Yeah, I don’t know if you are purposely misunderstanding what I’m saying or you just don’t get it, but either way I’m not sure anything will be solved by continuing this discussion. I have no problem with teaching children about hatred and empathy and understanding other perspectives...I have a problem with the way…

Understanding the complexity of human feeling is a GOOD thing. The idea that understanding it means you’ll become it, is nonsense.

True.

You’re assuming he couldn’t complete the assignment because he didn’t have the answer or couldn’t think critically enough to come up with one...when I read that I assumed he couldn’t complete it because it brought up emotions that 5th graders are not necessarily equipped to deal with.

Not even homework though. Extra credit. They’re complaining about something that they don’t even have to do.

Fair, enough. I apologize. And if it makes you feel better...I did actually chuckle when I read your comment.

It’s not 3LW though, is it? It’s the songwriters. (Or did I miss something?) Who knows what they’ve been up to.

I have no idea. This is actually bothering me so much that I looked up the pictures and he is in Florida and looks like maybe he’s getting on a yacht or something, but I don’t see sand.

Haha. So did I.

Off Topic: Is Kevin Hart super dusty in that pic or do I need to get my work monitors cleaned?

This! I will never understand why Democrats let Republicans get away with using scare tactics that are literally boldface lies, but will not go in hard about things that are the truth with Republicans. They do not care about poor people. They do not care about the working class or the middle class (what little there…

But we know the poisonous things they are taught and, honestly, by 5th grade most kids do too. You could just as easily list all the things they are taught and then easily easily segue into a discussion of why those things are bullshit...there is no reason to ask children to try to think like a member of the Klan to…

Listen, 30 is definitely IT. The end.

I wish I would have had a teacher use masking tape to tie my wrist together in eight grade...would not have turned out well for them.

Caroline, the poor girl, is literally the definition of wypipo and doesn’t even know it.

But here’s the thing...have you read the full text (it’s posted higher up)? Her dad and brother are crazy because they believe Black Lives Matter and post about it and call white people out on their shit. So they’re the crazy ones.

I can’t with all of this:

A decade of work with people who knew what they were talking about telling her that she really wasn’t good enough to do what she was trying to do...not that she was too white to do it, but that she didn’t have the talent and needed to shift focus a little. And still she made it on the charts and still she got paid.

Same. Very few people in my class from grade school up through middles school - I don’t remember having to say the pledge in high school - actually stood up.

Can we also talk about the fact that a lot of people were more interested in the chorus of that one song than the actual verses? Like, sure, there are definitely specific parts of her verses that I sing and get a little hype on, but what I’m mostly singing along with is... “I’m so fancy / you already know....”