I’m not a fan of American schools adopting Pajama Day, Funny Hat Day, etc. I for enjoying learning or having extra recess but this silliness takes the cake.
Now I’ve learned that a primary school near me will have an Illumination Day. Students in grades K -2 will bring a flashlight to school and all day the classroom lights are off. The kids will do their work by the light of their flashlight sitting under their desk.
If we were having coffee, I’d tell you about the education conference I attended. The speakers were excellent and the theme was teaching how to think not what to think. The “Think like a Scientist” session was given by a Northwestern University professor who spent part of his time describing his work developing gene therapies to manage cancer. It’s mind blowing.
I’d say that I returned to my library’s Great Books Discussion. For some reason the library stopped listing this group in their newsletter and website despite the group asking them to do so. Weird. They also won’t let them use their usual room. We discussed a ho hum short story, “In the Garden of Forked Paths,” which came out in the 1940s. The idea of a multitude of choices creating multiple futures was novel then, but it’s impact has diminished IMHO.
For another book club I’m reading Lessons in Chemistry, which I heard was hilarious. I beg to differ.
I’ve discovered the Korean cartoon, Hello Jadoo. It’s hilarious and captures the culture well. I love how the animators depict puppy love and anger. Warning: Third grader Jadoo and her mom have hot tempers. Episodes run 10 – 12 minutes. I prefer the captioned ones to the dubbed.