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@thetexasbaron I am distant a distant cousin to each of those men. So hello cousin

If you are related to Lee, Washington, and the Custis and Ball families, you are related to me, and Shelby Foote! Interestingly enough, Shelby was related to Lee. Unsure if he knew of that.

@QueenDarbyy @MichelleMaxwell Yes. It was by design .Also, with women working in the 70s…it was a second tax payer.

Imho, it was by design. The first birth control pill came on the scene in 1960. By the 70's, it was being handed out like candy. The 70's saw the feminist movement bring the biggest decline. Women competing with men, seeking equality in all things. LGBTQ followed in the 90's. Since then, SM has facilitated the talking points. It would appear there is a goal to undermine the family structure—to elimnate the nuclear family. It's succeeding. Who's behind it? And why?

What are your thoughts on why this happened?

@SHAD7G_ I just love him. I grew up with him ( We are the same age) . I miss him

when Michael Jackson gave a heart warming speech about his life and Childhood and everything he faced before he passed away. i cant hold my tears. 🥺😭❤️

@HistoryBoutique I love facts true to history.

If you don’t know about John Quincy Adams, the end is a God moment if I’ve ever heard one. Our 6th president fought to abolish slavery & didn’t win, but guess who was in Congress at the same time? A young Abraham Lincoln, our 16th President who… Enjoy!

@Architectolder Needs landscaping

This is a fairly large home but there is something off about it. I think maybe it’s the railing. What do you think?

@MrsEthanBrooks @mamavictoria @alt_w_v_g 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@mamavictoria @alt_w_v_g I’m not sure that’s a resource I should tap into. Plz pray. Thx.

I feel his pain. But one thing in particular happened in kindergarten that I cannot ignore. During one of the famed parent-teacher conferences - you know, the one that went viral with @alt_w_v_g - the teacher made a subtle suggestion that my son might have ADHD. “He has trouble sitting still.” “He doesn’t always attend.” Attend? “Pay attention.” When? “Toward the end of rug time. And quiet study time.” I asked our pediatrician: Do you think he might have ADHD? He sounded incredulous: “Why would you ask that?” I told him. “Your son is bright and engaging. There’s nothing that can’t be explained by the fact that he’s five years old. And he’s a boy.” So, yes, I want to homeschool. But I don’t know if I can do it. It’s overwhelming. I don’t feel equipped. But I also don’t want to take the risk of public school. Because these days it’s a very big risk. Especially in the northeast. The private schools are even worse. Even many of the “Christian” schools. They don’t always teach what you think they do. Especially in the northeast. I don’t know if I’ll take the plunge. I’m working up the courage. Some risks are worth taking. After all, I’m married to @alt_w_v_g. That’s working out just fine. Most days, anyway. Plz pray. Thx. Sent from my new iPad

@educator4ever36 @edudissenter I retired last year on June 1. It was absolutely the right thing to do! I am sitting in my sun room, drinking coffee, listening to the birds, and the rain.

@edudissenter Agree 💯. Each year of my retirement in May I am just more and more convinced I was right to retire. Ain’t nothing getting better.

Perspective of a retired teacher: the chaos, strife and utter educational nullity of May in a public school is a symptom of deep rot.

@AngelinaReagan7 Yes! I was 16.

Was anyone alive for the 200 Anniversary? 1976??? 🇺🇸🇺🇸

@WillyCuz What is the name of the show?

Such superior cinematography…

@TheRealCruzOx Well I can only say Alabama, because I don’t like the rest 🫣🤣

Pick your 3 CFB traditions.

@Supersonic_Red We had the privilege to celebrate the Bicentennial and now the semiquincentennial. For me I was 16 for the Bicentennial and 66 for the 250 th

Good morning, Generation Jones. ☕️ Yesterday’s conversation was so much fun that I woke up thinking about all the things only our generation would understand. High school was a blast then. We passed notes instead of texts. Had actual cruising spots. Memorized phone numbers. Listened to the radio waiting for our song to come on. And somehow survived without GPS, Google, or anyone knowing where we were 24/7. 🤣 We really did grow up in two completely different worlds, and I think that’s why so many of us connected yesterday. Now tell me yours. What’s something only Generation Jones understands?

@AccentsSouthern First picture is KA North South Party

The Southposting will never stop

@Supersonic_Red Thank you for putting in to words what I could not. I am a late boomer. It’s frustrating when others put all boomers in the same category. We are different! In a good way.

