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  • When moms have the freedom

    I am so happy my husband supports my desition of staying with my child at home. I just couldn't leave him in childcare. I tried 3 different center after I actually visited like 15. It was just so devastating. I came home to cry all evening for leaving my child with who know who... We couldn't afford for me not to make money, we need my income. But ...
    Posted to Number 1 by ptiffany on May 10, 2008

  • what mommies do

    Lots of moms who have decided to stay home because they just can't leave their babies in daycare, either because they find the separation too hard or because after having to pay childcare fees and gas they don't really bring much money home, they are doing GPT sites from home. I am one of them. No, I didn't believe in those sites at first. My ...
    Posted to Moneybox by ptiffany on May 10, 2008

  • Everyday Math

    Comment regarding “Even When We Make the Pie Higher, Our Children Isn’t Learning”, by Rachael Larimore Rachael, If I didn’t know better, it sounded like you would ban calculators and computers from math class. As it turns out, my son's school uses Everyday Math. No, they do not use calculators when doing the timed drills for addition, ...
    Posted to XX Factor by Bob Sawyer on November 30, 2007

  • RE: Birth control for middle-schoolers? And The “Feminist Pr

    How does this differ from handing out condoms? The fact is that Birth control pills change the function of the body. While I am not a Doctor, I know that as a grown woman that the pill has certain risk factors. How can we not think that this will not affect these young not fully adult bodies in an adverse way. How can they know what is normal for ...
    Posted to XX Factor by terra on October 22, 2007

  • excactly!!

    well i agree and cant believe things have changed so much for the worst. i went to walmart and seen the same thing. padded bras! well, my daughter is only 7 month and i fear for her generation. i mean i am 19 years old but i dont understand how crazy things have gotten. those shirts are cute but i have a feeling they will keep pushing it soon. ...
    Posted to Fashion by BETTYROCKETS on September 27, 2007

  • The last statistic is my point

    Hi Degsme, So first I'll reply to your last post--that 33% of the Seattle residents have arrived in the last 5 years. I think that statistic is exactly my point. And I'd agree that it is probably true from anectodal evidence. Most of the families on my parents' block have moved in since 2002, which funny enough is around the time the ...
    Posted to The Breakfast Table by Kristine on July 24, 2007

  • So what's the solution?

    Wow, degsme. Thanks for the great posts. So, what's the plan? How do we solve this? (I hope I wasn't the one who name called, for goodness sake, we haven't stooped that low, have we?) On many of these issues we are just in disagreement. I will always think my grandparents worked in a diverse environment in Eastern Washington because as a city ...
    Posted to The Breakfast Table by Kristine on July 15, 2007

  • It wasn't brainwashing

    I was hoping that degsme would reply to my earlier post because he obviously had insight in to the Seattle system. I disagree with Iwasblind because a lot of what you are saying is theory and makes for great t-shirt slogans. In reality a lot of these ideas don't pan out. Everyone grows up in a ''culture'' whether it is European, African, Asian, ...
    Posted to The Breakfast Table by Kristine on July 14, 2007

  • The numbers are the point

    You made a lot of great points here. I'll try to address them all as best as I can. I think the numbers are the biggest piece of evidence we have when we discuss the success of SSD's integration policies. Go to the suburbs now and go to the private schools. Talk to people who have lived in the city for generations. They will tell you about ...
    Posted to The Breakfast Table by Kristine on July 9, 2007

  • The puzzle piece was already lost

    I appreciate your reply, and you obviously do know a lot about the system and the way it worked. I must add that my parents were both products of Washington state public schools, and my maternal grandparents were both public high school teachers in a culturally diverse community in Eastern Washington for over thirty years. My family cares deeply ...
    Posted to The Breakfast Table by Kristine on July 6, 2007
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