I have some history with this subject, not necessarily missing school illegally, but having suffered some consequences for missing school and extra-curriculars.

I just got back from Disney World and Harry Potter at Universal; my daughter missed a week of school. I'm rationalizing it because she's only in third grade, way ahead in class, and it will only get harder when she gets older (also she read the Harry Potter books—all of them—five times in the last few months, so we…

LITERAL BEST MOM

Dear Moms of All Politicians Everywhere,

I'm sorry but this is bullshit. If you heard probably 99% of the pop stars these days sing live "unplugged" with no reverb or accompaniment I doubt it would be much better. Beyonce can't sing half as well. Mariah has some def vocal problems, wear and tear from all the riffing and over singing, but this is unfair…

He is 18 and he's been criminally charged as an adult. Nothing unusual about identifying him.

From the linked article: "If reading isn't one of those things that's really important, don't buy books."

Two other positives I found. First, it sounds like the girl's parents have all supported them (not guaranteed unfortunately). Secondly, they were able to get in touch with a group of feminists to start helping them out after the school administrators completely failed to do so.

For years, I was part of the sexual assault prevention program for Oklahoma, and let's just say that there are certain high schools that we will always remember because of their refusal to allow PRE (Rape Prevention Education) program teams to conduct workshops with their students. Inevitably, we eventually see those…

Black electrical tape over all the little power indicator lights on your TV, DVD player, fan, etc. TOTAL DARKNESS!

Although I certainly wouldn't consider myself a success story and apologize if this comes off as tooting my horn, it's personally fascinating to see that I grew up in a county ranked #2904 (lower middle class) and now reside in #10 by independent means in the top 10% income bracket. I attribute this to: (1) parents…

I seriously thought I would have to talk World History, Nietzsche, and Salvador Dalí until I read the whole article.

Similar story, A friend thought I went to her university, and added me in the schools facebook group. Later on, a company in the process of hiring me looked through my FB account, and informed me that I didn't list that school on my resume, and that I should add it, but I didn't need to bother because I had the job. a…

Yeah whenever it happens to me the screw is just slightly kinda flush with the wood. Damn you 100 year old hardwood!

I work for a engineering/consulting company - we've gotten bonuses and 401k profit-sharing every year that I've worked there - including during the 08-09 recession. They base it on how the company does as a whole - so as long as they're turning a profit, they share it with employees. it's a small company thought, no…

Women, typically are different because they fall to acknowledge the symptoms because they don't have time to deal with it - kids to to get to school, clean house, dinner, groceries, party planning

Definitely cook and freeze in bulk. I love to cook, but I never froze any of it until recently. I feel like the dumbest person in the world for how thrilled I am to be able to pull some frozen, home-made chili or spaghetti or lasagna or whatever out of the freezer when I'm too tired/lazy/gaming to cook that evening.…

As a single woman who likes healthy food as much as she like junk/convenience food, but whose raging ADHD causes her to be totally unforgiving of the injustice that is having to go through a whole drawn-out process to make things like "meals" and "pack a single serving of lunch in the morning before work" or "cook,"…

@Duncan David: Sorry if its unclear, it can be hard to remember how to explain these things after years of just doing it. Don't use first for engine braking. While slowing down, engine brake in first to the bottom of the gear, which will be single digit speeds, then just put in the clutch and brake to a halt. Once…

I really want to get a manual transmission in my first car so I'm really excited to see this post. But, I do have one question. Why, in the downshifting section, do you say not to go into first at the stop?