bluebonnet

I've been reading the Texas Bluebonnet selections- books chosen for 3-6th graders to encourage reading for pleasure. Since I volunteer in the library and have a 3rd grader, it is always great to be informed if a child asks what a book is about. Plus I like to form my own opinion of these selections- think why did they pick this?
One Potato, Two Potato was a cute story. I really liked it. But for a 3rd-6th grader? It would go in the everybody section in our school library.
I have now read 10 out of 20. I had requested some for my son, but then yesterday I was so anxious about the terrible weather, that I had to read constantly to keep my mind off of it. So I really blew threw How to Steal a Dog, and The Thing about Georgie. A coworker said she couldn't get through the Georgie book, about a child with dwarfism, but I liked it. As is the case with many books with young people learning about themselves, the dwarfism is not really the point. It is about feeling different from others, and embracing that difference and still finding ways to do things you want to.

Who are we paying?

Cherry Ames Mystery in the Doctor's Office by Helen Wells

I've been trying to get through this series- with mixed results. This story was very silly, but the historical perspective on how a doctor's office works is priceless. The patients give their payment to any member of the staff, who writes down the name and amount and then pockets it. At the end of the day the medical secretary takes all the recipets and money. She figures the accounts, writes the payments on the patient's charge cards, and records it all in a ledger. She divides the money between the 3 doctors working there, depending on their workload.

Can you imagine how much less expensive health care is when the patient is paying the doctor and staff, instead of also having to pay the medical biller, the insurance company staff, the insurance company stock holders, the malplactice insurance companies, the attorneys....


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