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Showing posts with label School. Show all posts
Showing posts with label School. Show all posts

The reasons we are weird will become clear to you

The reasons we are weird will become clear to you Some of you never wrote a little number above each word in a 500-word essay to make the point to the 5th grade teacher that assigning word count is a crime against writing. "So a page?" I had asked. "Five. Hundred. Words," Mr. Flaherty replied icily. I thought the idea was ludicrous but said nothing further. If he wanted 500 words exactly, I figured I'd save him some work by numbering each word.  My fifth grade friend K…

Do you like school uniforms?

Do you like school uniforms? Given that Facebook has rendered life quite non-linear, socially-speaking, I've actually got my St. Margaret's School friends at hand. That's weird on a daily basis, but oddly comforting and makes me smile. Today I raise a question that I haven't thought about in years, can't wait to hear your take on it. A friend raised the question recently and I found myself fascinated...School uniforms. Good idea, bad idea, or makes no d…