Update on Buying Grades
November 12, 2009 by Eliza Ferree
Filed under Parenting
I posted yesterday about a middle school in Goldsboro, North Carolina and how they were doing a fundraiser that allowed students to get a grade higher on a test score for a $20 donation.
Well it seems not everyone thought that was kosher, it has been announced that administrators over at the school district did not approve of this fundraiser method and have since nixed it in the bud. So moms and dads there would be nothing to worry about since children can no longer buy their grades. The school board is stating any money that was collected will be returned …read more
Sometimes Teens Teach Us Instead Of The Other Way Around
I was five years old when my parents divorced. I lived with my dad and visited with my mom on holidays and in the summer. A few years after the divorce my dad remarried. And a few years after that the fighting began.
By the time I was in high school, the relationship between my stepmom and I really deteriorated. Part of it (actually most of it) was my teenage angst and part of it was my stepmom’s inexperience at being a stepmom. I thought she loved my half-brother and sister more. She thought I was a spoiled brat. Honestly I …read more




