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1. about 2 hours ago on Dog Eat Doug

   Our current cats unfortunately learned how to use the dog door. Our area has too much wildlife for them to be outside safely, plus the cat who figured it out first kept treeing herself. So the dog has to ask to go out.

2. about 2 hours ago on F Minus

   Not really. English, history, and psychology all have factual elements that students cannot avoid. Opinions are actively solicited in essays, but must be supported with citations. All a teacher has to do if a student wishes to challenge something in the textbook such as causes of the civil war is require them to back their opinion with primary sources. If a family wants to kick up a fuss, it can usually be stopped by offering an alternate assignment.

   A good teacher / school / superintendent should require support for challenges to assignments.My family challenged an assignment in elementary school as being misleading (it was a unit on Native Americans). You better believe we did our research to support our assertions with facts.

3. about 3 hours ago on F Minus

   I use both regularly. I find history provides perspective to inform current events.

4. 1 day ago on Cathy Classics

   I went shopping for a sport bra once. I am usually a size XL, which was the largest anything in the athletic store went. I’m pretty sure their XL fit like a M anywhere else. Which makes you wonder whether only tiny women exercise or whether the manufacturers refuse to make clothing for the larger half of the population.

5. 2 days ago on Frazz

   “Works best under pressure” is often a euphemism for not having the self-discipline to work at all without pressure. That goes double for those who also have ADD / ADHD. Someone with issues regulating their attention needs extra discipline (plus treatment) to get through life.

6. 2 days ago on Frazz

   It’s mixed. Every medication has side effects. For those who can tolerate them, the medications are transformational. One of my kiddos has a whole constellation of medical issues, ADHD among them. One ADHD medication has been instrumental in allowing her to think clearly despite the medical issues. A different one just made her jittery without helping.

7. 2 days ago on Adam@Home

   Yep. Clayton and Katy get more pre-Christmas and pre-Halloween time than Adam gets pre-Thanksgiving.

8. 4 days ago on Baldo

   Colorado banned plastic bags at stores, but you still get them sometimes if you order takeout.

9. 4 days ago on Breaking Cat News

   My daughters (age 16 and 21) don’t do anything with their set of American Girl dolls, furniture, clothing, etc. anymore but my older daughter doesn’t want to part with them either. They take up a lot of space, but I guess I’ll keep them around in the unlikely event that I ever have grandkids who want them.

10. 4 days ago on For Better or For Worse

    When I was in high school, I was staying up late working on a paper. I had almost finished when the computer completely died and wouldn’t reboot. Luckily, I had the first 3 pages printed out. My mom still had an old typewriter and she typed the first three pages while I hand-wrote the last two from memory and she typed them up as well.