Whitney Blankenship, Ph.D

God forbid we listen to teachers🙄

Not enough people are talking about this:

Today, the Senate has one last chance to extend the ACA tax credits before they expire.

I’ll be voting to prevent health insurance premiums from more than doubling for millions of Americans. Every Republican senator should do the same.

Farmers are celebrating the bailout as “Christmas coming early.” Meanwhile, many of the same voices insisted students didn’t deserve loan relief because they should “pull themselves up by their bootstraps.”

Republicans have a choice today:

They can vote to extend health care for millions of Americans.

Or they can choose to raise health care costs on millions of Americans.

It’s really that simple.

Probably.

Way back in 2022 a small group of students at the HS where I taught started a TPUSA group. Same group of kids that refused to wear masks during COVID. TP wasn’t as well known then, but the s were def looking to cause trouble, and not the good kind!

I say this to my students and parents all the time. Want to be a better reader? Read. A better writer? Read. More empathetic? Read. Deeper thinker? Read.

I REMEMBER.

In 1981, nearly 100% of people with AIDS died, often rapidly.
I remember weeping.
I remember Ronald Reagan's refusal to say "AIDS".
I remember the brave patients, loving caregivers, and the defiant power of ACT-UP.
And finally the miracle of modern therapy.

Rise up for World AIDS day.

My CC had an AI certification on the books within months of the initial hoopla over AI. Meanwhile ignoring the very real problems it was creating for professors in the classroom. It boggles the mind.

Adding this to my list of things to integrate into spring semester.

I still have many who aren’t engaging, but the numbers are down from last year. My F2F classes have been engaged since day one. It has been a good semester overall. Hope the trend continues into the spring semester.

Preach!

I used to draft with a pencil and a big chief tablet. This about the time when PCs were just gaining a foothold. I’ve since become better at drafting on the computer,but sometimes I miss the experience of writing on paper first.

My nephew has one more year to go on his CG hitch. I am glad he will not be re-upping.

Exactly. I just had a pacemaker implanted. With insurance I paid $1500 out if pocket. The actual bill was $346,000 for an outpatient procedure (I can’t imagine how much it would be if a hospital stay was needed).

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

No it’s not Vidor but it is East Tx albeit on the edge. I grew up on Livingston, smack dab in the middle of East Tx and CS was East Tx.

It’s not trans women who are the problem. Full stop.

All of this.

A real president does this.

Thank you to every veteran who’s worn the uniform and carried the weight for the rest of us — just respect 🇺🇸

😍Always looking for new material to help globalize US history. And just in time for spring semester planning!

That’s a lot of ground to cover in an hour! Glad it went well.

Good luck! Academic job searches are brutal.

Saw it yesterday but didn’t have time to read. I was afraid that it would be a hit piece just from the title.

#solidarity

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For me it was 43. 40 didn’t bother me, but 43 was just weird. My best guess was it related to my BIL sudden death at 43. This year I’ll be 60 and it feels a lot like 43.

Now I have to go buy books. The to be read stack is getting out of hand!

No they don’t! I think it speaks to the mindset of colonial New England at the time and the power of his words to conjure vivid pictures without theatrics. It’s always fascinated me.

Fun fact: Despite his fiery wording, Edward’s was described as always preaching in a monotone while staring at the bell rope at the back of the church. And yet his words still moved people to cry out and faint during his sermons.