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Early Days 6 – It's all relative
[From way back when]Junior son and I have arrived early at school to pick up his brother from his Special Education Day Class, now that he is in First Grade. We’re early because it allows him to adjust...
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The long goodbye
[from the weekend] I make him do it against his will. I make him hold the pencil, although I skip the pencil grip to correct the manner in which he grasps it. I edge him towards my make shift chart, a...
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Full of potential
It's not an interview. It's more of an on site evaluation. The new potential baby sitter is of course foreign. This means she is far superior to the local version, where children are parked in front...
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Oprah
Many moons ago when my brother was visiting, he walked into the family room where the television was on. “You're not watching that!” he guffawed, being the intellectual type that he is. At the time,...
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Alex Barton’s Lesson
All parents are teachers but many of us are mere amateurs. I have long been an admirer of the teaching profession, their vocation and dedication, all of them. We entrust our children into their care,...
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