School Days...Gifted, or Not- November 8, 2005 Giftedor learning impaired I find myself wondering frequently which I would have been labeled had I been a little less lucky. I have said many times that if I had relied only on teachers in school to teach me, Id have been in trouble. I think I would have been written offI remember my fourth grade teacher, who required that we spend a few minutes each morning outlining our hands, and then fill it with parallel lines. We were graded on our neatness,...http://aspielife.blogspot.com/2005/11/school-daysgifted-or-not.html Halloween Terrors!- November 1, 2005 It's hard to explain the mixed blessing of this holiday. Since I was a child, I have always loved dressing up, pretending to be someone else. I loved the ghost stories, the thrill of the spooky. The creativity. Fun!But, man, handling Halloween as an adult is hard! Rushing home in time to the door. Worrying you'll be too late. Envisioning an army of hungry young ghouls and goblins waiting on your front doorstep, waiting for you to race inside, dump the candy in the bowl and run over to the...http://aspielife.blogspot.com/2005/10/halloween-terrors.html |