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Oops-got that too. 3 weeks vacation time in my first year, in addition to the week between Christmas and New Years being paid time off.
Physicians works a helluva lot more hours than a receptionist. Let's not even get started on how much education it takes-both in time and cost. I'd rather have the secretary's debt myself.
You can live a middle class life and be happy. If you can't, your priorities are just wrong.
You're assuming, incorrectly, that middle class people cannot plan for retirement. Obviously, you're going to keep going till everyone says you're right. It ain't coming from me and like I said before I'm not going to debate it. I have different values in life and they're not subject to change.
True. You can graduate from med school with over 100K in debt. You will pay that off in about 5 years. So, after 5 years of med school, plus 5 years to pay off student loans, you're basically starting with no savings. A secretary has a 10 year head start in that sense. But, is that sufficient to make up for the earning/savings discrepancy for the rest of your working life? Say around 30 years?Physicians works a helluva lot more hours than a receptionist. Let's not even get started on how much education it takes-both in time and cost. I'd rather have the secretary's debt myself.
Now you're getting personal, and I'm not sure why.You can live a middle class life and be happy. If you can't, your priorities are just wrong.
Yes, you can live middle class life and be happy. You can live an upper middle class life and be happy. You can be a richie rich and be happy. Financial situation does not predict happiness. I'm not sure you can be poor, living paycheck to paycheck and hand to mouth and be happy, however. When we were living that life, my parents were terribly stressed out. They did their best not to let it trickle down, but it did (to me, anyway, my brother was oblivious, I think).
ETA: I am not expecting anyone to agree with me, actually. Like I've stated previously, I'm absolutely sure that my view will be in the minority. I do think that I have an opposing view point and rationale to add to the discussion (which is what I assumed we were doing). Most grown ups cannot be convinced that their points of view are wrong, or even to acknowledge that another point of view might have merit; I'm not dumb enough to think I'll change anyone's mind.
Edited to further add: My major problem is with the whole 'I want my kid to be happy doing whatever' notion. I am postulating that there are several things they can choose to do that will make life difficult for them (none of which involves them being middle class, BTW), and that's not something I can find myself supporting. Like my client, who put his kid through expensive private school. She is a dance major, and I'm told, quite good at it. She specialized in ballet. She is 5'2". And working at The Gap, with no prospects of employment in her field of study.
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Honestly it's so hard to predict the future. I know my MIL wants to retire so badly but is stuck in a city she hates still married to a man she wants to be divorced from for the past two years because she cannot afford to retire yet.
Bridget that sucks so bad for your dad but he has to know he made the best decision he could at the time. They had no idea that your mom would get sick and they wouldn't be able to follow through on their plans. If they had been, he likely might have felt that the work was worth it.
Money doesn't buy happiness.....but I know for DH and I, we are a lot more happy and stress-free when we have something in the bank and putting more in each month or paying extra on the house. We put a lot of throught into if we could really afford a child and not be living check to check. Same thing before we bought the minivan...didn't want to drain the savings (we could have paid cash but need the money liquid for when we get the baby call)....but looked closely to see if we could afford the payment without going to thin since we hadn't had a car payment if about 4 years.
But really everyone just has to do what they are comfortable with and what their priorities are. We put a higher on savings and stuff for the house....my bff's family puts a high one on travel and takes several big trips a year. We like to travel but are ok with small ones and a big every 4-6 years.
We pretty much live paycheck to paycheck right now and I am pretty gosh darn happy. That is going to change now that dbf has a new job and we're both happy about that too.
Bottom line is different strokes for different folks. That's what makes the world go 'round.
I think that the real discussion should be what the heck is happening to the middle class? I consider myself there now but I feel like it's not easy to get there and stay there. And I think that having it strong is vital.
To me middle class should be a family of four living in a house (unless in say NYC or something), a reasonable home like a 3 bedroom ranch, one car payment, a vacation a year or every other year, being able to put to retirement AND savings (a 6-9 month emergency fund). And being able to at least help pay for those two kids to go to some type of school.
