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Do You Really Need a Piece of Paper? If Not, Chill!

I’ve had this topic on my radar to write about for a while now. (Ask my fellow co-blogging buddy Lyn, who used to benefit from receiving monthly topic lists from me. I think this idea has been on there ever since September when I first was assigned to Marriage.) But it was a Newsweek article Families.com family member JadeWalker pointed out to me that finally got me off my duff to write about it. I respect people who don’t go through all the motions of getting married. You know the ones I’m talking about. They don’t have the ceremony, they … Continue reading →

The ‘Public Elites’

We have been talking about what makes for a great high school. I was surprised when I first started writing my compiled list of America’s Best 100 high schools that is was missing some notable names. Where was Bronx Science, and Stuyvesant? My answer came soon enough as I continued my research. These “public elites” are deliberately left off of the list because so many of their students score significantly higher than average on SAT and ACT tests. While I don’t want to take the space necessary to high light what makes all of these schools so special, I thought … Continue reading →

Did They Really Say That?

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Twenty years ago, I didn’t read Newsweek Magazine – at least I didn’t read it willingly. At the age of 14, I had more important things to read – like entertainment magazines that highlighted the upcoming videos on MTV ( remember when MTV actually showed videos – sigh), Anyway, twenty years or so ago, there was an infamous Newsweek cover story that highlighted the fact that a 40 year old woman was more likely to be killed by a terrorist than to get married. Now, you may be sitting here and doing the math – 20 years ago it was … Continue reading →