Is It All About How You Feel at the End of the Day?
My buddy Don Crowther made an awesome video, about something inspirational that took place on a college softball field in Portland, Oregon recently. But I have a bone to pick with him about his moral...
View ArticleTeachers Using Social Networks to Connect with Students?
There is a growing backlash in some communities and states wanting to forbid teachers from using social networking and text messaging to communicate with students. Based on the argument that online...
View ArticleKids’ Poll Announces Presidential Winner
For the past forty years, the kids participating in the Scholastic News election polls have picked the winning candidate. And this week, they announced the 2008 winner. Before I get to the punch line,...
View ArticleObama Wins in Yet Another Student Poll
Just off the news wire, Weekly Reader has announced that in their fourteenth annual election survey, the result was Obama 54.7% and John McCain 42.9% (with other candidates receiving 2.5% of the...
View ArticleMother’s Day vs. Father’s Day
We had a very nice Father’s Day at our household. I didn’t get to see my Dad, because he was off visiting my brother (450 miles away ) but my son did come join us, and we BBQ’d dinner with my sister-...
View ArticleFacebook Ban for Middle School Students?
In a bold move, middle-school principal Anthony Orsini asked his students’ parents to cancel their kids’ Facebook accounts. Quoted on CNN.com, he says “There is absolutely no reason for any middle...
View ArticleDo You Teach Evolution or Creationism?
This week’s topic at Surfnetkids.com is Human Evolution. As I was penning it, I thought a lot about my readers, many of whom, might teach creationism instead of evolution. Since comments on not enabled...
View ArticleOne Space or Two at the End of a Sentence?
AAAARGH! Am I the last person on the Internet to learn that modern typography calls for just one space after a sentence, not two? In my defense, yes, I did learn to type on a manual typewriter, which...
View ArticleBlack Friday Shopping
Wishing my American readers a warm and wonderful Thanksgiving season. Will you be participating in that great American tradition: Black Friday shopping? I never have, because I hate the crowds, but...
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