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That’s a child neglect problem, not a homeschooling one. I got crappy grades in highschool because I was being abused at home and couldn’t do my schoolwork. The fact I was in a certain building during the day didn’t stop that. Homeschooling is much more mainstream these days. We homeschool now because it’s a better education, our kids are very advanced, and we like to travel as part of their education. I would absolutely be in favor of an exit exam for all students graduating high school. The same test across the board, public and private. I think there’s little question which group would perform the worst, and it wouldn’t be close. Also this would never happen because that same segment of educators would fight it and they have lots of political power.

Look, pro-homeschooling people are piling on this guy but he's not wrong at all. I know of families who are straight-up failing to teach their children beyond a 2nd-grade education. Like 16-year-old kids who don't know what the Capital of the US is, have never heard of Toronto, and could not perform a basic algebra problem. While it's true that there are many excellent homeschooling families whose instruction far exceeds that of any public school, the fact is that the American system of "school your kids however you want" does also yield a lot of severely stunted kids who get stuck playing "catch-up" for the rest of their lives. My wife was homeschooled, we might homeschool, I'm not averse to the practice per se, but it's a fact that there's a whole world of multi-generational homeschoolers who are not and will not rise above a 2nd or 3rd grade education level by their own volition. Should the state intervene in these cases? I dunno, the answer to the question is not as "easy" as many make it out to be. The idea of barely getting through 'Mary Had a Little Lamb' at the age of 16 should be appalling, and it IS happening in some American homeschooler families.

No, this is not being nice about it. Being nice would have been if the person had a) minded his or her own business, or b) asked if he or she could help because she just moved in and is on crutches. This person didn’t even sign their name, let alone come over and introduce themselves. They definitely knew they were not being nice.

@cecsquared Well they are being nice about it. I'm a stickler myself about yard work. If you can't do it yourself it only costs $40 at most to pay someone for a mow and go.

Came home from work to this note on my door✌🏻 I’ve been on crutches since Tuesday and the soonest I could get someone to do the lawn is tomorrow. *sigh* can’t win

Probably

We sued Cloudera yesterday for discriminating against U.S. workers for high-paying tech jobs. We value public input on civil rights violations. If you have tips or complaints about citizenship discrimination in employment, you can email them to: IER@usdoj.gov!

@googlygump @IRomen77 @missus_wormy And gig work was not yet a thing. McDonalds wasn’t even hiring in 2008. It was really a lost decade for a lot of folks.

@IRomen77 @missus_wormy 2008-2014 was shit if you were just coming out of school. No jobs and the affordability crisis was starting to pick up steam. The culture wasn't quite as gay and pozzed, but all the seeds were there.

It probably felt awesome to be a millennial who believed things were going to get better in 2008

I have been suffering from an excruciatingly painful medical condition since the beginning of the year and it is very difficult physically to get any clothes onto my body. I choose to wear loungewear because it’s the only thing I can physically do by myself. I do not wear a dress because I cannot wear standard female undergarments without being in excruciating pain. You would not know any of this by looking at me. It’s nice to know that, if I went to mass with this woman she would be silently disapproving of my clothing and gossiping about me on the internet.

Some of you guys need real problems to be concerned about

Don’t let people hating on a mass right before a marathon, for marathon runners, occupy any of your headspace

Happy 93rd birthday Carol Burnett!! One of the all time great clips from 1977. A lady asks Carol if the somebody in the audience is Maude (Bea Arthur). But what happens next is an all time classic. 😂😂

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My man

Reminder: Secret Service has been unfunded for more than 70 days now.

Anyone who has suffered alone can feel a punch in the gut when Jesus asks why they couldn’t stay awake with him for just an hour. Truth right here. Pray for those who are suffering.

Go to ER with chest pain/discomfort. Today. It’s insane what these insurance companies are allowed to do. It amounts to practicing medicine without a license. It took me a solid month to get approval for a different brand of inhaler that’s only slightly more money than the “approved” ones. I am literally allergic to an inactive ingredient in every other brand that exists and doctor wrote it into the prescription. I hope you can get your scan shortly.

RANT: So I pay $1700 a month for Blue Cross insurance for myself and my daughter. My cardiologist is worried about this massive clot in my heart and scheduled a scan but I have to get another doctor that I have never met to approve it. He can't meet with me for six months. The way we pay for healthcare is broken.

@Tanyaelisabeth My first was born 9 months to the day after our wedding. He was a couple weeks early but I still think that is pretty funny.

This was us, and based on how cycles are measured and pregnancy weeks are calculated we technically got pregnant before our wedding day

This is way too real 😂

@mattswaim Sunday evening is the best. Or the very earliest one there is on Sunday. It’s usually a simple Mass and that’s my favorite.

I know at least 3 distinct philosophies among devoted Catholics RE: how they pick which Mass to go to: -Saturday Vigil, then leisure all Sunday -Early Sunday, set the tone for the day -Later Sunday, as the centerpiece of the day Would love to know your own philosophies here

Tonight is the 251st anniversary of Paul Revere’s midnight ride. If he were to make the same journey from Boston to Lexington today, he could stop at 7 Dunkin locations. (via Reddit)

@DMAC_19 Odyssey. I had 4 in 5 years and can't imagine how I would have done it without the sliding doors. After my husband's accident, I drove a suburban for a month and I couldn't wait to get a new van. Visibility is scary bad in those things too (but I'm small so maybe it's just me).

Why is every large SUV I’m looking at $1500-$2400 per month. It’s out of control!

People don't realize how big Catholicism is. Leo's in Africa where there are 288 mil Catholics. That's bigger than the global Eastern Orthodox church and 4 times the size of the US RC Church. People think hes obsessed with US politics. Believe me he has other things on his mind.