Comments on: Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy https://wthrockmorton.com/2006/03/21/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy/ A [retired] college psychology professor's observations about public policy, mental health, sexual identity, and religious issues Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: grantdale https://wthrockmorton.com/2006/03/21/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy/#comment-1195 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 20:14:00 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2006/03/21/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy/#comment-1195 Yep — we know. Funny what a good flog through a search engine will find. My daughter the recording artist 🙂 Jeepers they grow fast, as do expensive tastes no doubt…

Apart from the never ending stream of cousins while growing up… the oldest is now 13. 13! THIRTEEN!!!! Gawd I’m now old.

We first “borrowed” her at 2 weeks. We spent 4 hours staring at a sleeping baby. I mean, just sitting there and really staring. I think she moved her arm, a bit. I’m not sure either of us blinked.

She has, urgh, changed a lot since… now we go shopping for shoes and those umm, what, oh yes, skirts and “stuff”. We sit at cafes surrounded by bags and pretend we’re soooo sophisticated. And then we go out for dinner and waiters know us by name and say “Oh hi, this must be Rebecca?” She’s mighty impressed. Kind of sad she’ll wake up some day.

There’s one in the middle. And a nephew. Various assorted honouraries.

And then there’s the 3 year old who still likes dirt. LOTS of it. Putting an obsession to good use, she “helps” with the vegetable garden. Actually her wee fingers and sharp eyes are mighty good with the weeds, come to think of it. She can also spot a ripe cherry tomato at 400 paces, and eat it before you get a chance to tell her to wash it under the garden tap. TG for immune systems.

$5 per hour, she’s yours. (airfare and households at customer’s expense. No cotton or sugarcane.)

]]> By: Throckmorton https://wthrockmorton.com/2006/03/21/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy/#comment-1194 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:57:00 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2006/03/21/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy/#comment-1194 grantdale – I have older kids so believe me you guys are tame in comparison 🙂

]]> By: grantdale https://wthrockmorton.com/2006/03/21/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy/#comment-1193 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 15:54:00 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2006/03/21/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy/#comment-1193 PS I don’t think we’d accept a “non answer” from a teacher if we asked what was the “purpose” either. (Actually since we ARE actually paying to put the girls through school we do ask that — a lot! Obviously this Gay Lifestyle (c)1969 is not what is cracked up to be… )

We would be happy with “I want the children to read, by themself” as an answer.

But an “Umm, urgh, durh” response — nope, and you are their English teacher????
The Blessed Mother save us…

]]> By: grantdale https://wthrockmorton.com/2006/03/21/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy/#comment-1192 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 15:45:00 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2006/03/21/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy/#comment-1192 Yeah well, suck it in Warren 🙂

All part of being a concerned parent.

I believe.

PS if your kids love reading — that’s half the “battle” won with ejakashun. I believe. But if they read ya gotta anticipate the awkward questions, therefore, and possible “I don’t think that is the case, Dad…” Literacy works that way, most cases.

Something to look forward to in your dottage, I guess.

(And you thought we were bad — wait ’till your kids start on you!)

]]> By: Throckmorton https://wthrockmorton.com/2006/03/21/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy/#comment-1191 Wed, 22 Mar 2006 05:13:00 +0000 https://www.wthrockmorton.com//2006/03/21/hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy/#comment-1191 CK – I really appreciate the time you took to pull out those references. They are helpful. I had read the last one you provided. I am not sure middle school students can grasp the nuance. I think many will just focus on the vanishing in a puff part.

As for the teacher, this blog has provided more rationale than she has. So far, all she has said after two requests for the educational purpose is that she chose the book because she liked it and the ALA endorsed it. Uh, ok but what are you trying to teach?

Actually this has been good because I am finding out that English class is just reading books and taking tests over the content. As far the components of literature, nothing. And these are not kids who don’t read and need entertainment just to get in a book. Sigh.

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