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1. about 1 hour ago on F Minus

   True enough. But that doesn’t mean schools will (or should) let students get away with citing “that’s not what I believe” on their homework.

2. about 5 hours ago on Frazz

   I don’t think kids his age talk about schoolwork very much, unless it’s a large project.

3. about 5 hours ago on Frazz

   That’s what he claims. The trouble with tricks like setting your watch five minutes early or having fake deadlines is that pretty soon you adapt to the new normal. Unless you are pretty determined to change, in which case you probably don’t need to trick yourself.

4. about 13 hours ago on Dog Eat Doug

   Our current cats unfortunately learned how to use the dog door. Our area has too much wildlife for them to be outside safely, plus the cat who figured it out first kept treeing herself. So the dog has to ask to go out.

5. about 13 hours ago on F Minus

   Not really. English, history, and psychology all have factual elements that students cannot avoid. Opinions are actively solicited in essays, but must be supported with citations. All a teacher has to do if a student wishes to challenge something in the textbook such as causes of the civil war is require them to back their opinion with primary sources. If a family wants to kick up a fuss, it can usually be stopped by offering an alternate assignment.

   A good teacher / school / superintendent should require support for challenges to assignments.My family challenged an assignment in elementary school as being misleading (it was a unit on Native Americans). You better believe we did our research to support our assertions with facts.

6. about 13 hours ago on F Minus

   I use both regularly. I find history provides perspective to inform current events.

7. 1 day ago on Cathy Classics

   I went shopping for a sport bra once. I am usually a size XL, which was the largest anything in the athletic store went. I’m pretty sure their XL fit like a M anywhere else. Which makes you wonder whether only tiny women exercise or whether the manufacturers refuse to make clothing for the larger half of the population.

8. 2 days ago on Frazz

   “Works best under pressure” is often a euphemism for not having the self-discipline to work at all without pressure. That goes double for those who also have ADD / ADHD. Someone with issues regulating their attention needs extra discipline (plus treatment) to get through life.

9. 2 days ago on Frazz

   It’s mixed. Every medication has side effects. For those who can tolerate them, the medications are transformational. One of my kiddos has a whole constellation of medical issues, ADHD among them. One ADHD medication has been instrumental in allowing her to think clearly despite the medical issues. A different one just made her jittery without helping.

10. 3 days ago on Adam@Home

    Yep. Clayton and Katy get more pre-Christmas and pre-Halloween time than Adam gets pre-Thanksgiving.