3YL: “It’s time to make some art for the cat!”
Me: “Art for the cat? What does that mean?”
3YL: “You know… art… like a drawing or a painting or a project.”
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Conversation with a three-year-old
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On “School Choice”
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008It’s campaign season in the US, and one of the issues that comes up during every campaign is “school choice.” “School choice” is a code word for school voucher programs, through which money would be taken away from public schools and given to private schools instead. In other words, under a school voucher program, if parents choose to send their children to private schools, the government takes some or all of the money allocated to the public schools they would otherwise have attended and gives it to their private schools instead.
Many Jews support the idea of school choice. This is a mistake, and here’s why…
Kids say the darnedest things
Thursday, September 20th, 2007Conversation with 2-year-old while washing the dishes after dinner:
2YO: Daddy, after you wash the dishes, will you put on my skirt?
Me: Yes, after I wash the dishes, I will put on your skirt. Do you know where yur skirt is?
2YO: It’s with my blanket.
Me: Do you know where your blanket is?
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2YO: It’s with my skirt.
