 6th anniversary edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling. This will be the 314th edition.
Please send your submissions to the carnival via email!
Blog Carnvial is partially broken. It is accepting submissions, but not forwarding them. It would be easier if you just submitted your post directly via email. Go here for the instructions on sending in a submission.
Thanks.
As always, entries to the Carnival of Homeschooling are due Monday evening at 6:00 PM Pacific Standard Time.
Please send your submissions to the carnival via email!
Blog Carnvial is partially broken. It is accepting submissions, but not forwarding them. It would be easier if you just submitted your post directly via email. Go here for the instructions on sending in a submission.
Thanks.
As always, entries to the Carnival of Homeschooling are due Monday evening at 6:00 PM Pacific Standard Time.
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
This week's Carnival of Homeschooling is up!
This week's Carnival of Homeschooling is up at Corn and Oil.
The theme for the carnival is Passages.
Susan explains:
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2011 will be our family's last full year of homeschooling. Our youngest have steadily moved into their own educational goals and motivations. Their plan was always implanted with great fun such as zoo adventures, jamming with friends and traveling. Definitely not the last our family will see of homeschooling, but our twin boys and their parents will be on a different path come this time next year.
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Go enjoy the carnival.
The theme for the carnival is Passages.
Susan explains:
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2011 will be our family's last full year of homeschooling. Our youngest have steadily moved into their own educational goals and motivations. Their plan was always implanted with great fun such as zoo adventures, jamming with friends and traveling. Definitely not the last our family will see of homeschooling, but our twin boys and their parents will be on a different path come this time next year.
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Go enjoy the carnival.
Monday, December 26, 2011
Homeschooling and vacation
My daughters are scattered around the house today reading books in various nooks. I started wondering if homeschoolers vacation differently than families with children in public schools?
When the topic of homeschooling comes up often we tout the academic advantages of homeschooling. For example we’ll mention that children can spend more time studying topics that interest them and being able to move at their own pace. One of the problems government schools really struggle with is how to cover the material in such a way as to engage the whole class. Too often some children mastered the material in the first couple minutes and are bored for the rest of the hour while others spend the full hour and still don’t understand the new material. Both groups end up frustrated and often cause trouble. In contrast homeschoolers can cover the material as fast as needed.
In pondering homeschoolers and vacation the first thing that jumped out at me is the flexibility. Over the years Janine and I have greatly enjoyed playing tourist in off seasons which prices are cheaper and lines are shorter. Disneyland is a lot more fun in March and April as compared to August when the lines are long and the weather hot.
Another thing I’ve noticed is frequently we try to tie some educational aspect of the vacation into the trip. Over the last the last ten years we have gone back East about five times. Every time we’ve hit historical sites. I’m sure some families with children in public schools try to leverage vacations to further an education purpose, but because education dominates the minds of homeschoolers I would be surprised if the average family with children in public schools comes anywhere close to what average homeschooling families do on vacation.
Do you think homeschoolers experience vacation in any other different ways?
When the topic of homeschooling comes up often we tout the academic advantages of homeschooling. For example we’ll mention that children can spend more time studying topics that interest them and being able to move at their own pace. One of the problems government schools really struggle with is how to cover the material in such a way as to engage the whole class. Too often some children mastered the material in the first couple minutes and are bored for the rest of the hour while others spend the full hour and still don’t understand the new material. Both groups end up frustrated and often cause trouble. In contrast homeschoolers can cover the material as fast as needed.
In pondering homeschoolers and vacation the first thing that jumped out at me is the flexibility. Over the years Janine and I have greatly enjoyed playing tourist in off seasons which prices are cheaper and lines are shorter. Disneyland is a lot more fun in March and April as compared to August when the lines are long and the weather hot.
Another thing I’ve noticed is frequently we try to tie some educational aspect of the vacation into the trip. Over the last the last ten years we have gone back East about five times. Every time we’ve hit historical sites. I’m sure some families with children in public schools try to leverage vacations to further an education purpose, but because education dominates the minds of homeschoolers I would be surprised if the average family with children in public schools comes anywhere close to what average homeschooling families do on vacation.
Do you think homeschoolers experience vacation in any other different ways?
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Friday, December 23, 2011
Glenn Reynolds: The Ever Inflating Higher Education Bubble
Glenn Reynolds talks about The Ever Inflating Higher Education Bubble.
Good quote about a problem with public school
Grouping kids by age for instruction makes about as much pedagogical sense as grouping them by height!
– Dr. Deborah Ruf, founder of Educational Options
Hat tip: The Libertarian Homeschooler
– Dr. Deborah Ruf, founder of Educational Options
Hat tip: The Libertarian Homeschooler
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Another variation on Bye Bye Miss American Pie
I'm always impressed by people who can craft words like this:
The Hobbit - waiting another year
Our family greatly enjoyed the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Peter Jackson will be releasing The Hobbit next year. It will be a long twelve months:
Jury Nulification - in the New York Times
Paul Butler has a nice column in the New York Times: Jurors Need to Know That They Can Say No. He starts with:
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IF you are ever on a jury in a marijuana case, I recommend that you vote “not guilty” — even if you think the defendant actually smoked pot, or sold it to another consenting adult. As a juror, you have this power under the Bill of Rights; if you exercise it, you become part of a proud tradition of American jurors who helped make our laws fairer.
The information I have just provided — about a constitutional doctrine called “jury nullification” — is absolutely true. But if federal prosecutors in New York get their way, telling the truth to potential jurors could result in a six-month prison sentence.
Earlier this year, prosecutors charged Julian P. Heicklen, a retired chemistry professor, with jury tampering because he stood outside the federal courthouse in Manhattan providing information about jury nullification to passers-by. Given that I have been recommending nullification for nonviolent drug cases since 1995 — in such forums as The Yale Law Journal, “60 Minutes” and YouTube — I guess I, too, have committed a crime.
The prosecutors who charged Mr. Heicklen said that “advocacy of jury nullification, directed as it is to jurors, would be both criminal and without constitutional protections no matter where it occurred.” The prosecutors in this case are wrong. The First Amendment exists to protect speech like this — honest information that the government prefers citizens not know.
