Archive for February, 2007
Education
Thursday, February 22nd, 2007Recently (was it only yesterday?), the DHM at The Common Room linked to an article in which the author was opposed to a statement made by Steve Jobs attacking teachers unions. Jobs made the reasonable claim that no business could get someone to run it if they were unable to fire bad employees. Arguments have [...]
One small battle at a time
Monday, February 5th, 2007Equuschick (I’m sure my daughter wishes she’d thought of this name for herself.) has posted about her battles with making her bed every morning. I thought it was good because I’ve been thinking about the same thing myself–not regarding bedmaking, but regarding my diet. Maybe if I post about it here, I won’t possibly be [...]
Rejecting a Rejection Letter
Thursday, February 1st, 2007When my two oldest sons were applying to graduate schools last fall, Ben sent me a link to this “rejection” letter. I was reminded it of it today as I was reading things in trying to help my fourth son Jed as he prepares for a competitive scholarship at LeTourneau University next week.
I ought to [...]