Quote From: mustbecrazyThis board has been awfully quiet...does that mean that all of our kids are doing so well in school that we don't have anything to discuss? Or maybe everybody is busy? (busy is the word for me)
Scott's report card came yesterday...his Power Point presentation saved his Science grade...and they are done with evolution...on to REAL biology...they will be doing dissections of plants and animals, using a microscope...all of the things that SHOULD be done in Biology class....
Scott earned and A in Math....the first academic A for him since starting high school!!! I told him that when he accumulates 5 A's in academic classes (that excludes music, art, and PE), he will get a school sweat shirt...he really wants one of those...his other grades were B's and C's...and a D in Science...better than an F...I hope that he is doing his work now..........I need to check the grade website today to see where he is at...if he has F's in any classes, he will be barred from playing in Pep Band for the basketball games...and the band is so small that it really hurts them when players are missing.....Scott ended up doing a solo for the Star Spangled Banner at the last game because there were only three kids in the Pep Band...the rest were banned due to grades....I hope the turn-out is better this week...
Matthew earned a "gold" honor roll award, and he is among the top 10 readers for the whole 5th grade....determined by the amount of AR points...which isn't really an entirely accurate way to rate the readers...those with more points are reading easier books than Matthew is...he is reading LONG books...he has finished the Harry Potter series, and he is now reading Eragon...Matthew gets bored with books that are too easy....His weakest point is his handwriting...still developing neatness...but he is improving...it is mostly legible now....
John, the culinary kid, is still doing his externship at a very exclusive restaurant...a lot of his hours are unpaid...which is how an externship works...he has developed some recipes that have been on the daily specials menu...including a salad that cost $24 per plate.......however, he needs a lot of work in the self-motivation department...he thinks that he can sleep all day...time this morning for the squirt bottle to get him out of bed....he is SUPPOSED to be getting his room cleaned up, so there is room to store his things that are currently stacked in the play room.....he should have had this done weeks ago...
Profmaryann...I haven't heard from you in awhile...I hope everything is OK in your neck of the woods...we are bitterly cold here in Washington State....we woke up to 0.7 degrees F.......but other parts of the country are colder...with -25.....and the New York area has a wide-spread power outage after an ice storm....so I'll consider us lucky......we are now up to 6.0 degrees...near the predicted high for the day....
Becky
I guess it *has* been a while since I've been over here! I've fiddled with what is about to be the "new" Dr. Phil.com site off and on.
Glad to hear things w/the boys are improving, somewhat. I'll refrain from putting in my 2 cents about the science class, as the issue appears to be resolved for now.
School stuff with Anne -- is going. I'm annoyed that she's decided to fool around in class, rather than work, and the in-class work is the bulk of the grades! YIKES! I guess they've had too many problems with parents doing HW assignments *for* the students.
Hubs' job prospect appears to be at a dead end. The response from his letter of continuing interest was lukewarm in tone and late in coming. The upshot is I'm now looking for work, as his current position will end with the retirement of his boss. That could well occur next year.
Weather-wise, the last few days and nights were COLD -- by North FL standards, at any rate -- lows in the LOW 20s for the last 4 nights. The damage to the strawberry and citrus crops is still being assessed. Most of our plants made it (I think!), but we have a couple that are looking pretty ratty right now.
How much have you done on the BETA site? Not much, I gather. Tell you what I'll do -- I'll post a "comment" to your blog over there. Once you get the relevant info, just refuse to accept the comment, and it won't appear on your blog.
Prof
