I've been watching in awe over the past few days as the story about Alex Barton being voted out of his kindergarten class has spread from a small town paper and a few of my favorite blogs straight to the national news. (Update: Even Dr. Phil is getting in on the action.) At issue for [...]
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Update and Updates
Two quick unrelated tidbits: First, an update on the story about Alex Barton, the kindergartener who was "voted out" of his class. The school announced today that his teacher has been reassigned to an administrative post as they investigate the incident and determine a course of action. And I have to say, it's always nice [...]
Alex Barton
This weekend, Bev forwarded me a story about a little boy in Florida. Alex Barton is five, in kindergarten, and currently in the process of being diagnosed with Asperger's, a form of autism. Since then, the story has taken off around the blogosphere*, so I'm actually coming to the party late. For those who aren't [...]
Clearing out the Belly Lint
Photo credit:Photo by sheeshoo on Flickr I generally stay away from posting about news, for several reasons: This blog was designed for the purposes of gazing at my own lovely and fascinating navel. Why venture outside the bounds of my beautiful belly lint, unless news stories reflect on said belly lint? There are two sides [...]
