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Education > Teachers & Administrators Tips for teachers: Preparing for Back-to-School Night: 1 of 4
Apart from teacher conferences, Back-to-School Night is the one time when parents and teachers directly connect on important subjects concerning their children. Especially when a child tends to be rather tight-lipped about their school days, it's the night that parents can find out what's really going on and what is in store ... More..
Entertainment > TV Genres & Trends Discouraging values and social trends perpetuated by poor quality television: 1 of 3
There is a hilarious irony to the new types of television shows that are cropping up now. They focus on what they call "real life drama" and their goal is to overtake the older shows which they have labeled as "unrealistic" and "fake". The irony kicks in when we make a comparison between the two. The shows that are being repl... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Eragon: 6 of 15
I always love to review movies that have been made after books because usually...they suck, and it gives me a chance to practice my ranting skills. Eragon turned out to be no exception, but a close friend, who had fallen in love with the book, desperately wanted to see it and promised that I would love it even though I'm not ... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: 4 of 8
Harry Potter movies tend to have a growing effect on me as they go along. As the cast grows up and is met with new and more dangerous obstacles, the movies become more exciting and popular, although the choice of directors might have some play in that too. The fourth book in the fabled series happens to be my absolute favorit... More..
Education > Education (Other) Is abstinence education working?: 5 of 9
This subject seems to always end up between a rock and a hard place. When just the act of teaching sex education at all is being battled for and against in public schools it is even more difficult to discuss how health teachers should go about teaching it. Should they take the side of the saints? Should they assume that it wi... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: I'm the black sheep of the family: 39 of 53
I wouldn't call myself the black sheep of the family. I'm more like the tie-dye sheep or the hot pink sheep or even the lime green sheep. I'm treated differently because my family thinks I'm weird.It's been an on-going thing ever since I could talk...or couldn't talk. In person, I'm rather shy and up until I was about eleven,... More..
Relationships & Family > Family Life Is blood thicker than water?: 64 of 76
It is a fabled saying that blood IS thicker than water, but in my past experiences I beg to differ. There is something I like to call the "desired perfection" of family life. When put up for judgment by the public, parents rarely want to admit that their children are actually...their children. When a newspaper article hits th... More..