maybe it's not that unusual to have a cat that fetches things. nonetheless i was pretty elated to be lying on my bed tonight throwing a wadded up piece of paper and having freda, my cat, bring it back to me numerous times.
in other news, teachers in houston are being rewarded monetarily if they have students who have high grades on standardized tests. a bizarre development, though not particularly surprising. apparently teachers are so desperate to be paid more, they're willing to gauge their value according to the results of these inane tests. other teachers disagree with the measure. as for me, i think standardized testing is a joke, just another symptom of the dysfunctional state of public education in this country; and giving teachers this kind of incentive to "teach to the test" is another way to limit and trivialize the teaching profession altogether.
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she's 8-9 months old. she fetched wadded up paper 3 nights in a row. later i threw my socks off and she tried to fetch those too. i heard disgruntled meows coming from the sock area.
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