At a lot of schools, you don’t need to declare a major. You can still get a degree as soon as you hit a magic number of credits (~120 or so), no matter what they’re in, as long as you’ve satisfied the school’s core requirements. It’s typically called a degree in general studies, and it’s getting more popular, but I…

Well, if it makes you feel better, she didn’t say ALL, nor is it implied. Even if only 1% of small businesses are affected (it’ll be higher, surely), then her statement is perfectly correct.

It depends on the job, but often you don’t have to. If you’re a salaried bank teller, for instance, you might have to actually clock in and out and show you were there for 40 hours, making up shifts as needed. If it’s a creative job, it’s more likely that you just need to get the work done, and no one pays attention…

Oh, I’m sure I’ll continue to harm our gender with my proximity to college students that use the word “girl”. Thanks.

I never argued that it was a correct usage, only that it’s used without intentional sexist implications.

I’ve said a number of times that I agree with you - that women should be called “women.” There’s really no need to be insulting and imply I haven’t thought about this. I’ve also said repeatedly that I’m just reporting on observations of my students.

It isn’t a cop out, it’s the truth. Words do change meaning and become more broadly applied. I’ve heard people address a group of women as “ladies,” when that term had a very specific meaning years ago that has been lost. I’m not trying to defend anything, either, just pointing out that my students, a generation…

I just don’t see the sexism in the first place, though. What is the age limit? I’d certainly use “girl” when talking about my 5 year old niece, but I say it talking about my 18 year old students, too. I’m not comparing them to a 5 year old, it truly is just a catch all term like “guys”. I call male students “boys,”…

It’s evidence that the current intent of the word is not sexist, even if its origins are. There’s a distinction, and one that would keep me from criticizing people who say it, because frankly it’s everyone I know.

I just don’t really get that vibe from it. When my mother used to say she was “going out with the girls” I never took it as infantilizing.

The first amendment does not mean that you can say anything you want, whenever you want. I doubt many people would be charged for swearing, but it would not be a first amendment issue.

This has become my weight loss strategy. Go grocery shopping once a week when I’m well fed, and don’t buy any junk. No matter how much I want a chip or frozen coconut greek yogurt bar (soooo good), I will never have the energy to get it unless it’s already in the house. It’s working pretty well.

About the Burlington College issue: I was following their story at the time, and I can’t say I fault her alone for that. It was a tiny school - about 200 students in its prime - with very little room in their budget. They were essentially operating out of a warehouse when she took over, and she “blew” about $10…

The UPS guy here does this with admirable creativity. Every package I’ve ordered has been hidden in a new place. At first I found it irritating, but now it’s turned every Amazon Prime order into a hide-and-seek game that I’m starting to enjoy. He’s really good at it.

I don’t have either of those, but I do have an electric Black & Decker that I’ve been using for two years. My yard about 1/4 acre, and I do need two batteries to get through it (I’ll mow at least once a week in the spring, so I don’t drain the battery getting through tall grass). I went with the B&D because I already…

I don’t have either of those, but I do have an electric Black & Decker that I’ve been using for two years. My yard…

My comment was in response to the suggestion that she was raped, and that the boys knew that she was in a fragile state. I don’t believe she could truly give consent. I also don’t believe the boys should be expected to know that. And I definitely don’t believe my opinion has anything to do with what actually happened.

Well, I was a bit confused by all of this, for one:

The very first scene in both the show and the books involved frozen zombies arranging human and horse parts into a spiral. The fantasy aspect was always there, and the Children of the Forest were as well.

I didn’t call anything rape, I don’t believe she was raped, and I have no idea what you’re yelling about here. If you read that entire sentence, you’ll see that I was responding to someone else implying it was rape.

You corrected my out-of-context statement referring to “a boy having sex with her” by saying there were 25.