It's a space issue in the elementary schools, so all our fifth graders are up at the middle school. The mantra they keep feeing us is, "We keep them very separate," and I think they do, but I still think it's more social pressure than you need in fifth grade. I don't like the middle school model, anyhow. I also don't think the sixth graders belong up there. They also don't have recess, after the first few weeks. Ten, eleven and twelve year olds need recess.

When I was in junior high, our junior high ran from 7th through 9th grade. It's not like that in my old town any more, but I think that was a better age division. And there were a lot fewer freshman girls getting drunk and foolish with senior boys in our town, than in the neighboring towns. t /uphill both ways and we liked it

Hec, have you felt some relief with your writing, now that Emmett is back at school?

I meant to link this, earlier. Does everyone remember the Colbert Report baby [link] I think Robin originally linked to him in Natter. I accidentally managed to watch The Colbert Report, the night they used the baby as their intro. Someone's put it on YouTube: [link]

There's a second episode of the Colbert Baby now, here: [link] It's not as funny as the first. I'm not sure anything could be as funny as the first, but I just love the baby's obsession with Colbert.

Hee. We could make a hella killing, shipping 'Ffista kids off to various 'Ffistas for a week in summer. Book camp, caver camp, robot camp, sex ed camp, math camp, music camp. What else? Rock climbing, research, SNARK, computers, marketing, guerilla law.

Applying eyeliner, DIY fashion skills, and Working in the Game Industry (an Overview). At least, that's what it would be at our place.

don't have any solution for the lack of motivation. I can make him do the damn work, but I can't make him care. Frustrating, but I don't know any way that my mother could have made me care about HS. I can expose him to a variety of life experiences and I can force him to attend school and do the assignments. I don't know how to force another human to give a damn. And I hope for him to find some inspiration somewhere sometime.

I have a teacher friend who had a son with Lack of motivation. I think it was his Junior year ( maybe sophmore ) year he flunked English - purely due to not careing. Instead of sending him to summer school - she sent him to the local community college - saying - this is college, it is different, you'll like it better, but you won't ever get there if you can't get out of high school. It did work. He never loved high school, but he did much better and is doing much better in college than he ever did in high school.

How to mix live music. Proper etiquette for being backstage. How to properly hide a wireless mic.

Hell, how to properly hide a body.

When did they do away with K-8 anyway? And why? Seems like avoiding the middle school crucible isn't a bad thing, generally.

When did they do away with K-8 anyway?

I think that, mostly, it's because the schools were getting too crowded.

Hell, how to properly hide a body.

Oooh, oooh, I have a guest lecturer for that!

(What? One of my best friends majored in foresnic anthropology. It's not like we've done a practical application of her information ...)

Hee!

I want this dress. [link]