I'm currently reading "Wasted" by Marya Hornbacher which is a memoir about her life as a bulimic and later anorexic.  I'm having trouble putting it down to go back to grading finals, and what somewhat horrifies me is how similar some of her experience/feelings etc. are to how I felt while I was cutting myself.  The separation of "self" and body, ( Read more... )

The Superindendent of my district sent this to everyone, and I wanted to share.
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The Latest Nation at Risk Report

Posted by Carl Glickman
Tags: Education Policy The Forum for Education and Democracy

The Latest Nation At Risk Report: The Education ( Read more... )

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Your Score: SurpriseAdoption Cat

41% Affectionate, 57% Excitable, 48% Hungry


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Scenes from a high school:

Two students, dancing closely, slowly, romantically--to the ringtone from one of their phones.

Posted in random, hard to read places around the school--a very elementary school style drawing of a unicorn (fat triangle horn, smiley face and all) and the captions "They Live Among Us" or "Believe."

Hello to the Camberville area!
I will be arriving there on Wednesday morning and leaving on the 17th. If you want to play, give me a call!
(206) 396-5990.

More hopeless tragedy today. Terrorism can be our generation's war, and you don't have to sign up to be involved. The G8 clearly needed to be disrupted, since it's so evil.

Sandra Day O'Connor is retiring.

Dark dark day.

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