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Re: Just Between Lovers Episode 9 - Watch Just Between Lovers Episode 9 English sub online in high quality

deputyheadmistress — Tue, 09 Jan 2018 04:12:37 -0000

That song. I have to have that song.

Re: Wonder Why Your Kid’s Teacher Can’t Read or Write? Here’s One Reason

deputyheadmistress — Sun, 26 Mar 2017 04:42:02 -0000

The white teachers sucked at this test anyway. Only 63% could pass it on the first try.

Re: Homeschooling with the Great Books

deputyheadmistress — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 04:22:09 -0000

Oh! Also How the Irish Saved Civilization for high school and older. Some vulgarities mentioned.

Re: Homeschooling with the Great Books

deputyheadmistress — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 04:14:13 -0000

Depends on age. For grade school: Olive Beaupre Miller's Picturesque Tale of Progress (this has been reprinted in different editions, some two volumes in one); Child's History of the World, by Hillyer (not overly friendly to any religious group, but a good read aloud and discuss), some world history books by Margaret Synge; This Country of OUrs and Island Story (also called An Island Story and Our Island Story) by Marshall; get good biographies (Messner publishing, now defunct, published some excellent ones). I am not aware of a decent version of modern history for kids. Susan Wise Bauer's fourth volume is adequate, but only by comparison with the drek that passes for history in the public schools. Dickens and Chesterton both wrote very engaging histories, Dickens is quite anti-Catholic, Chesterton of course, quite pro.

For upper grades and maybe middle school, I like the American history set A History for Peter. A series of books by Unstead or Unsted is excellent,

High school and up (maybe middle school) Winston Churchill's History of the English Speaking Peoples;Gardiner's three volume 20th century, Paul Johnson has a couple of good books on the 20th century.
Samuel Eliot Morrison has a good history, albeit it ends too soon. Clarence Carson wrote a five volume American history we liked.

Ancient History- the Olive Beaupre Miller books mentioned above; books by the Guerber's , Bullfinch, and Edith Hamilton's stuff is great. Also look for the ancient history studies by Greenleaf Press. Homer, of course.

Look for good historical fiction to make eras come alive for your kids.

Take a look at AmblesideOnline.org, where some of these recommendations are found.

Re: Kelley attorney reflects on case, plea deals

deputyheadmistress — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 12:18:28 -0000

So you're saying that the parents already suspected Greg of being a child molester, and they put their kids in the daycare where they stood the risk of being molested anyway? This was so they could either used their own kids as bait, or so they could set up circumstances allowing them have plausible accusations?
Wow.

But okay, I'll bite. Supposing this is true, what had brought Greg to their attention in the first place? Why did these vigilantes and advocacy frauds believe Greg was a child molester?

And where are these documented cases of such monsters using their own kids to 'out' people they suspect?

Re: ACA tradeoffs: Now they tell us ...

deputyheadmistress — Fri, 22 Nov 2013 17:03:04 -0000

"Now they tell us?" Don't you imagine yourselves to be journalists? Why did you have to wait to be told? You could have checked this for yourselves. You could have, you know, compared Dem and Republican claims with the actual documents and resource materials and done that little thing called 'investigative journalism.'

Re: Roboseyo: Your daily (monthly) cute.

deputyheadmistress — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 19:26:49 -0000

Babyseyo is adorable.

Don't all parents refer to themselves in the third person when talking to their children, especially young children? I thought it came naturally, and it makes sense. We're hardwired for language, and pronouns take longer to learn than nouns, so it's natural to use nouns with the little ones for 3 or 4 years before introducing regular use of pronouns.

Re: Community - Viki.com

deputyheadmistress — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 15:05:03 -0000

A while back on my blog I linked to an episode of a drama on Viki. With the changes, that link has disappeared. I am assuming this might mean that anybody who has linked to viki anywhere but the main page has had that link disappear.

Re: Community - Viki.com

deputyheadmistress — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 13:48:58 -0000

All I am getting is a black screen with sound, but no image.

I am at a loss to identify a single change in the new Viki that has been an improvement.

Re: Fan Death and Korean Superstitions

deputyheadmistress — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 02:02:17 -0000

My husband's grandmothers were very upset that we had a cat in the house when we had a new baby. They said cats suck the breath out of babies while they are sleeping.