I will put it out there my household is between something like 69-72K a year and we can manage this with two adults but I will not be able to do all the above with two kids and probably not even totally with one kid.
It used to be that people had pensions and didn't have to save so much themselves for retirement. It used to be that people had so much less in healthcare costs (when i was a kid, my parents insurance covered everything).
I put in for retirement and have several accounts. I also will get something of a pension but that is being phased out. I still am not sure if we will have enough to retire at 65 because that is so hard to predict what the needs will really be, what the markets will do....we try using various engines.
I could probably afford vacations more often BUT we cannot get enough time off work.
Chrissy you are very lucky to work in academia....benefits there are beyond fantastic. I used to work for a medical school and had great benefits there. I did lose a lot by taking a job at a hospital (though I get higher pay)....I didn't realize it until I had already moved and started though. I have considered a few times looking back into academic libraries but I do really like where I work and the people so I have stayed.
I do think homework is important in higher grades as I think that the issue moreso in our country is personal responsibility and not so much the educational opportunities. Also making wise choices, especially in regards to money, which is why I don't particularly think that making a lot of money is necessary. I can easily live off of $20K per year and not even have to get on any assistance as long as I had my healthcare through my job. It depends on one's choices in life and I feel oru country is too much based on consumerism and trying to "keep up with the Joneses" also that one is not "successful" unless they go to a certain school or send their kids to a certain school or if they don't live in a certain place or have a certain car. All of it is so superficial to me.
I don't know, I just think that our educational system allows all sorts of opportunities for advancement and that homework is not the key to that. I do agree some memorization is beneficial, like multiples for example or knowing that "know" is pronounced "no." Simple things like that, but just doing something someone already knows how to do just because is ridiculous to me. If a kid is going to get homework, it should be something that they actually need help in learning or a skill they haven't mastered yet, not some sort of busy work, which most homework is now-a-days. I actually do give Ky "homework" in a sense and he doesn't like my "homework" because it is harder than what he gets from school. For instance I had him read "Up From Slavery" by Booker T. Washington and write a 3 page 5 paragraph synopsis of it including his opinion/view on specific themes of the text, which is an autobiography. His teacher looked at me all crazy when I told her this and I am very involved in the school, but my main gripe with a lot of schools are the fact that they are giving the kids homework on basically easy stuff and not challenging them. And that is my point when it comes to school, it should be challenging and not endless, boring, memorization. And if there is memorization involved let it be something that they haven't memorized before. Provide info on why this memorization is important. What exactly is memorizing this material going to do for the child, what is the purpose. I am all about purpose and I have no problem with Ky working on long division for example because sometimes he still has problems with. I feel the quick refreshers should be done at school. There are plenty of things for kids to learn and do at home - how to do chores, how to cook, playing with siblings, talking with parents, even learning on the computer or other technology. Suja, you mentioned programming, which they don't teach in school. Ky is learning to write code and programming robots at home. If he weren't doing worksheets he'd have more time to do that. I know most kids don't do the things he does at home but many of them are involved in things they like to do as well. Ky likes anything to do with technology, he is also learning how to edit videos and create movies and cartoons with Scratch and other free softwares he's found online.
I also believe that working in those service jobs are a big motivator for young people. I'm sure your own work in a low paying, lower class job inspired you to want more from your life. I don't expect my kids to start off at the top. I am lucky in that I've never had to work too many lower level jobs. I have worked in fast food before for a few months but my first job was actually making $10 an hour at an office, I was "rich" compared to my friends and since I lived at home I didn't have any expenses, I rarely even cashed my checks at the time.
