One of the biggest arguments coming from the pro-homeschooling camp is that kids shouldn’t have to sit and be quiet for 7 hours a day. It is a little insane that we ask 6 and 7-year-olds to conform to a schedule that mirrors that of a full-time job. While it’s highly demanding in concept, it’s …
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Author criticizes reader for borrowing his book from the library: ‘It’s even better when you buy, not borrow, your copy’
I don’t think there are any institutions closer to universal goods than libraries. They provide a space for people of all ages to congregate for free and give them the resources necessary to better themselves. I spent so much of my time in high school and college in school libraries, and I was so much …
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Bully throws his coworkers book into a full mop bucket, blames her for ignoring him: ‘I should’ve known the risks [of] bringing a book to work’
Once you become an adult, you’re usually not exposed to straight-up bullying as much as you were as a child. Kids have so little control over where they spend their time. If their fellow students are harassing them, it’s not like they can just leave that situation. Sure, some kids leave schools because they’re being …
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25+ Jane Austen Memes for Pride and Prejudice People
I’ll admit it, I was in a stage production of Pride and Prejudice in college and I did a horrible British accent. It was a pretty poor production overall, but hey it was in the basement of a dorm building so you can’t expect that much. But the text remains a classic for a reason. …
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25+ Writing Memes for First Draft Heroes
I think most folks would agree that showing up to the page can be the hardest part of the writing process. We think we need the right cocktail of inspiration, free time, and motivation. But it’s rare that those three things appear at the same time. It’s a boring truth that what it really takes …
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30 Worm-Tastic Dune Memes to Celebrate Dune 2
The long-awaited Dune 2 hit theaters this Friday, and folks had a lot to say, especially about the popcorn bucket. It’s already being hailed as one of the best sequels of all time, which is a huge feat considering I haven’t seen a good sequel since High School Musical 2. But audiences are clearly taken with Dune’s potent mix of …
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‘A random fact I love: Pickles’: 20+ ridiculous times people didn’t understand dating app prompts
It’s a well-documented fact at this point that dating apps are a miserable place to be. For every couple that found their happily ever after by swiping right or sending a like, there are a thousand singletons who are wondering what the heck they must have done in a past life to deserve the karma …
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‘I have seen students who can’t write a complete sentence’: Teachers share the innumerable ways their students are significantly behind
It’s no secret that many kids are getting left behind in the education system. When I was a kid, America was all about not leaving kids behind in this exact setting (when I was a kid, I thought it was about getting left behind at the grocery store), but now that it’s been 20 years …
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‘The endgame is Fahrenheit 451’: School district requires parent’s permission to read a book by an African American author
Books and libraries are in the middle of a culture war in the United States right now; you’re living under a rock if you don’t know that. Books are being banned in K-12 school libraries all across the country, and they’re being banned for increasingly absurd reasons. Parents are concerned that their kids are reading …
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30+ Percy Jackson Memes For Half-Blood Demigods
If I know one thing about Percy Jackson fans, it’s that they’re ravenous. They want new Percy Jackson media, and they want it now. They love this series of books, and that love persists from childhood to adulthood. My friend Grace was the biggest Percy Jackson fan when we were kids. It was so severe …
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