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Middle School Birth Control
Thursday, October 18th, 2007

I wonder sometimes if social liberals in Portland, Maine, hate sex, or perhaps don’t realize that they do.
Sure, one could argue that those pursuing the city’s health officials dispensing birth control pills to 11-year-olds potentially without the knowledge of parents might be seeking to grant that pleasure to everyone.
But what of the effects? How jaded [...]

Matins and Memorization
Sunday, September 30th, 2007

This morning NR Wife was suffering from a nasty headache, so we stayed home. We weren’t idle, as the older twin and I sang Matins this morning at the piano. She has the beginning memorized all up to the Venite (Psalm 95:1-7). I need to memorize it better myself so that I can focus on [...]

Nickelodeon, Eat Your Heart Out
Friday, September 14th, 2007

They don’t make kid’s shows like they used to. Jimmy Neutron, Fairly Odd Parents, and Ed, Edd, and Eddy, can’t teach like Elmer and Sylvester.
Someone found three videos that I remember watching long before I understood them. I may have to try and find these on DVD for the kids.
Check out these 7-minute shorts at [...]

ABA Training
Wednesday, September 5th, 2007

Last week while at the house I was given the extreme crash course in ABA instruction. I’ve done three sessions now. I still don’t know everything, but I’ve learned some interesting stuff:
Applied Behavior Analysis (also known in some circles as IBI and other names) is a series of elemental activities grouped into several categories, or [...]

High Schoolers Improve in Economics
Wednesday, August 8th, 2007

…but they’re not learning it from their economics class in schools.
The New York Times reports that kids are doing better in economics than in history or science, and they are understanding basic principles of the market. 42% were “proficient” and 79% performed at or above the “basic” level.
An interesting commentary on our education:
But [...]