Rants

Peanut Butter- The Latest in Adolescent Bullying

Posted on April 18, 2008.

Peanut Butter and Deadly Taunts
A Combination of Bullying and Peanut Allergies May Put Some Kids in the ER
By LAUREN COX
ABC News Medical Unit
April 17, 2008
Late last spring, 14-year-old Sarah VanEssendelft of Mastic, N.Y., experienced bullying worthy of a teen movie.
“There was a group of five girls … and they decided they didn’t want me sitting [...]

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Nothing to hide- Nothing to fear

Posted on March 27, 2008.

This is one of those head games that some folks play when they want to invade your privacy- if you don’t have anything to hide, then you have nothing to fear. Ok then- you won’t mind publishing your passwords or bank account numbers or medical records… Oh wait- those things are private…. so who is [...]

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To fail with honor or win by cheating- are those our only choices?

Posted on March 21, 2008.

From The New York Times Education section:
States’ Data Obscure How Few Finish High School

JACKSON, Miss. — When it comes to high school graduation rates, Mississippi keeps two sets of books.
One team of statisticians working at the state education headquarters here recently calculated the official graduation rate at a respectable 87 percent, which Mississippi reported to [...]

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Even I Know Not To Do THAT!

Posted on February 4, 2008.

We have all enjoyed some chuckles, grins, and hearty AMENS! reading Deborah Markus’ witty contribution to home education- The Bitter Homeschooler’s Wish List.
While I am quite a newbie in the blogosphere, sort of like a virtual toddler, crawling around the internet, bumping into things, yanking on Dana’s skirts when I need a hand- [...]

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It’s the Fundie Homeschoolers’ Fault! (rant)

Posted on December 19, 2007.

I have been all over the blogosphere in the past few weeks, trying to learn more about blogging since starting my own blog. And I am seeing something that just frosts my taters.
All this fuss about homeschoolers supporting Huckabee or Ron Paul IMO is pure media manipulation. If they can present these candidates as being [...]

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