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As members of a jury we have the responsibility to listen to the evidence and make a decision on if the defendent is guilty of the crime. But we also have a responsibility to decide if the law is a good law. This jury can nullify the law. Paul Butler explains how over time judges have tried to discourage citizens from realizing this.
Hat tip: The Libertarian Homeschooler
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IF you are ever on a jury in a marijuana case, I recommend that you vote “not guilty” — even if you think the defendant actually smoked pot, or sold it to another consenting adult. As a juror, you have this power under the Bill of Rights; if you exercise it, you become part of a proud tradition of American jurors who helped make our laws fairer.
The information I have just provided — about a constitutional doctrine called “jury nullification” — is absolutely true. But if federal prosecutors in New York get their way, telling the truth to potential jurors could result in a six-month prison sentence.
Earlier this year, prosecutors charged Julian P. Heicklen, a retired chemistry professor, with jury tampering because he stood outside the federal courthouse in Manhattan providing information about jury nullification to passers-by. Given that I have been recommending nullification for nonviolent drug cases since 1995 — in such forums as The Yale Law Journal, “60 Minutes” and YouTube — I guess I, too, have committed a crime.
The prosecutors who charged Mr. Heicklen said that “advocacy of jury nullification, directed as it is to jurors, would be both criminal and without constitutional protections no matter where it occurred.” The prosecutors in this case are wrong. The First Amendment exists to protect speech like this — honest information that the government prefers citizens not know.
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As members of a jury we have the responsibility to listen to the evidence and make a decision on if the defendent is guilty of the crime. But we also have a responsibility to decide if the law is a good law. This jury can nullify the law. Paul Butler explains how over time judges have tried to discourage citizens from realizing this.
Hat tip: The Libertarian Homeschooler
Reminder - send in a post for the next Carnival of Homeschooling
Note: Please send your submissions to the carnival via email!
Blog Carnvial is partially broken. It is accepting submissions, but not forwarding them. It would be easier if you just submitted your post directly via email. Go here for the instructions on sending in a submission.
This will be the 313th edition.
As always, entries to the Carnival of Homeschooling are due Monday evening at 6:00 PM Pacific Standard Time.
Blog Carnvial is partially broken. It is accepting submissions, but not forwarding them. It would be easier if you just submitted your post directly via email. Go here for the instructions on sending in a submission.
Thanks.
Please send in a post about homeschooling for the next Carnival of Homeschooling.
Next week's carnival will be held at Corn and Oil.
Next week's carnival will be held at Corn and Oil.
This will be the 313th edition.
As always, entries to the Carnival of Homeschooling are due Monday evening at 6:00 PM Pacific Standard Time.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
This week's Carnival of Homeschooling is up
This week's Carnival of Homeschooling is up at Holy Spirit-led Homeschooling.
This is Jamerill's first time hosting the carnival. She has a lovely set of thoughtful quotes about family and homeschooling. For example:
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"The way you help heal the world is you start with your own family."
~ Mother Teresa
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Enjoy!
This is Jamerill's first time hosting the carnival. She has a lovely set of thoughtful quotes about family and homeschooling. For example:
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"The way you help heal the world is you start with your own family."
~ Mother Teresa
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Enjoy!
This is a game changer for higher education
For several years now many colleges and universities have been trying to understand how to take advantage of the internet. Lots of them have been putting content up on the internet, for example making some of their classes available via streaming video.
But few universities have offered any kind of proof that a student has mastered the content.
MIT Will Offer Certificates to Outside Students Who Take Its Online Courses starts with:
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Millions of learners have enjoyed the free lecture videos and other course materials published online through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's OpenCourseWare project. Now MIT plans to release a fresh batch of open online courses—and, for the first time, to offer certificates to outside students who complete them.
The credentials are part of a new, interactive e-learning venture, tentatively called MITx, that is expected to host "a virtual community of millions of learners around the world," the institute will announce on Monday.
Here's how it will work: MITx will give anyone free access to an online-course platform. Users will include students on the MIT campus, but also external learners like high-school seniors and engineering majors at other colleges. They'll watch videos, answer questions, practice exercises, visit online labs, and take quizzes and tests. They'll also connect with others working on the material.
The first course will begin around the spring of 2012. MIT has not yet announced its subject, but the goal is to build a portfolio of high-demand courses—the kind that draw more than 200 people to lecture halls on the campus, in Cambridge, Mass. MIT is investing "millions of dollars" in the project, said L. Rafael Reif, the provost, and the plan is to solicit more from donors and foundations.
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Once top universities start making quality education at internet prices I think average universities are going to have to reevaluate what exactly they are providing, and many average and below average universities are going to see an implosion in enrollment.
Hat tip: Instapundit
But few universities have offered any kind of proof that a student has mastered the content.
MIT Will Offer Certificates to Outside Students Who Take Its Online Courses starts with:
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Millions of learners have enjoyed the free lecture videos and other course materials published online through the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's OpenCourseWare project. Now MIT plans to release a fresh batch of open online courses—and, for the first time, to offer certificates to outside students who complete them.
The credentials are part of a new, interactive e-learning venture, tentatively called MITx, that is expected to host "a virtual community of millions of learners around the world," the institute will announce on Monday.
Here's how it will work: MITx will give anyone free access to an online-course platform. Users will include students on the MIT campus, but also external learners like high-school seniors and engineering majors at other colleges. They'll watch videos, answer questions, practice exercises, visit online labs, and take quizzes and tests. They'll also connect with others working on the material.
The first course will begin around the spring of 2012. MIT has not yet announced its subject, but the goal is to build a portfolio of high-demand courses—the kind that draw more than 200 people to lecture halls on the campus, in Cambridge, Mass. MIT is investing "millions of dollars" in the project, said L. Rafael Reif, the provost, and the plan is to solicit more from donors and foundations.
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Once top universities start making quality education at internet prices I think average universities are going to have to reevaluate what exactly they are providing, and many average and below average universities are going to see an implosion in enrollment.
Hat tip: Instapundit
Monday, December 19, 2011
I'm thinking of going over to the dark side
Ok, well maybe it is not that bad. But, I am considering using a public school independent study program next year.
