That's the important thing the money gets spent on? Say it ain't so.

OK, ita needs to be dragging disputes in from the Firefly thread.

I was reading Utne Reader this morning, and they had a blurb about a book by homeschooled kids about the experience. I used to read UR a long time ago, but I don't remember it being that irritating and condescending. It was so one-true-way about homeschooling (dudes, I was not shoehorned into anything -- there are bad homeschooling experience too), and in general the mag gave off a vibe that was icky.

ita needs to be dragging disputes in from the Firefly thread.

I can't cross-thread tease now?

Gus, is the nearest big city to you Minneapolis?

flea knows a Mormon.

Kids I used to babysit for would stay up until whenever their dad got home from work, which was often 10pm or later, and they did OK. I don't know, I guess I feel like awake and home is different than out and about, but I guess it isn't so much for little kids, who can just drop off.

I still tsk tsk in my head at the little bunnies falling asleep on the subway late at night, though.

Nah, just wacky hard-core crunchy-granola Christians. I live in the south, yo. We got no Mormons. Christians, we got. The woman's parents were missionaries and she grew up in South America.

tommyrot: Yes. I'd get to Saint Paul earlier on a road-trip, but sure, that's my "into the city".

So what are the common reasons parents do the homeschooling thing? Religious beliefs? School system sucks? Mother is a teacher?

I just bought a bunch of Christmas presents. Huh. Something caught my eye on overstock.com, and I just did it! I never do stuff early like that.

t pops corn, waits for responses to tommy's last