Teacher gift preferences are like essay grades. An A+ from one teacher doesn’t guarantee a similar response from another. A few years ago, I found what I thought was the perfect “atta-boy” token: $3 translucent-plastic “Finger Pointers” designed to use with classroom overhead projectors, allegedly “great for improving student attention.” While one exceptionally talented teacher continues to use the same …

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My Facebook page is being held hostage. My son unknowingly left his Facebook account open after using my computer, allowing me complete access to one of the most important threads holding his social network together, Facebook.

A problem with “Facebook-jacking,” however, is that I can’t access my own Facebook account until I log off his account, which would forfeit my …

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