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Dear friends, In honor of President's Day this week, I assigned a literature study on the topic of honesty to my home school co-op English class.  In addition to the assignments and discussion notes below, you will also find very useful lists about honesty at  http://www.k12.hi.us/~mkunimit/honesty.htm Discussion: What is honesty? ·          Honesty is telling the whole truth , in your words, actions, and intentions.  It is being accurate . (That does not mean that someone who tells wrong information is lying.  If they sincerely think it is true, they are not being deceptive, just mistaken. There can still be negative consequences for this, especially if the person should have known better, but there is a difference based on their intention!)   Being honest does not mean you need to tell someone information that is none of their business, or that they would use to harm other people, or that is unnecessarily hurtful...

What are these? Hint: They are all from something edible... Try looking at common objects in new ways, in different forms. Be attentive to odd things just as they appear. With a silhouette. Weird already... Cropped to see just a part... Or artfully arranged... How can you use image and imagination in the kitchen? Try it! I took all of these pictures, many in the past few days . The others are from posts on my other blogs, as linked below. So what are they? Egg white, which leaked out of a boiled egg that cracked when I put it in the pan; some of it stuck to the side of the pan above the water, and some is submerged but still connected by a thick strand. Ice cubes, stuck together so they won't fit in the cup. A big head of broccoli with all of the florets cut off Pomegranate whole and halves (from Pomegranates! ) A thin wheat cracker, held up to the light. Horned melon at grocery store (from  Fun & Fruity at the Grocery Store ) Pumpkin (from  Prepping Your Kitchen to Fix a ...