tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779628085730013760.comments2016-08-07T18:33:33.605-07:00Renaissance RoseSue VanHattumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779628085730013760.post-28810180829858309012014-03-23T14:34:17.606-07:002014-03-23T14:34:17.606-07:00Thanks for writing, Nkese. Which book was it?Thanks for writing, Nkese. Which book was it?Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779628085730013760.post-11455896884589991932014-03-23T12:46:41.120-07:002014-03-23T12:46:41.120-07:00I am a black mother to an interracial toddler. Jus...I am a black mother to an interracial toddler. Just days ago, a friend sent me an article about how children as young as my daughter begin to firm their ideas about race. Days later, a public radio program discussed the lack of black characters in children's books. I became obsessed with finding a book that I had read and loved as a child, featuring a young black heroine. I spent hours searching, with no luck, until I came across this page. I immediately recognized the picture from the front of the book, though in reading your summary I realize that I had forgotten quite a lot of the content. Thank you so much for helping me to find this so I can share it with my little girl. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01718085936290111249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779628085730013760.post-53812051494050994822013-10-16T12:42:13.703-07:002013-10-16T12:42:13.703-07:00I don't feel brave. I feel foolish. I worry th...I don't feel brave. I feel foolish. I worry that I've done my kid wrong. We'll see. I'm dragging him to ukelele lessons tonight, I think. (If I do, it will be my first time going, and his. I'm excited to learn ukelele. He's not. We'll see how it plays out.)Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779628085730013760.post-49543227330307380952013-10-15T21:13:24.536-07:002013-10-15T21:13:24.536-07:00This is SO interesting, and I saw that you had com...This is SO interesting, and I saw that you had commented somewhere more recently that he wants his texts (!) spelled correctly. Keep us posted how things work out. You're braver than most of us, even if we DID read Summerhill in the 70s and promise ourselves that we would do unto our children better than was done unto us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779628085730013760.post-18242682602287750692012-06-07T15:49:06.870-07:002012-06-07T15:49:06.870-07:00Thanks Sue. Looks good! Let me know how you get on...Thanks Sue. Looks good! Let me know how you get on. :) KarynAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779628085730013760.post-83536581246459668882012-02-26T16:14:10.230-08:002012-02-26T16:14:10.230-08:00Hey Danny, good to see someone is reading this bac...Hey Danny, good to see someone is reading this backwater blog. What brought you here?Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779628085730013760.post-24499848997859307492012-02-26T14:52:26.253-08:002012-02-26T14:52:26.253-08:00I completely agree.I completely agree.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08594723837161402338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779628085730013760.post-91321355133213446992011-09-12T07:56:13.240-07:002011-09-12T07:56:13.240-07:00Maria, can you link to that comment?Maria, can you link to that comment?Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779628085730013760.post-2924323686841639512011-09-12T06:43:52.046-07:002011-09-12T06:43:52.046-07:00Most people don't appreciate the choice they d...Most people don't appreciate the choice they do have, so yeah, for them it may be all the same. Actually, I recently got flamed in comments at The Chronicle for even suggesting that professors can choose not to teach in places that contradict their morale (the story is longer but the essence is this).<br /><br />However, the difference between slavery and "renting yourself out" seems huge for me.MariaDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00769513929584082597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779628085730013760.post-39114565701773901772011-07-28T17:28:19.491-07:002011-07-28T17:28:19.491-07:00Funny shit :-) But isn't something like this d...Funny shit :-) But isn't something like this described in Tora? I think it has a few pages on how to organize toilets anywhere. You have to dig in certain places (away from water sources) and in certain ways. <br /><br />Eastern Europeans have a pretty good know-how for the dachas. You dig a hole and you cover stuff once in a while with plants (from weeding the garden) and some soil. After a year or so, you move to digging the next hole, using the soil from it to cover the old one. After a couple of years, the fertilizer in the old hole is ready. So, you have a three-year rotation... But I guess the process can work differently depending on the climate, the rains, the soils and so on.MariaDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00769513929584082597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779628085730013760.post-49639352033590331562011-06-24T13:44:52.163-07:002011-06-24T13:44:52.163-07:00My house always open to you Sue. Would love a visi...My house always open to you Sue. Would love a visit. You might want to scuff your charisma off at the doormat though, just so I don't feel all scuffed and worn by contrast.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779628085730013760.post-17802610328125673442011-06-24T08:13:23.288-07:002011-06-24T08:13:23.288-07:00Dang, Laura! I wish you were nearby. I want to han...Dang, Laura! I wish you were nearby. I want to hang out at your house for a while.<br /><br />(I constantly doubt my charisma.)Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779628085730013760.post-36956517389697407852011-06-24T07:47:54.109-07:002011-06-24T07:47:54.109-07:00Never doubt your charisma.Never doubt your charisma.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779628085730013760.post-62217240041603931952011-04-27T20:45:15.401-07:002011-04-27T20:45:15.401-07:00i think this person got robbed! I was only billed ...i think this person got robbed! I was only billed $524 for my order from Bobijou, Inc. (Obviously, I must be a smarter shopper.)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15581635942030665381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779628085730013760.post-78665121302011636912011-03-09T16:11:32.746-08:002011-03-09T16:11:32.746-08:00Thanks Sue!
