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Teacher Strike: Our Teachers Walk Out, Not On The Kids, But For The Kids
Why strike? Why walk out on the kids? These are questions I know people across the U.S. are asking. I am not a teacher. I do not work for the public school system. I am just a parent who sends her six children to public school Monday through Friday, August through May, well I did anyway until our…
Celebrity Girl Scouts
Its no secret that the Girl Scouts have some very powerful alumni. With their recent 100th anniversary – and the celebration event in Washington D.C. over the weekend – we wanted to celebrate a few of celebrity Scouts who are making a path for women via music, politics, and television presence. Here are some stars who once donned the signature green beret:
The Hunger Games
If you haven’t read the much talked about novel, you need to watch the film adaptation. If you have read the novel, you still need to watch the film.
The Hunger Games: Is Katniss The Next Harry Potter?
Twelve-year-olds with guns and knives. Sixteen-year-olds with crossbows, and pumped-up older teens going on violent rampages. Why? Because children, ages 12 to 18, are condemned to fight one another to the death while residents of their nation watch on TV and root for the contestants that charmed them in their pre-game interviews. The last one alive is declared the “winner.”
The Constant, Constantly Changing Demands of Political Wives
One of the big moments of this seasons The Good Wife was when betrayed political spouse Alicia Florrick decided to do a TV interview in which she said she forgave her politician husband for straying. Her interview was considered to have sealed her husbands bid to recapture the states attorneys office.