At a get-together of home schoolers in a suburban park in Brisbane, one mother, Cindy, said she was about to start home schooling her son but was afraid of the paperwork involved.
“I’m not planning (on registering) because of the work involved,” she said.
“I’m not very organised and disciplined in that sense so that would be a big thing for me to undertake.”
I don’t know… maybe the fact that you’re scared of filling out paperwork because you’re not very organised or disciplined is a sign that perhaps YOU SHOULDN’T BE FUCKING HOMESCHOOLING YOUR CHILDREN.
Seriously, parents who homeschool their children legally have my full respect and support. The ones who refuse to register… not so much.
The Bonny ‘Prince’ quickly showed skill: he could reach into an oak tree with his bare hands, pull out its still beating heart and show it to the tree before it dropped dead. Afterwards he reached into its corpse and pulled out a handful of chili.
Blackberry picking has officially moved from handfuls to upturned t-shirts to small bowls and onward. It is now officially a large bowl, full-body contact sport.
HELLO, I AM A HIP YOUNG DUDE LOOKING FOR A GOOD TIME. I WAS WONDERING IF I COULD BUY $20 WORTH OF DRUGS, PLEASE. THE GOOD ONES.
… WHAT? NO, I’M NOT A POLICE OFFICER. I LIKE CIGARETTES AND MAROON 5 AND THINGS LIKE THAT. EDGY STUFF THAT DRUG PEOPLE INTO. BECAUSE I DO SO MANY DRUGS ALL THE TIME.
… but I also don’t think people know my love of crows either.
That’s a raven - I ain’t tryin to split hairs or nothin here. Ravens are a different species, larger, slightly more intelligent even than crows… reason I bring it up at all is that Raven is the trickster figure all up and down the northern Northwest. The Haida people on the Northwest Coast actually have a kinda prophecy that a white Raven is the portent of good changes ahead.
