Sex Ed and Politics

Tuesday, 9 September 2008, 8:10 | Category : Education, Learning, Plans & Schemes, Politics
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Yesterday morning after I returned from dropping the MoH off at work, I had the dubious pleasure of listening to NPR report on local attitudes about sex education for 5th graders.  Obviously, there’s been quite a bit of talk on the subject since McCain was forced by the GOP bigdogs to chose Sarah Palin as […]

School Underway and All Systems Go…so far.

Saturday, 6 September 2008, 9:40 | Category : Adjustments, Education, Learning, Peaflock, Teenagers
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With the first week of school under our belt, life should settle into a comfortable, but relentless pace.  Sounds dramatic, even if it isn’t wholly accurate.  Suffice it to say it should be relentless for the RTR and I, who are most comfortable in our house potato state.
We prefer to characterize ourselves as easily entertained.  Simply […]

Back to School: Ho Hum

Tuesday, 2 September 2008, 10:08 | Category : Education, Nonsense, Politics, Teenagers
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The long Labor Day weekend always marks the official end of summer here, with people heading to the beach one last time.  And just like that, it’s over.
The three days yawned on for what seemed like five with the three of us taking it easy.  Other than spending Saturday at the horse races with the RTR […]

You, Too, Can Organize and Decorate with Teens

Guitar The Resident Teen Rocker turned 16 while we were in Italy last month. Other than giving him a card that had our family’s required elements of butts, farting, or both, and singing Happy Birthday as horribly as we pridefully aim to, he didn’t have a candle to blow out. Now that I think […]

Teenagers, school, and grey hair.

How do we get to Friday so quickly now when it used to seem as if it was forever hovering in the distance of my pseudo nine-to-five work week? It’s amazing, and I’m left feeling yet again that I need some kind of a drive through where I can order a few more hours […]

Wild Mustard & Spanish Tests

Friday, 28 March 2008, 17:21 | Category : Aches, Distractions, Education, Fridays, Gratitude, Love, Peaflock, San Diego, Teenagers
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Ahhh…the delightfulness of a Friday yawning ahead of me with nary a plan in sight. My favorite sort of day.
I should have known that it might not be so when I forced my self to get up at a minute before eight because at least I could have bragging rights to it. Not that […]

Choices & Consequences: Dubious at Best

Saturday, 8 March 2008, 17:04 | Category : Aches, Education, Peaflock
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Looky, Mom! I got an A on my report card! w00t!

Your Vocabulary Score: A-

Congratulations on your multifarious vocabulary!You must be quite an erudite person.

How’s Your Vocabulary?
And the RTR does fairly well in that area also, but suffice it to say the school shenanigans have surfaced again. In other words, periods of time where small things like […]