For the first time ever, Carter’s hallucinations caught the attention of his teachers and fellow students. Typically, two things happen to prevent this. First, the more actively occupied he is in some specific activity, the less likely he is to hallucinate. At school, where he is busy, the little guys don’t bother him much. . . . → Read More: The Little Guys Go to School
 
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Yes, the truth will heal us all, just as soon as its done stomping all over our spilled guts. When I got an email message from Dodai Stewart at Jezebel asking to republish The Lessons My Bullies Taught Me, I was over the moon. Like millions of small-time writers the world over, I dream . . . → Read More: The truth IS going to set you free. You know what keeps shocking me over and over again? It’s the change in my role recently. For the first 5+ years of his life, I spent a huge amount of energy trying to get medical professionals to hear me when I told them that Carter was not OK. Now, strangely, the shoe is . . . → Read More: And my education continues… Right before Valentine’s Day, my orthopedist decided that I should be hospitalized for tests. I’d been having crippling low-back pain for several weeks and the rest, pain medicine, and muscle relaxants he’d prescribed were not making me feel any better. I spent a week in the hospital undergoing a variety of tests to rule . . . → Read More: The Lessons My Bullies Taught Me As you know, we pulled Carter out of his public school just three weeks into the school year. He was in crisis and we decided that I would homeschool him until we decided what to do next. We know that it was the right decision; Carter gained a great deal of stability, put on . . . → Read More: Finally, a post about Carter’s new school! I’ve been haunting a couple of the local thrift stores lately, looking for baskets for my houseplants. I did find some baskets (plus vases, toys, puzzles, candle holders, etc.), but the real discovery was books. Who knew? Thrift stores seem to be absolutely groaning under the weight of cast-off books, old and new, ridiculous . . . → Read More: Books on the Cheap So far, the hardest part of homeschooling is deciding HOW. If you’re a homeschooling parent, you know what I mean, and if you’re not, just trust me on this: there are a gazillion ways to skin this cat. Classical education, unit studies, unschooling, on and on it goes, and devotees of every different philosophy . . . → Read More: Philosophies and systems and curricula, oh my! Upon coming home from the library yesterday, both Carter and I weighed down with a huge stack of books, Carter said, “Oh, man, we’re going to have to do nothing but read for days! We have so much reading to do, I feel like a rich boy!” Oh, be still my readerly/writerly/mama heart! Carter . . . → Read More: Be still my heart… Paul Krugman’s NY Times piece about education budget cuts is more than a little sobering. It’s not like I’m unaware; I can see the budget cuts in my kids’ schools. I was educated in the same public schools that my kids attend and things are not the same as they were 25 years ago, . . . → Read More: Education budget cuts have consequences… If I teach Carter to make me a cup of coffee every morning, I can call that school, right? Community service, maybe? Ah, the tangled ethical issues I face…  |
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