You realize both those things are sexism, right? The only difference is one is aggressive sexism and the other benevolent sexism. Benevolent sexism is still pretty fucking probelmatic.

Yeah, I just automatically assume anything on a crowd funding site is a scam.

How many people threw cash at those asinine solar roadways?

If it’s 11:30 a.m. and I woke up at 11:20 a.m. and Facebook tells me “Good Morning” is Facebook shading me?

Because I think Facebook was shading me.

I think we’ve progressed to saber waving.

China is friendly-ish with NK. It’s more like a friends with benefits deal, they fullfill each others needs but overall it’s sort of blah.

I just clean with pepper spray.

I did this as a child. I didn’t wear jeans until I was in 6th grade.

FWIW, I completely understand why my teachers did it. It’s a structural issue. Water fountains are fine, until you have a line of 20+ kids.

My opinion is that schools need to find another way to distribute water. Whether that’s through having a water source in the classroom, having a couple breaks where dixie cups…

You’re lucky, then! I think I have over fifty responses from people who went through this same thing!

I think it depends on the school and the school’s culture.

Because the child is thirsty and that thirst might distract from learning?

Yeah, I don’t think the “Jack and Jill” bathroom would work well for classrooms, lol!

You want to be the person who would take a multivitamin (were you not aware of the research showing they’re pretty much BS), not the person who actually takes the multivitamin.

I croakied glasses to the kids. It worked really well. It was basically one step below actually tying them on.

Also, Zenni Optical has cheap glasses. The higher astigmatism lenses can be more expensive, but it’s still overall cheaper.

I toured a school (it was a therapeutic school for students with emotional difficulties) a while back. They had a small bathroom attached to each room so students wouldn’t have to leave the classroom to use the bathroom. I felt like that was a model more schools should adopt.

We’re exposed to known carcinogens every day. I’m not going to freak out about some generally accepted as safe plastic. I’m going to focus on real dangers that I know about and can be quantified.

Winter boots, snow pants, and parkas may be part of the reason I’m not majoring in elementary or early childhood education...

Gatorade bottles are #1, and the American Chemical Council states they are safe to reuse after washed. The main issue with leaching (I’m assuming this is your concern, too) concerns high temperatures- I’m more concerned that they original gatorade sat in a truck on a 100* day baking than I am that the cold water I…

Not giving kids umbrellas is... advisable. They will break them. If it’s not due to sword play that almost takes out another child’s eye, it’ll be through a strong wind.

Invest in rain ponchos instead. They’re cheap and don’t break due to strong winds.

I’m willing to accept that we’ve over corrected. But yeah, kids should have access to water until they’re sated periodically throughout the day (frequency based on age, how hot it is, how active, etc).

That goes with giving kids anything. Especially if you’ve spent any amount of money on said item.

What I do at this point is have the kids reuse Gatorade bottles. They’re durable enough that they don’t get smashed, and hold a decent amount of water. They only lose one about once a month, and they only get gatorade…