There are nearly two billion children in the world. Most of these do not receive enough education. One out of three never finishes the fifth grade. The result is a continuous cycle of poverty. How can we solve this problem? Build more schools, hire more teachers, buy more books? This would help, but the effort [...]
Read full post...A few years ago, we decided to get a cat for our girls. The local animal shelter had a web site with pictures of potential pets. With a few click of the mouse, we found the perfect cat. You really can find about anything online including furry felines.
Read full post...My mother-in-law is Sicilian. (No, I don’t have to worry about the mafia showing up for the holidays.) She doesn’t care much for war movies, because she lived through World War II in Italy. Her older brother had married an Italian girl from New York, and they had two children before he was sent to [...]
Read full post...About nine years ago I created an educational web site for children called MegaKids. One of the activities on the site is a very simple online flash card game to help kids learn their times tables, called Flash (not much of a stretch of the imagination). Of all the activities that I had placed on the site, this [...]
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