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Weak Magic Lately

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

I just have not been feeling very magic lately. I really do need a magic wand, but until I find such I guess I’ll have to do things the way most folks do, with lots of ups and downs and kind of slowly at that. This is a good part of my problem. I don’t […]

The Magic Wand of Teaching

Friday, August 18th, 2006

Today I read an article about a teacher who performs “magic” in the classroom; the kind of magic where he transforms an underachieving class of Harlem sixth graders into a class of kids who want to learn and in fact excel. After his kind of magic half his students gain entry into the elite schools […]

The Magic of Ordinary Days

Tuesday, August 15th, 2006

I must admit that is a title I borrowed from a fantastic book my moms book group just read. It is a wonderful love story with some historical fiction about World War II thrown in. I loved it, but back to ordinary days. Today was an ordinary day but every day can seem somewhat ordinary […]

Abracadabra!

Monday, August 14th, 2006

Wouldn’t it be nice to have a magic wand to wave when life isn’t exactly what you want it to be. Well, alright, I suppose it probably work out perfectly even with a magic wand but at least I might have a clean house more often.
Lately, I’ve been thinking about the downside to homeschooling. Maybe […]