I would be hesitant to let my 13-year-old go to the local Wal-Mart by herself. Not so for Laura Dekker's parents. Young Laura wants to sail around the world by herself, and Mom and Dad are all for it. Thankfully, the Dutch government has put at least a temporary stop to this insanity.
Laura wants to be the youngest to make the two-year solo trip. When she approached her parents about it, they asked if she was sure, then said, "Good, we'll help you." I don't think Laura's the one who needs the help!
Paris News funnies for the day: Mary Madewell wrote an article about Bill Loranger who manages the city's parks. She tells about his "acclamation to the climate change," misusing the word twice in the article. Then, Krista Goerte wrote an inane column about how our society is like baseball. She summed it up, "Most call it a game, but we have modeled the sport after the very way we live our lives, hence the title, 'America's past time.'" If Mary and Krista want to become acclimated to acclamation for their journalistic skills, it's past time they made a little dictionary study their pass time.
"Officials uneasy about teen sailor's solo trip." The Dallas Morning News; August 26, 2009; p. 6A.
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The update is that mom doesn't approve, but the girl lives with her dad and threatened not to visit the mom anymore unless she consented.
doesn't that sound like a teenager?
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