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Japanese Dad Takes Test for Son

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Jan 18th 2009 2:00PM

Parents want their children to do well. They also, it seems, generally enjoy the company of their offspring. Sometimes, however, these desires can lead to bad choices on the part of parents. There are helicopter parents, stage moms, and, now, this ...
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No Child Left Behind -- what's the problem?

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Aug 31st 2008 1:00PM

A lot of people -- mostly politicians, it seems -- have praised the No Child Left Behind initiative to no end. Best thing since sliced bread, it seems. But a lot of people -- especially teachers -- have voiced plenty of criticism, If you're not quite ...
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Are you my daddy?

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Dec 2nd 2007 4:08PM

Not long before he passed away, my dad and I were on our way to the Vintage Computer Festival and drove past the cemetery where my mother was buried. My dad, looking at the rows of gravestones, asked me "where is your father buried?" Now, I'm pretty ...
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Demanding a do-over

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Nov 19th 2007 11:28AM

What if you were taking a test and some of the other test-takers were distracting you from doing your best? Perhaps they were talking loudly or singing or laughing during the test. (Perhaps they even had pink hair.) Whatever the case, if you weren't ...
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(Mis)Adventures in Food Allergies

by Rachel Mosteller, Posted Jun 2nd 2007 2:06PM

I never had to deal with allergies of any type until a few years ago, when my daughter started having troubles with dairy. While she eventually outgrew her allergy, my son is still going strong with his. Just the other day, we had the official blood ...
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Kansas student aces ACT and SAT

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Aug 19th 2006 1:30PM

I took both the ACT and the SAT when I was in high school; I had dreams of attending college in the East and it seemed those schools preferred the ACT. I didn't do so good on either, but the ACT was definitely harder. Apparently, Jakub Voboril didn't ...
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Muslim parents protest that school testing day falls on a holy day

by Jay Allen, Posted Jan 11th 2006 7:04PM

Moustafa El-Shieakh of Queens, New York is none too pleased that his son's elementary school has chosen to commence testing on Eid al-Adha, the Islamic holy day in which Muslims celebrate Ibrahim's (Abraham's) willingness to sacrifice his son to ...
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