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With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
These are well-known words of wisdom from Ben Parker to his nephew shortly before Ben’s final breath. Sadly, it was left to young Peter to figure out exactly what kinds of responsibilities his powers came with through decades of soul-searching in comics, television series, and movies.
Peter chose to use […]

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My friend Obsteve has been encouraging me for more than a few weeks to elaborate on my previous post, 5 Reasons Why You Should Homeschool:
Hi Ed, I still believe that this article is misleading, both about teachers and about teaching.Essentially, I feel that 5 different reasons to homeschool could and should be proffered; I do […]

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One of the initial goals that I had when I started this blog was to spur debate within the notes or the discussion board. Although there hasn’t been much participation in the discussion board, my article 5 Reasons Why You Should Homeschool, has led to considerable discussion and emails. Almost all of these […]

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My 20 year reunion is coming up this year. I’ve never been to a reunion and probably won’t go this year. There are actually two high schools where I could legitimately go to their reunion if I were so inclined. That’s because I went to school in a town in northern Minnesota […]

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I just finished watching the movie The Final Cut starring Robin Williams as a cutter. In this somewhat futuristic movie, cutters are people who edit the details of a dead person’s life (audio and video) which are recovered from an implant that the person received while they were still in utero. I had […]

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