School rankings are very important. Because I went to Harvard Law School which is ranked really high. Great, now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, let’s talk about how school rankings are not at all a useful way…
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Identity and Diet
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One of the things that is SO important to consider when you are adopting or fostering a child is the child’s identity. Identity is more than just name. It’s all of the things that a person thinks make her who…
Best practices
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There are 2 training curricula for prospective foster parents that are used across the nation. One is called PRIDE, the other MAPP. (Actually PS-MAPP; the PS got added in the mid ’90s.) That parenthetical is a symptom of what I’m…
Navel Gazing
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1. I definitely need to get myself back in the blogging habit. 2. I have a lot of things in my head about issues of race. Was going to blog about them, realized it might be just a lot of…
If I were a typical…
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Cyclist ran a red light while I was walking to work this morning. I had to wait FOUR EXTRA SECONDS!!! to cross the street. All cyclists are terrible and shouldn’t be allowed to live. NB: If you don’t know…
Reading update
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Looking at my list of posts, it appears that I’ve completely neglected to keep up my running commentary on my 50 states, 50 books project. You might have noticed that you’re not really missing anything, as my “reviews” of the…
Endorsements
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Well folks, tomorrow is the primary election here in DC, and I’m not fooling. (Ha ha ha. I’ll be here all night.) All the popular kids are blogging their endorsements, so I’m jumping on the bandwagon. I have two endorsements.…
KidneyDotNerd
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Two weeks ago (15 days, to be precise) I donated a kidney to one of my friends. Thirteen days ago I was discharged from the hospital and twelve days ago I felt well enough to walk to the pharmacy and…
Arizona (and why Alaska is missing)
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Arizona’s book is Crossers, by Philip Caputo. Definitely not a book I would have chosen to read based on the book jacket (wait until we get to California–THAT’S a book I almost didn’t read despite the list) but I appreciate having…
Alabama
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Last night I read the first on my list of books for 2014. Looking for Alaska, by John Green. First of all, it takes place at a boarding school. That’s one way straight to my heart. Second, it is very…