Historical Archives
Update: Ars Technica has a good rundown of the history of the case. The NY Times reports this morning that several students are suing the D.A. after he insisted that the teens attend a “10-hour class dealing with pornography and sexual violence.” Classes like these are usually intended for sex offenders, not for teenagers exploring…
Apparently, I missed the memo. I wasn’t supposed to quit my job; I was supposed to be rejoining the workforce. Last week, Judith Warner wrote about the media frenzy of covering the opt-outers having to return to work and give up their 9 a.m. yoga classes. There was actually a Blogging Heads conversation between Rebecca…
Last week and this week, my kids are taking the state tests. My son had 4 days of testing this week, while my daughter had 3 last week and has 3 more this week. That’s a lot of time for testing. And they’ve both said that, in the weeks leading up to the tests, the…
There’s a very interesting discussion going on at Half-Changed World about what the PTA funds and whether it creates inequities or not. As I said over there, I have no idea what our PTA pays for at either the elementary or middle school. In fact, I’m planning to attend the school board meeting and the…
One of the things we’ve instituted since I’ve quit is tighter control over the kids’ screen-based leisure activities. We were sort of half-heartedly doing this over the last year, kind of taking it day by day, but now we have Rules (with a capital R no less). Geeky Boy’s obsession was the computer, spending hours…
The New York Times reports that PayPal has come out with a service for teens and parents, where teens can have an account, spend money and parents can monitor all of it. I think this is a great way for parents (*cough* like me *cough*) to have an easy way to pay allowance and for…
Nick Yee at Terra Nova posts a link to a BBC article explaining that 90% of the time, gamers are not addicted to gaming. Neither Yee nor the BBC article claim that excessive gaming isn’t a problem, but it’s not addiction the way alcohol or drugs are an addiction. What it represents is a social…
I kept meaning to blog yesterday, but it was an actual busy day. I went to see another ear doctor in the morning to find a solution to my vertigo. It’s so awesome when you have a doctor listen to you and tell you what she’s thinking in terms of a diagnosis and treat you…
I finally got around to reading this Salon article on Michelle Obama’s slide from professional working woman to traditional First Lady/Mom. I’ve seen this happen to so many women in my life, including myself to a large extent, that it’s a familiar story. And I can’t decide if it’s a sad story or not. I…
Warning: rambling thought process below! I have to say that I’ve been feeling a mounting frustration about school. My kids’ schools, that is. But I’m completely and totally conflicted about it, too. Will Richardson writes today about a conversation with a principal about who’s responsibility it is to teach kids digital literacy. I was also…
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