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the great change robbery.....

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the great change robbery....   Change seems to be the most prominent word today.   Minorities are demanding cultural change ;   CoVid-19 has mandated more unconventional change ; and of all things, we seem to be out of change !   O r, at the least, it has become scarce!   Huh ? What's up with that ?   Coins have been with us since the Lydians invented them in 600 B.C.  Lydia was a kingdom tied to ancient Greece and located in modern-day Turkey.  According to live science.com , the coins featured the stylized head of a lion and were made of electrum, an alloy of gold and silver.  However, the concept of money had been around awhile.     So, you would think there's an abundance of change , wouldn't you?    As an example:   Some women  change their name when they marry.   Traffic lights constantly change color.   Climate change is  always in the news.    Yo...

the new homeschooled

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the new homeschooled ..   Thanks to an unwanted worldwide pandemic caused by the virus, CoVid-19, we now have a new definition for homeschooled .     HUH ? What's up with that ?   According to a recent article in USA Today Newspaper, Even as they recommended working on in-person reopening of schools, the nation's science academies warned, it is likely someone in the school community will contract CoVid-19.    Because of that threat, a growing number of areas have already committed to NTI (non traditional instruction)   this fall and possibly beyond.    In the past, homeschooled referred to a parent or guardian teaching their child at home.  Now, homeschooled means millions of children will be sitting at home in front of a computer and getting their education from certified teachers.   College classes have been taught online for almost 25 years.  Two entrepreneurs launched the first accredited and fully web-based...