Tag: family
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Computers in School: A Letter to Ann Arbor Parents
“I believe that education which does not occur through forms of life or that are worth living for their own sake, is always a poor substitute for the genuine reality and tends to cramp and to deaden.” -John Dewey Consider the scenario: A salesperson for Skittles makes a case that every student should have a…
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The End of People Watching
Airports always used to be a source of entertainment. I remember, as a kid, being excited to see all these interesting strangers going to exotic places: stressed families on a Spring Break trip to Florida, serious business travelers prepping a pitch en route to New York, bachelorettes in cowboy hats drinking their way to Nashville.…
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Lions-Packers: First Time Peeing in a Parking Garage
“Some people believe football is a matter of life and death. I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.” Bill Shankly I took my son James to the Lions-Packers Thursday night last week, and I’m still processing the experience. It was my first game…
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