This is a very pragmatic version of what school might be and assumes that the only things people ought to learn are things that immediately have relevance to their post-high-school life; i.e., there's no value to having a basic understanding of a variety of important subjects.

I'm 5'8" and have (relative to my height/size) tiny hands. It does happen, I don't think it's all that abnormal.

Yeah, I'd almost caveat-ed that I thought 11 was a little young to be worrying about life-planning, but I do think it's worthwhile to send kids the message that work-life balance is a factor in happiness, and it's a thing to incorporate into their ambitions.

Why, my Boyfriend Jeans (tm) and Boyfriend Cardigan (tm), so I'll blend right in with the enemy.

"Pick something else" is strong, but "Holy crap, you'll be busy" might be a worthwhile comment. Shoot, I work a creative job in the tech industry and I'm having a terrible time with work/life balance and planning a family- I can't imagine a job like a surgeon.

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I saw that it was about animal smuggling and deleted it based on my delicate sensibilities when it comes to aminals. Clearly I erred..

What exactly IS a 'sex idiot'? I found it incredibly funny too, but then I wondered exactly what it meant.

Perhaps I'm just a flaming liberal, but I interpreted Obama looking down as trying to digest and listen carefully to what Romney was saying... when I'm in a distracting environment, that sort of thing helps me listen. But there I go again, applying logic....

She means Cameron Crowe.

In the new commenting system, can people like myself who have yet to be blessed by the comment gods, and therefore just send comments into a black hole, can we comment?