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@rickyfrankel @JackPosobiec Putting Star Wars in the same category as Rick & Morty is pretty wild

@JackPosobiec No Star Wars, no anime, no Rick & Morty 💯 I’m sure there’s more.

All of Star Wars is still firmly banned in the Poso household. Our kids can watch plenty of other series but not that. We tell other parents to be mindful when they come over or give birthday gifts to respect our wishes on this matter

@0riettaRose They have all figured out that it doesn’t matter too much what grade they get on a quiz. They have always still passed every class, every grade level. No motivation to put actual effort in.

High school English teacher explains why he crashes out over the most frustrating thing students do:

@educator4ever36 Last year our PTA put together these really elaborate gift baskets, gave the teachers tickets to put our names in and raffled off the baskets… so about half the teachers won these fancy baskets, and the other half of us got nothing.

Teacher Appreciation Week starts Monday! Who gets great gifts from their school and/or district?

@educator4ever36 @MichelLuqman Yes. One. Then, all lesson plan training is geared towards teaching to your lowest student. And being told, “the rest will benefit from it.”

@LadyZorro76 @MichelLuqman Yet non-special education teachers take one, maybe two, college classes in special education that are generally theoretical.

This teacher says what schools won’t tell you. Unless your child is in advanced content or lucky enough not to be in an inclusion class, the rigor of general education has disappeared in favor of the special education students. I do not blame the teachers for this. I do not blame the special education students for this. No one benefits. How long will we keep this charade going?

@MichelLuqman @educator4ever36 In my teacher certification classes (just 3-4 years ago) we were all taught “You are a special ed teacher. Every teacher is a special ed teacher.” It isn’t just happening, it is built into the system now.

@educator4ever36 Address root causes before they balloon into the "every teacher is special ed" reality. Do what Singapore does to reduce its ‘Dyslexic’ population. How long will we keep this charade going? Answer: Until we address the root cause of why kids shut down.

@LightOfAntioch @LargeInStature_ He sold his control of the Blaze a long time ago

@LargeInStature_ Why diednt Glenn Beck (her LDS boss) get rid of her?

Can't stand this chick. She's always been so nasty toward the Church. Glad Jacob got to have a convo with her, though. It seems like some of these talking heads and media networks have decided that hating on Mormons is played out. Giving us a chance to speak. It's probably thanks to positive internet personalities like Nick Shirley and Luke Nichols. Normal people can see that we're cool and our beliefs foster positive values.

@archimedes26717 @Manhattva @SenorVito9 @ThoughtfulSaint @conservmillen Same. It’s sad because she’s very intelligent and articulate, and she could be a great voice for strength and unity among Judeo-Christians and the culture of our nation.

@Manhattva @SenorVito9 @ThoughtfulSaint @conservmillen Oh yeah. That girl HATES the LDS Church. The disdain she has is palpable and she’s not shy to say it. I was briefly a fan of hers until I saw what she had to say about the LDS faith.

Hey @conservmillen it was a debate? Your team told me you wanted to have a clarifying conversation about what Latter-day Saints believe. I am down for debates but I thought you were looking for a conversation. lol. It’s all good. I enjoyed our convo and think it went well. Anyway looking forward to the episode drop on Monday. I enjoyed being on your show.

@KeithMalinak @JeffyJFR @PatUnleashed Just got a chance to watch this OT… I’m about to call for Pat’s resignation. Disgraceful.

If you saw today's #PatGrayOT, @JeffyJFR and I have a question after @PatUnleashed's wrong opinion. 🤣 Who is the better artist?

@LeahRemini That’s wonderful! Congratulations!!

I graduated!!! I earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology with a concentration in Psychology, summa cum laude! Five years ago, I started this journey with an eighth-grade education, and even that was from a Scientology school, where critical thinking was discouraged and the quality of instruction was subpar, to say the least. I did not get here alone. Thank you to @NYUSPS and @DeanKamath. Thank you to everyone who supported me, encouraged me, and believed in me, especially on the days I was not sure I could do this. And there were plenty of those days. To my therapist, who told me not to give up when I was told I likely would not be accepted into a prestigious program. To my tutor, without whom I likely would have given up at the harder points along the way. To all those here who have sent me loving messages on social media. And to everyone else who has cheered me on in person through the ups and the downs of it, it means more than I can put into words. It got me over this finish line of being a student again and graduating. That goal once seemed impossible. To those who have asked me, “Why this? Why now?” I pursued higher education to reclaim a piece of myself. When you come out of a high-control group like Scientology, or even a high-control family, there are parts of you that were never allowed to fully develop. Those parts include your curiosity and your ability and right to question. Education was discouraged because knowledge creates confidence in your ability to trust your own mind and navigate the world. That leads to true independence, and that would never be allowed. I wanted that back. But more than that, I needed to understand. I needed to understand how my mother could have us join Scientology when I was just eight years old, and how my family and I could be part of something like this and stay in it for so long. I needed to understand how these systems work, how they influence people, and how they take hold. Without education, access to real information, and support, people can fall into systems that work against their best interests. Some assume that because they are educated, even highly educated, they would never fall for something like this. But it turns out that is not necessarily true. What many of us are impacted by, but never quite understand, is how high-control groups operate. Many still do not understand how misinformation spreads, and how tribalism and radicalization shape what we think, what we believe, and who and what we trust. Without that awareness, none of us are immune. Today, we are seeing how these forces can influence good people and distort reality. History has shown us that this is not new; it just comes in a different form now. Social media connects us in ways we never imagined, but it also creates echo chambers that reinforce beliefs and justify behavior without question. Real critical thinking is hard when we are fed so much by algorithms designed to appeal to us. In learning and achieving this milestone in my own life, it has helped me take a good, hard look at my own beliefs and ideologies. This journey was about healing for me, but also about figuring out how to help others in whatever way I can in the future. So what is in my future? I am considering continuing my education and possibly pursuing a master’s degree, with the goal of contributing to advocacy and policies that protect people, not systems. For now, I am taking this moment in. I am proud of myself. And I am grateful. Thank you for being on this journey with me.

