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1. 1 day ago on JumpStart

   I have a cat who eats socks. It’s not a good thing for either her digestion or the sock bin.

2. 1 day ago on Luann

   I know a number of young people who would greatly benefit from accepting the drudgery that is part of every life. Even if you are fortunate enough to be paid for something you love doing, there will still be plenty of blah tasks in life (both at home and at work). Accepting some blahs to empower the dreams seems like excellent advice to me.

3. 2 days ago on Thatababy

   I was a 90’s teen. I have no clue. Then again, we didn’t have cable.

4. 2 days ago on Heart of the City

   And then they ruin it all with okra.

5. 3 days 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.

6. 3 days ago on Frazz

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

7. 3 days 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.

8. 3 days 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.

9. 3 days 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.

10. 3 days ago on F Minus

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