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- tandemonimom tandemonimom Jul 9, 2009 @ 8:19 pm
- What an estimable young man your son must be! Kudos to you, mom! Great to meet another Homeschooler on Squidoo!
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- Mrs White Mrs White Mar 16, 2009 @ 8:01 am
- At age 11ish Alex wrote: In public school, children are broken into three castes: cool kids, rejects and the untouchables.
I had the same thought around age 16ish when someone finally got around to teaching *some* of us public schooled kids about the caste system. I say *some* because World History was a semester-long *elective.* I remember the light bulb that went off in my head!
Alex understood this at age 11?!? Whoa! I intuitively understood it (I lived it!), but couldn't describe it in accurate terms until age 16!
Why is it that so many people are absolutely blind to the social pressure cooker that public school kids have lived in for at least 4 decades, if not longer? I know someone over 60 who pinpoints a specific year. According to her, anyone who graduated after 1969 has lived in the American public school caste system!
By the way, only 1/3 of my graduating class (the highest caste), went to the 20 year reunion. 2/3 are listed as "whereabouts unknown."
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- Susan52 Susan52 Jan 24, 2009 @ 9:51 am
- President Binz. I like the sound of that! Lensrolling to my Homeschool Planners lens. Way to go, Alex!
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Alex Binz - An Intellectual Biography
This lens captures the early intellectual history my son and future President of the United States. Alex Binz, is currently a 18 year old Political Science major at Seattle Pacific University. He has been writing on politics...
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