This and That, December 8th, 2023
Randomness Ensues
On this chilly Friday morning, I am waiting until 10am to go for a run. I’m very much missing the warm weather from our short trip to Florida. I’ve already pumped out two newsletters this week, plus a bonus picture dump on my blog, so this will be short.
Lately, random people have been calling my house to ask about colleges that support autistic and special needs students. They hear about me through the grapevine and know that I’ve spent three years working on this for my son. So, I decided to set up an LLC to do this professionally. Public schools don’t want to provide parents with this information, so I’ll do it and make some money.
Filling in holes in the public education system is a serious business model, btw. A friend of mine used her knowledge of dyslexia to build a small empire of Kumon franchises. I love smart moms.
I watched the Republican debate this week with only half a brain turned on. None of those guys have a chance. At best, they are auditioning for Trump’s Vice Presidential spot. A second term of Trump would not be a good thing at all. Read Drezner.
Nearly Everyone Gets A’s at Yale
The Free Press on antisemiticism on college campuses
New Jersey's test results are finally out. Like everywhere, scores aren't back to pre-COVID levels. Lots of depressing news like nearly half the state's high school seniors aren't graduation ready in math. More from Laura Waters.
I love a good end-of-the year list. Check out @BevWeintraub's best education article round up at The 74.
Every parent is crying at this old Coke Commercial.
I loved all the online snark about the Ms. McGill’s attempt to stem the damage from her testimony before Congress this week. Seems she’s out of a job now. Maybe.
Julia Ioffe: “According to three senior Biden admin officials, Hamas is not releasing the remaining women hostages because, it seems, they have been sexually abusing them. One official said they think Hamas is keeping these women in order to keep raping them.”
I keep hearing from professors that their students are more unprepared than ever.
A couple of years ago, I made our Christmas garland from vintage spools of thread. I really should make that into a TikTok video.
Pictures: The Breakers Hotel, West Palm Beach, Florida from December 2, 2023.
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On Wednesday, I wrote about antisemiticism on the college campus.
I really need to tackle autism again. Here’s my popular newsletter about autism.
