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I Mind this Matter

November 4th, 2008 · 8 Comments

Did you think that you would ever let your kids get one over on you? Naw. Of course not. So when my son told me he was “staying after” to work on a physics lab, a red flag went up. He has never stayed after for an academic in his acdemic life, so what makes [...]

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Failure Is Not An Option

June 18th, 2008 · 9 Comments

Tomorrow is the final Regents Math exam.  So this is the question and answer session my son and I had last week. Child:       Would you be very upset if I failed the Math B exam? Mom:      That depends on your definition of “upset.” If you mean will you be grounded until you get a passing grade, have to take summer school and pay me [...]

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