When we first started homeschooling nearly 13 years ago, we started with a public school charter program. We were in that program for the first half of kindergarten with our first child. Our district was disqualified from the program and we have just filed the private school affidavit ever since.
Even when we were in the program (during kindergarten), I found myself not utilizing their services much. I mean who can't handle kindergarten? Through the program you could order materials from various vendors. The order process took weeks to a month or more. By the time my order had come in, I had moved on and used something else. Also, they prohibited the purchase of anything remotely religious. You could use religious materials. You just couldn't purchase them with the voucher money. The ES (Educational Specialist) would use a black marker to scratch out the any reference to God in the assignments we turned in.
Today, in our area, there is a good public school independent study program called Ocean Grove. A certified teacher comes to your house once a month and you turn in one sample for each subject for the 4 week period. You receive a spending allowance for products and services of $1800. They have an extensive vendor list which even includes my father-in-law who teaches Lego robotics and chess. Many of the classes and lessons that we now pay for would be covered.
The students are expected do standardized testing twice a year. That's not a problem for me. I currently pay a private school to do that.
Here's my problem. My children would technically not be homeschoolers. They would be independent study students in the public school system.
I just love being separate from the public school system. I just love withholding support from the teachers union. (Note: I don't know if the Ocean Grove teachers are part of the teachers union or not). I like not following the grade by grade curriculum decreed by the state. (Though Ocean Grove is pretty flexible about that.)
Many of my "homeschooler" friends utilize the Ocean Grove program and I still consider them homeschoolers (even if technically they are not).
Would we be selling out for $5400 (3 students x $1800)? That's a lot of music lessons.
Are we on the slippery slope to loosing educational freedom?
When we first started homeschooling nearly 13 years ago, we started with a public school charter program. We were in that program for the first half of kindergarten with our first child. Our district was disqualified from the program and we have just filed the private school affidavit ever since.
Even when we were in the program (during kindergarten), I found myself not utilizing their services much. I mean who can't handle kindergarten? Through the program you could order materials from various vendors. The order process took weeks to a month or more. By the time my order had come in, I had moved on and used something else. Also, they prohibited the purchase of anything remotely religious. You could use religious materials. You just couldn't purchase them with the voucher money. The ES (Educational Specialist) would use a black marker to scratch out the any reference to God in the assignments we turned in.
Today, in our area, there is a good public school independent study program called Ocean Grove. A certified teacher comes to your house once a month and you turn in one sample for each subject for the 4 week period. You receive a spending allowance for products and services of $1800. They have an extensive vendor list which even includes my father-in-law who teaches Lego robotics and chess. Many of the classes and lessons that we now pay for would be covered.
The students are expected do standardized testing twice a year. That's not a problem for me. I currently pay a private school to do that.
Here's my problem. My children would technically not be homeschoolers. They would be independent study students in the public school system.
I just love being separate from the public school system. I just love withholding support from the teachers union. (Note: I don't know if the Ocean Grove teachers are part of the teachers union or not). I like not following the grade by grade curriculum decreed by the state. (Though Ocean Grove is pretty flexible about that.)
Many of my "homeschooler" friends utilize the Ocean Grove program and I still consider them homeschoolers (even if technically they are not).
Would we be selling out for $5400 (3 students x $1800)? That's a lot of music lessons.
Are we on the slippery slope to loosing educational freedom?
Not every soldier needs to carry a gun
From Dan Galvin's Thought For The Day mailing list:
Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case
with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.
-Thomas Jefferson
Hopefully we'll never be in a situation where every citizen needs to take up arms to defend our country.
But I do think we all should be actively involved in defending our freedoms by supporting good candidates and good causes.
Every citizen should be a soldier. This was the case
with the Greeks and Romans, and must be that of every free state.
-Thomas Jefferson
Hopefully we'll never be in a situation where every citizen needs to take up arms to defend our country.
But I do think we all should be actively involved in defending our freedoms by supporting good candidates and good causes.
Scary marriage trends
Ruth Marcus starts her column The marriage gap presents a real cost with:
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If current trends hold, within a few years, less than half the U.S. adult population will be married. This precipitous decline isn’t just a social problem. It’s also an economic problem.
Specifically, it’s an income-inequality and economic-mobility problem. The steadily dropping marriage rate both contributes to income inequality and further entrenches it.
The latest numbers, from the Pew Research Center, are startling and disturbing. In 1960, nearly three-fourths of those 18 and older were married. By 2010, that number had plummeted to a bare majority, 51 percent. Four in 10 births were to unmarried women.
In 1960, the most- and least-educated adults were equally likely to be married. Now, nearly two-thirds of college graduates are married, compared with less than half of those with a high school diploma or less. Those with less education are less likely to ever marry and more likely to divorce if they do.
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She covers some of the ways children suffer when being raised outside of marriage and she concludes with:
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A different arm of Pew, its Economic Mobility Project, found that among children who started in the bottom third of income, only one-fourth of those with divorced parents moved up to the middle or top third as adults. By comparison, half of children with continuously married parents — and, somewhat surprisingly, 42 percent of those born to unmarried mothers — moved up the income ladder as adults.
Is marriage a magic-bullet solution to the broader problem of income inequality and lack of economic mobility? No, but fewer marriages will mean more inequality. Neither development is healthy.
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She makes many of the same points Marriage and Caste in America: Separate and Unequal Families in a Post-Marital Age byKay S. Hymowitz covers. You can read my review of this book here.
Hat tip: Derek Cate
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If current trends hold, within a few years, less than half the U.S. adult population will be married. This precipitous decline isn’t just a social problem. It’s also an economic problem.
Specifically, it’s an income-inequality and economic-mobility problem. The steadily dropping marriage rate both contributes to income inequality and further entrenches it.
In 1960, the most- and least-educated adults were equally likely to be married. Now, nearly two-thirds of college graduates are married, compared with less than half of those with a high school diploma or less. Those with less education are less likely to ever marry and more likely to divorce if they do.
