bullseye guy 🎯

@sheilatebra Had a girl come to me as an adult and say, “I was going to k*ll myself after school one day—had the gun picked out and everything—but you stopped me and asked if I needed lunch money. I hadn’t thought about it, but I took it. Then, I just couldn’t get myself to do it that night.”

Anonymous I’m a school nurse. We have a rule. Kids without lunch money get a cold cheese sandwich. Nothing else. It’s policy. This boy came in one Wednesday. Sixth grader. Stomach pain he said. I’ve been doing this twenty years. I know real stomach pain and I know hunger. “When did you last eat?” He looked at the floor. “Yesterday lunch.” Sent him to the cafeteria with a note. Told them to give him a full hot meal. Pasta. Salad. Milk. The works. Cafeteria lady looked at my note. Looked at me. Gave him the tray without a word. He ate like he hadn’t seen food in days. Probably hadn’t. Came back to my office after. “Am I in trouble?” “For what?” “For eating.” “That’s what food is for.” Started keeping granola bars, peanut butter crackers, juice boxes in my bottom drawer. For kids who come in with headaches that are really hunger. Stomachaches that are really empty. I’m not supposed to. Technically against policy. Don’t care. Told my principal once. She looked at me for a long moment..... Opened her desk drawer. Showed me her stash. Crackers. Fruit snacks. Applesauce. “What drawer?” she said. We never spoke of it again. That sixth grader is in high school now. Came to find me last spring. “I just wanted you to know I’m okay. And that I remembered. I always will.” He volunteers at a food bank on weekends. Has since he was thirteen. Best granola bars I ever bought.

@IHeartYou5970 @SixWifty @TaraBull @grok No one makes interest income on a savings account. You generally assume 4% interest income on investments, although rates have been down for a minute. Half of his money would’ve gone to agents, managers, taxes, expenses, etc, but he’d have to be a total moron to be broke.

@SixWifty @TaraBull @grok Isn't a regular savings account typically under .5% APY?

NFL reciever Odell Beckham Jr. has reportedly filed for bankruptcy. As part of the process, the bank repossessed his final two cars and left him with a 2009 Honda Accord.

@ForgeWithJeremy @themoviedadsc Well, you would think about it now because Financial Literacy has been a requirement in the majority of states for over a decade, yet somehow, people still don’t know that.

@themoviedadsc ELITE TAKE. I don’t even remember even thinking about personal finance in high school.

One of my "hotter" takes on this subject is every high school could implement this tomorrow, and it wouldn't make a big difference. 99% of 14-18 year olds don't care about money. They care about dating, friends, making varsity, and getting As & Bs so mom/dad don't yell at them.

@Dividend_Dollar How do people still say this after Financial Literacy has been a requirement in most states for over a decade?

Why a basic Personal Finance and Investing class is not taught in High School is beyond me

@CoachHPrice This was actually the last straw for one of the middle school teachers in our district. Kid you not. He was a good friend of mine, but he was young and stumbled out of the gate, couldn’t act maturely, pissed off the wrong people, same old story. He’s a teacher somewhere else now.

Teachers, this is important. Regardless of what your administration says, put the March Madness games on today. They are core memories for kids. I can still remember exactly where I sat for certain games. If you get in trouble it’s ok. They won’t fire you 😂

@WolfofX If a man did something like this to a woman, we’d all hear about how he’s gaslighting and manipulating him.

@teachthemx3 @teacherinRI It’s important to point out that it is a flawed question. If any teacher or student believes that school is to teach how to do every single thing rather than to think critically and solve problems, they are completely missing the point.

@teacherinRI Mostly. I think there's some validity in the question. They are expressing concern that at least some parts of the education system are irrelevant in the current age of AI/tech.

"When am I ever going to use this?" is the most honest feedback a student can give you. And we dismiss it every time.

@0Beanie05923291 Because we did away with sucking it up. Not everyone has mental health issues they can just deal with or push through, but a lot of the ones who can realize that they can.

Our society’s obsession with mental health hasn’t improved mental health in our society. I think there’s something to that.

@MLFootball @StankBastard @DJBucsFan @AllAboutBucs @SaltyBuc91 @REFLOG18 @brownsfanuk @NickPedone12 That’s easy to say when you leave out that they got superstar and all-around good dude, Deshaun Watson.

