[email protected]

In a message dated 9/22/2002 11:29:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:


> At the Barnes & Noble here, when you show your homeschool card, you get a %
> off all "educational" purchases. But the checkout clerks always ask, "Is
> this
> for school/educational purposes?" I proudly say,"Yes! Everything counts!
> It's ALL educational!" as I pay for the newest Scooby-Doo paperback, the
> Myst
> gaming cheatbook, three boardgames, and a puzzle!.

Ours ask, "Is this for classroom use?"

Ick.

But, yes.

--pam

National Home Education Network
http://www.NHEN.org
Changing the Way the World Sees Homeschooling!


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[email protected]

In a message dated 9/22/2002 11:29:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
[email protected] writes:


> What I found most interesting (though not surprising) was that one or two
> people posted negative reviews, then a few others thanked them for warning
> them and said they'd never read the books.

After reading the first one, I didn't really want to read the others -- the
first was too disturbing. Then, after a year or so, I was ready for the
others -- liked them a lot but they were not NEARLY as disturbing.

--pam

National Home Education Network
http://www.NHEN.org
Changing the Way the World Sees Homeschooling!


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Betsy

**Ours ask, "Is this for classroom use?"

Ick.

But, yes.**

The last time I bought books at Barnes and Noble I was buying them for a
friend's birthday. I figured that that was a "No".

Betsy

Liza Sabater

you have an ominosity quotient of

eight.

you are more ominous than the creators of this quiz. good god.


>:-p

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Juanita Heyerman

I only got a 4. But I definitely miss the cupcake (yay Invader Zim!).
--Juanita
Ithaca, NY


> Message: 9
> Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2002 12:51:31 -0400
> From: "Shyrley" <shyrley.williams@...>
> Subject: OT- See how ominous you are....
>
> See how ominous you are :-)
>
> http://www.likeisaid.com/ominosityquiz.html
>
> I got....
>
>
> you have an ominosity quotient of
> eight.
>
> you are more ominous than the creators of this quiz. good god.
>
> Shyrley
>
> "You laugh at me because I'm different. I laugh at you
> because you are all the same."
>
>
>