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She covers some of the ways children suffer when being raised outside of marriage and she concludes with:
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A different arm of Pew, its Economic Mobility Project, found that among children who started in the bottom third of income, only one-fourth of those with divorced parents moved up to the middle or top third as adults. By comparison, half of children with continuously married parents — and, somewhat surprisingly, 42 percent of those born to unmarried mothers — moved up the income ladder as adults.
Is marriage a magic-bullet solution to the broader problem of income inequality and lack of economic mobility? No, but fewer marriages will mean more inequality. Neither development is healthy.
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She makes many of the same points Marriage and Caste in America: Separate and Unequal Families in a Post-Marital Age byKay S. Hymowitz covers. You can read my review of this book here.
Hat tip: Derek Cate
Some other homeschooling carnivals
The latest edition of a homeschooling carnival is up at Garden of Learning.
The recent Hands On Homeschool Blog Carnival is up at Mountaineer Country.
A Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival is up at Harmony Art Mom.
Homeschool Showcase #86 is up at Weird, Unsocilized Homeschoolers.
The recent Hands On Homeschool Blog Carnival is up at Mountaineer Country.
A Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival is up at Harmony Art Mom.
Homeschool Showcase #86 is up at Weird, Unsocilized Homeschoolers.
Should everyone go to college?
Janine and I value education. It is one of the reasons we homeschool. We want to make sure our children have a quality education.
Yet more and more I am coming to think that not every should go to college. As the cost of higher education continues to explode the economic argument for advanced degrees becomes weaker and weaker.
I found James Altucher's post on 8 Alternatives to College very thoughtful.
Hat tip: The Libertarian Homeschooler
Yet more and more I am coming to think that not every should go to college. As the cost of higher education continues to explode the economic argument for advanced degrees becomes weaker and weaker.
I found James Altucher's post on 8 Alternatives to College very thoughtful.
Hat tip: The Libertarian Homeschooler
Saturday, December 17, 2011
Another study confirms the Marshmellow test
Over four years ago I wrote:
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I first heard of the test from Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman. The marshmallow test was conducted by Walter Mischel. He would test four year-old children to see if they could not eat a marshmallow that was one the table before them. The results of the test came out ten and twenty years later when they found that the children who had self control and resisted eating the marshmallow were successful in almost every facet of their lives.
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Self-Discipline Outdoes IQ in Predicting Academic Performance of Adolescents is a study which found the same conclusion. Here is the abstract:
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In a longitudinal study of 140 eighth-grade students, self-discipline measured by self-report, parent report, teacher report, and monetary choice questionnaires in the fall predicted final grades, school attendance, standardized achievement-test scores, and selection into a competitive high school program the following spring. In a replication with 164 eighth graders, a behavioral delay-of-gratification task, a questionnaire on study habits, and a group-administered IQ test were added. Self-discipline measured in the fall accounted for more than twice as much variance as IQ in final grades, high school selection, school attendance, hours spent doing homework, hours spent watching television (inversely), and the time of day students began their homework. The effect of self-discipline on final grades held even when controlling for first-marking-period grades, achievement-test scores, and measured IQ. These findings suggest a major reason for students falling short of their intellectual potential: their failure to exercise self-discipline.
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This thought is captured in this poem:
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
-Calvin Coolidge
One of the most important thing we can do as parents is to model persistence and encourage our children to have self-discipline.
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I first heard of the test from Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman. The marshmallow test was conducted by Walter Mischel. He would test four year-old children to see if they could not eat a marshmallow that was one the table before them. The results of the test came out ten and twenty years later when they found that the children who had self control and resisted eating the marshmallow were successful in almost every facet of their lives.
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Self-Discipline Outdoes IQ in Predicting Academic Performance of Adolescents is a study which found the same conclusion. Here is the abstract:
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In a longitudinal study of 140 eighth-grade students, self-discipline measured by self-report, parent report, teacher report, and monetary choice questionnaires in the fall predicted final grades, school attendance, standardized achievement-test scores, and selection into a competitive high school program the following spring. In a replication with 164 eighth graders, a behavioral delay-of-gratification task, a questionnaire on study habits, and a group-administered IQ test were added. Self-discipline measured in the fall accounted for more than twice as much variance as IQ in final grades, high school selection, school attendance, hours spent doing homework, hours spent watching television (inversely), and the time of day students began their homework. The effect of self-discipline on final grades held even when controlling for first-marking-period grades, achievement-test scores, and measured IQ. These findings suggest a major reason for students falling short of their intellectual potential: their failure to exercise self-discipline.
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This thought is captured in this poem:
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.
Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
-Calvin Coolidge
One of the most important thing we can do as parents is to model persistence and encourage our children to have self-discipline.
Good discussion about some problems of public schools
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Reminder - send in a post for the next Carnival of Homeschooling
Blog Carnvial is partially broken. It is accepting submissions, but not forwarding them. It would be easier if you just submitted your post directly via email. Go here for the instructions on sending in a submission.
This will be the 312th edition.
As always, entries to the Carnival of Homeschooling are due Monday evening at 6:00 PM Pacific Standard Time.
Thanks.
Please send in a post about homeschooling for the next Carnival of Homeschooling.
Next week's carnival will be held at Holy Spirit-led Homeschooling.
Next week's carnival will be held at Holy Spirit-led Homeschooling.
This will be the 312th edition.
As always, entries to the Carnival of Homeschooling are due Monday evening at 6:00 PM Pacific Standard Time.
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
This week's Carnival of Homeschooling is up
The 311th edition of the Carnival of Homeschooling is up at Teach Beside Me.
Karyn starts the carnival with:
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I am excited to be able to host this week. Thanks to everyone who submitted their posts. We had some great entries that I would like to spotlight for you. I have truly enjoyed being able to read through all of them. I hope you all enjoy visiting a few new sites and learning from these fellow homeschoolers.
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This is Karyn's first time hosting the carnival. Pop over and see what a nice job she does.
Karyn starts the carnival with:
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I am excited to be able to host this week. Thanks to everyone who submitted their posts. We had some great entries that I would like to spotlight for you. I have truly enjoyed being able to read through all of them. I hope you all enjoy visiting a few new sites and learning from these fellow homeschoolers.
