I went to a lot of schools, with a lot of different kids, in a lot of different towns. I never really figured out how to adjust to a new school, a new class, but I do remember learning that first impressions were important. I remember learning it around the beginning of the fifth grade,…
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Post Father’s Day Resolution
Now that the Paternal Year 2009-2010 is over and I’ve managed yet another brilliant twelve months of fatherly awesome I need to make some resolutions for the up-coming year. So, what ought I resolve to do? 1. Since Adrian already knows how to fish, I resolve to teach him how to hunt. Neighbourhood elephants beware….
Honesty and Snark in Parenting Blogs
There are a lot of differences between most mom blogs and most dad blogs. (I think. Maybe there aren’t a lot. But when I was taught how to write introductory sentences to introductory paragraphs I was urged to move from general claims to more specific claims, and eventually the arguments would focus on supporting the…