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   Hi Ben,   
      
   RH> One of these days, we just might make it. Oregon is one of the states   
   RH> our daughter in AZ has mentioned she might want to move to, now that   
   RH> she's retired from active duty with the National Guard. She has 2 boys,   
   RH> one on the autism spectrum and she mentioned that the state is good for   
   RH> education. Don't know what she was basing that on but...   
      
    BC> From my perspective my educational experience was good, but my   
    BC> friend's kids in Eugene had even better, going to charter schools,   
      
   Her boys went to charter schools up until last school year. She retired   
   from active duty (Army National Guard) and home schooled them last year,   
   not sure if she's still doing it this year.   
      
    BC> until the   
    BC> Covid thing.  Abruptly shifting to distance learning was hard on them,   
    BC> and i personally think that folks aren't aware just how harmful that   
    BC> was. I don't know about autism, but a friend of a friend is a teacher   
    BC> in Seattle, and she said that nearly 100% of her students have a   
    BC> diagnosis of some kind, autism, A.D.D., depression, etc. and that most   
    BC> of them are on a prescription of some kind.  Some things are better,   
      
   Seems like a lot of kids are on meds these days that our generation had   
   to "tough out".   
      
    BC> like classes   
    BC> teaching about communication, emotional intelligence, and   
    BC> interpersonal skils (wish *I* had learned those as a kid), and some   
    BC> things are far   
    BC> worse.   
      
   Win some, lose some. I went to a small K-12 school with no AP classes,   
   sort of wish there had been the opportunity for some or more electives   
   but..................ended up graduating #12 out of a class of 63.   
      
   RH> moved up to Washington, and knew we could get (and did) creemees in   
   RH> Barre, about 15 minutes away.   
      
    BC> Maple syrup poured on soft-serve icecream reminds me of Laura Ingalls   
    BC> book Little House In The Woods where they poured maple syrup on the   
    BC> snow to harden it into a frozen candy.  I'd eat that.  :9   
      
   That goes by different names; I first knew it as Jax Wax but have heard   
   it called Sugar on Snow, don't remember other names but it is good. You   
   have to boil the syrup down really thick--maybe boil a gallon down to a   
   quart to make it thick enough to harden quickly. But it is yummy; I can   
   tell you that from personal experience.   
      
   ---   
   Catch you later,   
   Ruth   
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