The View From Kalamazoo

When Zero Tolerance equals Zero Common Sense. Boy gets expelled for bringing scissors…to sewing class. Some days homeschooling looks better and better…

As a Salt Lake mother‘s unborn twins got closer to birth, doctors repeatedly told her they would likely die if she did not have a C-section. She refused, and one later was stillborn. I just don’t know what to say about this one…

Dread: Indiana faked me out. I came home and saw the corner of a 9 X 12 envelope sticking out of the box with Indiana U’s return address. I was excited for the few seconds it took for me to pull it out and realize it held one lonely sheet of paper. 200 applications for 25 spots. I’m 0 for 4. It’s getting depressing – my GRE scores are respectable; my CV lists regular conference participation, mostly giving papers; I’m published in a juried ejournal (albeit pretty darn small); I have even coordinated THE academic conference for medievalists for several years now…So do I have three eyes and a curse on my head, or what? 3 to go – but I can’t say that I’m looking ahead with anticipation. I feel like a mylar balloon someone left in the corner…barely hovering above the floor and far from fully inflated.