The #Browns' biggest mistake in the last 25 years was trading away Baker Mayfield. • Led Cleveland to their 1st playoff win since 1994 • Broke the NFL rookie TD record • Ended the team's 635-day winless streak Baker has turned into an elite franchise quarterback in Tampa.

@DipshikhaGhosh @AjaTheEmpress Imagine you’re a scientists who develops a nanobot that can help sperm with mobility, and someone gets pissed because you didn’t come up with a cure for endometriosis.

No cure for endometriosis. No proper management for menopause. No adequate symptomatic relief for menstrual discomfort. But let’s get handicapped sperm a wheelchair to make not so healthy babies because it would make men feel strong.

@reddit_lies I am not allowed to comment in that sub because I “have previously shown activity in r/JordanPetersonMemes, which members find offensive.” They don’t me that I had to go back and delete all my comments to be allowed to participate in that sub.

"Ohh epic fail" The words you hear before you get muted by the moderators of r/pics

@Li33aaa So glad that there continued to be no shortage of shit to be a victim over.

We do not talk enough about how many women stop enjoying their birthdays while they’re married. Not because they “don’t care about getting older,” but because the day becomes one more emotional obstacle course to manage. She is not waking up wondering what cake she wants or how she wants to feel; she is scanning the room, reading his mood, lowering her expectations before breakfast. By the time the candles come out, she has already spent the day protecting herself from disappointment

@miles_commodore Financial Literacy is a requirement in most states. They understand it about as well as 16th Century English Lit.

Every public high school in America should be teaching how credit cards work, how to get a mortgage, and what mutual funds are and how they function. 16th century English literature is great, but how about equipping our children with what they need in the REAL world.

@TheFigen_ And they are the fastest ants I’ve ever seen.

They are ants solving a geometric problem and it is mind-blowingly colorful.

@steph_schieble @asanwal I know that, but if the entire State shared a calendar, it would be better. There could be more camps and festivals and coordinated crap when if all the schools shared one calendar.

@Classic_Engine @asanwal School districts DO publish their calendars well in advance. We already have our 2026-2027 calendar out

Why do schools have so many random days off, half-days, late starts, etc? These always seemed like a tax on families * Parents scramble for child care * Parents change around work schedules * Kids sit at home mostly bored on these days We've thought about this at Forge Prep We have our breaks + Federal holidays off That's it. We thought designing a thoughtful education model requires also requires analyzing the daily and annual schedule to ensure it makes sense This is one of those other 'paper walls' of education, i.e. a thing that when you ask why it's done that way, nobody really knows. Education has many of these paper walls where the only justification is "it's always been done that way"

@HelpfulTeacher_ That’s because we’re allowed to separate them by ability level in gymnastics, swimming, and music. In school, we jam every kid in one room because they’re the same age, geniuses and morons all learning that same shit whether they already know it or will take months to grasp it.

Teaching is a simple job, overcomplicated by simple people When a kid goes to a gymnastics class 🤸‍♂️, or a swimming lesson 🏊‍♂️, learns an instrument 🎷, the teacher demonstrates and the class follows Very little differentiation, or micromanagement What does that tell you?

@ABmrJutt I think maybe you’re a misandrist. Every one of your posts is hating on men. We’re not all that bad, ya know.

"Male privilege isn't real because men get sent to war". Sent to war by other men. Specifically, by rich men. That's an example of classism. In order for it to be misandry, it would have to be women sending men to war. Your anger should be aimed at capitalists, not feminists. Hope that helps.

@noimnotabot9 @sappholives83 I’m not so sure. I think it probably would work. Disrupting an attackers plan seems like a viable approach. Also, who’s to say that a guy who says hello to a pretty girl on the street is an attacker? Maybe she’s chasing off suiters. But yes, probably staged.

@sappholives83 It's quite funny, but this is an absolutely terrible idea. This is obviously staged but the people likely to follow women like this in western countries are not going to be phased by some silly cackling.

This is actually a really good idea.

@erinsongbird @miles_commodore No, it’s not. It would be sad if I didn’t talk to her or see her, or if I called her out of obligation and rolled my eyes and sighed because I was annoyed that she was repeating herself. The fact that I have a real, genuine, honest relationship with my mom is beautiful, not sad.

@Classic_Engine @miles_commodore Your response is profoundly sad. 😞

When a family member over 85 years old is telling you a story for the 28th time, should you say something or play along?