Grades
My sister and SIL have worked and study for the past 4 months. BYU-Idaho just released grades and both of these wonderful ladies earned all As. I'm so proud of them, especially my SIL who is pregnant with her 3rd baby. That is a lot…
Category: Education
Math Wars
I first heard of math wars my sophomore year of college. I thought I heard my professor wrong, I thought he meant star wars. But the longer I live I realize how deep the feelings run in this battle of education. And it isn't just…
Side Projects and Productivity
I have this problem; I like to learn new things and I like to try new things. As a result I end up putting more on my plate than I can handle (which incidentally is also my problem with food. Weird). I get all of…
Learn: The Greenhouse Effect
So I had already written out my post and published it, but not even a whole minute later, I deleted it. :( This one will probably be a little short because of that. Sorry. I decided to learn about the greenhouse effect. I have heard…
Learn: White Sauce
This week I just happened to walk by a book that caught my eye entitled Sauces: Classical and Contemporary Sauce Making by James Peterson. At first I thought that I would learn a brief overview of sauces and/or the making of sauces and be done…
Learn Something
There is so much out there to learn. As I go through out my day to day life I am confronted time and again with different subjects and topics that seem interesting to me and that I have a desire to try to learn something…
Your Baby Can Read
Two Sundays ago Chad stayed home sick from church. When I got back he said, "I'm a sucker for infomercials." Not a great thing to hear. Anyways he bought "your baby can read". It is a dvd program that teaches babies to read. I've heard…
One Down
Finished! Well almost. I have finished my first semester of taking classes at BYU. I only actually took one class, but it was Artificial Intelligence and it was hard. Trying to go to school while working full-time and trying to make time for your family…
The Education of the Future
What will education be like in the future? Dr. Michael Wesch explains what he thinks it will be like.