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Today’s Topic: Has education become more about temporary results and grades than long-term success and knowledge? In one word, yes. Grades have always been the way to decide whether a child “got” a concept and it’s only gotten worse over the last few years. Teachers are being graded. Schools are being graded. If school’s don’t […]
Today’s Topic: What, if anything, is too serious to be joked about? Humor is a great tool in the right hands. As for topics that are too serious, I can’t think of one. Obviously you must take the audience into account before telling the joke but all topics are up for grabs so to speak […]
Growing up, I had my own room. My own space for my stuff. A place my pesky little brother wasn’t allowed. A place where I could hide away from it all. My boys, however, have always shared a room. They are 14 months apart and we lived in a two bedroom apartment for the first […]
We go to Wal-Mart. It is not our favorite store but we occasionally shop there. We prefer Target over Wal-Mart as far as big box stores go as most of the generics Target sells work very well while hardly any of the generic items are Wal-Mart are useable.
Home Made Simple, Mumfection, and I are co-hosting a meme that starts next week. Every Thursday, we will present a topic for you to think about and share your views either through your own blog post or through the comment section. If you don’t want to write about the presented topic, you can share something that […]
You may be asking yourself, “Why should I bother to vote? Does my vote count? It’s not likely that there’s going to be a tie and my vote will be the deciding vote. The same people will win whether I vote or not. So why should I vote?” These are good questions, and it is […]