True. And individual teachers, too, can make or break a year or a student’s perception of a subject and their ability to master it.

What about Brailyn, Jayden, and Cadence? What about what they deserve??

Diversity does not = any specific group. To me a diverse body is one in which the dominant group is almost indiscernible.

I feel like finding the kind of school you describe nowadays is a fool’s errand! A good, high-performing school district (whatever that means- cynical as I am, I still look at and factor in the very scores and statistics I will argue do not *really* measure the quality of education a school offers simply because it’s…

He is basically a caricature. Reminds me of a character from Idiocracy.

Every time I read this it gets funnier.

I know that guy. We used to ride the bus together in elementary school and he always sat right behind the bus driver to engage him in AM chats and afternoon run-downs.

It’s been on my top 3 next road trips. The pictures I’ve seen look gorgeous and remind me of parts of Louisiana but more lush than anything I saw there.

Thank you. This year at 36 years old I uncovered a deep ocean of rage for my father the “sane” one, the normal one, who understood my pain. It took me this long to step back and wonder WTF? Where was he? He acknowledged always that my mom could get crazy and was “too hard” on me but he never once stepped in on my…

Bulimia could help balance that out. Just saying. Especially since I can’t see anyone saying “I used to have an eating disorder” and “I eat 50 bananas a day” with a straight face.

THIS. was more concerning to me than the atrocious state of her digestive system. It’s amazing she hasn’t keeled over.

Know also that men will be looking at you, and know that some of them cannot be trusted to treat you with the respect that you deserve.

I feel like everyone is missing that she did bill herself as aspirational. Her behavior sounds ridiculous and inappropriate regardless, but they should have adjusted their expectations

She does claim to be an *aspirational* photographer which is a pretty key signifier...I’d still be livid that she spent time taking selfies and only produced 15 pics...but *aspirational*?? would keep me from hiring her, or at the very least lower my expectations.

that visual is making me laugh/gag.

When my son was a baby he was obsessed with my hair. He used to pull on it constantly and, being a baby, often put his hands in his mouth. One day while changing a shitty diaper I was cleaning his butt with wipes when I saw a little piece of hair near his butt. Went to remove it, when I realized it was a long hair, my…

Almost peed.

for shaaaaaame!

It was glorious.