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This is Karyn's first time hosting the carnival. Pop over and see what a nice job she does.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Teaching "everything" when homeschooling
Often when people learn we homeschool our children we are asked “How can you teach everything?” There is an assumption that we are the only ones involved in the process of educating our children. They don’t believe we are capable of teaching anything higher than 2nd grade. After all everyone knows that only the professionals know the subject material and can thus teach.
Homeschoolers have long learned that you don’t have to be a master of a particular topic to teach it. With a teacher’s edition of a math course it is fairly straightforward to help children master a topic. And as homeschoolers we frequently get others to help us. We call this the “General Contractor” approach to education. Janine and I don’t have to teach each topic. As the parents we are in charge and we may decide to have others help.
An example of this happened recently. A local theater group is putting on a performance of Gilbert and Sullivan’s Pirates of Penzance. This is one of our favorite stories. We have watched the Linda Ronstadt version somewhere between twenty and fifty times over the last decade. Our children will often sing the songs and quote the lines. All three daughters decided they wanted to try out for the musical.
Our daughters have only been in a few plays. They are not seasoned performers. Many groups have performances on Sunday which we avoid. We are happy that this group will only have performances on Friday and Saturday.
I talked with Janine and we decided to hire the daughter of a friend who recently got her BA in theater. This young woman has been doing plays and musicals for almost twenty years now. She came over last week and again today. She had the girls do some cold readings. She explained what a typical tryout was like and gave a number of tips. Here are a few:
I was pleased with how the two sessions went.
As homeschoolers it is wonderful that we are in charge of the education of our children, and that we have so many options to get help. (A few other places we get help is with math tutoring and trumpet lessons.)
The tryouts are tomorrow so wish us luck.
- For monologues always state the author of the piece, set the stage and explain the motivation.
- Dress: Be profession, have solid colors, blue and red are good, want flattering colors, no heals, don't do all black or white
- OK to move about during the monologue
- Cold readings - probably will do some from Pirates of Penzance, and the script will be different than the movie
- And once in the play always check with the director before cutting your hair or changing your look
- Bring lots of water, drink frequently, no sweets, bring lots of pencils, there will be changes to the script so need to be able to make changes, but also erase old changes
I was pleased with how the two sessions went.
Group pressure and supporting your local team
Janine and I were out walking Saturday with Baby Bop. It was a beautiful day and there were a lot of people on the walking path. Several people wore clothes supporting the local athletic teams.
The thought hit me, is supporting the local team another sign of the same principle of Group Pressure shown so well in this video about what happens in the elevator?
For example there are 32 teams in the NFL. There are so many reasons people could use to pick a favorite team. You might think one team is the best. You might have gone to school with one of the players. You might like the coach. You might like the team colors.
Yet the vast majority of people who follow football support their local team. Could it be any other reason than group pressure?
The thought hit me, is supporting the local team another sign of the same principle of Group Pressure shown so well in this video about what happens in the elevator?
For example there are 32 teams in the NFL. There are so many reasons people could use to pick a favorite team. You might think one team is the best. You might have gone to school with one of the players. You might like the coach. You might like the team colors.
Yet the vast majority of people who follow football support their local team. Could it be any other reason than group pressure?
Saturday, December 10, 2011
A free Stanford education?
Tuition at Stanford University can break the bank.
But Stanford has been making some of their course available to the public, for free! Molly Goossens reports in A Stanford education (free!):
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This time they’re offering 7 computer science courses:
Computer Science 101 http://www.cs101-class.org/
Machine Learning (one of the offerings this past fall) http://jan2012.ml-class.org/
Software as a Service http://www.saas-class.org/
Human-Computer Interaction http://www.hci-class.org/
Natural Language Processing http://www.nlp-class.org/
Game Theory http://www.game-theory-class.org/
Probabilistic Graphical Models http://www.pgm-class.org/
Cryptography http://www.crypto-class.org/
And two entrepreneurship courses:
The Lean Launchpad http://www.launchpad-class.org/
Technology Entrepreneurship http://www.venture-class.org/
No tuition, no textbooks, no set class times (students get a week to complete the assignments). The only downside is that you probably don’t have time to do them all.
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Hat tip: one of my cousins.
But Stanford has been making some of their course available to the public, for free! Molly Goossens reports in A Stanford education (free!):
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This time they’re offering 7 computer science courses:
Computer Science 101 http://www.cs101-class.org/
Machine Learning (one of the offerings this past fall) http://jan2012.ml-class.org/
Software as a Service http://www.saas-class.org/
Human-Computer Interaction http://www.hci-class.org/
Natural Language Processing http://www.nlp-class.org/
Game Theory http://www.game-theory-class.org/
Probabilistic Graphical Models http://www.pgm-class.org/
Cryptography http://www.crypto-class.org/
And two entrepreneurship courses:
The Lean Launchpad http://www.launchpad-class.org/
Technology Entrepreneurship http://www.venture-class.org/
No tuition, no textbooks, no set class times (students get a week to complete the assignments). The only downside is that you probably don’t have time to do them all.
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Hat tip: one of my cousins.
Capital Tour with David Barton
This video provides some insight into the Christian history of our nation:
Has anyone watched David Barton's 2 hour Capital tour?
Has anyone watched David Barton's 2 hour Capital tour?
Friday, December 09, 2011
Thursday, December 08, 2011
Pretty cool: Flight Assembled Architecture
This is impressive - Flight Assembled Architecture. Flying robots built the tower:
Flying robots build 20-foot-tall tower has more details. The article starts with:
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Robotic quadrocopters — that is flying machines with four rotors — have built a 20-foot-tall tower of polystyrene blocks at a museum in France.
This may come as bad news for unemployed construction workers hoping for a bright future building next-generation skyscrapers, but it's yet another way robots are aiming to re-shape the global workforce.
In this case, an architect still draws up a blueprint for the building, but computers and robots do the rest — interpreting the blueprint and controlling the crew of robotic copters, for example.
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Hat tip: Instapundit
Flying robots build 20-foot-tall tower has more details. The article starts with:
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Robotic quadrocopters — that is flying machines with four rotors — have built a 20-foot-tall tower of polystyrene blocks at a museum in France.
