Summer vacation is fast approaching. This is the time of year I am lulled into a blissful daydream of enchanted summer days filled with refreshing swims, playful Nerf gun wars, enthralling discoveries, and glorious lazy days. The reality is, with two boys 22 months … [Read more...] about 2014 Summer Adventure List
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This Kid Finishes Elementary School This Week – Wordless Wednesday
Testing Us All
There is so much misinformation and lack of information out there about standardized testing. Parents, teachers, and even administrators are hearing different versions of the same story in a horribly high stakes game of telephone. We are quick to react without doing our homework. … [Read more...] about Testing Us All
Teachers, we want to hear your voices.
Those who can, TEACH. Those who can't, didn't pay attention in class. Wake County teachers, our county commissioners need to hear from you. Please send an email sharing some snippets of your day. Tell these people, many of whom have nary stepped into a classroom since … [Read more...] about Teachers, we want to hear your voices.
A Matter of Manners
Picture this: A Sunny Sunday afternoon at The Corner in Charlottesville, Virginia, my home town and home of my alma mater. We were enjoying lunch as a family, chatting about our fantastic trip to Monticello earlier in the day. The sky was blue, birds were serenading us, the … [Read more...] about A Matter of Manners
Mother’s Day Perfection – 5:00 Fridays
The amount of treacly Mother's Day marketing is nauseating. I don't want flowers, a vacuum, a pasta pot, support stockings, or tickets to a Chippendales show to honor my role as a mother. What I want is a gardener, a house keeper, a sous chef, new shoes, and tickets to an island … [Read more...] about Mother’s Day Perfection – 5:00 Fridays
#BringBackOurGirls
Paradoxically, they are and are not "our girls." It's easy and natural to want to fold them into our open arms and caress them as our own. Yet we sit perched atop privilege and can utter they are our girls with nary a smidge of reality behind it. As Americans, we lack often lack … [Read more...] about #BringBackOurGirls