Nice Moment
A student of mine from last year, Lisa,had a best friend move to Seattle a few years ago when she was still in middle school. Lisa went to visit her last week. This friend’s sister was one of my...
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Dear Ms. Licensed Psychologist, Ph D.
Screw you. I know that a mother of a kid is upset that her kid isn’t doing as well in school as she thinks he can and needs an excuse to get extra help in college….all this despite the fact that he has...
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Huh?
From Turbotax:If all of the following apply, then how am I to read this? Does the “all” mean line 1, 3, and 4, since there is an or at the end of line 1? Does it mean line 1 or all the rest? Does...
View ArticleSimulating a Conversation in a Car
I was watching some investigative report show about driving with cell phones, and what a distraction they can be. Apparently, our brains will allow us to do more than one thing at once (thankfully),...
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Math Problems
Finding area. What do you see in these pictures? Its hard enough trying to keep young boys focused on their work, and then the publishers put these in the textbook.
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Mom, I told you that I could get into college even though I’ve skipped school...
Acceptance Notices Sent, Mistakenly, to 2,700 University Applicants University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill sent e-mails to 2,700 undergraduate applicants earlier this week, congratulating them —...
View ArticleA Conversation at the End of a Quarter
Student: I don’t understand why I should get zeros for assignments when I wasn’t even enrolled in your class yet Me: But you were enrolled in my class. You just didn’t show up. Student: That wasn’t my...
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Taxes
I wrote earlier about directions in Turbotax that were very unclear. After getting everything in order to complete that section (on a special refund for property taxes if they go up by more than 12%,...
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