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Competitive Science
In our family we “do” Science Fair the same way other families “do” soccer…or gymnastics…or professional ice skating…or junior beauty pageants…or organized crime. We don’t so much “do” Science Fair as live it. Our Science Fair efforts are generally divided … Continue reading
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Aliens Among Us
Last week my son received a recruiting letter from Harvard. This took me by surprise. I had no idea that Ivy League schools were enrolling alien lifeforms now. He seemed normal enough when we brought him home from the hospital … Continue reading
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Higher Education
After we finished installing our youngest son in his Freshman dorm room, he pushed us out so fast he nearly strained us through the keyhole. He hustled us off the way your immune system rejects a disease, the way a … Continue reading
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My So-Called Adult Life
Despite the fact that I am a fully-qualified High School graduate with more than two decades of actual post-high school life experience, the vast, shadowy educational conspiracy has never asked me to speak at a graduation. They’re afraid of what … Continue reading
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Let’s Give Mom Some Credit!
According to the excessively capitalized and exclamation-point-laden e-mail I received last week, I! CAN EARN A DEGREE! RIGHT NOW! FOR WORK EXPERIENCE I’VE! ALREADY! HAD! Unlike your traditional university which requires students to waste time studying and learning, the people … Continue reading
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