Dave Pommier
I am a homeschooling dad with a wife and two boys. I'm not quite sure what I'm doing, so I feel compelled to write it all down. In my spare time, I work as a manager for the local health district, drink too much coffee, and am an overenthusiastic martial artist.
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Monthly Archives: April 2014
Where do you want to be in five years?
I was still a teenager the first time someone asked me ‘Where do you want to be in five years?’ I was talking to a pyramid scheme salesman with a mechanical smile and an alarming sense of amorality. I can’t … Continue reading
I meet the assessor
In this part of the world, all children six years and older have to either be in school, or be registered as a homeschool student. In practice, not all homeschoolers are registered. Some people refuse registration as a form of … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching and learning
Tagged assessment, bloke, confidence, homeschool, registration
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Easy complexity
Although our maths lessons contain basics like counting, adding, subtracting, and grouping things, I find it much more interesting to explore mathematical concepts. I have seen quite a lot of people discussing moebius noodles, and have just recently managed to … Continue reading
Posted in Experimentation, Math
Tagged bloke, easy complexity, experimentation, homeschool, math, play, radial symmetry
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You’re doing a great job
I saved someone’s life the other day. I was working as a nurse, so there was an expectation that I would be doing that sort of thing. It was a team effort as well. I can’t take full credit. Still, … Continue reading
