Go with something vaguely spacey like The 12th Fold (12 fold problem, paper folding , math, problem resolution, scientifically impossible by the powers-that-be but solved by a young girl)
On Wednesday, November 19, 2014, C. Hatton Humphrey <chumph...@gmail.com> wrote: > > If any of you have kids that like Star Wars, you may have come across the > Origami Yoda series. In it the kids in a middle school make origami (and > other material) finger puppets from Star Wars to help them deal with your > stereotypical school woes. > > My son has decided it's time to form a Rebel Alliance! He's recruited a > few friends and I asked him what he was rebelling against. His answer > floored me: Common Core. > > Understand, my son is 9, severe AD/HD with Asperger traits. He's in the > 4th grade, in self-contained special ed to work on social controls but has > the goal to be main-streamed next year. He's advanced academically but > when he gets on a train of thought only the end of the line will end the > conversation and tangent questions. > > I suggested he blog about what his group is doing it and am going to help > him with it. I'm going to be the "holocron recorder" (he's making me Qui > Gon finger puppet, he's General Grievous) and together we'll be writing up > posts and scanning pictures of finger puppets and their interjections. I > look at this as a way for him to get a better understanding of > communication, organizing his thoughts and expressing his views. He's also > going to get an understanding of debate (yes, I'm going to allow comments > but plan to filter the garbage before he gets it) and explaining his > position intellectually. > > Why am I putting this here? > > For one, I wanted to share it... it's awesome in my mind that my son is > doing this on his own. Second, I need ideas for a domain... the title's a > mouthful. I'm not sure if this is going to be a blogger.com site or if I > should host a WordPress (I could always migrate). Third, if anyone (or > their kids) want to join us you'll need a finger puppet! > > Until Later! > C. Hatton Humphrey > http://www.eastcoastconservative.com > > Every cloud does have a silver lining. Sometimes you just have to do some > smelting to find it. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:372970 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
