Dan Lipka Web Log

Last Friday, May 18, Molly celebrated her 2 nd Happy Birthday by playing with dolphins, seeing exotic animals, enjoying magical rides, and having dinner with Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Ariel, and Princess Belle. And of course, to Molly’s greatest joy, she also spent the day with her cousin Robby. It was the last night that we would spend in Disney World and the perfect columniation of a perfect family vacation. Lindy, Molly, and I, along with all of Lindy’s immediate family, spend seven days in Orlando and enjoyed subdued whirlwind of family fun. We hit all the major theme parks, including Animal Kingdom, EPCOT, the Magic Kingdom, Universal Studios, and Sea World. This was really Lindy and Molly’s vacation they were filled with thrilling happiness each day, which in turn made my vacation all the better. Furthermore, there wasn’t one major problem the whole time, in fact there was only one small minor issue to even mention, which was the worst all-you-can-eat lobster buffe

molly knows almost all of her letters, that is to say that she knows almost all of her capital letters, which led me to think about the actual use of upper and lower case letters. after careful consideration, i have decided that upper case letters should be abolished. they have almost no purpose and think of the extra time that chi ldren will now have to learn about math, humanities, or taxes. when decided between capitals and lower case letters, i thought lower case letters were quicker to write and read, therefore they won. i am also adding into that category on unnecessary grade school skills, the ability to write in script. script is just a old-school font and i see no difference between teaching a child italics or times new roman. most people who write in script have horrible penmanship (with the exception of those who went to catholic school). and while i’m at it, why do we need bowling shoes, can’t they just require non-scuff shoes? i mention this because we took