We have to see the chimp playing hockey! That's hilarious! The ice is so slippery, and, and monkeys are all irrational. We have to see this!

Anya ,'Bring On The Night'


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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


bon bon - Mar 14, 2005 8:15:44 am PST #7011 of 10002
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

bon, tell Bob the word he's looking for is "philtrum," not "frenulum."

Yeah, we figured that out a little bit later.


Jessica - Mar 14, 2005 8:16:01 am PST #7012 of 10002
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Uh-oh, Trudy's getting her phone service from Hostrocket...


Megan E. - Mar 14, 2005 8:17:02 am PST #7013 of 10002

That's craxy, Trudy!


shrift - Mar 14, 2005 8:17:54 am PST #7014 of 10002
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

bon, tell Bob the word he's looking for is "philtrum," not "frenulum."

Bwah! I'm so glad he clarified, because nobody deserves a blood-spewing frenulum, even if one later can tell stories that begin with, "There was this one time when I was gored by a Shogun Warrior..."


Allyson - Mar 14, 2005 8:19:00 am PST #7015 of 10002
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

My horoscope says I'll learn a wonderful secret, and that the person I'm romantically persuing is a worthy goal.

I'm hoping the secret I learn is who it is I'm romantically persuing.

Does anyone here know? If so, could you whisper it in my ear?


Topic!Cindy - Mar 14, 2005 8:19:54 am PST #7016 of 10002
What is even happening?

Still, I'm very invested in public education as the prime acculturating force in the country.
Doesn't Emmett attend a private school?

We have had fabulous teachers in our public school system. I have more trouble with the system itself, our school committee and our new super. I've only had one teacher I wouldn't call great, and even then, I never had to go through the administration (and our principals have been peaches), to deal with the issues. It was a personality thing.

My mother is one of the most brilliant women I know, and not bad at the mothering thing. She might have been fine homeschooling me, if she'd cared to spend that much time with me. Wouldn't have worked with my sister -- their brains don't make even vaguely similar leaps and twists. And that's about the same reason my father's never taught me anything other than athletic stuff.

With Ben and I, we're just too darned much alike. We love each other, and get along well, and probably understand each other, better than we either understand the rest of the family, or than they understand us. But we also have this ability to press each other's buttons, even when we don't mean to. I think that's the bottom line. Also, he just needs to be with his peers. It's good for him. I could possibly home school Julia. She is one of those kids that flourishes, no matter where you plant her. But she's so social, I don't want to cut her off from people like that. Chris? He's going to know more than I do by the time he's in second grade. He's so scary. He also needs to be with his peers.


Theodosia - Mar 14, 2005 8:21:42 am PST #7017 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

IDT are the people who bought the profitable GEnie online bb and shut it down so they could take a tax loss, with the excuse that millennium bugs made it impracticable to upgrade the software.


Nutty - Mar 14, 2005 8:21:53 am PST #7018 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."

My mother was too busy teaching other people to home-school me. Although there was that one magical year where my grade school was exactly one block away from my house. Nice, that.


Trudy Booth - Mar 14, 2005 8:22:33 am PST #7019 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

"You can't TELL me how many minutes it is?"

"No"

"Frankly, that sounds fishy to me."

"Our unlimited plan is for phone service, not data"

"It's dial up, it IS phone service"


beth b - Mar 14, 2005 8:25:40 am PST #7020 of 10002
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!

Welcome, Almare!

cancel them NOW Trudy!

Most of the people that I have met that homeschool do so for religious reasons. and to protect thier kids from evil influences. I haven't met any that actually do it becasue the schools are bad.

I'm not sure that sheltering kids from other beliefs is a good idea. honestly, if you want your kids to know and believe what you do , the best possible thing to do is let them know what you believe, practice what you belive, accept that they will want to explore for themselves, and welcome them with joy when they come back. It happens a lot that way.

The worst results I have seen is mom not wanting to let go of her kids. One of out library pages is over 18. finished schooling . mom thinks she is too immature for college. She is a smart girl - she'll figure it out if she ever gets the chance. I'm scared she'll get rebellious in her 20's - when the consequences are greater.