Good Fortune: Finders Keepers

My 11 year old son came home from school and announced that he was a lunch worker today. They had orange chicken with fortune cookies. Apparently he believes that he is going to be extremely lucky this week because while cleaning the lunchroom, he had the opportunity to "scoop up lots of fortunes." In his mind it's Finders Keepers when it comes to fortune cookie fortunes.

iGoogle

This is my first attempt at using iGoogle to link the apps I use most. I am intrigued by how this could be used for educational purposes. As I type, my iGoogle page is also displaying online Scrabble and Chess. I am looking at images from the National Science Foundation. I am learning the Spanish word of the day. I can see the phases of the moon and pinpoint locations with Google Earth... WOW!

The possibilities are endless.

I suppose the potential for trouble is also endless.

Kindergarten

My son is starting Kindergarten this week. The excitement of this momentous event is only slightly dampened by the bill from the doctor's office for his school entrance physical.

$663

Disclosure Documents

With a new school year upon us, it's time to read and sign those ridiculous stacks of disclosure documents (all typed in comic sans font.) As a parent, I love the details I find in these lengthy discourses. For example, I learned last night that Alpine School District is continuing to focus on "academic leering."