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Here's what nine year olds have to know about the water cycle

Kalyn Denny — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 17:08:47 -0500

Oh Deb, I feel a real rant coming on about how standardized tests are making teachers require their students memorize useless information, but here is the water cycle vocabulary: transpiration, sublimation, precipitation. evaporation, condensation, and conservation. I'm sure most adults don't know all those words.

Kalyn Denny
Kalyn's Kitchen

Kalyn... it's not that hard!!

debra roby — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:14:24 -0500

Kalyn,

For 10 years I was the "first call" sub for Home Ed. especially the cooking classes. They were surprisingly easy and fun!! Some organization during the "free time", a willingness to walk around and supervise (maybe even get my hands dirty), and life was good!

I think I only once had a discipline problem. But then I'd rather teach adolescents than 9 year-olds anything, so view my opinion with those eyes. (water cycle: falls, flows, evaporates... repeat endlessly. right?)

Debra
A Stitch In Time
Deb's Daily Distractions

Yes, but . . .

Kalyn Denny — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 13:41:46 -0500

I wouldn't mind teaching cooking, but teaching cooking to adolescents? Not so sure about that. (Maybe it couldn't be any harder than teaching the water cycle to nine year olds?)

Kalyn Denny
Kalyn's Kitchen

Teaching Food in the Bronx

sam breach — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 23:11:34 -0500

"Cooking With Adolescents [is] not meant to imply that I'm using the adolescents as ingredients, although sometimes allowing them to stew in their own juices is politic during a power struggle." Julie, A Finger in Every Pie

Julie from A Finger in Every Pie writes almost too well for a blog read. I always find myself wanting to cosy up in bed to read her engaging words from the page of an old-fashioned book instead.

Talking of fashion, Julie has found herself, all of a sudden, teaching a High School Elective on Food. Despite the importance of a teen's image in class (one student arrives wearing a "sexy, tight little apron") the pupils nevertheless seem to have a healthy thirst for a knowledge of everything nutritional. What a great opportunity for Julie to share her passion with these children. Since I was lucky enough to hang out with Julie at the farmer's market in San Francisco earlier this summer, I can confirm that few people can talk as eloquently and knowledgeably about food as she does.

I am kind of wishing I was back in High School with Julie as my teacher...