Remember this rant-from-the-past?
Seeing the author was Astrid Lindgren reminds me of my great love for her book Pippi Longstocking and enjoyment as dd-now-21 started reading it. Then the computer at school decided that because she had scored a 100 on the test it gave her on the book, it would not give her any more tests on books at the same level. So she spent that school year with no time to read Pippi Goes on Board or Pippi in the South Seas because she had to rush into the next level of books and manage to keep getting good marks on those or take a lower grade. I remember complaining vehemently about that here! Also writing a couple of letters, I think, criticizing the "Accelerated Reading" program for forcing elementary kids who happened to test well into premature "acceleration", keeping them from moving through series naturally.
Dstepson came and put up my tomato fence today. It's not tall enough, but I should be able to think of a way to extend some support upward.
Ds came over for most of the rest of my plants.
Nice phone conversation with dd40's family.