School

A Discussion of Rules

by clay on August 13, 2009

After my last post (a book review of The Unlikely Disciple) I had a chat conversation with a friend from my hometown about my take on rules imposed on some college students. First, I’ll quote myself (the only time I’ll ever get quoted) from my previous article. I understand from first hand experience that the [...]

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Overstepping your bounds

by clay on June 20, 2008

I read two stories today that, as a parent, really made me crazy. First, from Ottawa, Canada. A judge overturned the grounding (yes, read the article) of a 12-year-old girl. The girl was grounded by her father because she was told to stay off the Internet and she refused. Therefore, she was not allowed to [...]

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I have one thing in common with Will Smith

by clay on November 22, 2006

I know, you're thinking it's my dancing ability. But really it isn't. No, really. Have you seen him dance? Amateur. ……. OK, fine. I dance like Kevin James in Hitch. You happy? Anyway, the one thing that I have in common with Will Smith. This quote from MSNBC (skip to the bottom and ignore everything [...]

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I’m upset

by clay on October 25, 2006

I'm taking a programming class in grad school and up until this week, my average in the class has been a perfect 100. An assignment I turned in last week didn't come back perfect though. What's my average now? 99.8. There goes my GPA. (Tongue deeply embedded in cheek here. I thought I would do [...]

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