Re: teenager breaking curfew

"Nikki" <skavanagh@xxxxxx> wrote in
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"enigma" <enigma@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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out to play (Boo gets 4-6 pages of homework at the
beginning of the week to be turned in Friday. he gets to
choose how & when it gets done. sometimes he does it all
the day he gets it, sometimes he does the math one day &
the language the next, but it's all done well before it's
due)

I wish you could bottle that up. I could give a little to
Hunter :)

well, the math section takes him virtually no time. his
teacher doesn't require that he show his work, so he doesn't
feel he needs to write anything but the answers. *i* want him
to show his work, because he's getting into more complicated
work (multiplication with carrying, division) and even though
he can do it in his head, he needs to learn to show what he's
doing so that he can find where he goes wrong as it gets more
involved.
he hates *anything* to do with writing. it's difficult for
him. he does type out email, but needs to learn keyboarding
(he just got his own laptop from gramdpa). he is starting to
enjoy drawing, at least to the extent of trying to draw out
plans for his building projects,
i am impressed that he's already grasped the time management
needed to get his homework done before it's due though. i
still think homework for 2nd graders is silly, but at least
his school isn't like the local public school with 8=10 pages
of busywork *every night*, including stuff to do over the
weekend. that's just rediculous.

lee
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I pinged a host that wasn't there
It wasn't there again today
The host resolved to NSA.
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