Carl

1. Jr year of college my advisor told me I needed to declare, i was closest to a math degree
2. Throughout college I led cultural immersion community service programs for HS students
After a year of AmeriCorps I decided 1+2=try teaching.
Got a job offer in the Caribbean.
20 years later.

A member of the House of Representatives
* In session for 150-170days/yr
* $174k salary
* Federal heath care
* An Members' Representational Allowance averaging ~$2M for staff, travel & office expenses
* Pension eligible after 5yrs

And they say teachers are overpaid, don't work & don't need support

For sure there are gears moving behind the scenes.

Also, gotta give her credit, resigning come Jan 5 means she hits the 5 year minimum to receive the pension of a congressperson starting when she's 62...

We chose the wrong public service...

Buyout

One of my favorite bands is Greensky Bluegrass... it's been over a year and Bluesky still throws me off.

Silver lining.

I used to be fairly athletic & it was impossible to buy clothes...
Shirts that fit my shoulders were swimming around the waist.
Pants that fit butt/ thighs were way too loose around the waist.
As I've aged and "rounded out" more clothes actually off the rack fit.

Mixed blessings.

Post from X "The US Department of Education will reclassify and no longer consider the following professional degrees: Education (incl teaching) Nursing Social work Physician assistant Occupational therapy Physical therapy Audiology Speech pathology Engineering Counseling & therapy"

WTF are we doing?

Teachers can't do their job without the support of these professionals.

(This is regarding loan repayment, by not classifying these, they wouldn't qualify for loan repayment after X yrs of service)

www.newsweek.com/nursing-not-...

"I wrote my friend a letter using a highlighting pen. But he could not read it; he thought I was trying to show him certain parts of a piece of paper."
-mitch hedberg

That's usually my initial response... what kind of cost/ data grab BS is this?
If it was for me i would just ignore it and go on with my life.
But it's for the kid... i feel like I gotta do a bit more diligence before dismissing it.

Reposting for the evening crew. Any insight?

Looks like it's organized by Envision, which is a for-profit organization, which, at least, on the surface looks to have a decent mission.

YouTube video by random804 Axis of Awesome - 4 Four Chord Song (with song titles)

No idea... but made be think of Axis of Awesome

www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pid...

Wait... I'm confused.
Two months ago you claimed it was the rhetoric of the radical left that is directly responsible for terrorism... and now this??

Do any middle school teachers have any information about the Junior National Young Leaders Conference (JrNYLC)?

My 10yo just got an invitation... and while it sounds neat, the pessimist in me can't help but thing it's some kind want-to-do-good-for-your-kid money grab...

Food for thought... pun intended.

Random cooking news - picked up a griddle insert off Marketplace. Never had a griddle or felt like I needed one, but for the price, figured it a decent addition

My first dinner cooked entirely in the outdoor kitchen. Fried rice, ginger garlic chix, steamed broc

My spatula skills need some work.

(I drafted a much more firm, "i don't really care about the details, you're the teacher, figure it out" wife came in and softened it all up... )

I also think P show "care" in different ways.
My 10yo butted heads with his T (cause he can be stubborn ass like... me)
Teacher raised his voice at my kid, which didn't go over well. Then wrote a email to us about it.
We were like "this is our kid. Figure out how to have a relationship with him"

I have a math degree from a Big10 school

At the time there were 11 schools in the conference, which felt wrong, but I could justify it as "off by one," a fairly common math-y error

There are now 18 schools in the Big10

Hate to say it, but pretty much sums up the state of our academic institutions

Today a buddy & I broke down a 17+lb ribeye roast
We cut & vacuum sealed 16 steaks, ~1lb stir fry & rendered fat into tallow.

We then did a "meat draft" where we alternated selecting which pieces we wanted.
I dominated.
Also decided we're doing a meat white elephant exchange. Suckling pig anyone?

I have never owned a traditional coffee machine... I went from french press (all we had), to pour over to an espresso machine.

If we ever have a gathering, I'm pulling shots for 30min...

If you're still looking, I have a guy...

(Also, wtf?)

I've tried getting him into that multiple times. He finally agreed to the graphic novel of the first book, and enjoyed it, but not enough to get book 2

Any book recommendations for my avid 10yo reader?

He enjoyed Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, Method for Magic and Misfortune, Dairy of a Wimpy Kid, Series of unfortunate events...

Formerly, Wings of Fire, Geronimo Stilton...

The old shift both numbers down by three strategy

(yes, I know traditionally the red comes from fermented bean curd. While i have a pretty good collection of Asian sauces, i was too lazy to trek out to get the one ingredient i didn't have...)

My first go at char siu...
i didn't add the token red food coloring, but it tasted pretty damn good (served with rice and some wok garlic bok choy and carrots.

I just showed this headline to my 10yo

"Yeah, of course, bc kids just click the button to say they're over 13”

The amount I'm requesting for the grant to fund this study just doubled...

Wait.. did people think that age verification actually worked?
They had to do a study?

In unrelated news a longitudinal study* reveals that even when they say "yes" kids often haven't "washed their hands/ brushed their teeth/ flossed/ put away [X]..."

*Sample study of 1 son

"I'll take what does this standard actually mean?

Reminds me of how I want wedding invitations to have little pictures as an example of expected dress attire, bc how does "backyard formal" translate into clothing?