Kinja doesn’t make me proud to be an American...

I too have a crappy relationship with my parents. I deal with it by having contact with them on my terms as much as possible. If they call and I don’t feel like dealing with them I let it go to voicemail. We’re not a stop-by randomly kind of family so I don’t have to deal with that. When I do have to see them because…

Well, what do you like about America?

That’s awesome to hear. So much of the time lately, it feels like politicians just shit on immigrants or talk about how they shouldn’t be here or should be deported or something. It’s nice to hear stories of immigrants being welcomed and feeling welcome. I would say 99% of the people I know feel that way; somehow the…

I’m feeling pretty (cautiously) optimistic right now. Physical therapy has been going great, and I JUMPED for the first time in a little over 4 months! Seems like a small thing but in recovery from a shattered lower leg, it’s a big deal - the idea of jumping is very scary because even though logically you know your…

Meh, I’m Canadian, but the site is American and this is America’s happy day. People can start alternate discussions as they like.

It’s a big-ass country with a lot of stuff in it. It’s a pretty amazing place. We tend to be a bunch of big, loveable oafs. We’re curious and friendly and loud and silly.

I’m proud to live in America/be an American because:

Yes, I will become the gay Asian male version of Taylor Swift, and I will make a country pop crossover. It's the perfect plan, but who will be my manager?

Because I can say Fuck You and Your Argle-Bargle, Scalia and not get sent to the gulag.

You’re cute. I promise, we say goodbye when we hang up the phone.

I don’t quite understand your contentious tone. As it happens, I read that article a couple of years ago. I don’t dispute that schools should not be one size fits all. I have 2 sons, one with developmental delays and his style of learning is much more visual than a neuro-typical kid. I just think when we start framing…

I commented on a post on facebook about how women/girls aren’t encouraged enough in science and some asscanoe replied with lines about how men are designed to build things and women are designed to be nurturers and while there are some exceptions, that’s just how things are.

I agree our goal as a society should be an educated population. However the decrease of men in university may not denote a lack of education. This is purely anecdotal, but many of my male friends chose technical or vocational schools instead of university and most of them make more money than me.

There is some talk (and studies, I think, but I have to assess them more thoroughly, before I make an conclusions as to their quality) that boys have been falling behind in certain subjects in school, in more recent years, but I don’t think that they necessarily getting a worse education; there is an entitlement in…

Did you actually read what I wrote? I believe in adapting my teaching style to specific types of learners (I usually put them in sub-groups). I find this more effective than planning lessons by gender.

Technology fascinates and terrifies me at the same time... 😔 😁

Good point. It’s like when you hear that more women than men are now graduating from university and the story is framed as if it’s a bad thing.

The misunderstanding came when they thought she would go away meekly an accept the fact that they wouldn’t let her participate in the robotics course.

Good! I signed that petition, the other day.

“Academics and literacy”, my ass. If boys are falling behind in that regard, which they very well may be, perhaps a program with focus on visual-spatial abilities, and in an area which already has a major underreprentation of girls (engineering and computer science), isn’t…