Tag Archive for 'Public Schools'

Getting Your Hands Dirty

by Richard As much as he complained about it (and, boy did he complain about it), I think my oldest young dude, Sarcasmo, enjoyed the public service requirement he had to fulfill before he could graduate from high school. Public schools here in Charlotte, NC, require high school graduates to amass 100 hours of community [...]

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Spring Break Road Trip

by Richard Here’s another of the unexpected joys of having a child in a private school (and I’m not even talking about the wallet-emptying, money sucking void the tuition turned out to be): Every other year, the private school in which Zippy the Monkey Boy is enrolled has the same spring break as do other [...]

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Happy Veteran’s Day

Today in the United States isn’t just a day off from the public schools or a reason why there’s no mail. It’s also a day of celebration, in which we honor those men and women who have served our country by joining the armed forces. Happy Veteran’s Day, everybody! Go find a vet to kiss. [...]

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