And/or over at my alma mater

Suavamenteeeeee basameeeee

The absolute best way to practice a language is by speaking it while drunk. The second best way is via music. 

I’m a middle class soccer mom and this is me. I work at home, have a garage, can’t stand wearing to many layers. 

Yeah it was nice when my high schoolers started taking themselves to the dentist. Unfortunately it was after my daughter had already finished all her orthodonture. 

Yeah, hi, my husband used to coach soccer, and after the first four or five kids asked to text with his phone, and he found himself having multiple conversations such as “I will be there 5 minutes I have to stop for gas” from who- knows -which parent, he let them know that it would be best if they had their own phone i…

This! all these parents like “I’m not giving my kid a phone”... I’m like what the heck do your kids do after school then? my kids have a shit ton of activities and that was starting 5th or 6th grade. AndAnd yeah if they don’t have an activity they have free tutoring in the library they walk with their friends to the…

After school activities start in 5th grade (in my kids district that is not middle school but “intermediate”) The office is closed. The track coach can’t let 35 kids use his phone. Track gets out at 330. Or530. Or 245. Depending on what event you do (shotput, field events most weds, thurs, short distances are fridays,…

This. All these people talking about making their kids pay for a phone themselves. I’m not into making MY life less convenient. My kids have had dicey afterschool commitments that end at weird, non-consistent times since 6th grade. Both have an iPhone that we bought and pay data on. Never made the older one get a job…

Ok

I understand this. I get you. Sucking the marrow out of life.

“Anecdata”/datapoint of one- we considered redshirting our late-born son, but he wouldn’t have it because his sister was already in that school and damn it if it wasn’t his turn. He’s now a sophomore in HS and has been consistently ranked number one in his class.

Aftercare is the number one reason I quit working and started my own business in order for my children to be able to come home after school. My personal experience was aftercare when I was young combined with what I saw at my child’s school leads me to believe that is just too much for younger kids. They’re mixed with…

I adored these little details ... The place ... The time ... The entire movie was just LUSH 

Thanks for the nightmares, Albo. I will never sleep again. 

It’s just. . . It’s just exhausting. I WANT to agree with you and be that kind of person, but ... I mean... Cmon...

Mind blowing. And we're supposed to approach the opinions of people who speak this with respect or else we're intolerant? It's just mind-blowing. 

She sounds like a peach. I'm sorry. 

Hope my 18yo daughter runs into snatches like this on her campus and makes them very, very uncomfortable. Sorry, ladies, people don’t like stupid.

That China system is covered a lot in podcasts, NPR, etc. Fascinating. It's like the Black Mirror episode with the red head.