Comments:

Claudia - 2006-11-17 16:08:58
Very interesting. Dusty has been reading to other kids in class these days. Our meeting was postponed so I hope to hear about this soon. I think she's beginning to used to the idea and is doing a bit more reading outloud than before. I think, though, there has to be a good reason for it, in her mind, before she'll agree to do it. On the scatterbrained end, I do the same thing all the time. Start one thing, have a thought, veer off half-clothed to write something down. A lot of it is having many thoughts at once and knowing they're going to disappear if I don't attend to them right that very second. It bugs my husband because I start something and then finish something else with 12 different tasks in the middle. Sigh. There is no hope for us. Glad, though, to hear that it's because we're hopelessly brilliant. Otherwise, I'd despair.
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fairlywell - 2006-11-17 16:16:26
Mr. Spy needs a blog. That perfectionism gets worked out pretty quickly once you realize you aren't being paid to be perfect.
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Kelley2 - 2006-11-18 00:17:40
Re: gifted thing vs. familial thing... Hmmmm, have you ever considered the gifted thing may be a familial thing?
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reva - 2006-11-18 02:28:45
Dang it!! I was looking forward to the Day of Onerous tasks story! Did AJ buy it?
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lemming - 2006-11-18 10:49:02
I suspect you're right about wanting to blend in, though on two fronts: some kids will be better readers and some are still more hesitant about reading aloud. Given how many adults are hesitant to read aloud, despite having completed Kindergarten...
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manduca - 2006-11-18 14:01:19
how disappointing about the Day of Onerous Tasks manifesto (ok, maybe not the most perfectly accurate word, but "manifesto" is such a fun word that i love to use it. obviously i'm NOT a professional writer!). maybe he'll send it out and get published in the new yorker and i'll come across it. i'm glad to hear that you're pretty happy with AJ's school; i know you were concerned about it. i think teaching your class backward is a brilliant idea. i agree that students are most able to think about music that isn't familiar. do you do a review at the end, listen to a gregoian chant or two? i'm watching the dog eat his breakfast while lying down. the past few mornings he seems to be in a lot of pain, and eating kibble standing up is harder on the tile than on the carpet. it also seems harder to reach down to the floor, so i've been putting it on a raised platform. even then he's uncomfortable enough while standing up that he doesn't eat the whole bowl. after he lies down, i put it next to him and he'll almost finish it. he usually gets hungry later in the day, but i have to make him eat now so he has some food before he takes his pills (which probably make him feel good enough to want to eat, frustratingly enough). a few hours after getting up, he seems a lot better though. i have an appointment with the oncologists monday. i've decided to go the radiation/chemotherapy route without amputation. it seems like the least imposition into his quality of life. the radiation isn't bad at all, maybe a little sun-burn like irritation on the site, and the doc said only 20% of dogs have any side effects from the chem, and 5% have significant side effects like vomiting or diarrhea. my dog is an old hand at gastrointestinal indiscretion. i'll probably post most of this to my blog, but it came out of my fingers here. thanks for asking about it. he's in good spirits, happy to meet new people, always thinking about how he might cadge some food or chase a cat or squirrel. so things are pretty good right now.
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