About Mary Cornwell

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• Comment on Barry Wright's answer…

  0 0 Children like structure and boundaries because the world is a scary, unpredictable place. I've taught sixth grade for several years and have found that when children enter puberty their boundaries need to be both expanded to develop the growth of the individual and strengthened to keep them feeling secure and cared for in the face of a tidal wave of new information about the world. My students all live in poverty and gang-stricken neighborhood, which means their lives are very unpredictable. They actually remind me to give them their homework if I forget to pass it out. Any change in routine and structure seriously stresses them out. Adults like boundaries too. We call them laws and the social order. These are to be reexamined, debated and updated by the societies that agree to live by them (this is why parenting philosophies get so heated), but living in a community requires we live within certain boundaries. A huge part of setting boundaries is teaching children how to live in the world. Mary Cornwell commented 11 months ago

• Comment on Bauhaus's answer…

  0 0 When my husband was unemployed he contacted IBR to lower his monthly student loan payments. After they calculated everything his new monthly payment actually went UP and they said it was impossible to return it to the previous lower rate. So yeh, IBR is not the godsend everyone keeps saying it is. Mary Cornwell commented about 1 year ago

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  Why in the world are Barbie dolls getting even skinnier?!? Were they not skinny enough before?

  2 0 Had to google that one- wow. Their boobs are smaller too; at least that part is accurate. It all bears the question- which is worse... the new Bulimia Barbie or the original Porn Star Barbie? Mary Cornwell answered in Kids Toys & Tech about 1 year ago Answer, comment & read 4 more answers »

• Follow Following 1 Where can I find Spanish-language Sweethearts Necco candy around Seattle? Mary Cornwell asked in Just Desserts about 1 year ago

• Comment on RM's answer…

  0 0 I also love Hot House, mostly because it's cheap and it's six blocks from my apartment. However, whenever I go I usually just wish I would have driven up to Lynnwood for the Korean Spa. Mary Cornwell commented about 1 year ago

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  Reccomend a quality health/day spa?

  3 0 It does make a difference that you're a lady, because where you must go is Olympus Spa in Lynnwood. Olympus is a Korean style bathhouse- this means ladies only and nudity required in the pools. You may be surprised to learn that being nude around middle-aged Korean and Russian ladies is not an intimidating experience. $35 gets you in the door and unlimited access to four pools of varying temperatures, a mugwort bath, humid and dry saunas and six relaxation rooms with different kinds of herbal infusions and some complicated Eastern heating system that apparently provides a slew of health benefits. There are places to lounge and read, places to chat with friends, a delicious restaurant and a tea room. You can stay there all day without purchasing any spa packages (many women do), but if you want to go all out get the Korean body scrub and moisturizing treatment. This is not your typical wimpy Western style exfoliation; you will actually see dead skin rolling off your body. Lots of it. Have you ever wondered why so many older Asian ladies still have flawless skin? This is why. So, in conclusion, the Olympus Spa is where you must go. Mary Cornwell answered in Hair/Body Care about 1 year ago Answer, comment & read 2 more answers »

• Comment on Jack's answer…

  0 0 Auto shop, along with most vocational tech classes have been cut from high schools because of our federal government's insistence that every high school student be college bound. The one and only measure for this is state-wide assessments. Schools are cutting "extraneous" classes for remedial math and reading for kids who don't pass the state assessments in those two subjects. This is called neoliberal education reform. Mary Cornwell commented about 1 year ago

• Comment on Fnarf's answer…

  1 0 Straight rhubarb pie is Queen. Strawberry comes in for a close second, but is frequently too sweet (unless I make it). Mary Cornwell commented about 1 year ago

• Comment on Jack's answer…

  0 0 PERFECT !! Mary Cornwell commented about 1 year ago

• Comment on katiedid's answer…

  0 0 I also vastly prefer a stick- I love how the human gets to do all the decision making instead of the machine. Country and suburbs are definitely preferable (I just taught a friend to drive on a gravel road off the Palouse highway outside of Colfax) but I would prefer a Seattle option! Mary Cornwell commented about 1 year ago

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