Bored of the Board

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Attack of the Helicopter Parents

May 1st, 2007 · 26 Comments

Today on Best of the Fray, someone posted a link to this article describing a tool called Edline which permits parents to see a child’s test scores and papers. The article is primarily about high schoolers and how their overinvolved parents have invaded the ability of those children to develop into adults […]

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Conversation I Wish I Had Today

April 26th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Constrained by manners no more:
Her: “We had some drama in my house today.”
Me: Who gives a shit, lady. I have a life and a job too.
Her: “G. got to the dentist 15 minutes late, and the dentist left!”
Me: Well, Hail Holy Queens. Probably on his way to buy earplugs and a […]

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