We attended our school’s open house again last night. I always get a kick out of the projects posted on the walls. One of the projects was a “Meet My Parents: Through a child’s eyes” page the kindergartners wrote. Some classic stuff. Flattery will get you everywhere, kids: My Mom is 20 feet tall and [...]

Working Dad at the Seattle PI seems to think there is a debate over whether homework sucks. Ha! Homework sucks. It’s hard for me to believe that anyone thinks it does not suck. Our daughter was getting homework in kindergarten and now even more in first grade. I don’t think I had a similar homework [...]

It was “Back to School Night” tonight and it was a TOTAL BLAST! Well, no, not really. But it was fairly typical: the sound system didn’t work; the PTA president begged for money and volunteers; the principal introduced the staff; and the meeting room all the parents squeezed into was standing room only because there [...]

I just saw an ITT Tech ad showing a guy who claims he felt “trapped” by his degree in poetry. So he went to ITT Tech to learn a new skill and expand his horizons. Now he has a great career and makes a lot of money as a software engineer. Trapped. That must be [...]

Once again, in the around-the-world theme, my daughter’s pre-school held a culturally themed party to celebrate a couple of weeks of learning about Mexico. Past cultures were Native American, Dutch, Japanese, and African. [Interesting aside: There were 29 students in five classes (grouped by age). Of about 19 parents present, only two were male including [...]