So the rest of the summer was boring, hot and eerily similar to the first half. We're going to forget about that, and the rest of the Prince Edward Island trip, which consisted of me trying to keep bloody track of the boys ( Read more... )

And I've managed to get the Rangers enrolled in high school with me for my final year. This should be interesting. I've got both signed up for classes, though they each have a rather distinctive schedule. I'm going to try and pass them off on the assumption that they're exchange students. Rather adult-looking ones. Their schedules for this year go ( Read more... )

I mean, it's perfectly logical, right? They've been here a good three months, and are really starting to get the hang of English (and a bit of French, actually, hacing been to school with me a lot these past weeks) and writing. So I've prepared for them a bit of am exam, a skills test, if you will. I'll post the results after my own exams, since ( Read more... )

With stories to share, as usual. I have spent the last week getting lost in the Nova Scotian wilderness (a.k.a. the center of the province) with Hallatan and Arantar, just wandering around, hearing stories in both broken English and eloquent Sindarin (which I only partially understood due to stupid Sindarin mutations). Most were the tired old lays ( Read more... )

Would anyone have any ideas on how to do this? My Elvish is very limited, my Adûnaic is non-existent, forget about Westron as well... And their English is nothing to be proud of. So how does one go about teaching Rangers with such a language barrier as this? And if anyone mentions flash cards, I might have to make them wear the stupid helmet. I've ( Read more... )

Hallatan and Arantar are making extremely good process! I'm so proud of them! *sigh ( Read more... )

Ké yawned as she awoke. Today was the day!! She stretched to extend the happy sense of delirium she felt, wanting to make the feeling last as long as she possibly could. Finally she was getting her very own Rangers. Leaping from the bed at last, she pulled on her Ranger-iest clothes, mussed up her hair into Ranger fashion and resisted the urge ( Read more... )