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Why We Love Palin.

• September 7, 2008 • 66 Comments

Posted in Giftedness, Politics, Uncategorized
Tags: American Idol, Americans, Andover, barack obama, Dick Cheney, education, elitism, Fear Factor, Giftedness, Harvard, infant mortality rates, intelligence, Iraq, Iraq-Pakistan border, John McCain, lottery, Pakistan, pit bull with lipstick, president, Presidential Race, Presidential Race 2008, Sarah Palin, So You Think You Can Dance?, stupidity, TIMSS scores, U.S. lifespans, Yale

We’ll Always Have Paris…

• August 7, 2008 • 3 Comments

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Some People are Idiots.

• July 23, 2008 • 4 Comments

Posted in Uncategorized
Tags: AFLAC, autism, autism spectrum disorder, censorship, Cliffs Notes, conservative, Daniel Tammet, First Amendment, freedom of speech, idiot, Jenny McCarthy, Michael Savage, perez hilton, rain man, reactionary, Savage Nation, Spider-Man, talk radio, troglodyte

Perfect, Charming, Adorable, Delightfully Klutzy

• July 6, 2008 • 11 Comments

Posted in Children's Books, Language, Uncategorized
Tags: Ayla, Ben Franklin, Blackmantle, Buffy, Clan of the Cave Bear, Erica Jong, fan fiction, fanfic, Fanny, garp, James Morrow, john irving, Kirk, Mary Sue, Pat Pflieger, pon farr, portnoy, roth, salinger, SCA, Society for Creative Anachronism, Spock, Star Trek, The Last Witchfinder, Twilight, Vampire Chronicles, Will Smith, X-Files

Let’s Get Rid of All the Teachers

• June 29, 2008 • 16 Comments

Posted in American History, Public Schooling, homeschool
Tags: babysitting, budget, education, homeschool, kindercare, modest proposal, nanny state, school

What’s Your Personal Cr** List?

• June 18, 2008 • 11 Comments

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Earning the Wrath of Teenage Girls Everywhere

• June 3, 2008 • 43 Comments

Posted in Children's Books, Uncategorized
Tags: Anne Rice, Bella Swan, Bertrice Small, blood, Cliffs Notes, Darkly Dreaming Dexter, Dorian Gray, Dune, Edward Cullen, Harry Potter, Interview with the Vampire, Lestat, Moby Dick, Smekday, Stephanie Mayer, Supernatural, The Mists of Avalon, The Secret History, Twilight, vampire

“AP Sounds Fun, But Can I Take My Doll?”

• April 28, 2008 • 15 Comments

Posted in Giftedness, homeschool
Tags: 1984, Alia Sabur, Anthem, AP exam, Gifted, Henry and Mudge, Lord of the Flies, mathematically gifted, profoundly gifted, Stony Brook University, The Giver, verbally gifted

Um…duh.

• April 20, 2008 • 5 Comments

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Why Gifted Students Hate School, Part Three

• April 11, 2008 • 21 Comments

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Tags: 1984, Alan Greenspan, all children are gifted, Ayn Rand, bling bling, college of education, education, Ellsworth Toohey, everyone has a gift, Finding Forrester, gifted education, Giftedness, Harrison Bergeron, Hoagies Gifted, Ibsen, mediocrity, meme, multiple intelligence, multiple intelligence theory, objectivism, Orwell, Oscar Wilde, public school, Rick Roll'd, Stewie, The Family Guy, The Fountainhead

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