I expect them not to blame anyone for their shortcomings and to know that if they want something out of their life, even a better wage, then they can get it if they want it. But I just don't want their primary focus to be on money and consumerism. If it is, that is their perogataive, but I just know, from experience with my own grandmother who worked in a job she hated and then retired at 55 (with large bank accounts and a big pension) to be bored and lonely and still complaining about things and wondering where she went wrong with her kids, that that is not always a good thing. My mom and I were talking of her mother last week, my grandma's birthday was the 19th and so we think of her often in August and my grandmother was rather wealthy and was the head of Personnel (what HR used to be back in the day) for a major manufacturing company and was the only black person in that office and was seen in my hometown as a trailblazer in our business community. She was college educated and had 3 kids too and always was working to retire. I remember her retirement party. It was a huge event and it is hilarious because after 2 weeks of retirement she went and took a PT job at Arby's LOL! She was bored being retired. Her kids were all grown up and she didn't have anything to do so went and worked at Arby's. She had been divorced so didn't have a companion or anything and was pretty lonely. Of course she had some good times. She travelled a bit, but she was a person who had everything that one could see as success but wasn't happy with it and eventually she ended up getting cancer and died at 67, relatively young for someone in our family and even had to spend all of her money on cancer treatment at the end of her life so much so that we had to take a collection to bury her.
Life is so difficult at times and is filled with so many choices.
I don't want my kids to be stressed about academics. They are smart and capable of learning anything, like most kids IMO and there is no need to make them computerized memorization machines via homework at such a young age. Also, like what was mentioned above, they are in school 8+ hours somedays. They should be learning there and really there is no point IMO of homework when you are in school practically all day, it makes me wonder what the heck you are doing in school.
I recently bought my 18 year old cousin, who recently graduated high school a book called "Worthless" a book by a guy who feels one should never get a liberal arts degree in todays day and age, and I agreed with him on a lot of things in the book, even though he was kind of butt-hole-ish lol! But one of the main things I agreed with him on was not focusing on getting into an expensive school just because of its reputation and also not trying to hurry up and finish college, that one should take their time and enjoy their young adulthood/youth because they are only that age once. I agree with that and of course see childhood the same way. I also honestly don't see college as all that difficult. It was pretty easy for me, even classes I took at other schools here like Emory and GT which are top tier schools. I feel it is more about motivation when it comes to school, knowing what you want and how you want to get there, and loving the journey moreso versus the end effect - a job and money.
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It's definitely not something I can do, because the stress just kills me. Every time there was an extra expense that was unforeseen, it was like a huge black cloud. I can't even begin to tell you how much sleep I've lost worrying about my parents' finances. I took over for my dad when he was in the hospital after his heart attack (mom was pretty much catatonic, and someone had to pay the bills), and making the math work was stressful enough.
Suja, I can imagine that was very difficult. Dbf worries a lot about money so I guess maybe we balance each other out because I rarely worry. I feel like as long as we have food and shelter and each other we have more than a lot people so I try to help him focus on all of the things we have to be grateful for. Now me? I stay up nights worrying about plenty of other things that dbf does not have a fleeting thought about. lol.
Not to change the subject but I've been really trying to get Kai to pin down some things I can put in his lunchbox at school since he is SO picky and meal times around here with him are usually such a challenge with me just trying to get something healthy in him so he will grow and thrive. Last week on a whim I made him a hummus, avacado, mayo and sprouts sandwich on a gluten free hotdog bun and called it a sub. Would you believe he loved it? Getting this kid to eat vegetables has been a challenge all it's own and he basically loves a veggie sandwich. I just gave him one and he said, "Thanks for that Mom. That was so so good." I am floored and relieved that there is at least one thing I can pack him that he will eat.
Also, I don't think I told you guys that his kindergarten teacher is gluten free herself so I'm glad he will be with someone who understands his restrictions.
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I completely agree with you that kids need to learn the value of work, the value of money, and work their way up. That's one of the major sticking points between DH and I. I am of the opinion that we owe Mira nothing more than the chance to study what she wants (within reason), and he thinks that she shouldn't have to struggle like we have had to. Major disconnect there.
School should be focused on teaching important skills, but all I keep hearing about is the darned SOL.
http://www.skinnytaste.com/ (she has a gluten-free section) and so far, everything I've made has turned out extremely well. And Bananas Foster French Toast = Manna from a place I don't believe exists
Oh I'm totally making that summer vegetables with sausage for dinner tonight. I have summer vegetables overflowing right now between my dad and csa.
I currently get about 3.5 weeks of paid vacation per year at my current position. I also get to take however many unpaid days off that I would like to.
