HeyJaredMusings from the Mountain
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Is College Worth It? (opens the original)
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Is college worth it?It’s a question that plagues every highschool senior and is hotly debated among older folk. Many will say no. There are good jobs to be had with less financial investment. It’s too much time. It’s too much debt. It’s all taught by old white men who don’t like change. It’s absurdly overpriced. Anyway, it would be good, but young people just get drunk and high there all day instead of learning. Also, did you hear how expensive it is?It may be obvious I’m going to counter argue
Summer of 2026 (May-August) (opens the original)
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Hello! My apologies that it has been so long since I have shared an update with y’all. I got out of the habit back in the fall and I had really hoped to use the summer to get back into it, but we all know how that turned out. Moving forward, I fully intend to get back to monthly updates: I have times blocked out on my calendar to work on Updates and to write other posts for MftM. Feel free to bug me about it, especially in person. =)HighlightsMay:I got back from Covenant for summer break on May
Lessons on Citizenship from Living in an HOA (opens the original)
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"I wish we didn’t have to have Bermuda grass in our yard.”“No grass selection without representation!”“But we chose to live here.”“We chose to live here.” Her statement rings in my ears. She’s right, we did choose to live here. About 15 or 16 years ago, my family moved from our little three-bedroom starter home to this two-story, four-bedroom house in a neighborhood with both a pool and tennis courts. The house itself was a needed upgrade for a family with three young kids - the yard, not so muc
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