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I think most of what you're addressing in the first part of your argument is the monstrosity known as "No Child Left Behind" and isn't necessarily a fault of standardized ...

Congrats! I passed my two-year mark a few weeks ago, but it was the same day I got a college rejection letter. :(

As if one day a younger me was walking on the beach and, bending down to pick up a water-smooth rock, did not feel herself lose me, feel me slipping ...

*Moved to Poetry Discussion & Tips*

Beowulf - translated by Seamus Heaney Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchell Frankenstein - Mary Shelley The Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck

I saw it this morning. And it was really, really incredible. Thoughts?

To begin...I really like this. I really like the images in this poem...you're always very good with imagery and this was no disappointment. But by the end, I think, it's ...

Someone actually stuck a sticker reading "HAMMER TIME" on a stop sign in a local plaza...

I would tell you what I'm doing for the holidays, but unfortunately I'm buried under all the snow. We just basically got a ton of snow dumped on us over ...

That's not precisely what I was asking. I was asking if you meant, "Is state interference necessary in x situation, to prevent x from happening, to protect x from y?" ...

You make me feel so guilty for practically never reviewing (I did one yesterday, this is good). But the homework sits menacingly on the desk, and the college rejection...still stings...

Necessary for what?

(I saw that you posted what I presume is your full name in the post, so I edited it out...YWS discourages that because this is the dark scary internet, after ...

Not every day you see one of your old poems revived from the slumbering depths of the forums. (Life_Sux_Poetry_Rox, you might go check out some of the more recent postings ...

I was tempted to write some smartypants response in chat-speak, but I like you too much, Nate (err, Lee), and also I couldn't bring myself to do it.