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Since when did the basics of education change from reading, writing and arithmetic to distributing birth control prescriptions in middle schools? A school board in Portland, Maine voted to allow a health clinic to provide a full...
Posted by conniem
- Tue Oct 30, 2007 12:28:34 PDT
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When I finish teaching in May, I usually reflect upon the year. I assess the students overall attitudes and responses. Usually, I am very discouraged at their level of knowledge and/or experience. Last year, though, I...
Posted by conniem
- Tue Sep 4, 2007 17:07:47 PDT
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Since I grew up in Alaska, I am accustomed to the transformation that takes place in the men I love when on an island in the middle of the Kenai River. Island/cabin testosterone brings out the nanook in them, they grow scruff and have a...
Posted by conniem
- Wed Aug 8, 2007 11:37:07 PDT
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For Mother’s Day this year, my son bought me a small electronic contraption that I plug into my ears when I jog. I was very appreciative since it was so thoughtful of him. This is the first time in his life he has real...
Posted by conniem
- Wed Jun 20, 2007 10:56:27 PDT
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Molestation doesn’t just happen to someone’s body, it also assaults the mind. Molesters are predators that damage young people’s minds and bodies several ways. One of the questions always asked to students reporting...
Posted by conniem
- Tue May 29, 2007 10:57:14 PDT
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True story, I asked a group of junior highers what they thought the words “safe sex” meant. A junior high boy raised his hand and stated “lock the car door.” I have said this many times, I...
Posted by conniem
- Thu Apr 12, 2007 17:34:20 PDT
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Okay so boy’s puberty involves hormones and he will have just as many changes and upheavals as a girl, but his are perhaps a little more physical than emotional.
Hormones
Testosterone is the male sex hormone that kicks in and...
Posted by conniem
- Thu Apr 12, 2007 17:31:33 PDT
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Puberty could possibly be the most tumultuous time of a girl’s life. There are so many changes both emotional and physical not to mention all the social drama that junior high and high school experience. Maybe sitting down...
Posted by conniem
- Thu Apr 12, 2007 17:26:40 PDT
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I have asked parents that many times.
Usually it follows their statement, “I’m going to automatically put my junior high daughter on birth control.” But the recent reason why I have stated this is in...
Posted by conniem
- Wed Apr 4, 2007 12:37:04 PDT
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What a confusing word: Love. We use it so casually — “I love avocados” or “I love those shoes.”
But I frequently get asked, “How do I know if it’s real?”
To answer, we first must...
Posted by conniem
- Wed Jan 24, 2007 09:50:53 PST
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I spanked my children, and often.
I cannot believe that a legislator in California wants to make spanking your child under three years old a misdemeanor punishable by one year in jail.
We currently have child abuse...
Posted by conniem
- Wed Jan 24, 2007 09:45:00 PST
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Since Christmas passed, has your child stopped playing with the Christmas gift he or she just had to have and is making forts out of the boxes instead?
How many times have we spent so much time for that one gift...
Posted by admin
- Tue Jan 2, 2007 10:53:24 PST
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“The Nagigator.”
That is the name my family has fondly dubbed me with because I have “nagigated” my family successfully through third-world countries, which was easy because most of the time there was one road...
Posted by admin
- Wed Dec 6, 2006 17:07:26 PST
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Perhaps the first question should be, “What is a date?”
I define a date as a boy and a girl who share a romantic interest going somewhere alone in a car.
The second question is, “What is a 19-year-old...
Posted by admin
- Thu Nov 9, 2006 13:08:52 PST
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Many of us are asking that question in light of recent events regarding local high school students and the videotaped beating of another student.
How could 20-plus teenagers stand around and partake in this abhorrent crime? I say...
Anonymous user
- Wed Oct 11, 2006 15:48:20 PDT
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