@NancyH_60 We would have to remove a bunch of kids from school to make this work in the US.
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Gingerine
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Do you think this should be in American schools? Would you like to see it?
In the quiet hum of a Tokyo morning, small feet shuffle across polished wooden floors. No bells ring for tests. No anxious pencils scratch answer sheets. In Japan—one of the world’s most advanced nations—children under a certain age are spared exams entirely.
The belief is simple yet profound: some lessons matter more than academics at first.
Respect comes before arithmetic. Children bow to teachers, greet elders, and learn that kindness isn’t conditional on status or wealth. Everyone—from crossing guard to CEO—deserves the same quiet dignity.
Independence grows alongside cooperation. There are no janitors in these schools. Children sweep classrooms, wipe desks, scrub hallways, and tend the grounds. They divide tasks without complaint, understanding a shared space belongs to everyone who uses it.
Outside, the world receives the same care. They’re taught to notice cherry blossoms, pick up litter without being asked, and leave nature better than they found it.
Grades are never the goal. Knowledge is the quiet reward—learning for curiosity, not rankings. Politeness, order, and punctuality run through every day: arrive on time, speak softly, listen fully.
Because of this slow, deliberate start, Japanese children often grow into some of the most disciplined, self-reliant, and considerate young people on Earth.
So pause for a moment.
Would you want childhood built this way?
Where character is shaped before competition begins?
If it resonates, say it out loud. Drop a comment. And maybe—just maybe—carry a little of that quiet wisdom into your own day.
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@educator4ever36 I don't think schools are really good at anything now, they are doing too much
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We need to declare schools safe zones from mental health services. Sure, let counselors identify and refer, but no need for screening (can be done at Dr office or by parent referral) treatment or universal mental health activities.
Carolyn D. Gorman@CarolynGorman_
Over $130 billion in federal and state funds had gone to school-based mental health in the past decade or so alone. Youth mental health outcomes have not improved. It’s time for a new approach, I write in @realDailyWire
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My mother once "threatened" to make my brother (6) and I (4) sleep outside of we didn't get our room cleaned up. So we decided that we should probably spend the rest of the day preparing to sleep outside because that would be WAY easier than cleaning our room. Our bright idea was to dig holes for us to sleep in so we could cover ourselves in leaves and sticks to act as blankets. So instead of my mom finding her sons cleaning their room, she found them digging their own graves in the back yard.
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@RealDixonUranus I always found it odd when Christians like talking about A) how promiscuous they were before finding God and B) their oh so pure 'no kiss before marriage' announcements that are supposed to mean something but really doesn't. Sex talk hiding behind "testimony" is weird.
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CA sends everyone in the state a ballot. They also have collection boxes, which will have no postmark. I'm not saying it an invitation to cheat but the opportunity is there and that should be avoided. If the ballots get "lost" and are "found" a week later then too bad so sad, they don't count.
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🚨 BREAKING: SCOTUS poised to prohibit California & 13 other states from counting ballots received after election day.
This would be MAJOR for election integrity in California, where currently mail ballots received up to 7 days after Election Day can be counted.
The Associated Press@AP
BREAKING: The Supreme Court seems skeptical of laws in 14 states that allow counting of mail ballots that arrive after Election Day. apnews.com/live/supreme-c…
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@ThePosieParker I stopped watching because consuming serial killer stuff as "entertainment" wasn't doing me any good.
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I stopped watching previously good programs on crime and policing when they started having female serial killers and far right terrorists.
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Back when I was working FT I got my hair cut on the weekends and usually started or ended work early for weekday only appts I couldn't miss. Other times I'd call in sick and tried to make a point of using all my sick days each year because why wouldn't I? IDK if places still have separate sick days anymore but it only made sense.
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@TheRabbitHole People didn't used to want to talk about politics all the time, especially at work or in social settings where they enjoyed talking about other things. IDK what happened but maybe people simply ran out of other things to talk about.
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Navigating the Discourse is better then Avoiding the Discourse
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@foundring1 You might be able to sue whoever fired you too if it actually WAS from one complaint by a woman from Michigan.
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There's a woman in Michigan who has been stalking and harassing me for over 5 years. She has been threatening my employers, getting me fired, and now she is harassing my family members too.
I have her phone number now.
