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		<title>Only 35% New Shtuff (But it&#8217;s Gold.)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;I&#8217;ve been a little laggy about posting (again) because I&#8217;ve been revamping my school&#8217;s website. Check it out: http://lams.slcusd.org. &#8230;While I was checking out the sites for other schools in the district, I happened across a feature that Charlie Perryess, one of the English teachers at our sister middle school (about 1/2 of our 730-something students), has on his site. I think I may have to steal it. He only updates his site every three weeks (!?) so he gives a rundown of the activities and such for that time. At the end he has a section he calls, &#8220;Questions parents might ask their wonderful,yet not terribly forthcoming kids.&#8221; That&#8217;s the 8th grade version. The 7th grade version is, &#8220;Questions parents might ask to get a little more of an answer than &#8216;everything&#8217;s fine.&#8217;&#8221; (This guy also has to teach home economics and drama! The curse of diminishing enrollment.) The questions are beauty. Designed to check to see if the homework is done, in a non-confrontational, encouraging way.  My wife is sooo good at talking to our son this way. I have a little more trouble with the proper&#8230;tone.  Example: 1. Which character from Beowulf have you chosen to make [...]]]></description>
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