Middle schoolers at the private school I work at walked out today, and I am so proud of them for how they organized the whole thing and worked with the administration to compromise on a protest that let them be heard while maintaining their safety. It was also great that a lot of their parents showed up to support…

I’ve been there, and it took me 5 years after graduating college to get to a salary, career-job in my field. Have hope, you will one, too. My most general advice is to look for “_____ assistant” jobs for non-profits (if you’re in an urban area and don’t mind working around kids, especially look for these types of…

I’m guessing/hoping this cliffhanger with Xo is career-related. I don’t think she would cheat on Ro, so I’m guessing he’s going to ask her to choreograph a music video or something.

I’ve been wondering how this is legal since it was announced.

Also, this whole notion assumes that every teacher/coach/administrator is a good person. Much as we’d like that to be the case, sometimes there are bad people who find jobs in education. Do we want them armed? When is it okay for a teacher to use a gun? What if a student attacks the teacher or another student in a…

You make a great point that’s often overlooked. Instead of having to sneak guns into school, students will know who has guns, and probably can make some good guesses as to where they’re kept. Putting guns in schools seems extremely likely to increase school shootings.

I work on a school admin team and I would find a new job if they asked me to carry at work. It’s a horrifying idea.

A few people on my Facebook posted a meme alluding that gun violence happens in schools because god isn’t allowed there. I could feel my blood pressure rising. I had to shut down Facebook and go spend three hours roaming Target before I felt sane again.

I pay attention without trying to be nosy. I don’t want a stuggling mother to put things back if she can’t afford them or has a glitch with her assistance or coupons or whatever. I can put an extra $10 or $20 on my grocery bill without blinking, but that hasn’t always been the case. Strangers have helped me before…

Finally someone else feels this way about Michael. I mean, I was sad for Jane and appreciate the nuance and thought put into her grieving process, but I was so glad to see him gone. Nothing against Brett Dier who did a great job, but Michael the character just seemed to be written as untrustworthy yet boring and…

I’m assuming that we will see River Fields again, due to the stipulation for American Santos. Brooke Shields wasn’t appearing as herself, but as a fictional character based off of herself.

Tepid is the perfect description of Wicked. Everything about it was kind of blah. It definitely did not live up to the high school drama hype from the musical’s soundtrack.

I swear I read that pirate one in college (not for college though). At first the woman is reluctant, but he’s just so good at raping and beating her she falls in love with him. It was a really long romance novel, too. I read a lot of historical romances in high school and college, but that one sticks out…

The first time a book made me horny was a really great Austalian YA novel series called Tomorrow, When the War Began. In the second or third book the main character has consensual sex with her boyfriend who used a condom without being asked in a haystack while evading the unnamed military force that invaded Australia.…

He does have the standard rich, white, douchebag “look” but he is from Canada where “nice guys” have a pretty good chance of actually being nice guys. If he were American I would totally agree with your assessment.

But you’d be just fine taking the order sheet and selling cookie orders at the soccer game?

Yeah, even though boxes are up to $5 here, I’m still happy to get $5 or $10 cashback to help a good cause and get good cookies. Between the Boy Scouts outrageous prices and the organization’s less-than-ideal policies, I just can’t do it for them. If I have a dollar or two on hand, I might make a small donation to the…

They don’t expect to win, they just want to delay the abortions for long enough that it would no longer be legal.

In this type of situation, I also think it’s just fine lie to the kids (depending on age/maturity) and say its anything else, like an alien tree. Call it abstract art and explain what abstract art is instead. Ask them what it looks like to them, and then agree with their interpretation.

Yeah, his horse doesn’t look particularly difficult to me either. She looks like a great horse pissed off at the rider’s seat and hands. If she wasn’t a great horse she would have dumped him for that riding.