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[ #11 ]/ Salomé: The cat is a mutant, he's killing it for food, and you don't actually see
I have a nice tan. The bad news is that I can expect to be harassed by the Brown-People-Police until
[ #2 ]/ evariste I bet the Scots already did this. Only they
I was at the beach with my brother. I abstained from the internet totally for the past 78-79 hours. Good
[ #9 ]/ king's shadow I'm watching "The Book of Eli", and the very first scene,
[ #9 ]/ king's shadow: LOL! Let me know what you think of the film.
LOL, it's good to see you again franco, I've missed you.
I'm watching "The Book of Eli", and the very first scene, Denzel Washington kills a cat.
That will be one of the finalists for Threadline of the Year. :)
Good to see you again, RWC. I was afraid that you had flounced after the Bacteria thread. :) And
[ Vanity Fair's Sarah Palin Profiler: 'The Worst Stuff Isn't Even In There' ]/ ' The
' The Palestinian Authority and Christian leaders on Thursday signed an accord to repair the Church of the Nativity
' Asked about Hamas on Thursday, White House Mideast envoy George Mitchell said: "We do not expect Hamas to
' Abbas and Netanyahu are far apart on issues that have eluded a solution for decades, including the borders
' To relaunch Middle East peace talks on Thursday, the Israeli and Palestinian leaders and their American mediators quietly
Holy Shit. Anyone who voted for this nitfuck deserves the government that they've gotten. I feel sorry for the
#4 zorki: I think the situation is a little different _ via a vis _ South and Central American
[ #9 ]/ zorkmidden and shop for specials for denture adhesives. [img]
[ #3 ]/ Cam: I know the Chinese do that and that there are networks who loan money to
#5 zorki: She should be tried, then, for the crime of dumbfuckery - assuming that that is is a
#2 zorki: They work it off when they arrive.
A little OT, but every time I read the stories about illegal immigrants who come to the West for jobs,
packen, if you haven't seen "Fallen", you should.
[ #8 ]/ RWC: And when you're not robbing people of their bling, you can commiserate with evariste about
' Of course, I have no way of knowing if the Tamils’ claims are genuine: post-civil war Sri Lanka
5 comments, latest by airforcewife at 4:57 pm 3/6
Can a home school be considered a "school" in terms of sexual-offender registration requirements?
No, frankie. Because a homeschool does not operate under the licensing standards of a "regular" school.
California has never been a homeschool friendly state. The education apparatus there is very touchy about the fact that homeschoolers tend to outperform their traditionally educated peers on testing and in college admissions (when colleges give equal weight to homeschool transcripts), and so they focus on "socialization" and other areas in order to try and salvage some sort of unearned pride in accomplishment when it comes to learning/teaching.
Utter bullshit, of course. But they have a lot at stake. Like 12 grand per year per child.
So, this way they can make the kids learn what they want them to and not learn things like, oh, history and math while at the same time teaching kids to be overly entitled and call in false claims of child abuse because Daddy took away the computer access.
Oh, gee, I seem to be kind of irritable today. Sorry...
No problem. I just about had a cat when, at a parent council meeting, the principal at the girl's school said that they will be changing the school's emphasis from reading to citizenship and health. I'm sorry - there are kids in my daughter's 4th grad class who aren't reading, and they think they've emphasized reading and literacy enough?!? And this is a good school, far better than the average public schools around here.
I was too stunned to say anything (I'm not quick on my feet at the best of times), and saw nothing but nods of agreement around the room.
Grrrrrrrrrr...
I guess this is how someone came up with the term "sheeple".
Lyana, there was an article in the WaPo today about a school in Maryland that did art all day in protest to declining art and music instruction in school to teach reading and math.
Now, I don't want there to be less art and music, but there are only so many hours in the day. And I kept wanting to ask, "When did these kids' parents abrogate their responsibility to give their children an appreciation for the arts? There are museums all over the friggin' place in America. Museums for EVERYTHING. Let me tell you, I've taken my kids to some very boring museums and some great ones. But we try to see as many as possible so that they understand what is out there.
I would not expect their school to do this, if they went to one. It's MY job as a parent. See, that's what having kids means -- you take responsibility for them.
Not everyone can teach a child to read. It's not easy, and it's very frustrating. But everyone can take their child to the museum on free day (if money's an issue). Everyone can check out art books and classical cds from the library.
So I'm just out of sympathy for the poor parents whose kids aren't cultured on this one.