Posted by admin on February 2nd, 2010 in Communication, Education
According to a recent article in the New York Times, thousands of public schools have stopped teaching foreign languages in the last decade. Chinese classes on the other hand have increased. It seems the Chinese government is sending teachers from China to schools around the world and are paying part of their salaries.
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Posted by admin on January 29th, 2010 in Communication, Humor
Sometimes when I “talk” to my kids my voice and words turn into something else. It’s kind of like a little gremlin crawls inside of my throat and turns on the switch that says Lecture Mode. Why is that? I don’t like to be lectured and I certainly didn’t like to be lectured when I [...]
Posted by admin on January 21st, 2010 in Parenting, Technology
Nielsen, the market research and television ratings company, recently released some interesting facts about the state of media consumption in America. Ironically it was released during CES.
According to Nielsen, there are over 195 million active Internet users and mobile phone use has sky-rocketed to around 223 million. As parents of teens you won’t be surprised [...]