Thanks! This is educational to read.

The ones I’ve looked at it (though I haven’t even touched the Georgetown area, ha) have been pretty run-of-the-mill. Lots of outdoor play time, good teacher to student ratio, but nothing crazy at all!

In DC. There are federally subsidized daycare programs that are quite good but they are still around $20k on the cheaper end— if you can manage to get your kid in. If you want to go to something “special,” you’re looking at college tuition-like rates.

It’s sad that the first thing I thought was: Only $18,000 a year?! Sign my unborn child up!

The only two Republicans I know think Carson and Trump are only as much of a “joke” and “extreme” as Sander is. They seriously think they’re comparable.

Anytime one of them references history, you know you’re in for some truly amazing revisionist bullshit.

I think it’s so funny when politicians struggle with naming the evil agencies that they so want to disband.

I love when they say they won’t “talk” to Russia. Like this is fucking Mean Girls.

oh cool ted cruz just said he literally wanted to abolish my job.

ahahahah but let’s remember— none of them probably even know who Coolidge is.

I’m on TEAM BUSH because he makes me lol and he reminds me of my friend’s dad in 6th grade who would drive us to the movies and try to ask us who our favorite hip rap r&b artists are, and then would yell at us, “You girls BE SAFE!” from the minivan window, and we’d be like, “OMG your dad is so embarrassing!”

I don’t know. Every time Jeb Bush speaks about something slightly non-politicky, I just feel so bad for him. Like when he tried to go after Rubio in the debate. It was just so pathetic, so clearly someone else’s idea, and he was just trying oh so hard. It’s just so sad.

a truer thing has never been written about Jeb Bush.

This should’ve been in the winners! I don’t think they did a great job this year of digging deeper into the thread. You and a few others have great stories that should’ve been contenders.

Great story! Too bad it’s so far down. You should try resubmitting next year (or even to a real publication).

this has been my favorite one so far!!

ahhhh this needs to be up higher!!! Do you know anything about the history of these ghosts, and why they keep returning even after rituals?

This is the most polite and dainty “I’m surprised!” I’ve ever seen.

100000 points

“You sound like a manic 8th grader” — “I AM a manic 8th grader”