Honestly, I had no idea this would resonate with so many people. I think a lot of us have spent years feeling culturally homeless between generations. Thank you for sharing your memories, stories, and kindness with me. It’s been wonderful reading all of it. Generation Jones is real. ❤️

@JackPosobiec I was 16. My high school band was honored by playing concerts in Philadelphia and Washington, DC.

What do you remember about the 1976 Bicentennial?

@theda198365 @Karen1954 @teachthemx3 @SonoranRed I think we took a wrong turn when it was decided that everyone gets a participation trophy 🏆. Many high schools have done away with valedictorian and salutatorian awards. Why? Because everyone cannot have those honors.

@Karen1954 @GigiofBama @teachthemx3 @SonoranRed I am so tired of everything being called racist. How on earth is REQUIRING students to actually DO THEIR WORK racist?!?!

I have a senior on my roster who hasn’t attended my class a single day this semester. She showed up today for the first time. We have 7 days left before grades are finalized for seniors. My administrator just asked me to see what I can do to help her graduate. In case anyone here is a new follower, this is why I’m leaving public education.

@RoseTheSkeleton @teachthemx3 @SonoranRed Good! I stand behind any policy that enforces that rule.

@GigiofBama @teachthemx3 @SonoranRed They still do that. In Minnesota if you miss 40% of your school year, then you cannot graduate. I knew multiple people that couldn't graduate in 2024 or 2025 because they didn't attend classes. This didn't change at all from covid or anything recently.

@GalwayFinnegans @funkychicken @teachthemx3 @SonoranRed You see it in the workforce now..I will show up if I feel like it. Or I will show up and quietly quit…no effort in my job

@GalwayFinnegans @funkychicken @teachthemx3 @SonoranRed We are teaching high school students that you do not have to put in any effort and still get the reward. Then they go to college and grade appeal if they do not pass.

There’s a generation a lot of people forget exists. We were born at the tail end of the Boomers, but we are not culturally the same as people born in the 40s and early 50s. We are Generation Jones. And honestly, it explains a lot. We grew up in a world that still felt fundamentally analog, but we were young enough to be dragged headfirst into the digital revolution. We are the bridge generation between rotary phones and smartphones, between slide rules and AI, between Walter Cronkite and algorithm driven media. We remember when there were only a few television channels and the entire country watched the same thing at the same time. We also adapted to the internet, email, forums, social media, streaming and now artificial intelligence. We lived before and after the technological singularity hit everyday life. That is not a small thing. People born in the 40s came of age in a post World War II America that was still industrial, deeply hierarchical and institutionally stable. Their formative years were shaped by the Cold War, Vietnam, the civil rights era and a society where information moved slowly. Generation Jones came later. We inherited the aftermath of all of that. We were the kids who watched Watergate destroy blind trust in government. We watched manufacturing begin to collapse. We saw divorce rates explode. We were the first truly latchkey generation in massive numbers. We learned independence early because many of us had to. We grew up with one foot in old America and one foot in whatever this new thing was becoming. We played outside until the streetlights came on but we also learned DOS commands. We learned cursive and keyboarding. We had card catalogs and Google searches. We went from vinyl records to cassette tapes to CDs to MP3s to streaming in one lifetime. We remember maps. We remember memorizing phone numbers. We remember life before GPS and before every human interaction became filtered through a screen. And because of that, I think Generation Jones developed a very unique perspective. We are adaptable because we had no choice but to adapt. We learned technology as adults instead of being born into it. We remember a slower world but were forced to survive in a rapidly accelerating one. That creates a very different mindset than either older Boomers or younger Gen X and Millennials. A lot of us also reject the caricature people now associate with “Boomers.” We were not buying houses for the cost of a sandwich in 1965. The interest rate on my first house was over 14% and that was after buying down a point. Many of us got hit by recessions, outsourcing, pension collapses and economic instability just like younger generations did. We watched promises evaporate in real time. We understand older generations because we were raised by them. We understand younger generations because we had to evolve alongside them. That’s why the Jones generation often feels culturally homeless. We are rarely discussed, rarely defined and usually lumped into categories that don’t actually fit us. But we exist. We are the human transition point between the industrial age and the digital age. And frankly, there will probably never be another generation quite like us again.

@teachthemx3 @SonoranRed I taught college for 21 years. Over the years we saw a change in students attitudes . No, was not the answer they ever wanted to hear. I retired last June!

@GigiofBama @SonoranRed None of that anymore.