This may come as bad news for unemployed construction workers hoping for a bright future building next-generation skyscrapers, but it's yet another way robots are aiming to re-shape the global workforce.
In this case, an architect still draws up a blueprint for the building, but computers and robots do the rest — interpreting the blueprint and controlling the crew of robotic copters, for example.
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Hat tip: Instapundit
Reminder - send in a post for the next Carnival of Homeschooling
Blog Carnvial is partially broken. It is accepting submissions, but not forwarding them. It would be easier if you just submitted your post directly via email. Go here for the instructions on sending in a submission.
This will be the 311th edition.
As always, entries to the Carnival of Homeschooling are due Monday evening at 6:00 PM Pacific Standard Time.
Thanks.
Please remember to send in a post about homeschooling for the next Carnival of Homeschooling.
Next week's carnival will be held at Teach Beside Me.
Next week's carnival will be held at Teach Beside Me.
This will be the 311th edition.
As always, entries to the Carnival of Homeschooling are due Monday evening at 6:00 PM Pacific Standard Time.
Another cool APOD picture: NGC 7822 in Cepheus
Manuel Fernández Suarez gave me his permission to post his picture of NGC 7822 in Cepheus:
Image Credit & Copyright: Manuel Fernández Suarez
The 5 Best Toys of All Time
People get that the basics work better than the fancy.
The 5 Best Toys of All Time explains why the simple toys are better than more expensive toys.
More and more people are coming to realize that homeschooling is a tried and true way to educate children.
Hat tip: a brother-in-law
The 5 Best Toys of All Time explains why the simple toys are better than more expensive toys.
More and more people are coming to realize that homeschooling is a tried and true way to educate children.
Hat tip: a brother-in-law
Humor - Cello Wars
This is pretty cool:
I think we would have more boys playing the cello if they could do it with light sabers.
Hat tip: a nephew
I think we would have more boys playing the cello if they could do it with light sabers.
Hat tip: a nephew
Wednesday, December 07, 2011
Well we did it! This is our 1000th post for the year
Blogger reports that this is our 1000th post for the year.
Kind of amazing.
Kind of amazing.
This week's Carnival of Homeschooling is up - The Relevant Edition
This week's Carnival of Homeschooling is up at The Homeschool Post.
The carnival starts with:
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Each carnival writer has the option to put their compilation to a ‘theme’ if they so choose. And around here, we like themes. A couple of months ago, many of our authors went to the Relevant conference… so we decided to share what we loved about Relevant (and blog conferences in general). Did you know that there were over 70 homeschooling moms in attendance at Relevant (out of 200 attendees)? Homeschool mom bloggers are our favorites!
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Enjoy!
The carnival starts with:
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Each carnival writer has the option to put their compilation to a ‘theme’ if they so choose. And around here, we like themes. A couple of months ago, many of our authors went to the Relevant conference… so we decided to share what we loved about Relevant (and blog conferences in general). Did you know that there were over 70 homeschooling moms in attendance at Relevant (out of 200 attendees)? Homeschool mom bloggers are our favorites!
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Enjoy!
Tuesday, December 06, 2011
Power consumption as surveillance
I am don't know just how much information people can get from watching your eletricity usage, but I do think it is a good idea to tell the power company not to use smart meters to gather data on you.
Use the letter below to forbid smart meter installation (or modify the letter to demand the meter be removed).
From:
Energy Customer's Name
Street Address
City State Zip
To:
Energy Provider
Street Address
City State Zip
Date of letter
NOTICE OF NO CONSENT TO TRESPASS AND SURVEILLANCE, NOTICE OF LIABILITY
Dear (Energy Provider) and all agents, officers, employees, contractors and interested parties,
If you intend to install a "Smart Meter" or any activity monitoring device at the above address, you and all other parties are hereby deny consent for installation and use of all such devices on the above property. Installation and use of any activity monitoring device is hereby refused and prohibited. Informed consent is legally required for installation of any surveillance device and any device that will collect and transmit private and personal data to undisclosed and unauthorized parties for undisclosed and unauthorized purposes. Authorization for sharing of personal and private information may only be given by the originator and subject of that information. That authorization is hereby denied and refused with regard to the above property and all its occupants. "Smart Meters" violate the law and cause endangerment to residents by the following factors:
1. They individually identify electrical devices inside the home and record when they are operated causing invasion of privacy.
2. They monitor household activity and occupancy in violation of rights and domestic security.
3. They transmit wireless signals which may be intercepted by unauthorized and unknown parties. Those signals can be used to monitor behavior and occupancy and they can be used by criminals to aid criminal activity against the occupants.
4. Data about occupant's daily habits and activities are collected, recorded and stored in permanent databases which are accessed by parties not authorized or invited to know and share that private data by those who's activities were recorded.
5. Those with access to the smart meter databases can review a permanent history of household activities complete with calendar and time-of-day metrics to gain a highly invasive and detailed view of the lives of the occupants.
6. Those databases may be shared with, or fall into the hands of criminals, blackmailers, corrupt law enforcement, private hackers of wireless transmissions, power company employees, and other unidentified parties who may act against the interests of the occupants under metered surveillance.
7. "Smart Meters" are, by definition, surveillance devices which violate Federal and State wiretapping laws by recording and storing databases of private and personal activities and behaviors without the consent or knowledge of those people who are monitored.
8. It is possible for example, with analysis of certain "Smart Meter" data, for unauthorized and distant parties to determine medical conditions, sexual activities, physical locations of persons within the home, vacancy patterns and personal information and habits of the occupants.
9. Your company has not adequately disclosed the particular recording and transmission capabilities of the smart meter, or the extent of the data that will be recorded, stored and shared, or the purposes to which the data will and will not be put.
10. Electromagnetic and Radio Frequency energy contamination from smart meters exceeds allowable safe and healthful limits for domestic environments as determined by the EPA and other scientific programs.
