Kirsten would be well-advised to abandon the bare-backed, "glam" photo that accompanies her column before writing a column concerning inappropriate clothing.

I just had to print that off for my hubby to read. The whole society seems on a downward spiral, doesn't it?

The biggest problem with Public Schools is unqualified teachers.

My eldest daughter started kindergarten today, this hour, in fact. Thanks for the call to vigilance. (I had an opportunity to meet with her teacher last night, and he does not strike me as uneducated.)

Get a load of this banner from the top of the politicalusa web page, just above Kirsten's nude (as far as one can tell) picture:

Some "conservative" website!

There's a well-known phenomenon: Parents persist in believing that it's the OTHER public schools that have problems. NIMPS: Not in My Public School.

You have a daughter who hasn't been corrupted yet. Get her out of school. There's plenty of time to learn and make the preparations, and then homeschool her. You want her to be YOUR daughter, don't you? Rather than the government's daughter?

There's a well-known phenomenon: Parents persist in believing that it's the OTHER public schools that have problems. NIMPS: Not in My Public School.

I hear what you're saying, and I'm trying to guard against that. For one thing, she's going to a charter school that (almost alone in our school district, which is one of the worst in Pennsylvania) is very highly regarded. For another, I intentionally approached the teacher with a critical eye.

You have a daughter who hasn't been corrupted yet. Get her out of school. There's plenty of time to learn and make the preparations, and then homeschool her. You want her to be YOUR daughter, don't you? Rather than the government's daughter?

I'm hoping that by the time she's in junior high school, we'll be able to find an affordable private school; if we can't she will probably be homeschooled. In any case, however, she is learning and will learn most of what she needs at home; she can already read at the Dick-and-Jane level.

We are preparing for the eventuality of pulling her out of school entirely, but Mrs. Physicist isn't comfortable with being her academic teacher right now, especially since we have another child due in mid-November. We've been networking with other homeschoolers in the area and have been gathering materials.

Furthermore, I am starting to create some computer-based teaching materials on my own. These I will make available on the Internet for other homeschoolers. I am starting with a "flashcard" program based on the phonic word lists in Rudolph Flesch's Why Johnny Can't Read.

We are preparing for the eventuality of pulling her out of school entirely, but Mrs. Physicist isn't comfortable with being her academic teacher right now, especially since we have another child due in mid-November. We've been networking with other homeschoolers in the area and have been gathering materials.

I hear you. Our oldest is 3, and I am still trying to sell my wife on homeschooling, with me doing roughly half the work. I hope that if he starts to read very well in the next year her opinion will improve.

Furthermore, I am starting to create some computer-based teaching materials on my own. These I will make available on the Internet for other homeschoolers. I am starting with a "flashcard" program based on the phonic word lists in Rudolph Flesch's Why Johnny Can't Read.

I hope you post a report on whatever you come up with here.

I will probably post a vanity later this year or early next seeking help from other homeschoolers.

The author of the article isn't thirteen years old. Do you have a moral problem with an adult exposing her bare shoulders?

Of course not. She's obviously a serious, professional, political columnist.