Like I said above, I think all of this depends on choices and what one values over something else. And how people spend their money. I find it ridiculous when people say to me, like they are bragging, what college their kid was accepted into, or how much money the voice lessons costs. I'm thinking "so what about your kids' college, you'll probably be broke soon, they should have went to Atlanta Metro for a couple years since its only $3000 a year, you woulda saved a ton of money" and "what an idiot, they can get free voice lessons at the performing arts center" lol! Elle's ballet class was taught by an Atlanta Ballet instructor. Atlanta Ballet also gives ballet lessons at their building but they cost $150 a month. I go Elle's for $30 for 3 months. Both are the same quality. My cousin is going to Atlanta Metro for the first 2 years of college to take all his core classes and pre-requisites and is hoping to transfer to a school in Savannah for his last two years. The school in Savannah cost three times or more as much as Atlanta Metro, which is literally $3K per year. I think it is a smart choice. There is always a choice when it comes to education and extracurriculars.
I will also add reiterate that the opporunties I mentioned above we have in this country are great. I don't see any excuses for anyone not to get a decent education, even a public education, my whole education was public and I had wonderful teachers who really challenged me most of the time (without 2 hours of homework everyday). They weren't constrained with the "pass the test" culture that education is riddled with now though so that may be the difference IMO. Or the "our school has a lot of homework so we must be REALLY challenging" sort of attitude, as I don't see homework as any indication of the excellence of a school. I also don't see any hinderance in people not getting to put their kids in programs to broaden a child's interest. There are a lot of free things out there. There are even vouchers for programs that well off families pay for. Before I got the position I have now, Ky went to a GT camp called CEISMIC, which is a STEM program for K-12 kids at Georgia Tech. I couldn't afford to pay the program fees and asked about a voucher and they gave us the classes for free. I pay for them now but there are tons of things out here for kids that are low cost and one doesn't need a doctor's salary to put their kids into certain activities.
I got free voice lessons, trumpet lessons, piano lessons, summer camps, sports, all sorts of things when I was a kid. I admit that you cannot find many free sports, but the Y in particular will work with families now to get kids involved in things and I know here there are a plethora of extracurricular activities under $30 for kids to be involved in and one can even get a waiver of that fee in most instances if they are low income.
I don't love the squash family either but they are in plentitude so make myself eat them.
I have tried a few times and it's just not working for me. And DH doesn't like them either so I'm not very inclined to make any kind of squash or sweet potatoes. But we both love broccoli and eat least 4 cups a week and brussel sprouts are his favorite veggie so we eat them a lot too. So I figure I'm doing ok.
but yeah I'm a picky eater and have a long list of what I don't eat...stuff people love.
sour cream
salad dressings
fish or seafood
those are just a few.
The only veggie I really really don't like to eat at all is beets. Brussel sprouts are good when cooked in bacon grease with bits of bacon. Lol probably not too heart healthy according to experts but I believe eating real food you can't go wrong unless it's just not right for your body type. I remember my mom laughing because she scolded me for throwing my beet greens in the compost and said I should eat them. So when I told her I've been eating my beet greens and cooking them in bacon fat she had to scold me again.
I love broccoli and spinach. And asparagus. Green beans. Those are my veggies of choice and I like them all with butter.
Things I don't eat that a 'typical American' (whatever that is) eats: Soda, juice, hot dog, burgers, french fries, potato chips, anything involving pig parts (ham, bacon, etc.), slaw, mac and cheese (most cheeses and cheesy dishes, really), pasta salad, olives, lamb, tuna in a can and salmon. Among veggies, I like potatoes and a lot of Indian root vegetables, green beans, winter melon, pumpkin, Asian sweet potato, okra, cabbage, onions, tomatoes (but raw, with sugar) and beets (but not beet greens or mostly anything green). I think that's it. I make myself eat the rest because it's good for me, and I want to be a better role model for my kid. One thing I'm finding is that practically anything is edible if you put enough sriracha in/on it, so I am now downing canned tuna, after smothering it in guacamole, avocado and a little sriracha (calling it my version of tuna salad)
Suja - have you ever tried Cholula hot sauce? I like Siracha, but I looooooooove Cholula!
