I just finished rereading it this morning, and I could not stop thinking about how it was seriously the worst plan ever. The fact that a portkey would even work on the grounds is a terrible security risk that does not fit with the mythology of Hogwarts. Aaaand Harry could have died during the first two tasks, which…

In Sweden, school is free AND students get a stipend. And you get paid maternity leave for a year. I want to go to there.

Yes, it's very upsetting. However, OP explained to me that they didn't have much of a case in the first place, so this was the best they could do.

Thanks for the clarification. The article I originally found on this case made it sound like he had confessed outright. I couldn't find it again when I was posting, so I just linked any old thing. Should have dug a little deeper.

If Mr. Rosso is your mailman, you give him an iPad.

Aaaaaaand that was fast. Probably wasn't a coed bathroom, but you get the idea.

I was just happy they got any prison time. This guy got probation for raping his toddler. It seems like all the other sentences I see are two to three years max. It's not ideal, but at least it's something.

When I was getting my teaching certificate, we discussed certain rules that you should have to protect yourself as a teacher. No giving out your cell phone or private email, no contact through social media, no contact outside of school, and DEFINITELY no students in your car. Professional distance to help make sure…

At first I was in agreement with the unisex bathroom idea, but now that you've said it, I totally would much rather share a bathroom with a transwoman than a man. We're all in it together, just trying to keep our heads down and not get harassed and assaulted. Just thinking about being alone in the bathroom with a man…

Oh, I found that bi comment perfectly logical. How can I gain attention for an otherwise boring (I'm assuming) interview? Say I'm bi, but not really! People's imaginations will run wild, but she won't actually have to commit.

All I can add is that I got the chicken pox vaccine an it was glorious. I never got chicken pox, and I got to keep my best friend company when she had it. I was worried about shingles during my pregnancy, but when I asked my doctor about it, she said that my blood work indicated that I was immune. I got my daughter…

I taught in Alameda County and I had to call CPS twice within about two weeks for the same kid. For one of the incidences, he had a HUGE scrape and bruise over his eye and part of his face. He tried to keep it covered constantly with his hand, to the point that it was hindering his work. When I asked him about it,…

Ugh, that would have driven me nuts. I'm so grateful I taught at an academic high school with a terrible sports program. I wouldn't have been able to handle that.

Just linking to the petition because there are a pitiful amount of signatures so far.

Just to add some perspective, when I taught there was extreme pressure to give undeserved high grades to ALL students. An administrator would look at your gradebook, point out the low grades, and ask you what you, as the teacher, were doing wrong. The student was not considered accountable for their own grade. I…

Thank you for linking to your article on peonage. I'd never heard about it before, which I find incredibly shameful. Even more shameful is the amount of times I've heard, "Slavery ended in the 1800's, whatever is going on now in the black community is their own fault." Now I have even more ammunition for shutting down…

If one of my sixth graders had turned in this assignment, I would have forced them to redo it. Even the kids who were struggling could manage a basic five paragraph essay.

I can't even with your victim blaming nonsense any more. I'm out.

I have no idea what point you are even trying to make any more. Choosing to work with Richardson doesn't mean you are choosing to give him sexual favors. I doubt he took off his pants in front of Deepak Chopra or Jared Leto.

Right, which is why I said the point of the article was to "raise awareness" rather than publicly shame. Awareness creates public outcry, which leads magazines/companies to distance themselves from him, which means he will no longer have access to his models/victims.