I'm incredibly lucky

[learnteach]

I can't believe how good life is when I stop and look. (Which of course causes the frustrations to be more obvious, of course.)

1. I'm teaching in my own way the smartest groups of people I can find something that I love (engineering.)

2. The garden is growing tomatoes. Lots of tomatoes. And sunflowers, and onions (just harvested) and herbs and pumpkins and corn and soon, beans. The 3 sisters garden is spotty, but tres cool.

3. Got to teach waltz for 2 hours Saturday, then dance for 3 more. And this is normal in my life.

4. Living in California.

5. Friends who care.

Now, back to figuring out how to teach programming to 10 year olds...

Comments

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

What do you think of Alice? We're thinking of starting our kids out on it for the programming.

I know nothing about Alice...

[learnteach.livejournal.com]

We're starting in easyC for the VeX robot. JRS (yours) is more up on the subject than I am, I'm sure!

Re: I know nothing about Alice...

[shutt3rg33k.livejournal.com]

Vex?!? VEX!!! Oh, I am very vexed...

*wants*

[marysdress.livejournal.com]

Have you looked at Scratch?

And you're grand, John.

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

I have now -- Thanks!

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

... and I just found out that someone has adapted Scratch to work with the Second Life scripting language! Gonna download the non-SL version tonight for the kids.

http://nwn.blogs.com/nwn/2008/07/linden-scriptin.html

[lifeofglamour.livejournal.com]

#4.
oh yeah. rub it in...

[channel6.livejournal.com]

Hey--don't suppose I could talk you into changing your mind about going to that thing in the desert, could I? I have a line on a ticket at the first tier price (200) that I would like to go to someone deserving---and I think you deserve the time off....

You could even camp with us if you wanted--our camp just had 8 people of the 21 bail (as in, not even going to BM this year)--so we have LOTS of room and early (Saturday or Sunday) arrival passes.

Think about it--let me know.

yeah...

[learnteach.livejournal.com]

That would be cool. I'll mail then call about details. Thanks!

[martianfencer.livejournal.com]

Have you thought about teaching classes at a museum?