The Secret and stuff
Yesterday I finally got to watch The Secret in its entirity - I had watched the intro a few months ago, then my sis sent me a copy for the computer, which skipped around alot and so I bit the bullet and went and bought it. For me, it was great re-affirmation of some things, great reminders and not much new. LOVE the bit about us all being the same energy - again, HOW can we hate and kill anything?? But, there are a lot of people I know who haven't gone to work on themselves and I am really excited to be able to share this with them. So far, every night this week a different friend will be watching it! hehe.
Tomorrow I have my first exam in 16 years! I have been working hard on remembering 46 works of art from, the artist, title and date. arrgh, dates! dates from 1430 - 1560, Italian High Renaissance...I feel pretty confident and actually am looking forward to it...being over! So using The Secret and visualisation I am projecting 80% for this exam!
Today I watched "The Hours" movie with Nicole Kidman as Virginnia Woolf; including putty nose. It's the story of three unhappy womens lives intertwined - Quite a beautiful, moving and thought provoking film. I am going to be writing an essay on Death/Self, comparing Mrs Dalloway and The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conran. So, watching movies for research is sure nice!
This morning I went and had a meeting with the head teacher of the boys school. Oscar doesn't seem to be learning/progressing, he can't concentrate, listen. So, they are going to do some testing to see if there is any learning disability. Meanwhile, I have been reading ALOT of home educating websites...I feel like he is too young to be pushed at school/needing to keep up. He is extemely sensitive and loves doing things 'right', when he can't he switches off to avoid embarrasment, then doesn't learn and mucks up. Even his teacher said he needs to be learning in a physical way. I imagine that if something doesn't happen to stop this he will end up always at the bottom of class with low self esteem and causing trouble. Hmmm, feeling a bit stressed about it all. Taking on the sole responsibility of a childs education is MASSIVE and freaks me out - what if I can't do it? What if I fail him? Ensuring my boys get a good education is the most important thing I can give them. Then on the other hand if I teach him, he will be getting 1:1, rather than 1:25 - nothing is better than that! Even if I just do it for a year to build his confidence in his abilities and catch him up. I believe he is very intelligent and gets bored in class and deep in my heart I think that home educating is best for him right now - age 6. At least for a while, to get him out of the track he is in.
Os has started learning the piano and is SO motivated! He doesn't walk past the piano without playing it, he learns a new song every week and is so so proud of himself. It is such a joy to see. Since Oscar has been learning piano Samuel has also showed alot more interest in his Viola practise - they are competing...in a good way! The no TV/playstation between Monday - Friday rule means they play their instruments all the time.
Samuel has been tested for dyslexia, waiting for results.
oh the joys...I'm sure glad I'm not working any more, sure grateful I have a husband who works so hard to provide so that I don't have to. love love.
Tomorrow I have my first exam in 16 years! I have been working hard on remembering 46 works of art from, the artist, title and date. arrgh, dates! dates from 1430 - 1560, Italian High Renaissance...I feel pretty confident and actually am looking forward to it...being over! So using The Secret and visualisation I am projecting 80% for this exam!
Today I watched "The Hours" movie with Nicole Kidman as Virginnia Woolf; including putty nose. It's the story of three unhappy womens lives intertwined - Quite a beautiful, moving and thought provoking film. I am going to be writing an essay on Death/Self, comparing Mrs Dalloway and The Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conran. So, watching movies for research is sure nice!
This morning I went and had a meeting with the head teacher of the boys school. Oscar doesn't seem to be learning/progressing, he can't concentrate, listen. So, they are going to do some testing to see if there is any learning disability. Meanwhile, I have been reading ALOT of home educating websites...I feel like he is too young to be pushed at school/needing to keep up. He is extemely sensitive and loves doing things 'right', when he can't he switches off to avoid embarrasment, then doesn't learn and mucks up. Even his teacher said he needs to be learning in a physical way. I imagine that if something doesn't happen to stop this he will end up always at the bottom of class with low self esteem and causing trouble. Hmmm, feeling a bit stressed about it all. Taking on the sole responsibility of a childs education is MASSIVE and freaks me out - what if I can't do it? What if I fail him? Ensuring my boys get a good education is the most important thing I can give them. Then on the other hand if I teach him, he will be getting 1:1, rather than 1:25 - nothing is better than that! Even if I just do it for a year to build his confidence in his abilities and catch him up. I believe he is very intelligent and gets bored in class and deep in my heart I think that home educating is best for him right now - age 6. At least for a while, to get him out of the track he is in.
Os has started learning the piano and is SO motivated! He doesn't walk past the piano without playing it, he learns a new song every week and is so so proud of himself. It is such a joy to see. Since Oscar has been learning piano Samuel has also showed alot more interest in his Viola practise - they are competing...in a good way! The no TV/playstation between Monday - Friday rule means they play their instruments all the time.
Samuel has been tested for dyslexia, waiting for results.
oh the joys...I'm sure glad I'm not working any more, sure grateful I have a husband who works so hard to provide so that I don't have to. love love.
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