5 years ago in 2021 she contacted the church where I worked and told them she would go to the authorities and news agencies because they were employing someone who was writing "anti-vax" songs criticizing covid lockdowns and mandates.
The church brought me into a struggle session and demanded I take down the videos. I declined and they fired me one week later for being unvaccinated.
After 3 years of lockdowns I got a new job working at UC Santa Cruz...then I was abruptly let go because she contacted them and complained about my songs, again.
Then I got a new job as musical director for a local theater company. After doing an incredible job for a year, she contacted them AGAIN and the board fired me. They admitted that my work had been exceptional, but they caved because of the single complaint. They also admitted the person complaining was from Michigan.
A few months ago she contacted a new theater I've been working at recently. They reached out to me and admitted the complainer was from out of state, and that everyone locally loved my work. I haven't been rehired since.
This week this woman has been spamming my family members with messages complaining about me and telling them to cut ties with me. She also told them she is pro-actively contacting all local venues in my area to tell them not to hire me.
So. This has GOT to be illegal right? I should contact a lawyer right? I need a restraining order or something because this is actually insane.
Foundring 🇺🇸@foundring1
Someone with a Michigan area code is harassing my family members about my videos and contacting all of my employers to get me fired and blacklisted. Imagine being that obsessed and psychotic.
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@ChristineI220 @masek_jackie @foundring1 I think she ought to be identified. Maybe after he hires a lawyer and gets verification that it was just this one person from Michigan
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@masek_jackie @foundring1 WHO is going to sue him for defamation? WHO?
You can’t answer with a name because that person was never identified.
Duh.
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@CoreyWriting I think the days of identity politics is coming to an end. It doesn't work, people really aren't that simple.
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Why are we pretending black people are a political monoculture? MANY black people do not like illegal immigrants. My own family members voted for Trump solely to deport immigrants and build the border wall.
NYC MOTHER.@francemothers
It breaks my heart seeing BLACK WOMEN and BLACK MEN as ICE agents.
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In 2020, I argued every state must count mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day.
Today, the RNC argued no state can.
That is how far the right has descended into voter suppression. And it is why I continue to fight.
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I worked in this district for nine years. Thoughts on this ruling? Just know before this book was read, she had previously been warned about using what Georgia calls “divisive content”.
Everything Georgia@GAFollowers
A fifth-grade teacher in Cobb County was fired for reading the children’s book My Shadow Is Purple, which explores gender identity, to her class. She appealed, but the court upheld her firing, so she will not return to the school.
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@HilllbillyHugs @drowsyfire @WomensRightsNet @PureGym Don't have to try again, nature is pretty clear
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@drowsyfire @WomensRightsNet @PureGym Except when its any of tbe dozen other combinations lol
And we dont use genotypic sex to assign sex at birth we use phenotypic sex.
So try again.
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Top marks to @PureGym for a very clear, concise, changing rooms policy.
“We provide a range of changing facilities for our users. We provide in all gyms:
1. a. separate-sex communal changing rooms (based on biological sex); and b. an individual use, accessible, gender-neutral changing room.
2. The separate-sex communal changing rooms are designated for use by individuals according to their biological sex.”
And that’s it. Something for everyone. Well done Pure Gym for not making it any more complicated than it needed to be.
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@HilllbillyHugs @WomensRightsNet @PureGym There is, some people just like to pretend it's been updated to be more "inclusive" but it hasn't. Gender isn't Sex and Sex isn't Gender
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@WomensRightsNet @PureGym Problem is theirs not a single definition of biological sex.
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super funny that microsoft had a strong brand like 'office' and some mbas decided that 'microsoft 365' and 'copilot' should replace it
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@sometherapist Do you have to pay for it? Why not just go volunteer with the Mennonites?
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There's a college in rural southern California where students can go through a two year digital detox, work on a ranch doing lots of physical labor, study in small groups with peers, deepen their attention spans, and earn a transfer degree for free.
thetimes.com/us/news-today/…
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@runaway_vol It hurts some people but is a very necessary part of life
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why is gentrification considered “bad”, it makes areas much nicer with better shops and friendlier people
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Nearly 50% of ppl do NOT have internal monologue. Once I found this out, everything made more sense. Ppl aren’t even THINKING
That Rabbit Guy@Son_ImSleep
A lot of people need direction, I’d say majority, free thinking isn’t a majority trait, most people you come across will always need to be told what to do
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