May 2008

It teaches sportsmanship? Not so much. Of course, parents set the precedent for this stuff, pundits and politicians reinforce it (there’s all sorts of ways to deliver a sucker punch), so I’m cynically unsurprised when kids do it. Just sad, is all.

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According to Liz, Wendy Portillo has been reassigned. She also has a great post up with much more constructive suggestions to voice your opinion and protest than my rant does. You can also find a listing of posts at Whitterer on Autism in support of Alex and his family. I’m still at a loss to [...]

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Since when did Kindergarten become Survivor: Florida? And since when did it become some sort of twisted democracy, where children were not only allowed, but encouraged, to speak their minds about their dislike of a classmate and then vote him out of class? Well, in Port St. Lucie, Florida, it happened. PORT ST. LUCIE — [...]

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