I've had friends who've considered homeschooling so their kids wouldn't be taught creationism and the like.
That's the thrill of living in the Hellmouth! There's a veritable cornucopia of fiends and devils and ghouls to engage ... Pardon me for finding the glass half-full.
Giles ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
shrift - Feb 18, 2011 5:08:40 pm PST #23750 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
meara - Feb 18, 2011 5:11:06 pm PST #23751 of 30001
I am sometimes happy to see all the political stuff on my friends' fb pages--even repeated over and over and over with teh same links, or the same "post this if you..." stuff. Most all my friends are of the same political persuasion as I am, so it makes me smile to know other people out there support the same things I do. OTOH, I mostly read it to be all up in people's lives, and don't post all that much political stuff myself. So, yeah.
That said, I was amused(?) after seeing all the planned parenthood links all day...and then I walked over to Trader Joe's to buy some food, and there was a person trying to get...donations? signatures? for PP. (And for once I was actually able to say "I gave at the office"! And used the company matching funds! Woot!)
DavidS - Feb 18, 2011 5:28:37 pm PST #23752 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
My homeschooling animus is entirely free from the political spectrum.
I think it's wrong on the left and wrong on the right. If you're Jaycee Dugard it's fucking heroic. But generally speaking, I do believe kids benefit from having less parental involvement. Or, rather, they need a place to develop away from their parents as well.
I don't know how to speak to people in bad school districts, because...move, I guess, is my answer.
(Yikes, I just posted in an Archer-esque rhythm. Weird how certain comedy has certain rhythms, whether it's Cary Grant/Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday, or Gary Trudeau's third-panel joke; fourth-panel ironic-riposte, anti-joke thingie.)
Jesse - Feb 18, 2011 5:40:04 pm PST #23753 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OMG, I should not be watching 30 Rock at home alone on a Friday night. With my cat.
megan walker - Feb 18, 2011 5:45:03 pm PST #23754 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
OMG, I should not be watching 30 Rock at home alone on a Friday night. With my cat.
You really shouldn't. No one should have a cat.
-t - Feb 18, 2011 5:47:00 pm PST #23755 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Stick a chip clip in your hair and your good, Jesse.
Possibly I got the wrong message from that episode.
sarameg - Feb 18, 2011 5:48:12 pm PST #23756 of 30001
I sentence you, megan walker, to a session with Mister Kitty and Loki.
DavidS - Feb 18, 2011 5:48:24 pm PST #23757 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Chez Zmayhem has responded to a cold, wet February night with: mulled wine, popcorn and a Harry Potter movie.
I must say I kicked ass on the mulled wine and popcorn.
DavidS - Feb 18, 2011 5:49:17 pm PST #23758 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I sentence you, megan walker, to a session with Mister Kitty and Loki.
I sentence megan walker to a cat-free night at our house...with her bag of lemons from javachik.
Then the cocktails.
Jesse - Feb 18, 2011 5:51:11 pm PST #23759 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Stick a chip clip in your hair and your good, Jesse.
I don't think my hair is long enough! I need to go to an odeon.