Look, Gabriela, I am not anti-algebra. It has its uses, I suppose, and I think it should be available for people who want to take it. Maybe students should even be compelled to take it, but it should not be a requirement for graduation. There are those of you, and Gabriela you are one, who […]
Peter Levine really misses the mark with his entry on the Moral World of Children. Basically he believes children don’t have morals, and will recreate the Lord of the Flies if they aren’t under constant surveillance by adults who surely know better. I’m gonna call bullshit.
This passage makes the point I’m […]
Katrina has a great recap of everything going on in NYRA this week. Check it out.
A thread in the NYRA forums about gym reminded me of some experiences of mine in PE class, and indeed in all sports going back to when I was quite young.
In elementary school we had these raucous soccer games during recess. One part of the playground had a very small field set […]
Over on the Freechild Blog, Adam writes about this awesome Gandhi quote, then quickly goes off on a tangent about Laura Bush:
For instance, Mr. Bush’s wife Laura has spent the last two years being concerned about America’s youth. From the beginning, her initiative focused on the problems young people face. In a rather traditional and […]
I just had a particularly illustrative experience at church today that I’d like to share. Half-way through the mass a group of people arrive quite late and sit down in the pew behind me. From the moment they sat down they were being incredibly obnoxious. Talking, swearing, making jokes, laughing. They […]
The state of our union at the start of 2006 is a state of fear. Politicians, the media, and special interests fan the flames of fear to justify calls for further restrictions on our civil rights and civil liberties. This directed campaign of fear affects the liberties of Americans from all corners of […]
I totally agree with with Matt:
Surely nobody wants to take anything away from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s impressive achievements. Nevertheless, I always feel that the cult of King serves in an unfortunate way to obscure the fact that the Civil Rights movement wasn’t something one dude dreamed up in mid-1950s Alabama and achieved over the […]
As far as modern day youth rights gospels go, you can’t get much better than Bob Franklin’s introduction to the “Handbook of Children’s Rights” I’ve seen no better succinct and cogent explanation of the assumptions that drive our work, the key logical arguments that support our work, and a complete undressing of those who […]
While it may floor them to hear me say this, I really think my parents got it right with how they approached religion with me.
Reading through the Christian Forums got me thinking, despite the fact that I’m more religious than 90% of the people on the East Coast (rough estimate) I still don’t […]