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Laurence is working on algebra. He said he wasn't quite getting out of this book. On a recent trip to a hpb, half-priced books, I got him some pre-algebra cliff notes. I will have to insert the name of the book that is causing him 'feelings', for lack of a better word yet.

At the time I suggested he place ticky notes on each page in the book that was giving him issues. But then I went and found it, it is Advanced Algebra. It may be a TE, teacher's edition and too 'busy' for him. So I explained… Continue

I'm tinkering with a new blog.

http://motolaws.blogspot.com/2009/09/devotional-kuttram-enna-kuraiyum-enna.html

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http://www.screenhead.com/reviews/adam-movie-trailer/

A lonely, brilliant young man named Adam (Hugh Dancy), who has Asperger syndrome, develops an awkward relationship with his upstairs neighbor, the brainy yet beautiful writer Beth (Rose Byrne).

Adam is both written and directed by Max Mayer. This movie premiered at the Sundance Film Festival , which won the Alfred P. Sloan prize for a feature film with science as a theme. Searchlight is bringing Adam to limited theaters starting on July 29t… Continue

I'm not even sure if I consider myself experienced enough to touch this topic. The irony is that before I knew about unschooling, I knew about "the Natural Approach." In actuality, this influenced my unschooling decision.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy_D._Terrell

Why the sudden interest in the topic? Well, I added a new friend on fb, and in her intro she asks for future collaboration. The idea is a study of 2nd language learning by unschoolers and the application of such a method in a lang… Continue

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilization_IV

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