Learning

Sam has won a scholarship! He doesn't have to pay for his education anymore, which is good since he doesn't have a job. This scholarship comes with a small allowance and several responsibilities. He earns $3 each school day. In return he must begin school at 10:30, take no more than an hour off before school work is finished, and be finished by 3:00 at the latest. If he fails to do any of these things, he gets fined.

This scholarship has moved the responsibility of timing from my shoulders to his. His allowance is just big enough that he is willing to follow the rules, but won't break the Kinter Foundation's bank. We have had a peaceful week because of it.

I have tried so many different things to help Sam feel like this is something he should care about, which makes me wonder how long this one will last. The good news is that with this scholarship he feels positive instead of negative about school, so I hope it will work until his frontal lobe develops.

He has now finished Geometry and will be doing some Algebra review and beginning Algebra 2. This is going to be somewhat difficult because he HATES algebra. The review part is going to take a couple of months--I hate to start in on Algebra 2 without some review and it is not Sam's favorite, so he may not remember chunks.

All else in school is going swimmingly!!

What I learned in 2008

Okay, it has been ages since I posted and since it is still January I figured this was a timely enough subject.

1. Doctors are your friends, but they are not all-knowing.
2. Prescription drugs can greatly improve your life.
3. Mom is right--doing dishes can be pleasant (don't laugh--I know most people learn this before they hit 45).
4. If you step out in faith--God blesses your socks off!
5. True night people never out grow it, but that is okay--God walked with Adam and Eve in the cool of the day (NOT DAWN).
6. Ligaments don't heal.
7. Life with a torn ligament isn't horrible.
8. Dad is right--growing older gets better and better (except physically)
9. God enjoys and desires time with us more than we want and enjoy time with him.
10. What teens want from adults outside their family is love and acceptance.
11. You can be friends with people who do not agree with your theology, political ideals, etc.
12. Age doesn't matter when you're going to live forever. We're all infants compared to God!

So maybe some of these I've learned over the last 10 years rather than in 2008, but there it is. That leads to number 13--you are never too old to learn