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School-time woes
Although we have plans for school… I am beginning to rethink and rethink everything. Perhaps it is time to reach into my abyss and start dreaming of Merlions again. Wahh.. unless something comes up soon. Those dreams are about to become ...
LA Times Rehashes Tupac's Assasination Claim
The big story in the news today is the revealing of a lengthy investigation by the LA Times establishing the events and details of the Quad Studios shooting of Tupac Shakur in 1994. In the article, it is alleged that Sean Combs a/k/a ...
WOSU Commentary - Education Questions…
Why not structure our school time to allow these items to remain at school, why rush children through their childhood? What about childhood obesity, this is surely a reason for greater outdoor activity and exploration. ...
School carnivals, drives in the country and Snow….
It was still snowing hard at school time and I decided that it was better to not drive in the snow. We probably would have been fine, but I decided to play safe. The kids aren’t going to keel over for missing one day of school. ...
Just in Time for St. Paddy's Day
I am proud to say that this weekend I completed my first 5K race since college. My friends and I decided to register in the Lucky Clover Race this weekend. So for the past few weeks I have been stepping up my workout routine to prepare ...
2 Million Minutes - How American HS Students Spend Their Time
How do most American high school students spend this time? Statistics for American high school students give rise to concern. Less than 40 percent of US students take a science course more rigorous than general biology, ...
Covergirl.
I was just re-reading a job description for what might have been my dream job at one time, but now it makes my stomach turn. Presentations. Donor relations. Administration. Supervising. Maybe by the time their search committee gets ...
I’m A Photographer, and I Know The Law!
The school is acting “in loco parentis” or in the place of parents. Just like parents, they can set almost any kind of restriction they wish about taking photos during school time as long as it is done in official school policy. ...
School Lunch
And yes, before we read any further, they are perfectly capable of making their lunches themselves, but half the time they ‘forget’ or they ‘ran out of time’. They take their lunch three times a week and buy it at school the other two. ...
Ghost of St. Patrick’s Day Past
Then we trucked across town for the annual parade, rain or shine, where my sister and I would participate by dancing in the parade with our Irish-Step Dancing school, more often than not, freezing our hineys off in the inevitable cold ...