Weather in your area has been crazy. Heard on the news about some tornadoes yesterday in Illinois--in December!!
I actually think that you just being there for her during this time is a wonderful present.Update for my 3 forum friends who discussed this topic with me over the weekend...
I stopped by the store today at 4:30pm and the Christmas Nutcracker figurine is $49.99
I didn't buy it. It's quality wood....has some weight to it....it's a fair price but probably my wife would think that's a bit much for something that will be in storage 10.5 months of the year.
She agreed to let me take her to the mall this Friday so she can pick out her own presents. I'll pick out my own also. Let's hope that really takes place and we can focus on her surgery and recovery instead of what gift(s) to get
Yes, it was done for Reagan and I think Gerald Ford as well.
The one thing I blanked out of my mind from those days was sentence structure. I don't remember if that was even the name of it. It was when you broke down each word in a sentence in some freaky grid type thing that positioned them as nouns, verbs, pronouns, etc. I hated that and almost always blanked out when it was being taught. In my early years in school I had this thought that I didn't give a rats behind if something was a noun or a spaceship. If the sentence was understandable, that was the core essence of communications. No matter how it was done it enabled to tell someone else what we were trying to convey. Agreeing that punctuation is important in doing that successfully, that I got behind, even though I am guilty of misusing a few of those little , . ! ? " ' : ; the end. Or more likely using to many and putting them in the, wrong places, especially, .... ,'s!
I hope so
School boards should go find math books kids were using in the 1800’s and up to 1970. Basic math is no different now then it was then, but if you asked a 9 year old back then to tell you what 48+52 was, they probably could answer it in a few seconds. Now with core, kids have to break everything up into groups of tens and what should take seconds, takes many minutes.^^^^
This
I sat through soooo many curriculum pitches while being on our school board. With my kids being 5 grades apart they never had the same curriculum, publishers phased them out to force districts to buy new series. While the curriculum teams were always different teachers it was always pitched as the latest, improved method and of course would improve test scores. My DD a wiz in math couldn't understand the story problems in 3rd grade for homework. Her Dad a Math Major couldn't understand even what the real question was and they were still learning multiplication and division. Mind Boggling. I read that one out loud at a school board meeting underlining the frustration of parents with homework. Then asked the audience so what is the answer. Without the 'key' they did not have an answer.So the professional staff didn't grasp it either. The board always unanimously passed the recommended curriculum but never really found a pattern in test scores to show improvement.
And that is if they get it at all. 
December is a low time for tornados generally.
Don’t doubt me.
School boards should go find math books kids were using in the 1800’s and up to 1970. Basic math is no different now then it was then, but if you asked a 9 year old back then to tell you what 48+52 was, they probably could answer it in a few seconds. Now with core, kids have to break everything up into groups of tens and what should take seconds, takes many minutes.
The like is for you being home safe.
Sympathy like. Guess I shouldn't mention my dh's compensation for going in