I forbid, refuse and deny consent of any installation and use of any monitoring, eavesdropping, and surveillance devices on my property, my place of residence and my place of occupancy. That applies to and includes "Smart Meters" and activity monitoring devices of any and all kinds. Any attempt to install any such device directed at me, other occupants, my property or residence will constitute trespass, stalking, wiretapping and unlawful surveillance and endangerment of health and safety, all prohibited and punishable by law through criminal and civil complaints. All persons, government agencies and private organizations responsible for installing or operating monitoring devices directed at or recording my activities, which I have not specifically authorized in writing, will be fully liable for any violations, intrusions, harm or negative consequences caused or made possible by those devices whether those negative consequences are justified by "law" or not..
This is legal notice. After this delivery the liabilities listed above may not be denied or avoided by parties named and implied in this notice. Civil Servant immunities and protections do not apply to the installation of smart meters due to the criminal violations they represent.
Notice to principal is notice to agent and notice to agent is notice to principal. All rights reserved.
Signature
Hat tip: Consent of the Governed.
Use the letter below to forbid smart meter installation (or modify the letter to demand the meter be removed).
From:
Energy Customer's Name
Street Address
City State Zip
To:
Energy Provider
Street Address
City State Zip
Date of letter
NOTICE OF NO CONSENT TO TRESPASS AND SURVEILLANCE, NOTICE OF LIABILITY
Dear (Energy Provider) and all agents, officers, employees, contractors and interested parties,
If you intend to install a "Smart Meter" or any activity monitoring device at the above address, you and all other parties are hereby deny consent for installation and use of all such devices on the above property. Installation and use of any activity monitoring device is hereby refused and prohibited. Informed consent is legally required for installation of any surveillance device and any device that will collect and transmit private and personal data to undisclosed and unauthorized parties for undisclosed and unauthorized purposes. Authorization for sharing of personal and private information may only be given by the originator and subject of that information. That authorization is hereby denied and refused with regard to the above property and all its occupants. "Smart Meters" violate the law and cause endangerment to residents by the following factors:
1. They individually identify electrical devices inside the home and record when they are operated causing invasion of privacy.
2. They monitor household activity and occupancy in violation of rights and domestic security.
3. They transmit wireless signals which may be intercepted by unauthorized and unknown parties. Those signals can be used to monitor behavior and occupancy and they can be used by criminals to aid criminal activity against the occupants.
4. Data about occupant's daily habits and activities are collected, recorded and stored in permanent databases which are accessed by parties not authorized or invited to know and share that private data by those who's activities were recorded.
5. Those with access to the smart meter databases can review a permanent history of household activities complete with calendar and time-of-day metrics to gain a highly invasive and detailed view of the lives of the occupants.
6. Those databases may be shared with, or fall into the hands of criminals, blackmailers, corrupt law enforcement, private hackers of wireless transmissions, power company employees, and other unidentified parties who may act against the interests of the occupants under metered surveillance.
7. "Smart Meters" are, by definition, surveillance devices which violate Federal and State wiretapping laws by recording and storing databases of private and personal activities and behaviors without the consent or knowledge of those people who are monitored.
8. It is possible for example, with analysis of certain "Smart Meter" data, for unauthorized and distant parties to determine medical conditions, sexual activities, physical locations of persons within the home, vacancy patterns and personal information and habits of the occupants.
9. Your company has not adequately disclosed the particular recording and transmission capabilities of the smart meter, or the extent of the data that will be recorded, stored and shared, or the purposes to which the data will and will not be put.
10. Electromagnetic and Radio Frequency energy contamination from smart meters exceeds allowable safe and healthful limits for domestic environments as determined by the EPA and other scientific programs.
I forbid, refuse and deny consent of any installation and use of any monitoring, eavesdropping, and surveillance devices on my property, my place of residence and my place of occupancy. That applies to and includes "Smart Meters" and activity monitoring devices of any and all kinds. Any attempt to install any such device directed at me, other occupants, my property or residence will constitute trespass, stalking, wiretapping and unlawful surveillance and endangerment of health and safety, all prohibited and punishable by law through criminal and civil complaints. All persons, government agencies and private organizations responsible for installing or operating monitoring devices directed at or recording my activities, which I have not specifically authorized in writing, will be fully liable for any violations, intrusions, harm or negative consequences caused or made possible by those devices whether those negative consequences are justified by "law" or not..
This is legal notice. After this delivery the liabilities listed above may not be denied or avoided by parties named and implied in this notice. Civil Servant immunities and protections do not apply to the installation of smart meters due to the criminal violations they represent.
Notice to principal is notice to agent and notice to agent is notice to principal. All rights reserved.
Signature
Hat tip: Consent of the Governed.
Monday, December 05, 2011
Christmas letters and homeschool progress
One of our family traditions is an annual Cate Christmas letter. We tend to be a bit obsessive about it. Year after year Janine and I spend anywhere from forty to eighty hours. It is a major production.
Part of why we invest so much time into each letter is because we are writing for two audiences. The first audience is our family and friends that we are staying in touch with. But the second audience is the next couple generations. Around the time that the first set of grandchildren start to read, we’ll gather up thirty to forty years worth of these Christmas letters and bind them into a book. Our hope is the grandchildren and beyond will enjoy the letters. We want them to have some idea on just what it was like in the Cate household around the turn of the century.
Another facet of this Christmas letter tradition is we reread the old letters. Around Thanksgiving we start from 1992, when we got married. Every day before breakfast we read another year. Our children love it when we start reading about them. It is great to remember the good times and the changes. It is also a bit hard to be reminded about the passing of loved ones.
We have just started working on the 2011 Christmas letter. I have been rereading journal entries for the last eleven months and updating our address list. While it is a ton of work, but I am sticking to it because I will be very happy once the letter is down.
Doing all this work focused on Christmas letter I’ve been struck by the progress we are seeing in our children. While reading the letters this last week I’ve been reminded of all the books our daughters have read. The children themselves have reminisced on the good times we had traveling. Way more important is that I am pleased to notice our children are turning out to be wonderful people. They aren't perfect, but they are pretty good. They work hard; they are self directed. They are kind to each other most of the time. They have good hearts and are trying to follow the Lord.
Our Christmas letters help me to see the growth in our children and remind me that I am so glad we homeschool.
