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We visited Marlboro College last November, on the same day we visited Smith College. The day after, we visited Olin and Wellesley. Smith and Olin she liked right off. Wellesley she did not care for at all, and immediately ruled it off her list. Marlboro, however, was a lot to take in because it is … Read more
Back to the New Normal Open nesting is challenging. The revolving door brings in gusts of cold air and crunchy-crisp leaf-litter as well as delight. So very good to see them, but your world clutters and clangs to a stop like musical chairs in suspension waiting frozen, like in statue tag as the house becomes … Read more
We’ve been to this wonderful program for high schoolers for many years now. In fact this is my 12th consecutive year, among my three children; next year will be my last. For the most recent eight years we’ve stayed in a hotel on Kendall Square with a family that comes up to this from Florida; … Read more
Of the four colleges our daughter looked at in the last two days, her other favorite was Olin College of Engineering. (I’ve discussed this place a few times on this blog already since her brother was enamored by it as well.) Getting in here is a very long shot for anyone since they only take … Read more
It is early on in the college search process for our youngest who is in 11th grade. She is considering either Physics or Engineering and has already looked at some schools where she will probably apply. On our way to her annual SPLASH program at MIT we are doing a whirlwind tour of four colleges, … Read more
Our teenaged homeschooled daughter is very enthused by these two new books. Originally seeing both in a great local independent bookstore, she was able to get one through interlibrary loan and begged me to get the other for her, “and not to wait for Christmas either, please.” I have a homeschooling budget and have learned … Read more
At Swarthmore, while our son was busy, we checked out the art scene there by going to both campus galleries, and visiting their three studios.
We had a nice weekend visiting our son during Swarthmore’s Parent’s Weekend. We stayed for the first time in an accommodation we got off of AirBnB, which…
Here are Mark Twain’s Rules of Writing (from Mark Twain’s scathing essay on the Literary Offenses of James Fenimore Cooper):
When I picked our younger daughter up from her Summer Field Institute Program at the College of the Atlantic, there were presentations (above), lunch and a bit of a tour (photos below). Our daughter had a phenomenal time, or to use her words, “It was beyond awesome.” She saw 12 whales, and some seals and … Read more
Yesterday, I dropped off our younger daughter for the two week “Islands through Time” program at the College of the Atlantic’s Summer Field Institute. For two weeks, she’ll join 14 other kids with five professors in an intensive course that will give her 3.3 hours of college credit. She is considering this school as a … Read more
I was in charge of our homeschooling group’s Used Curriculum Sale again. We held it two years ago and again yesterday. We did not have the crowds we hoped for, but most vendors reported selling a third to a half of what they brought. I did particularly well because I had fourteen Great Courses for … Read more
I’ve collected these quotes about children and education from Facebook friends…
Enjoy!
I had never visited Syracuse University before, so I was glad to get a chance to see where our daughter will be going to school. She starts July first in a one year intensive Masters program in Public Administration at the Maxwell School for Citizenship and Pubic Affairs here, which is the top ranked school … Read more
We are so proud of our daughter Virginia who graduated today from St. John’s college in Annapolis. Out of 140 students in her class, 97 made it to graduation. This is a challenging place, and she has done very well. The college paper picks one senior each year to highlight in an article and this … Read more
I listened to this audio book because I was intrigued by the two videos I include at the bottom of this post. My basic review of this book is to watch those and skip the book, which was lots to wade through, unnecessarily complete with a systematic review of technology, history and business. Alternatively, you … Read more
We have homeschooled alongside Christopher and his family for well over a decade. Carpooling a lot with him recently we’ve been hearing about the jet engine he has been building. Yesterday at our Homeschooling Science Fair we finally got to see it! He did an awesome job on it, and I couldn’t be more proud … Read more