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In a message dated 1/28/03 12:16:24 PM Central Standard Time,
[email protected] writes:

<<
Julie B (splashes cold water on face and watches it freeze in the
below twenty weather) >>

OOoh, that is downright cruel and unusual punishment.
Nah, just stick around here...we'll splash you enough!! :)

I think what matters to your son should be more important than your fears. He
will pick up on your fears, so it's best to try and rid yourself of
them...but I'm sure you realize that.
Does a failing math course (and he isn't failing anyway) in anyway indicate
success or failure in life.
Try to see his life as a continuum, not peaking at the point he enters
college or gets a job or ANYTHING! It's a journey, he can change his mind
about what he's doing at any time, change courses midstream, try new things
etc......a math course really matters not one whit in the big picture does it?

Here's a website about a girl unschooled from birth, memorized her times
tables in order to make the college entrance exam more pleasant and went on
to ACE higher level maths in college.
Hows that for reassurance? We can learn stuff whenever we need it in life. We
don't need to learn things ahead of time for the "what ifs". Just learn it
when you actually need the information, and life will be good!

http://www.geocities.com/nikleba

So that is Laurie's website, if her mum still reads here maybe she'll come
along and comment.

ANd I really hope those of you that haven't read this one will do so TODAY,
right now!

http://www.greenstar.org/butterflies/Hole-in-the-Wall.htm

It's about computers in the slums of India project, the commentary on how
humans learn is profound.

Ren
"The sun is shining--the sun is shining. That is the magic. The flowers are
growing--the roots are stirring. That is the magic. Being alive is the
magic--being strong is the magic The magic is in me--the magic is in
me....It's in every one of us."

----Frances Hodgson
Burnett