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Ginevra replied to Lola Alapo's discussion 'Knox school board to consider building new school'June 23

granma, your term "idiocy" sounds quite defensive. "Miswiring of the brain in utero", by whatever name you wish to call it -- autism, or anything else -- is first of all an enormous challenge for children, parents, marriages and families who deal...

Ginevra replied to Lola Alapo's discussion 'Knox school board to consider building new school'June 20

I went to look at the Autism News site that Debi has linked in the past, and came across something interesting that would affect how schools are designed and constructed. It was an article about a Swedish study that has found a link between vinyl ...

Ginevra replied to Jamey Dobbs's discussion 'Sec. Duncan pushing charter schools, TN mentioned'June 18

Charter schools can begin small. When CAK began, I think they had only 12 families (if my memory is correct -- I read about this years ago). In New York City, charters have begun in many kinds of buildings. Church buildings which are empty most d...

Ginevra replied to Anthony Ingram's discussion 'What will come next on this "slippery slope"?'June 16

Jackie, over a decade ago a young relative of mine in Knox County attempted suicide on her 16th birthday. There were many reasons why she was despondent (and now her life has changed entirely), but a primary reason for her sense of despair was tha...

Ginevra replied to Anthony Ingram's discussion 'What will come next on this "slippery slope"?'June 16

I would like to respond to a comment that Laurie Alford made about a child being bullied because of weight; the supervisor/teacher's response to her complaint was a parent was "welcome to fifth grade". One of the arguments made in favor of compul...

Ginevra replied to cathymccaughan's discussion 'Summer Reading'June 7

Glad you all like it! And Debi, Greek is probably more important to medical technology than Latin. My grandparents studied Greek in high school; way back when, it was part of the general curriculum. Some day if I get time I'll study Greek also. T...

Ginevra replied to cathymccaughan's discussion 'Summer Reading'June 6

Not all high schools offer Latin classes, and even among the ones that do, Latin class may not fit into your child's schedule. Yet Latin opens a whole world of history, structure of the Romance languages, terminology used in law and medicine, and ...

Ginevra replied to Jamey Dobbs's discussion 'The purpose of education--Thomas Jefferson'May 24

Maxine...with respect, I have a different take on this: "Since schooling is mandatory, we need to remember that many of those students who are in our public schools are ones who choose to abdicate that responsibility"... Since schooling is mandat...