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Monday, March 28, 2011

My work.

The patient presents with range of motion as follows. For active range of motion right, shoulder flexion 65 degrees versus left of 120 degrees. Shoulder abduction right of 59 degrees versus left of 81 degrees. The patient also presents with wrist flexion right of 55 degrees and wrist extension right of 35 degrees. The patient presents with wrist flexion left 55 degrees and extension 55 degrees left. The patient presents with finger active range of motion as follows for right index finger MCP 68 degrees, PIP 94 degrees, DIP 64 degrees. Middle finger MCP 70 degrees, PIP 85 degrees, DIP 62 degrees. Ring finger MCP 61 degrees, PIP joint 86 degrees, DIP 62 degrees. Small finger MCP 76 degrees, PIP 68 degrees, DIP 70 degrees. Left index finger MCP 80 degrees, PIP 84 degrees, DIP 54 degrees. Middle finger MCP 81 degrees, PIP 95 degrees, DIP 75 degrees. Ring finger MCP 82 degrees, PIP 90 degrees, DIP 70 degrees. Small finger MCP 95 degrees, PIP 85 degrees, DIP 75 degrees.

My work is so boring today as to be coma-inducing. I miss when I could type ER reports. Apparently, I passed that skill level some time back and now they won't let me do them anymore so I've been promoted to this kind of work. This is an excerpt from an occupational therapy note that went on like this for 14 minutes.

Ugh.

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Homeschooling Advice.

1. Try it. You might enjoy it. It might change your life. It might not be your thing, but you won't know if you don't ever try.

2. Find out what your state (or country) requires, the bare minimum. Do this and then with the rest of it, have fun with it. It doesn't have to be all serious and it doesn't have to look like the inside of a classroom. You're at home. Relax. Play. Read. Learn together. Enjoy your kids. They grow up way too fast.

3. Don't let a written curriculum boss you around. If it works, great. If it's not working for you, throw it out. If only parts of it work, use those and throw the rest out. It's not the boss of you. When shopping for curriculum, read reviews. Try to go somewhere where you can actually hold the book in your hands and look through it. Print out a sample day or week and try and implement it or borrow it before buying. It's kind of hit and miss buying books without being able to see them.

4. Find a homeschool support group. Or two. If you can't find one in real life, find one online. Get support where ever you can.

5. Make a mess now and then. Go outside and put some mentos in coke. Make alka-seltzer rockets. Make some great art. Make a timeline and a map. Grow some borax crystals. Use levers to lift things. Make a trebuchet out of whatever you can find around the house.

6. Go on as many field trips as you can.

The point of this blog.

"there is a theme, if you read, you'll get a growing conviction that homeschooling is a lifestyle that is worthwhile, that it is extremely good for kids and families, that it promotes bonding, is a personalized education that is superior to what you can get anywhere else for your kids, is fun and can be done even if you have a 400 track mind, no math skills (thankfully my husband does though), through working, job changes, bad hair days, home remodeling, deaths, illness, surgery, broken bones and various other things and it actually makes dealing with these things easier, not harder, than it was when we were in the public schools, because homeschooling is so incredibly flexible. That's the point I've been trying to make for the last 5 years or so."

Monday, March 28, 2011

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