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		<title>Dismal Decline in 12th Grader&#8217;s Reading Abilities</title>
		<link>http://senorparrot.com/blog/2008/11/05/dismal-decline-in-12th-graders-reading-abilities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:54:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nick Mangiaracina notes some disturbing statistics about the trend of American high school students in his article &#8220;Reading, writing are one of our last bonds&#8221; , published in the University Daily Kansan.  This information, culled from the well known National Endowment for the Arts survey completed in 2004, has been noted elsewhere many times before, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homeschooling News Shorts</title>
		<link>http://senorparrot.com/blog/2008/09/29/homeschooling-shorts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Home Schooled Young Adults are More Politically Engaged It&#8217;s not that I&#8217;m all that excited about home schooling, but I not much excited about public schooling. I read an interresting article tonight, entitled GenJ teaches Leadership, Civics, that reported that while overall about 50% of eligible adults vote, only about 30% of the 18-24 year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great way to choose a book for a gift</title>
		<link>http://senorparrot.com/blog/2007/12/20/great-way-to-choose-a-book-for-a-gift/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:07:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sherry at Semicolon didn&#8217;t so much post a list of &#8220;Best Books&#8221;, but maybe a &#8220;Best Method&#8221; for choosing a book to give as a gift. Her post is based on the so-often asked question, &#8220;What do you want to be when you grow up?&#8221; I like this approach. It&#8217;s simple, just like me, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Lies Ahead: Interesting Observations About the Future</title>
		<link>http://senorparrot.com/blog/2007/08/24/what-lies-ahead-interesting-observations-about-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our college president shared this video from Youtube with the school ( the video is at the bottom of this post) . I see these changes almost everywhere I look. The world is changing fast and if I don&#8217;t make efforts to look ahead then I lose the chance to change with it. Same for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Movie, Music and Game Reviews: Plugged In Online</title>
		<link>http://senorparrot.com/blog/2007/07/10/movie-music-and-game-reviews-plugged-in-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2007 01:50:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nowadays, only social pariahs smoke cigarettes and eat trans fats. Nearly every city with any politically progressive presence is, has, or will make smoking and eating trans fats into a crime. Its laudable that they want to protect our bodies from our choices. They miss the more important thing: protecting our minds and spirits from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer reading lists for your kids</title>
		<link>http://senorparrot.com/blog/2007/05/23/summer-reading-lists-for-your-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 17:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Kennedy, on her blog About.com:Children&#8217;s Books, provides an excellently chosen list of summer reading lists. I recommend taking the time to look at all 10. There are many excellent books listed, and it would take much more than a single summer to read them all. The lists group books by grade or age, genre, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>See you at the Library</title>
		<link>http://senorparrot.com/blog/2007/03/19/see-you-at-the-library/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:59:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Libraries are one of the best resources for lovers of Kids Books. The small local branch that we visit has a large and comfortable area for young children&#8217;s books that my kids dearly love. We usually stop by on Saturday afternoon on the way home from swimming lessons and the kids get to explore and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Inteview with Jenn Doucette, Author of &#8220;Mama Said There&#8217;d Be Days Like This&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://senorparrot.com/blog/2007/03/05/51/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today I am very pleased to interview Jenn Doucette, a very funny lady and the author of the recently published &#8220;Mama Said There’d Be Days Like This: Refreshing Rest Stops for Moms on the Run.&#8221; She talks about herself, her books, and duct tape. Women &#8211; even your husbands would enjoy this! But first, I [...]]]></description>
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