I don't know because I've never sat down with a girl and asked her why.

For serious. If they can access the most recent Smith College Quarterly or Teachers College magazine, they're both all about the state of teaching in the US and spotlight some awesome people (and in the case of Smith, awesome ladies, exclusively) doing awesome jobs.

for serious. i don't even refer to my kids by name on facebook, because YOU NEVER KNOW.

1. this teacher and her friends are incorrect. jolly-rancher hair accessories are inarguably awesome. they should make plastic barrette versions so you can wear them every day, forever.

YES. thank you so much for sharing the good word of dr. tran and leland, his lozenge friend.

turner is right. i would absolutely lie to get an abortion if i needed one. but...i shouldn't need to? because of the presence of my uterus in my body? but yeah, i'm a lying slutbag and would lie my way all to the clinic if i found myself pregnant, poor, and unprepared (as i am in this moment).

i thought i hated cruel dictators and horrifying diseases. but no. i just hate this. THE MOST.

there seems to be a lot of confusion regarding the idea that the six-year-olds themselves may endanger this child by "forgetting" to wash their hands or wash out their mouths before coming to school. NOT POSSIBLE. i promise you that an adult is standing over every child, watching them wash their hands and rinse their…

If I remember correctly, according to ADA if a school cannot provide for a student the district can pay for the student to attend a school (often private) that is better equipped to handle the student or even pay for a tutor to homeschool the child.

well, but what do we know about their options? even if it were legal for the school to just "have her home-schooled," who says the parents would have the means or ability to make that happen successfully? do we know whether it's feasible for them to move, or place her in a different school? we have no idea, and…

i work with five- and six-year-olds, and two of the big lessons i'm always trying to teach them are:

well, at the moment the precedent for that point is: beyond a student who can walk, talk, and perform academically at the same level as the other students. which seems okay to me.

if you're getting sick from what you're cooking, try some super safe, super simple recipes. pasta with olive oil and grated cheese won't poison you if you do it wrong, it'll just taste bad. meat can be tricky to do safely, so i often opt for pre-cooked chicken sausages, which come in about a million cool flavors and…

my now-husband and i have been VERY SLOWLY learning to cook proper adult food since we moved in together, starting with a variety of pasta dishes (mostly 'cause we're GREAT at boiling water). when we got married we received a bunch of truly lovely kitchen equipment—rice/slow cooker FTW—which is speeding the process.…

won't latina women be thrilled to know that even as the political majority attacks their reproductive rights, casts doubt on their citizenship status, and scorns the color of their skin, whitey still lusts after those curves? HUZZAH.

SIGH. maybe one of the reasons we protect children with age-of-consent laws is because they sometimes lie and make dangerous decisions? and if you're doing something like "having a consensual, age-appropriate orgy in a public place" (ALSO illegal and not for a minute what i think anyone thought they were doing), you'd…

when you hit the "share" button (it's next to the "like" button and has the StumbleUpon logo on it), it'll unfold and there'll be a facebook option. hit that and you'll get the whole share format with the thumbnail and everything.

maybe she knew he was at the park, raping children? so that makes it all right?

i'm so sorry to hear about your disturbing experience. have you looked into whether your state has a women's medicaid program? when i went to a PP in New York with the same problem (and no insurance), they connected me with women's medicaid, which provided me with free (!) birth control and yearly exams. i was able to…

no. while it sounds like the parents allowed their child to wander into some extremely dangerous situations, and are likely guilty of some pretty sub-par parenting, no one has "just as much guilt" for a rape (or 18 rapes) as the rapists. that's rape apology talking.