I have to admit that my style of par...Thanks Sue! <br /><br />I have to admit that my style of parenting doesn't include much math (although I've never admitted my public-school-induced math phobia to my kids). Happy to say my kids have gained all sorts of math proficiency despite me, one of them a 4.0 student of engineering at a good college despite my math-impaired style of parenting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779628085730013760.post-6252448123094358292011-03-09T15:15:21.464-08:002011-03-09T15:15:21.464-08:00Well, that's what guerrilla usually means, so ...Well, that's what guerrilla usually means, so you shouldn't feel like an idiot. But she's meaning that it's an underground sort of thing (like guerrillas).Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779628085730013760.post-49278178652110390682011-03-09T09:14:31.876-08:002011-03-09T09:14:31.876-08:00I have to become a confessed idiot, so here goes: ...I have to become a confessed idiot, so here goes: I thought she talked about encouraging kids to become guerrilla fighters. That probably reflects on the literature I was reading as a kid, or on the last movie I watched (Unspeakable).<br /><br />What a great blog post - thanks for sharing!!!MariaDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00769513929584082597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779628085730013760.post-48962673362255676412010-12-26T05:43:19.359-08:002010-12-26T05:43:19.359-08:00The word "gay" acquired this meaning in ...The word "gay" acquired this meaning in mid-40s. <br /><br />I love the toy!MariaDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00769513929584082597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779628085730013760.post-67426947700341408162010-11-24T17:26:42.610-08:002010-11-24T17:26:42.610-08:00But, but... it's the cheapest meat for my dog!...But, but... it's the cheapest meat for my dog! :-)<br /><br />Just kidding, I go on Saturday. This whole shopping frenzy reminds me of the Soviet Union - way too much for the comfort.MariaDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00769513929584082597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779628085730013760.post-17029614237757052702010-10-03T09:57:15.807-07:002010-10-03T09:57:15.807-07:00You are most likely right, but that shows a shamef...You are most likely right, but that shows a shameful lack of empathy for the other creatures of this world. (Some of whom are just as 'intelligent' as us, perhaps.)<br /><br />If whalesong tells stories, they are probably singing stories of grieving these days. Or of emotions and opinions too alien for me to guess, but affected by our willful destruction of their home.Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779628085730013760.post-15830001742496836732010-10-03T08:22:39.425-07:002010-10-03T08:22:39.425-07:00Oil will run out and then we will reinvent our way...Oil will run out and then we will reinvent our way of life. As I was doing research for articles on green math and recycling, I found interesting new technologies for making plastics out of organic matter (feathers in that case) directly. Here is an old article: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2005/03/050325184643.htmMariaDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00769513929584082597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779628085730013760.post-35467837783818899312010-08-24T22:07:24.713-07:002010-08-24T22:07:24.713-07:00Thanks, Barb! I'll look those up. I know I lik...Thanks, Barb! I'll look those up. I know I liked something by her.Sue VanHattumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10237941346154683902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779628085730013760.post-37197525432464399002010-08-24T11:21:05.594-07:002010-08-24T11:21:05.594-07:00I just found your personal blog after having been ...I just found your personal blog after having been reading/enjoying/finding very helpful your Math blog for a bit now. My son, who is 16, is homeschooled and he did not read until he was 8 also. One of his favorite beginner book series he read during this time is Cynthia Rylant's, Mr. Putter and Tabby series. The newest book in the series comes out in September. Each one is a winner. Just thought I'd share a treasure we found at that age.barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17025950887925235995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779628085730013760.post-66756238944298440212010-07-08T13:22:53.876-07:002010-07-08T13:22:53.876-07:00Awesome list, especially the "love math"...Awesome list, especially the "love math" part! That stereotype is soooooo sad... :(Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779628085730013760.post-78834538498262633822010-07-04T05:47:09.481-07:002010-07-04T05:47:09.481-07:00I think I told you my story about a math olympiad ...I think I told you my story about a math olympiad coach who never took girls to the country level. He could not leave me out, because I was about 2x faster in the prelims than the boy who got the second regional place (and who the coach wanted to take), and also because my mom was a part of the circles overseeing competitions. I got the only first prize on the team. That was at 13.<br /><br />I cross-dressed purposefully from about 7 to about 12, till I started dating boys. I was very physically active and loved climbing, and this was a way to make it socially acceptable. "Tomboy" is a definite role people could pigeonhole you into and be done.<br /><br />I bought my daughter boy clothes and toys as a baby, and many took her for a boy. We always shopped for clothes together: she would point since the age of four months or so, to things I held in front of her for selection. I took her to boy isles and girl isles. She had her "pinkness" time from four to six years, barbies and all. She's pretty balanced now.<br /><br />I feel like paying attention to gender only when something gets out of whack: I am being passed for a team, not allowed to climb roofs... This has not happened much for the last fifteen years or so. But I can be very oblivious to what people TRY to do "to me" as long as I can still do what I want.<br /><br />I don't quite know how to describe this idea, but there are traits in me that override gender as pretexts for discrimination, if people want any. I am extremely geeky, I am a gamer, I am chaotic neutral (a D&D term) with all this entails for time and task management, I have lived in places that identify me as "an alien with an accent" since 16, starting from Moscow, I am frequently Kohlberg's Stage 6, etc. Trying to do my projects from all these minority positions makes me forget about gender issues: those other factors play more powerful roles in my daily life.MariaDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00769513929584082597noreply@blogger.com