Whiplash
Lunch while reading
Tea while trying to finish
No food at all, for this is a big book belonging to someone else
Waiting for this in the mail
The Why
Simon, who is 11, isn't doing particularly well in math. The other night, we sat at the kitchen table to work on the multiplying and subtracting of mixed numerals, and what I discovered upon looking closely at his test was that Simon actually does understand fractions, for the most part. So when I say he's not doing well in math, this means, actually, that Simon is not slowing down enough to do well in math. The theories he's got down, for the most part. The motivation to do well, he does not. We reviewed the concepts, and then I stressed the importance of taking the time needed to do a good job. We talked about why grades are important, as faulty a system as that may be, and why he needs to try to get those grades up. And then I brought up diabetes. Diabetes is the elephant in every room, even though the type 1 diabetic himself was elsewhere in the house. A calculator there, test strip here, vials in the frig. With diabetes, I told Simon, we do much the same kinds of math
Your reading list is WAY different than mine. . .I love pairing drinking and eating with reading. I'd love to see the books-for-the-day of everyone I know. Amy, I cannot get my head around the idea of wanting to box. It's completely counter-intuitive for me--I read a great essay the other day about Brazilian boxng (I think that's what it's called), which is incredibly brutal, and how it just took hold of this guy--kind of the way boxing has taken hold of you. It's very interesting to me, but I can't understand it in the least. I almost had a panic attack when I went to a self-defense class in college, and I believe that women should know how to defend themselves--maybe I'm missing that innate something you talked about in your reflection, below. I think you should keep exploring why you're drawn to it. . .I find it so interesting.
ReplyDeleteShould I add that my nighttime reading includes "Queen of the Underworld" by Gail Godwin, plus the latest Alexander McCall Smith?
ReplyDeleteBrazilian Ju Jitsu? Muy Thai boxing? I will keep exploring why I want to box. It's a helluva lot of work to do without knowing exactly why.