This time… in Colin…
I am starting to wonder if this was all just a Virus or something…
Khéna had hives… then a few days later got croup…
Colin and Xavier both have a something that is cold-like… so there is some kind of virus here…
hmmmm….
i wonder….
I really wanted to sew a skirt for my good friend Gen…
There was a lot of trial and error in this one but I finally finished it and I am really happy with the result…
It is a 6 piece gored skirt with knit waist, made with chocolate corduroy and an embroidered linen…
Khéna outgrew the Amby and has been in our bed full time for a few weeks.. or really months now…
So we decided to put the Amby away and put a mattress on the floor in the boys room and make Khéna’s bed there… I have been starting him out in there most nights and we go get him when he wakes up…
and just for fun… here is a pic of him asleep in the couch…
We keep on getting phonecalls since yesterday about “an add”… after asking a few people who called we figured out that our number was put on a sex add….
Today we found the add and contacted the newspaper and the site that appears on but this is SO annoying….
The add says…
ABSOLUMENT SEXY et provoquante, belle grande femme sensuelle et plus encore, viens me découvrir, tu seras comblé. 450.xxx.xxxx
translation:
“Adsolutlely sexy and provoking, beautiful tall sensual woman and more, come discover me, you will be satisfied”
looking around… we found a few other adds…
they got the area code wrong…
We probably have another week of this…. I feel like strangling someone…
Home schooling improves academic performance and reduces impact of socio-economic factors
TORONTO, ON—Home schooling appears to improve the academic performance of children from families with low levels of education, according to a report on home schooling released today by independent research organization The Fraser Institute.
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“The research shows that the level of education of a child’s parents, gender of the child, and income of family has less to do with a child’s academic achievement than it does in public schools.”
The study also reports that students educated at home outperform their peers on most academic tests and are involved in a broad mix of social activities outside the home.
Research shows that almost 25 per cent of home schooled students in the United States perform one or more grades above their age-level peers in public and private schools. Grades 1 to 4 home school students perform one grade level higher than their public- and private-school peers. By Grade 8, the average home schooled student performs four grade levels above the national average.
Hepburn said a growing body of new research also calls into question the belief that home schooled children are not adequately socialized.
“The average Canadian home schooled student is regularly involved in eight social activities outside the home. Canadian home schooled children watch less television than other children, and they show significantly fewer problems than public school children when observed in free play,” she said.