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Cake day: February 23rd, 2024

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  • Those kids are at MOST in 3rd grade.

    Here are the approximate word counts for each book in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling:

    Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: ~77,000 words
    Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: ~85,000 words
    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban: ~107,000 words
    Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: ~190,000 words
    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: ~257,000 words
    Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince: ~168,000 words
    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: ~198,000 words
    

    In total, the series contains around 1,082,000 words across all seven books.

    They would have had to read the entire Harry Potter series. They would have read “War and Peace” twice. They would have read about 80 Capt. Underpants books. They would have had to read about 50 Goosebumps books. A book for a 3rd grader typically consists of about 20,000 words, so in 10.5 months (school year) they would have to read almost 5 chapter books a month. Impressive at that age.
















  • I understand that the roots of these holidays are religious. Even Christmas. However, I argue that the meaning and traditions of these holidays have been heavily high jacked by American culture and mean more to American culture than they do religion at this point. St. Patrick’s Day? The most people can tell you about St. Patrick’s day is that St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland. And by snakes, they meant Pagans. Who knows what the fuck Halloween means to religious people these days? Hell, without looking it up, what are its roots? I even argue that for a higher percentage of Americans, Christmas is more about presents and Santa than it is Jesus birthday.