What’s so bad about debt? In someone’s personal life, they can continue to rack up debt, charging things to their credit card, buying just a little bit too much house, getting the 0% down deal on the flashy car. If the debt becomes too much to handle, and they can’t make the minimum payments, they can just declare bankruptcy and start over again, right? What about countries?
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Protecting Children?: Thoughts on the Convention on the Rights of the Child
I got an email fowarded to me from the ParentalRights.org (“Protecting Children by Empowering Parents) about the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), which is a “civil rights treaty setting out the civil, political, economic, social, health and cultural rights of children,” according to Wikipedia. It hasn’t been ratified by the United States, primarily because of religious and conservative opposition
Khan-tastic: The Next Generation of Learning
I found the greatest teaching/learning site on the Internet. I heard about the site, Khan Academy, several months ago, but never really bothered to check it out. Today, I found the time. If you homeschool your kids, or if you want your kid to be the next Jacob Barnett, or if you don’t homeschool, and want your kids to have an edge in school…