@AuthorGFAllen Absolutely

Seriously… are there really people who can wander through a bookstore for hours, say nothing to anyone, and feel more alive than they ever do at a crowded party?

On top of this, I have many students with IEPs that REQUIRE them to be taught this way. Instructions must be given multiple times, broken down into steps, and read aloud. So many, that this is the teaching style I must adopt. So, no one is given the chance to learn to figure it out for themselves. It does condition them to expect this, and to panic when things are not immediately clear.

Question for the veteran teachers: I've been teaching for just about 9 years now and something I see with most of my students is that they don't read instructions before they ask for help / clarification and they need to have EVERYTHING explained to them, even the most simple things I basically can't assume they'll figure anything out (even simple instructions) and have to hold their hands through just about everything Is this more prevalent now compared to, lets say 20 years ago, or has it always been this way?

@MUKIDEZA2 I love cereal, but don’t like Reese’s. It’s a little too rich for me at breakfast. Flavors like honey and cinnamon are great for breakfast. Try Honey Bunches of Oats, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, or Life cereal!

なんか色々質問して申し訳ない、 でもアメリカについて知りたくて アメリカは朝食にシリアル食べるって聞いたけどオススメとかありますか？ リーシーズとラッキーチャーム？は食べたことあります。 ラッキーチャームの方牛乳にえぐいくらい色が出てきて笑った思い出

Hot take that’s actually historically accurate: Women have ALWAYS worked. Every culture. Every era. Every economic system. The difference? It used to be home-based and family-integrated. You didn’t surrender your children to an institution, fight traffic, and spend 9 hours under fluorescent lights. “Women shouldn’t work” isn’t traditional. It’s not even historical. It’s a myth. The real conversation we should be having: why did we build a society where thriving economically requires severing family bonds and why do we call that progress?

@learning_yohei @docmurdock Yes, it’s normal. Even if you don’t own them, you can go to the range and rent one.

日本からこんにちは🇯🇵👋アメリカ人に質問があります🇺🇸僕は本物の銃を見たことがありません。アニメや映画でしか見たことがありません。アメリカ人は本物の銃を見たことがあるんですか？それは普通のことなんですか？🤔

@lance_corporate Love this idea!!!

A reality show where talk show hosts have to do what they’re always telling other people to do. Dave Ramsey has 7 days to find a reliable $2,000 car for DoorDashing and a little old lady’s $500/month garage apartment to live in. Shawn Ryan has to serve as an Assistant U.S. Attorney where he’d prosecute Congressional corruption cases in federal court and have 12 months to secure a conviction. Ben Shapiro and Mark Levin have to survive an entire 31st MEU CENTCOM deployment as E-2s. Each its own season, all live-streamed to X.

@sow413 Yes we sure do. Very common

アメリカの皆さんへおはようございます。ちょっと教えて欲しいことがあるんですけど、アメリカには花粉症って言うものはあるのかな？今みんな日本では花粉症になって目と鼻と喉が大変なことになっています。経験がある人がいたら教えて。

@SketchesbyBoze Yes! I miss this! So many references to culture back then that people don’t get now. It wasn’t stuffy and snobby, either… it was very organic. A lot of this stuff I knew of from Looney Tunes and other pop culture spoofs, etc

This might surprise younger people but in the ‘90s most of us knew how to read & were culturally literate. You could mention King Arthur or Citizen Kane and everyone knew what you meant. We were capable of writing essays. We had educational TV. We have lost so much, so quickly.

@May_Roma @ASFleischman It is interesting how much we have in common. Perhaps the Japanese people have preserved something of American society that we have since lost

@drgurner I can watch Frasier over and over and over. I never stop enjoying it.

I feel like people love watching reruns of Frasier and Seinfeld because they felt like the golden age of society. Tech wasn't intrusive, people could still buy things & go out, and you still had real connections with other people....spending more time with people than online.

@KeithMalinak My dad died almost 2 months ago and I was thinking the same thing. We would have had a good laugh together about that Trump moment.

Revisiting the Trump/Pearl Harbor moment...In a word, it was hilarious. My dad died 2 months into President Trump's first term. He would've LOVED moments like this. Trump says what we say from our couches, and in doing so provides perfect comic relief.