Six Word Saturday

For once, experience life in real-time.


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I am beginning to realize that I really really hate cell=phones.

People are so busy watching life on the little screen as they take pictures and video what is going on around them that they have lost the ability to just experience life as it happens and take the memories as memories.

Six Word Saturday

Advance! Once more into the garden!


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Both the physical one outside and the one in my heart and soul.

Value added model - phooey

OK, we give a pretest in the fall and then the same test in the fall and the difference in scores shows what the student learned. We are to aim for a 30 percent increase EXCEPT that it is measured in what I consider an odd way. To my way of thinking, if Amy earned a 30 on the pretest and a 40 on the test, she has achieved a 30% growth.

Nope.

If she earned a 30 on the pretest, that leaves 70 to make a 100. 30% of 70 is 21, so Amy would need to earn a 51 (30 + 21) to achieve a 30% growth.

Obviously, the higher your initial score, the less you have to make on the post test for growth, so this is scewed against the low achievers.

What bunk.

Six word Saturday

Another beautiful day in the garden.


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Six word Saturday

A beautiful day for weeding the garden.


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Another milestone passed

Great weekend. A college graduation - followed by lots of celebration.

Another milestone achieved.

Driving around the campus today, i saw a group of cheerleaders posing, 1 taking pictures of the other 3. I offered to take pictures of all 4 - they were thrilled. Such a little thing.