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Articles about Family Travel -
Keeping a journal or diary, cannot only be beneficial to you as
an individual, but it can also be a benefit to your family. Do you
remember the family vacation to Disneyland when you were 12? What
about your parent's 20-year anniversary? Or your birthday party
when you turned 15? The new house you moved into in 8th grade? High
school graduation?
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(NC)—You've done your research, made your reservations, and
packed your bags. You're going to have a wonderful family vacation,
right?
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Now, I am all for special education for children with disabilities.
I attended school at a time when such children were either put into
“special” schools or thrown in with the general student population
to sink or swim on their own. It was a terrible inequity. It
finally was addressed in the 1970s with a law designed to correct
such discrimination by giving these children the civil right to an
equal opportunity to learn. The law covered children from birth to
age 22, guaranteeing them the right to a free and “appropriate”
public education. It is the ambiguous word “appropriate” written
into the law that is creating a crisis for the California schools,
according to Nanette Asimov, staff writer for the San Francisco
Chronicle.
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Nominated for 17 Emmys, including one Golden Globe for Best TV
Series - Drama, Little House On The Prairie is one of the most
popular shows in television history. Based on the autobiographical
series of "Little House" books written by Laura Ingalls Wilder, the
show explores the inner-workings of a small town and family on the
19th Century American frontier. Director/Co-Executive Producer
Michael Landon (of Bonanza and Highway to Heaven fame) also wrote
one-third of the episodes (in addition to playing a lead role as
the family's father, Charles, when the actor originally cast for
the part failed to show). Charles would go on to become one of the
show's most popular characters, and Little House On The Prairie
would become an American favorite, boasting ten successful seasons
to its credit…
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