Previous comments are highlighting an important issue and concern in STEM K-12 education: science fairs are increasingly a measure of resources and expertise available for the student's use, not of their own individual ideas and ability. There is nothing insulting and/or diminishing about pointing out this smart young…

Not to mention that people will interpret videos such as these as teachers having it too easy, are overpaid, and that they sit behind their fancy unions and do nothing only to get two months holidays. A cursory glance through the comments tells me that the majority are far more interested in seeking revenge for their…

Hello, teacher here. I'm not at all making excuses for this teacher—BUT the unfortunate realities of our f*cked up school system right now make it really, really hard to be an effective, creative, engaging teacher, AND teachers get all the blame when things go wrong. I wouldn't be surprised if this teacher started out…

Some people have said that the teacher is dismissive and won't hear him out. There is a reason for this. When a student has become so disruptive that he needs to be removed, he is removed so that other students may continue to learn. Good classroom management says that you do not engage with angry student because it…

yeah, I work for one of those 50 or less employees companies so FMLA doesn't apply to them. I got maternity leave, 12 weeks because they are nice, but no money at all. All unpaid. I'm way luckier than most sadly. Like the above said, really research this stuff before moving here, it puts such a dent into your salary…

About 1 in 3 pregnancies in the US ends in major abdominal surgery. At some hospitals in the country, c-section rates are approaching 50%. Vaginal delivery ain't no picnic either (though recovery from my first took much longer than the second).

Unfortunately, FMLA only applies to businesses with more than 50 employees, so lots of women have to choose between their job and any maternity leave at all. It's pretty pathetic that the US can't get it together on this issue.

I, too, am a big proponent of paternity leave for feminist reasons. The big picture reason it's really important is this: women of a certain age range are always considered to pose the danger of an inconvenient and expensive maternity leave, and are therefore less likely to get the job, or the promotion. Men, however,…