Currently framing parenting as preparing for the apocalypse. Yesterday archery and shooting (air rifle at balloons). Today swimming. I think I need to stop thinking about The Last Of Us.
Currently framing parenting as preparing for the apocalypse. Yesterday archery and shooting (air rifle at balloons). Today swimming. I think I need to stop thinking about The Last Of Us.
Huh. Like this idea
What a Principal Learned from Shadowing His Students (Alex Shultz)
No Self
“I tell myself there is
no self- I am just
a place where the
universe happens to be happening
telling itself through me.”
– John Brehm
When you deliberately put a book down, because the sooner you finish it, the sooner it’ll be over… But can’t stop picking it up.
Also, books where the story is kind of secondary to the world the author has created.
Really enjoyed this and stayed up past my bedtime to finish it. Finished reading: Titanium Noir by Nick Harkaway 📚
Fitness tracker says I slept for 59 minutes of my 70 minute massage. Relaxed!
Today’s exercise: Trying to be patient while driving.
Japanese version of the game didn’t have English until I changed the PS5s system language to English (US)…
There are mornings when I wake and forget, for a moment, everything I’m supposed to carry.
Link to a poem titled, “In the morning, before anything bad happens”
Photo E took out of bedroom window tonight because she liked the clouds.
Would I like being a student in my own classroom? A reflection tool – Pernille Ripp
One of my favourite blogs about education, simple (in a good way), thoughtful and helpful.
My kids enjoyed this one about a cat with a busy day.
Finished reading: FLOOF by MCKINNON HEIDI 📚
Went in knowing nothing - always the best way and enjoyed the ride a whole lot. Rereading descriptions now I feel spoiled things that surprised me when they came up, but also, you need a reason to choose a book right?
Some Desperate Glory by Emily Tesh 📚
Got a massage yesterday while the grandparents watched the kids for a couple of hours. I fell asleep apparently.
Pizza and a couple of beers after the gym. This morning, wide awake at 4:30 and feeling off. Alcohol and me clearly don’t agree anymore.
Happy Murderbot day to those who celebrate.
Wordle 1,430 2/6
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Same photo 3-years apart!
Was awake anyway at 5am so forced myself out the door to interrupt some doomscrolling.
Much like the month of December, my packed calendar at the end of the school year has left me feeling like there’s not so much joy, as obligation and overwhelm. Instead of cruising into summer with a sense of relief, I’m sweating my way to the finish line—and possibly crying and stress snacking at certain points, too.
“Our job is to destroy the bell curve”
10 Insights from Dylan Wiliam on Formative Assessment and the Science of Learning
Just watched 5 minutes of Murderbot. Based off the intro, can I pretty please get a Murderbot figure?
It is striking that family income hardly predicted anything. What mattered was the parents’ level of education. Parents with more education appeared to have more children’s books in the house and a more positive relationship with their child. Both factors contributed to stronger language skills in the child, greatly influencing reading comprehension.
How Books and Chat Are More Important Than Money for Reading – From experience to meaning…