Well a crisp, sunny–bitterly cold and very windy–day is dawning here in Maryland. We’ve gone from this: to this: Time to start digging out once more, although truthfully it doesn’t look as bad as Friday/Saturday’s snow. Yesterday we broke the Washington, DC area’s 100+ year record for seasonal snowfall; we now stand at 54.9 inches. [...]
Archive for February, 2010
Snow Days
Posted in Gifted, Home Life, tagged education, Gifted, homework, School, snowmageddon on February 11, 2010 | 6 Comments »
The Junior Meritocracy: My Take
Posted in Gifted, Learning, tagged education, elementary school, exceptionally gifted, highly gifted, IQ, kindergarten, School, testing on February 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Everyone’s weighed in on it, I may as well too. I’m talking about “The Junior Meritocracy,” this month’s New York Magazine cover story. The subhead is a tip-off to where the article is going: “Should a child’s fate be sealed by an exam he takes at the age of 4? Why kindergarten-admission tests are worthless, [...]
Snowmageddon 2010
Posted in Home Life on February 7, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Snowmageddon. Snowpocalypse. SnOMG! Yes, the DC area has been digging out from the biggest storm this New England girl has ever seen. Here’s a view down our street at around 11 a.m. yesterday. I ventured out into our backyard and measured. And the result? 28 inches and counting. We probably got another 3 inches before [...]
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