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Where is your mother?

The Beauty of Bowling

December 21, 2009

Seriously. Hear me out.
And yes, I mean that twinkle-toed Fred Flintstone throwing the ball down the alley and knocking down the ten pins kind of bowling. Because it is, indeed, the perfect activity for homeschoolers. Here’s why:
1. It’s a cheap date. Go during a weekday afternoon when it’s dead. If you bowl more than a [...]

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Teaching Sucks…

December 17, 2009

“Actually, working in the school system sucks,” emailed my dear friend who teaches at a public middle school on the West Coast. She’d gone back to college to get her teaching degree less than ten years ago. So teaching was her second, chosen career. Not a job you just stumble into. She went into it [...]

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Educating the Educator

December 12, 2009

One of the perks of homeschooling, besides sleeping in, is that my son isn’t the only person getting an education. Oh sure, my mind is already seeping with Final Jeopardy Question answers, film noir trivia and the names of all my fourth grade classmates. But don’t ask me the rule for doubling the final consonant [...]

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Just Say No…

December 8, 2009

…For as long as you can. Because once you start having sex, you’re not gonna want to stop. And it’ll distract you from all the other things that you really wanna do.
That was my sex talk with Morgan.
I went on a little about how sex can be alotta things—including fun. But once it gets past [...]

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15%. Is That Failing?

December 3, 2009

Another homeschooling mom shared an online article in The Baltimore Sun about the dismal results of math tests given in 15 states, including Maryland, to determine how high schoolers would fair in their freshman college math class. According to the article “The Algebra II test was given to 100,000 students across the nation, including 1,295 [...]

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Still Waiting on My Apology, Chris…

November 30, 2009

It’s been about a month, now.
Election Night, Nov. 3rd, to be exact. The TV was on. But I was only listening as MSNBC’s Chris Matthews bullied some whiteshirt. I putzed, waiting for Rachel Maddow—a reason to actually watch the screen. Maddow has this really wacky interview technique. She asks a question, and then she shuts [...]

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CSI-ed to Death

November 27, 2009

I faithfully watched the TV series CSI for the first few years. Forensic Files with wisecracks and cleavage. But by the time the show spawned to Miami and NYC, I was over it.
Last night, however, post-Thanksgiving feast, I was desperate for video wallpaper. I guess programmers figured everyone in America’s on the nod by nine, [...]

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Hey! Old Lady…

November 24, 2009

…Was written on the envelope of my birthday card, signed from “Your Old Man.” The guy’s known me since he was 15. I’m two years older. Today I’m 54. And we’re still friends. But that’s a story for another day.
Point is, this “getting old” thing. It’s a fascinating process and a bad joke all rolled [...]

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Where Did the Dinosaurs Sit?

October 2, 2009

The recent unveiling of the 4.4 million year old hominid fossils, “Ardi,” reminded me of the first time I heard a Creationist homeschooler make a comment about “that evolution thing.” In my 50+ years, I’ve met many people of many faiths, beliefs, crazy notions or no notion at all. But it wasn’t until that afternoon [...]

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No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

September 21, 2009

So I’m volunteering on the last day of the library Book Sale. A dollar a bag, get a second bag free. That kinda Bargain Basement price brings out the frugal, the geeks, the hoarders and me.
In walks a Mom, a little girl, a tween boy, and the oldest child – a taller-than-me, lanky, kinda jumpy [...]

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