If following directions is a prerequisite to flying, then half the adult population just lost the privilege of air travel. You know what’s annoying? Listening to flight attendants have to tell a bunch of grown ass adults to buckle their seatbelts and put their laptops away, over and over and over again. I save all of…

So, you handle flying about as well as a baby? Should you follow the advice you just gave?

you have child free flights. it is called private flight. 

4 months is the perfect time to fly with a kid. They aren’t mobile. They sleep when milk drunk and on a familiar person but also respond positively to external stimuli like stuffed animals and funny faces.

You’re right; your headphones aren’t good enough.

I’d wager that most flights that adults take aren’t really necessary either.

So many comments I agree with. My kid was a relative angel on the flights I’ve been with him, but it is so stressful because you have to be prepared for everything and the adults around you give you looks of displeasure all the time. Yeah...I get it...you don’t want to sit by me.

Right? When I am stuck on a flight and some baby is crying nearby (or even if one is just there) and some parent does the whole “I’m sorry” I make a point to actually just say “I don’t care. It’s a baby. We will all live. Have a nice flight.”

Because you live in the fucking world and not everything caters to your comfort. Suck it up, buttercup.

When you’ve reached adulthood, come back and ask again. 

I got a “you’re not doing it right” vibe. Like, why are your safety measures pleasant to look at and not somber and serious? Ummmm, because we’re trying not to actively remind our students of this existential threat?

This article is offensive for a variety of reasons.

I am curious to know: what else are they supposed to do?

Because in all the other scenarios, I have the luxury of just reacting. It’s just me I have to worry about—what I do or don’t do won’t be judged harshly or picked apart. As a teacher, I didn’t have that luxury—I was expected to care for 30+ students at any given moment and put their well-being above my own. My choices…

You mean he's not some GLORY BOY kicker.

Kluwe’s not some glory boy kicker. 

I assumed this entire blog was merely a big Kluwe signal.

I’d bring you out of the grey if I could since I thought the same thing.

Tom, you should have just emailed Chris Kluwe directly.

Reading this reminded me why I left public for private. I stayed when pay got frozen for seven years. I stayed when class sizes got larger yet funding remained about the same. I bought materials out of pocket because I knew if I didn’t, my students would be put at a disadvantage come standardized testing time. Hell, I…