Ozy ending up needing the tar and feathers washed off is funnier than Ruth’s overreaction to the magic trick, if you ask me (though that has some merit, too).
Most vivid lesson in dragon home school, it’ll stick with you a lifetime, don’t make friendly gestures to nuts or squirrels. .ps. tarNfeather is for public nuisance. Ducking, burning, hanging, nailing up in a barrel is for minions of evil. Ruth even confused about punishment fitting crime. She’ll be a great DistAtny.
Not all home school advocates are doing it for religious reasons-some just can’t afford to send their child to a private school that emphasizes learning and does not put up with all the nonsense that the public schools have to deal with. It also helps that home school parents are engaged in their child’s education rather than just shipping them off to the big box. The education system in this country is highly dysfunctional for many reasons including some incompetent/uncaring teachers, disengaged parents, and little hellions who have never been taught how to behave (and never will). Our pharmaceutical industry also plays a role-as a Pediatric ICU nurse, I have encountered kids as young as 5 years old on attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder medications prescribed at the request of the parents because their child was interfering with the parents ability to do their own thing. Kids that used to be exuberant and mischievous are now diagnosed as having a psych issue and loaded up with enough meds to tranquilize an elephant. A two year old who says “no” too many times is now labeled as having Oppositional-Defiant Disorder or BiPolar and placed on medications. No one seems willing to identify a potential cause of Attention Deficit on a major culprit, the use of non-stop television, computer games, etc. as a cause for the short attention spans. Couple that with the fact that we do not allow kids to be kids anymore-my peers did not go to preschool, most did not go to kindergarten and didn’t learn the alphabet until first grade where a single teacher taught 30+ kids the basics without teaching assistants, computers, and other “must haves” and we performed well.
kaykeyser almost 11 years ago
Lets all keep Marigold away from Flat World Book stores
Olddog1 almost 11 years ago
Ozy’s lucky, sort of. Tarring and feathering was usually a death sentence.
The Life I Draw Upon almost 11 years ago
Did you know that the Flat Earth Society was resurrected in 2004, and has a present day website?
Simon_Jester almost 11 years ago
Jeez, give Ozy a break, kid. At least see if he weighs the same as a duck before making that, ‘witchcraft’ call.
Vet Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Ozy turned me into a newt.But I got better.
Vet Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Nabu is just upset he never got invited to the parties.(hehe)
StrangerCoug almost 11 years ago
Ozy ending up needing the tar and feathers washed off is funnier than Ruth’s overreaction to the magic trick, if you ask me (though that has some merit, too).
Francis362003 almost 11 years ago
If or when Millie finds this out. She may want to avenge for him.
bopard almost 11 years ago
Most vivid lesson in dragon home school, it’ll stick with you a lifetime, don’t make friendly gestures to nuts or squirrels. .ps. tarNfeather is for public nuisance. Ducking, burning, hanging, nailing up in a barrel is for minions of evil. Ruth even confused about punishment fitting crime. She’ll be a great DistAtny.
bopard almost 11 years ago
pps – pine tar doesn’t come off with soap. Use orange sol or one of the cat fur cleaners.
Khatkhattu Premium Member almost 11 years ago
Not all home school advocates are doing it for religious reasons-some just can’t afford to send their child to a private school that emphasizes learning and does not put up with all the nonsense that the public schools have to deal with. It also helps that home school parents are engaged in their child’s education rather than just shipping them off to the big box. The education system in this country is highly dysfunctional for many reasons including some incompetent/uncaring teachers, disengaged parents, and little hellions who have never been taught how to behave (and never will). Our pharmaceutical industry also plays a role-as a Pediatric ICU nurse, I have encountered kids as young as 5 years old on attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder medications prescribed at the request of the parents because their child was interfering with the parents ability to do their own thing. Kids that used to be exuberant and mischievous are now diagnosed as having a psych issue and loaded up with enough meds to tranquilize an elephant. A two year old who says “no” too many times is now labeled as having Oppositional-Defiant Disorder or BiPolar and placed on medications. No one seems willing to identify a potential cause of Attention Deficit on a major culprit, the use of non-stop television, computer games, etc. as a cause for the short attention spans. Couple that with the fact that we do not allow kids to be kids anymore-my peers did not go to preschool, most did not go to kindergarten and didn’t learn the alphabet until first grade where a single teacher taught 30+ kids the basics without teaching assistants, computers, and other “must haves” and we performed well.