As for the earlier discussion, I think that the right kind of homework is beneficial, but I know that in 7th grade history class the teacher used to send us home with Seek 'n' Find puzzles with Texas History words to find. It's not like I was learning anything at all and I know he wasn't actually going to grade them beyond looking to make sure they were enough circled words on the grid. I want JoJo to come out of her education with enough training in something, whether it be plumbing or finance or hairdressing or the law or graphic/web design, that she will be able to get a job that makes enough money for her not to worry about making rent each month. I don't want her to waste her time and money getting a degree that is as useless as I found my own to be.
"Any idiot can face a crisis; it is this day-to-day living that wears you out." -Anton Chekhov
Erin, I was wondering whether you knew anything about the Ron Clark Academy in Atlanta and if you did, what your opinion was on the subject.
Me (40) DH (47) & furbabies * m/c 7/08 4/12 11/12
Never heard of that until now. I looked it up, and it looks like they have a bunch of different flavors? Which one do you like? Wegman's and TJ's don't carry it, and that's where I shop the most, so that'd be one reason I haven't seen it. Giant is pretty close though, so I'll stop by and take a look.
I agree with you on getting what would be a useful education/skill. I wouldn't necessarily have problems letting Mira pursue what could be an impractical passion, if she has the talent for it, as long as she picks up an employable skill/education alongside it.
Erin, I agree with you on getting basic education/degrees at local colleges, for the most part. The one exception I can think of is some place like MIT, RPI, and other math/science/technology intensive schools. There is no equivalence between getting an education at a place like that and one like say, George Mason (which is in my backyard, practically), I think. There might be similar specialty/niche sort of schools that I'm not aware of, and for those, I think there would be an exception. Otherwise, I don't think that at the undergraduate level, where you go to school matters all that much. At the graduate level, it can make a significant difference, especially in certain fields like business, where the networks you develop by going to Harvard/Stanford/Wharton/Sloan etc. are going to have a significant impact on your employability after you're done with the program.
I like the regular flavor - I think I have seen it with extra lime, but I would rather add my own lime. It's the one with the predominantly yellow label. Yummmm. I have actually considered packing it when we go on trips, but haven't yet done that.
"Any idiot can face a crisis; it is this day-to-day living that wears you out." -Anton Chekhov


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Answer:No. Keurig uses cups filled with instant coffee... water flows throw it, mixes with it and comes out the bottom. Tassimo scans the disc and "micro-brews" the coffee inside the disc per the recommendations of the coffee maker.
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I thought the TASSIMO coffee maker from BOSCH requires a bar code in every T DISC. But the pictures you show on your web site of your offered T DISCs for this coffee maker do not show any bar codes at all.
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I thought the TASSIMO coffee maker from BOSCH requires a bar code in every T DISC. But the pictures you show on your web site of your offered T DISCs for this coffee maker do not show any bar codes at all.
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As a kid you are trying to find your way in life and what your parents do as far as getting you involved with sports or other activities is crucial to how you end up in life. Sports was a huge factor in my life and I now get to cover sports for a living. My family in general were all involved in some sort of sport and they are all doing well as adults. Am I saying that if you are not involved in anything you can't be successful? Stop it, that's not what I'm saying at all. What I am saying is that sports helps. Sport helps you find yourself and when there is success in the sport you are playing whether it's in practice or game, there is a sense of accomplishment that you can't find anywhere else. So, what's my point?
Florida coach suspended for slapping QB helmet on national TV in potential media-led overreaction. This is what I am talking about. Coach Mark Guandolo from Weston (Fl.) Cypress Bay High is being looked into for this? People we have gone off that proverbial edge we talk about. Cameras caught a coach slapping a player in the helmet and that is causing this kind of crazy stir in the football and out of football world? Do you see what kind of hitting goes on, on the field and we are worried about a coach slapping a kid in the helmet. Don't come to my oldest son's Pop Warner football practice then. Don't go to a local high school football game and for sure stop going to College and Pro games. Because if it's not the coach it's a fellow player giving each other slaps on the helmet. This is football and it's a game of emotion and as a coach you do what you can to get that emotion going.
