Archive for November, 2008
Blog for iplittle on November 30th, 2008
There’s a real concern among today’s mums and dads that the essential life skills they were taught as children aren’t being passed on to their own kids. It’s especially justified when it comes to cooking

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How To Cook With Your Children
ISA on November 30th, 2008
***Here’s a short story…. I knew if I had made the first move we would have had sex. In his youthful and chaotic one bedroom apartment, he stood in front of me, an oversized stereo amp on the floor creating a comfortable and safe barrier between us. A barrier I only needed

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Sexy Geek
Blog for iplittle on November 30th, 2008
This weekend has been full of things that ought to be a surprise, but aren’t. The latest addition to this ever-growing roster comes in the form of study results detailing what most have suspected: teenagers these days are quite at peace with shoplifting, stealing from each other or their parents, cheating on their schoolwork, plagiarizing at will, and lying through their teeth… while seeing themselves as being quite the upright young citizens. Interesting how that works out.

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Do It For The Kids
ISA on November 30th, 2008
Why I Like Some Country Songs Johnny King’s big sister Betsey taught baton in the backyard of their house, the only original farmhouse in the little brick suburb where my sister and I grew up.

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Gailmarie Pahmeier Interview
admin on November 30th, 2008
Today, I learned another perk to being a homeschooling mother: no time to waste watching daytime television like The “View.” I smiled with amusement tonight when I heard that Joy Behar said on air, “a lot of them are demented when they’re homeschooled.” How I would love the homeschooled high school teens I’ve seen in recent weeks respond to Joy, a former schoolteacher. The contrast between them and Joy would be immediately evident; the teens have manners and don’t interrupt people when the

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A Lot of Homeschool Kids are Wonderful
admin on November 30th, 2008
Expanding Women in Ministry - Jesus Creed One of the arguments of our new book,The Blue Parakeet, is that any church that calls itself biblical must permit women to do now what they did in the New Testament, and that includes prophesying, teaching, praying and founding churches. Edubuntu Home Page | edubuntu “Ubuntu” is an ancient African word, meaning “humanity to others”. The Edubuntu Linux distribution brings the spirit of Ubuntu to schools, through its customised school environment

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links for 2008-11-30
Blog for iplittle on November 30th, 2008
Classics professor Victor Davis Hanson presents a snapshot of what ails society. Particularly compelling are his thoughts about California (#5 on the list), male timbre—no, it isn’t misspelled and it doesn’t mean what you’re thinking—(# 6 on the list), and public education (#12 on the list). In fact, add to that his views on teaching Latin, a really Old School notion (#1 on the list)

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“Ten random, politically incorrect thoughts”
ISA on November 30th, 2008
So, World AIDS Day 2008 has finally arrived, marking the end of an extremely busy and productive year for PTE.

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World AIDS Day 2008: Stop AIDS, Keep the Promise
Blog for iplittle on November 30th, 2008
By Alyssa Herter Western Herald (Photo courtesy of Tom Knific) Tom Knific The Vincent Herring Quartet will play a scholarship benefit concert on Dec. 3 at 9 p.m. at the Union Cabaret and Grille in downtown Kalamazoo.

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Jazz quartet to hold scholarship benefit concert
admin on November 30th, 2008
A fascinating book about the serious business of play is “The Red Rubber Ball at Work”. It’s all about play at work.

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Creativity and Play: Book Review of “The Red Rubber Ball at Work” by Kevin Carroll