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Blog 1-on-1 Coaching Courses Vendetta SearchCareers Education Mailbag New here? Archive The real financials of homeschooling Money The most surprising thing about moving from NYC to Madison, WI is that after we moved, it felt like there was not actually anything to spend money on. For example, kids have their birthday parties at home or in a park. And people aren’t willing to spend a lot to go out to dinner. So […] Read more April 23, 2024 / 9 Comments https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/cdn/home/pt-logo.png 0 0 Penelope https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/cdn/home/pt-logo.png Penelope 2024-04-23 17:58:52 2024-04-23 18:24:35 The real financials of homeschooling Certifications ruin your resume but they’re great for your kids Extended classroom Certification is messed up. People in their middle-age are most likely to pay for certification in a career-related skill. But kids are the ones who will most benefit from professional certifications. Read more April 16, 2024 / 0 Comments https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/cdn/home/pt-logo.png 0 0 Penelope https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/cdn/home/pt-logo.png Penelope 2024-04-16 10:04:30 2024-04-16 10:04:30 Certifications ruin your resume but they’re great for your kids No data correlates school success to life success. Literally. None. Brainwashing The measurement for whether school is successful is — drumroll — if the kid does well in school. Think about it: You have never read research that says what kids do in school causes a person to have a good adult life. Neither the school or the teacher has long-term impact on outcomes. So we […] Read more March 24, 2024 / 9 Comments https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/cdn/home/pt-logo.png 0 0 Penelope https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/cdn/home/pt-logo.png Penelope 2024-03-24 14:26:19 2024-03-24 16:46:56 No data correlates school success to life success. Literally. None. School nostalgia: we all have it for something, even me Curriculum (or not) My grandma was a teacher with an open classroom and I went there when our school holidays did not coincide. Since her classroom was first through third grade I got to go there for a long time. Read more January 9, 2024 / 7 Comments https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/cdn/home/pt-logo.png 0 0 Penelope https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/cdn/home/pt-logo.png Penelope 2024-01-09 19:30:42 2024-01-09 19:30:42 School nostalgia: we all have it for something, even me What it means that MIT won’t give up the SAT School reform My son is friends with a girl who grew up in the foster care system. Her mother left when she was a toddler. Then her dad died of a drug overdose. In front of her. We have known her only a short time, since a family adopted her at age 15. She was at our […] Read more January 6, 2024 / 8 Comments https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/cdn/home/pt-logo.png 0 0 Penelope https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/cdn/home/pt-logo.png Penelope 2024-01-06 00:52:16 2024-01-06 01:54:24 What it means that MIT won’t give up the SAT Primary school teaching is too hard to be a long-term job The truth about school Primary and secondary school teaching was never meant to be a real profession. Women used to take these jobs until they got married. You can see this during Children’s Blizzard, which happened in the midwest during the 1800s. The Blizzard occurred unexpectedly during the school day. And hundreds of teachers had the nearly impossible job […] Read more December 24, 2023 / 5 Comments https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/cdn/home/pt-logo.png 0 0 Penelope https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/cdn/home/pt-logo.png Penelope 2023-12-24 11:50:58 2023-12-24 11:50:58 Primary school teaching is too hard to be a long-term job School doesn’t prepare girls for the power they already have Brainwashing Women went to work outside the home to create a more equitable society. But the more equitable a society is the more clearly women want labor divided by gender. Where are we today? In a study in 2022 women in a very selective college assumed that when they marry they will be responsible for the […] Read more December 18, 2023 / 12 Comments https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/cdn/home/pt-logo.png 0 0 Penelope https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/cdn/home/pt-logo.png Penelope 2023-12-18 20:44:07 2023-12-18 20:44:07 School doesn’t prepare girls for the power they already have Schools can’t teach social skills; you can teach workarounds Socialization There is still no treatment for social skills in school-aged kids that is approved by the FDA because there is no evidence that the treatments kid get in school make a difference long term. Schools provide interventions to kids who are annoying the teachers so they stop doing whatever is annoying. Read more December 9, 2023 / 4 Comments https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/cdn/home/pt-logo.png 0 0 Penelope https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/cdn/home/pt-logo.png Penelope 2023-12-09 14:30:03 2023-12-10 13:37:12 Schools can’t teach social skills; you can teach workarounds School is a sensory nightmare; parents can solve the problem Individual learning styles When it comes to sensory input, change the environment rather than the person. That’s why I made a castle for myself to sleep in. Once I understood my sensory integration dysfunction, I noticed I adjust my environment for sensory needs all the time, unconsciously — the castle is one of many places where I make sure […] Read more November 11, 2023 / 2 Comments https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/cdn/home/pt-logo.png 0 0 Penelope https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/cdn/home/pt-logo.png Penelope 2023-11-11 10:06:04 2023-12-09 14:59:28 School is a sensory nightmare; parents can solve the problem Extortion letter reveals the true purpose of preschool The truth about school When you read research about preschool keep in mind the most of it is about very low-income kids. Preschool is not important for academic preparation or socialization. Preschool is important because it provides a nurturing environment where children can play while their parents are working. Read more August 16, 2023 / 1 Comment https://education.penelopetrunk.com/cdn/kid-on-tricycle-blogsize.jpg 363 545 Penelope https://blog.penelopetrunk.com/cdn/home/pt-logo.png Penelope 2023-08-16 13:30:41 2023-08-16 16:02:16 Extortion letter reveals the true purpose of preschool Page 1 of 90 1 2 3 › » SUBSCRIBE Contact penelope@penelopetrunk.com © 2023 Penelope Trunk Scroll to...