In stumbling around the Internet, I came across a funny site entitled “Oh, Crap. My Parents Joined Facebook.” I joined facebook in 2004, as a senior at Harvard (the school where the site originated). My member number (the order in which you joined the site, relative to everyone else) was in the hundreds. Facebook now…
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The Perils of Parenting
No one ever told me that parenting a toddler was a full-contact sport. When my son was born, my friends showered me with gifts of cute little onesies, baby bjorns, and stuffed animals galore. Had one them been a parent themselves, I remain certain they would instead have given me full body armor and a…
Minnesota Schools Move to Four-Day Week
The Minnesota Department of Education recently approved a four-day school week for the MCCRAY school district located in rural west-central Minnesota. Starting this fall, students will attend school Tuesday through Friday for ten hours a day. The move to four days was driven by an attempt to save money. School officials justify the move, citing…
