I wrote earlier about directions in Turbotax that were very unclear. After getting everything in order to complete that section (on a special refund for property taxes if they go up by more than 12%, which mine did), I found out that I do get a special property tax refund!
Monthly Archives: January 2007
A Conversation at the End of a Quarter
29 January 2007 – 02:25
Student: I don’t understand why I should get zeros for assignments when I wasn’t even enrolled in your class yet
Me: But you were enrolled in my class. You just didn’t show up.
Student: That wasn’t my fault, the counselors never told me that I was switched yet.
Me: But you stopped going to your other class [...]
Mom, I told you that I could get into college even though I’ve skipped school all year
27 January 2007 – 06:17
Acceptance Notices Sent, Mistakenly, to 2,700 University Applicants
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill sent e-mails to 2,700 undergraduate applicants earlier this week, congratulating them — mistakenly — on their admission to the school.
In fact, the university has not decided yet which of the 2,700 to admit. They will have to wait until the end [...]
Math Problems
23 January 2007 – 13:56
Finding area. What do you see in these pictures?
Its hard enough trying to keep young boys focused on their work, and then the publishers put these in the textbook.
Simulating a Conversation in a Car
23 January 2007 – 02:13
I was watching some investigative report show about driving with cell phones, and what a distraction they can be. Apparently, our brains will allow us to do more than one thing at once (thankfully), but aren’t very good at being able to concentrate on two things at once. So while you can watch television and [...]
Huh?
22 January 2007 – 02:30
From Turbotax:If all of the following apply, then how am I to read this?
Does the “all” mean line 1, 3, and 4, since there is an or at the end of line 1?
Does it mean line 1 or all the rest?
Does anyone proofread this stuff?
I’m going to assume that lines one and two should have [...]
Dear Ms. Licensed Psychologist, Ph D.
18 January 2007 – 06:49
Screw you.
I know that a mother of a kid is upset that her kid isn’t doing as well in school as she thinks he can and needs an excuse to get extra help in college….all this despite the fact that he has a 3.390 GPA when scoring in the teens in national standardized tests. I [...]
Nice Moment
18 January 2007 – 02:33
A student of mine from last year, Lisa,had a best friend move to Seattle a few years ago when she was still in middle school. Lisa went to visit her last week. This friend’s sister was one of my students years ago and told Lisa that I was the best teacher ever. That was nice [...]