Part of why we invest so much time into each letter is because we are writing for two audiences. The first audience is our family and friends that we are staying in touch with. But the second audience is the next couple generations. Around the time that the first set of grandchildren start to read, we’ll gather up thirty to forty years worth of these Christmas letters and bind them into a book. Our hope is the grandchildren and beyond will enjoy the letters. We want them to have some idea on just what it was like in the Cate household around the turn of the century.
Another facet of this Christmas letter tradition is we reread the old letters. Around Thanksgiving we start from 1992, when we got married. Every day before breakfast we read another year. Our children love it when we start reading about them. It is great to remember the good times and the changes. It is also a bit hard to be reminded about the passing of loved ones.
We have just started working on the 2011 Christmas letter. I have been rereading journal entries for the last eleven months and updating our address list. While it is a ton of work, but I am sticking to it because I will be very happy once the letter is down.
Doing all this work focused on Christmas letter I’ve been struck by the progress we are seeing in our children. While reading the letters this last week I’ve been reminded of all the books our daughters have read. The children themselves have reminisced on the good times we had traveling. Way more important is that I am pleased to notice our children are turning out to be wonderful people. They aren't perfect, but they are pretty good. They work hard; they are self directed. They are kind to each other most of the time. They have good hearts and are trying to follow the Lord.
Our Christmas letters help me to see the growth in our children and remind me that I am so glad we homeschool.
This is what homeschooling is all about
Friday, December 02, 2011
A lot of truth to this
From Dan Galvin's Thought For The Day mailing list:
It isn't what we don't know
that gives us trouble,
it's what we know ain't so.
-Will Rogers
It isn't what we don't know
that gives us trouble,
it's what we know ain't so.
-Will Rogers
Cute: Fun suggestions on Budget Cuts
This is is funny, and I would be happy if all ten suggested cuts were implemented (Chuck Woolery on Budget Cuts):
Did I miss a memo? Are we now on Bizarro World?
In the Superman comics there is a planet often referred to as Bizarro World. Everthing there is backwards and nothing makes any real sense.
I wondered if I had been moved to Bizarro World after reading Teen stopped at airport for design on purse:
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Vanessa Gibbs, 17, claims the Transportation Security Administration stopped her at the security gate because of the design of a gun on her handbag.
Gibbs said she had no problem going through security at Jacksonville International Airport, but rather, when she headed home from Virginia.
"It's my style, it's camouflage, it has an old western gun on it," Gibbs said.
But her preference for the pistol style didn't sit well with TSA agents at the Norfolk airport.
Gibbs said she was headed back home to Jacksonville from a holiday trip when an agent flagged her purse as a security risk.
"She was like, 'This is a federal offense because it's in the shape of a gun,'" Gibbs said. "I'm like, 'But it's a design on a purse. How is it a federal offense?'"
After agents figured out the gun was a fake, Gibbs said, TSA told her to check the bag or turn it over.
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Reread the last line, the agents finally figured out a little image on a purse was not a real gun. I wonder how long it took them? A news video shows the purse is small and the image of the gun is only two inches.
Because of the TSA investigation the teenage girl missed her plane.
What happen to common sense?
Can we just ship TSA to Bizarro World? I'm sure people there would be happy with the lack of common sense.
Hat tip: Boycott Flying
I wondered if I had been moved to Bizarro World after reading Teen stopped at airport for design on purse:
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Vanessa Gibbs, 17, claims the Transportation Security Administration stopped her at the security gate because of the design of a gun on her handbag.
Gibbs said she had no problem going through security at Jacksonville International Airport, but rather, when she headed home from Virginia.
"It's my style, it's camouflage, it has an old western gun on it," Gibbs said.
But her preference for the pistol style didn't sit well with TSA agents at the Norfolk airport.
Gibbs said she was headed back home to Jacksonville from a holiday trip when an agent flagged her purse as a security risk.
"She was like, 'This is a federal offense because it's in the shape of a gun,'" Gibbs said. "I'm like, 'But it's a design on a purse. How is it a federal offense?'"
After agents figured out the gun was a fake, Gibbs said, TSA told her to check the bag or turn it over.
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Reread the last line, the agents finally figured out a little image on a purse was not a real gun. I wonder how long it took them? A news video shows the purse is small and the image of the gun is only two inches.
Because of the TSA investigation the teenage girl missed her plane.
What happen to common sense?
Can we just ship TSA to Bizarro World? I'm sure people there would be happy with the lack of common sense.
Hat tip: Boycott Flying
Reminder - send in a post for the next Carnival of Homeschooling
Please remember to send in a post about homeschooling for the next Carnival of Homeschooling.
Next week's carnival will be held at The HSBA Post.
Next week's carnival will be held at The HSBA Post.
This will be the 310th edition.
Blog Carnvial is partial broken. It is accepting submissions, but not forwarding them. It would be easier if you just submitted your post directly via email. Go here for the instructions on sending in a submission.
As always, entries to the Carnival of Homeschooling are due Monday evening at 6:00 PM Pacific Standard Time.
Some other homeschooling carnivals
Homeschool Showcase #85 is up at Weird, Unsocialized Homeschoolers.
The recent HandsOn Homeschool Blog Carnival is up at Talking to Myself.
The latest Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival is up at Piney Woods Homeschool.
The recent HandsOn Homeschool Blog Carnival is up at Talking to Myself.
The latest Charlotte Mason Blog Carnival is up at Piney Woods Homeschool.
Thursday, December 01, 2011
The Carnival of Homeschooling is up - Homeschool Open House
This week's Carnival of Homeschooling is up at NerdFamily Blog.
This is the 309th carnival!
The NerdMom is hosting a Homeschool Open House:
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I am so honored to be hosting this week’s Carnival of Homeschooling! Welcome to my Homeschool Open House!!! So come on in and relax for a while. There are some great entries into the carnival this week.
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This is the 309th carnival!
The NerdMom is hosting a Homeschool Open House:
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I am so honored to be hosting this week’s Carnival of Homeschooling! Welcome to my Homeschool Open House!!! So come on in and relax for a while. There are some great entries into the carnival this week.
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