Brooklyn's school requires parents come for a three way conference (Parent, child, teacher) in order for the child to receive their report card. They get graded not only on Math, Reading, etc., but Math quizzes, Math notebook, Math Homework, Problem Solving, Science Notebook, Science Quizzes, etc.
My quandary is when you have a child doing eighth grade problem solving do you get wigged out because they aren't doing their math homework. Or they have an A in Math Quizzes do you get upset that they made a 17 and a 64 on math homework - because of hurrying. They obviously get how to do the work.
What about when in Math they set a goal to eat all their lunch. I had a hard time making that connection.
Being in a non-traditional environment she gets to do many more hands on projects. She spent a few days at the Outer Banks doing experiments and they have done other field trips that are off the hook. My fear is when she gets back to a traditional setting for high school she will have a hard time adjusting. Homework isn't counted as a separate grade.
Parenting, I thought would get easier; however, it isn't. I guess to prepare her for the future it is important that she learns if you can make a 100 in a class you should do everything to make that 100 (like go to Study Hall at 7:30 on Thursday mornings.)
But I guess I have to walk that fine line of positive reinforcement for working on 8th grade problems while encouraging doing her best work in all of it.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Saturday, November 15, 2008
If you had told me
that in less than a year:
I would lose my job, get a new job, get a promotion, my air & heat would go out in my car, Mike would need a liver transplant, we would rent out our downstairs apartment and that my mom would have macular pucker and need surgery...I wouldn't have believed you.
If you had told me that this verse and John 10:10 would relate to my life so heavily this year. I wouldn't have believed you.
My prayer for my friends is that you will have abundant life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
I would lose my job, get a new job, get a promotion, my air & heat would go out in my car, Mike would need a liver transplant, we would rent out our downstairs apartment and that my mom would have macular pucker and need surgery...I wouldn't have believed you.
If you had told me that this verse and John 10:10 would relate to my life so heavily this year. I wouldn't have believed you.
My prayer for my friends is that you will have abundant life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Frankie Bones
Mike & I went to Frankie Bones for lunch today.
I had the Seafood Benedict and he had an omelet with four cheeses, ham, mushroom & broccoli. Our meal was about $25, it was prepared well and was nicely presented. The flavors all went well together and nothing was overpowering. I was pleased.
The restaurant is very tastefully decorated in a speakeasy theme. It reminded me of an old New York restaurant (Sardi's). Mike said it reminded him of Chicago.
We will definitely go back.
I had the Seafood Benedict and he had an omelet with four cheeses, ham, mushroom & broccoli. Our meal was about $25, it was prepared well and was nicely presented. The flavors all went well together and nothing was overpowering. I was pleased.
The restaurant is very tastefully decorated in a speakeasy theme. It reminded me of an old New York restaurant (Sardi's). Mike said it reminded him of Chicago.
We will definitely go back.
Highlands Community Church
This morning we went with Jeff & Jan to check out Highlands Christian Church. Honestly, my preconceived notion was that it would be annoying with the kids allowed to be in service. I have a hard time concentrating.
We did not have a hard time finding parking and found across the street there is parking that probably not too many people are aware of. We were greeted at the door by two greeters, but really those were the only people that even spoke to us.
It's really dark in the worship area. The heat (it's an older building) was hot, so we moved to a cooler location. Yes, the kids after they started working on their packets were moving about, but they weren't really loud. Well a couple were talking, but it wasn't as bad as I suspected.
It's always hard for me to worship the first time in a new place. I enjoyed the music, but it was more to listen to for me than worship with. Their videos are freakin' funny. They did a great job explaining gel (with one L) groups...but made me think they were saying jail groups, serving, foster parenting and volunteering. It was a great infomercial which I guess helped you understand the church. He didn't really preach this morning.
They did children's time which was very traditional and I felt the woman doing it really probably talked above the children's heads. They aren't going to understand going to the chocolate lounge with a friend and how that relates to God if you pray first (there was more to the story, but I don't think I can do it justice).
They explained why children worship with their parents (intergenerational) and why their gel groups aren't segregated. Why they don't have a single's ministry, etc. I understand you don't have a building, it's hard to correlate all of those things when your space is limited, etc. So how do you talk about the hard topics if children are always there? How do you have a PG or PG-13 service when you have 5-year-olds in the room. Frankly, I don't want my child exposed to certain topics (although now she is at age 11 being exposed) but I feel they are necessary to talk about at church.
The statistic of emotional affairs via the internet, porn via the internet, loveless marriage, and singles marrying for the wrong reason is staggering. How do you ever go deeper and touch on any of these topics if children are always present?
I'm sure parents who love being surrounded by their children 24/7 will love this type of ministry. I love my child, but think she learns much better on a level of her own with her peers (or maybe she should just go to work with me every day and learn the way I do..sarcasm).
That's just my 2c. My perception!
We did not have a hard time finding parking and found across the street there is parking that probably not too many people are aware of. We were greeted at the door by two greeters, but really those were the only people that even spoke to us.
It's really dark in the worship area. The heat (it's an older building) was hot, so we moved to a cooler location. Yes, the kids after they started working on their packets were moving about, but they weren't really loud. Well a couple were talking, but it wasn't as bad as I suspected.
It's always hard for me to worship the first time in a new place. I enjoyed the music, but it was more to listen to for me than worship with. Their videos are freakin' funny. They did a great job explaining gel (with one L) groups...but made me think they were saying jail groups, serving, foster parenting and volunteering. It was a great infomercial which I guess helped you understand the church. He didn't really preach this morning.
They did children's time which was very traditional and I felt the woman doing it really probably talked above the children's heads. They aren't going to understand going to the chocolate lounge with a friend and how that relates to God if you pray first (there was more to the story, but I don't think I can do it justice).
They explained why children worship with their parents (intergenerational) and why their gel groups aren't segregated. Why they don't have a single's ministry, etc. I understand you don't have a building, it's hard to correlate all of those things when your space is limited, etc. So how do you talk about the hard topics if children are always there? How do you have a PG or PG-13 service when you have 5-year-olds in the room. Frankly, I don't want my child exposed to certain topics (although now she is at age 11 being exposed) but I feel they are necessary to talk about at church.
The statistic of emotional affairs via the internet, porn via the internet, loveless marriage, and singles marrying for the wrong reason is staggering. How do you ever go deeper and touch on any of these topics if children are always present?
I'm sure parents who love being surrounded by their children 24/7 will love this type of ministry. I love my child, but think she learns much better on a level of her own with her peers (or maybe she should just go to work with me every day and learn the way I do..sarcasm).
That's just my 2c. My perception!
NC State Fair
The Kwiatkowskis and Harkeys went on a tour of Chapel Hill, NC State, downtown Raleigh and to the State Fair.
Basically we ate our way through the fair. The deep fried pecan pie was awesome. Of 112 rides, I think the kids enjoyed a few of them. We toured the agricultural parts, watched the tractor pull, ate some more, rode some rides, looked at some crafts, ate fish sandwiches, ate hot dogs, ate turkey legs, ate corn, looked at the rabbits, checked out the baby pigs, bought some honey, ate some sweet potato fries, ate a philly cheese steak, drank lemonade and laughed.
It was a great weekend! (The best comment of the weekend was Ben saying Chapel Hill was a better campus than NC State...now if we could just get rid of his Duke shirt!
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