-
"This weekend The Girl got hit by a nasty stomach bug, so nobody got much sleep and our Sunday plans were discombobulated. It brought back memories of those times when TW still worked outside the house, and we had to do the Sick Kid Shuffle.
When your kid normally goes to daycare, a sick kid is a major crisis. Suddenly your first line of defense is down, since you can't take a sick kid to daycare. (I've seen parents try it, though.) Most days, we had to choose among several imperfect options:"
-
"To compile our list of the most effective feeder colleges, we researched the background of more than 5,000 students starting at more than a dozen top business, law and medical schools this fall, including names like Harvard Law and the Wharton MBA. Our survey canvassed grad-school admissions offices, spoke to officials at more than 50 colleges and in some cases counted up kids one by one in student "face book" directories. Then we put it all together, factoring in the class size at each of the undergraduate colleges so that small schools wouldn't be penalized."
- Log in to post comments
More like this
Scientopia
A new non-profit science blog collective, including several people who left ScienceBlogs in Sodamageddon.
(tags: science blogs internet academia)
Experimental Error: Don't Try This at Home - Science Careers - Biotech, Pharmaceutical, Faculty, Postdoc jobs on Science Careers
"So if…
Confessions of a Community College Dean: Spiked Cities
"Having followed [Richard] Florida on twitter for a while, I've noticed that his position goes beyond noting creative clusters. There's a general pro-urban, anti-suburban flavor to his thought. Add a few bike paths and a vibrant gay community…
Physics Buzz: APS hits ComicCon with the first superhero science comic
"For the rest of this week I'll be blogging from the madness that is sure to be ComicCon 2010. APS will be the first professional society to bring a comic book, so us public outreach folks are excited to be rolling in with 2.5…
Faraday's Cage is where you put Schroedinger's Cat - Why you might want to live in ND...
"My rural area friends have commented on this same trend. Most kids don't do anything unsupervised in cities and spend all of their time indoors. School is making this worse. Kids are being given ever more…