Becki Smith

@XOffGridAlaska @middle_class_us And we all have been through the ups and downs financially. I’m 65 and have been through it 6-7 times.

@middle_class_us Adapt and overcome. I have none of those worries or conditions. Life develops through choices. If you made the wrong ones, retrace your steps and fix it. Droning into the void won't improve your situation.

Empty weekends because there’s no money to live life. Clock in, clock out, vanish into bills. We built the richest country on Earth to make joy unaffordable.

@NickDegeor52566 @middle_class_us People watching

@middle_class_us There is an expression you should take to heart. "Get High on Life." You donot need money or drugs. Open your self to the world God made for you to enjoy. A beautiful sunset. A fresh breeze on a cloudless blue sky day. Squirrels antics in a park. Song bird. Open yourself to life.

@invictissimus @JoshPhillipsPhD They are still babies. You’re a male, so you do feel differently. I can understand that.

@rlas1978 @JoshPhillipsPhD I’ve been teaching high school for a long time (still at it) - teenagers often act foolishly, but calling them babies normalizes their own childishness and the institutionalized learned helplessness - I’m against it.

I'm a teacher. The students in my classroom are not "mine." That's gross and creepy.

@PatriotPaul82 @CaseyPutsch @CaseyPutschOhio Here… ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/01/14/who… he states the obvious with no solutions. I don’t like his stance on vouchers at all.

@rlas1978 @CaseyPutsch @CaseyPutschOhio You haven't been following his posts, obviously. Maybe look into them and see what you think then? He's got a good plan of action.

Ohio would soundly support @CaseyPutsch @CaseyPutschOhio when he defeats Vivek in the primary - thus - saving our state from Acton.

@PatriotPaul82 @CaseyPutsch @CaseyPutschOhio Oh, but you assume that I haven’t.

@yuuki_attack @JoshPhillipsPhD For many students, we were the profound impact. I’ve had many tell me that. It’s ok that you remember only a handful.

@rlas1978 @JoshPhillipsPhD And it bothers me, as a parent, when I see teachers act like they had the most profound life long impact on every child ever.... You spent 55 minutes w my kid for 9 Mos, calm down there bucko. I remember a handful of the 50+ teachers I encountered k-12.

@james_xond Got on my bike and went to their houses.

People who were teenagers before social media existed… how did you communicate with your friends?

@Matt_Pinner Every day. My mom is 91 so I probably have 25 years left.

When people get in their 50s and 60s and up, do you start thinking about how many years you have left? I’m curious..

In September of 2005, on the first day of school, Martha Cothren, a History teacher at RobinsonHigh School in Little Rock, did something not to be forgotten. On the first day of school, with the permission of the school superintendent, the principal and the building supervisor, she removed all of the desks in her classroom. When the first period kids entered the room they discovered that there were no desks. 'Ms. Cothren, where are our desks?' She replied, 'You can't have a desk until you tell me how you earn the right to sit at a desk.' They thought, 'Well, maybe it's our grades.' 'No,' she said. 'Maybe it's our behavior.' She told them, 'No, it's not even your behavior.' And so, they came and went, the first period, second period, third period. Still no desks in the classroom. Kids called their parents to tell them what was happening and by early afternoon television news crews had started gathering at the school to report about this crazy teacher who had taken all the desks out of her room. The final period of the day came and as the puzzled students found seats on the floor of the desk-less classroom. Martha Cothren said, 'Throughout the day no one has been able to tell me just what he or she has done to earn the right to sit at the desks that are ordinarily found in this classroom. Now I am going to tell you.' At this point, Martha Cothren went over to the door of her classroom and opened it. Twenty-seven (27) U.S. Veterans, all in uniform, walked into that classroom, each one carrying a school desk. The Vets began placing the school desks in rows, and then they would walk over and stand alongside the wall. By the time the last soldier had set the final desk in place those kids started to understand, perhaps for the first time in their lives, just how the right to sit at those desks had been earned. Martha said, 'You didn't earn the right to sit at these desks. These heroes did it for you. They placed the desks here for you. They went halfway around the world, giving up their education and interrupting their careers and families so you could have the freedom you have. Now, it's up to you to sit in them. It is your responsibility to learn, to be good students, to be good citizens. They paid the price so that you could have the freedom to get an education. Don't ever forget it.' By the way, this is a true story. And this teacher was awarded the Veterans of Foreign Wars Teacher of the Year for the State of Arkansas in 2006. She is the daughter of a WWII POW. Do you think this email is worth passing along so others won't forget either, that the freedoms we have in this great country were earned by our U.S. Veterans?... I did. Let us always remember the men and women of our military and the rights they have won for us.

@lady_valor_07 Yep. Didn’t get it.

Be honest… If you could go back, would you make the same choice about the COVID shot?

@JamesAFurey I just did.

@rlas1978 Did you read the full thread?

It is with some personal surprise that, after 30 years as an atheist, I’ve come to say: I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. … I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son

@invictissimus @JoshPhillipsPhD Smdh. Go to a school for a week and see if you aren’t calling them babies.

@JoshPhillipsPhD High school administrators referring to high school students as “our babies” might be the worst

@yuuki_attack @JoshPhillipsPhD It’s not about belonging to us. 🤦🏼‍♀️it’s about seeing them every day for nine months and building relationships. Some you like, some you love, a few you don’t like. It’s that simple.

@JoshPhillipsPhD I mean, you'd be owing a hell of a lot of child support if they were yours... Right? As a parent, I want my money from any teacher who thinks my kids belong to them.

@mkohlrogge @JoshPhillipsPhD I did actually keep snacks in my desk for kids who were hungry. It’s called being a human.

@JoshPhillipsPhD Where and when did this ideology take a stronghold in education. When kids misbehave are teachers now responsible? Interesting. Do they spend their own money on feeding them? No. That don’t really mean that they are responsible unless it means indoctrination

@Avonleebythesea @JoshPhillipsPhD I never told parents or kids that I loved them but most of them, I really liked. Btw I’m a Republican. Taught for 27 years and still have kids reach out to me.

@JoshPhillipsPhD I had a teacher tell me once that she loved my son as much as I did, and I was like “actually, you don’t. You’ll never see him again after this year and will be perfectly fine with that, as it should be. I don’t feel quite the same way.” Anyway, this is nauseating.

@itsrosesm Yes. Read the history of the 14th amendment. It was first slaves, not illegals.

Trump says that two illegals cannot give birth to a legal citizen, do you agree with him?

@ailanyus Yep

Be 100% honest: would you still have voted for President Trump if you knew he'd attack Iran?

@nut_history Indians

Which team do you associate Jim Thome with?

@LawrenceH @AmicoHoops Hilarious!

@AmicoHoops God willing the next network will save us from the incessant repeating crowd noise during commercial breaks.

Parent company of FanDuel Sports Network regionals (Cavs, Pacers, 11 more) says in statement it is planning to cease operations at end of regular season on April 12.