Of course the best part of this story is the end when the reporter briefly mentions, oh by the way the camera fades to something else before it can show the coach hugging the kid. COME ON! We have wars and government policies that don't get this kind of coverage.
We have gone soft, period end of story and by the way if my kid's coach slaps him in the helmet because he screws up....trust me it won't make the news but if it becomes a pattern, Dad will intervene and give my Son a talking to at home. Lets start parenting our kids, instead of coming down on a coach who is trying to do anything he can to get them to be better kids. Just my humble opinion, disagree let me know.
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FEA Governance Board Passes Resolution: On Saturday, the FEA Governance Board passed the attached resolution calling for an immediate halt to the misuse and abuse of testing. In addition, the resolution demands that until autonomy is returned to local school districts to decide what is best for their student population and can develop a fair and accurate system of assessing student performance, the State of Florida must provide a legitimate process for parents and students to decline participation in these educationally unsound tests. Clearly, this debate must continue and educators must speak out. But the threat of retribution is real. School employees – particularly teachers who hold professional certificates -- must be aware of the difference between advocating for policy change and encouraging disregard for current statute. Read the resoluction.
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FEA, other education stakeholder groups, and individuals file suit to declare Florida tax credit voucher program unconstitutional: The Florida Education Association (FEA), joined by other public education stakeholders and individuals, filed a lawsuit today in Tallahassee challenging the constitutionality of the state's tax credit voucher program.FEA is joined in the lawsuit by several individuals -- FEA Vice President Joanne McCall; state Sen. Geraldine Thompson; Bob Jones, a public school principal and immediate past president of the Florida Association of School Administrators; Rabbi Merrill Shapiro, Reverend Harry Parrott, Jr., and Reverend Harold Brockus, who are all affiliated with Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Besides those individuals, other public education stakeholders involved in this lawsuit are the Florida School Boards Association, the Florida PTA, the Florida Association of School Administrators, the Florida NAACP and the League of Women Voters of Florida. The suit names Gov. Rick Scott, the members of the Florida Cabinet, the state education commissioner and the state departments of Revenue and Education as defendants. Read more.
Scott's record on school spending is clear: FEA President Andy Ford made these comments on Gov. Rick Scott's proposal to raise per-student spending in Florida's public schools: "The governor has a four-year record on spending for public education and it isn't pretty. In his first year in office, the Legislature slashed spending for public education by $1.3 billion, though the governor proposed a much bigger cut. That resulted in a per-student spending cut of more than $600 per student. As his bid for re-election has drawn nearer, he has begun to seek restoration of some of those cuts, though per-student spending in Florida is still lower than it was seven years ago. This proposal, which would have to be approved by the Legislature long after November's election, seems very much like a desperate attempt to win votes to cover his record of neglect of public school students."
NEA Elects Landmark Leadership Team: The nation's largest union made history at the National Education Association's annual 2014 Representative Assembly by electing three women of color to their top leadership positions. Unprecedented in U.S. labor history, the NEA became the first major union to boast an all-female, all-minority leadership team. Meet the new team.
U. S. Supreme Court Chips Away at Worker Rights: "In a narrow 5-4 decision, justices on the Supreme Court once again sided with the rights of corporations over the rights of workers," said Florida Education Association (FEA) President Andy Ford. "The court continues to chip away the rights workers fought hard to win so that they could even the playing field and create a more fair society. With a wobbly economy, less job security, stagnating wages and attacks on retirement, Americans should expect a Supreme Court that fights for its rights, not a court that defends wealthy corporate interests." Response to the Harris decision. Read more.
What Will Election 2014 Mean for Education Employees? There's a funny thing about elections. Voters have short memories! Most Floridians don't remember how Governor Rick Scott snatched more than $1 billion from public schools, gave it away in the form of new corporate tax breaks and proudly signed the punitive teacher evaluation legislation, SB 736, as his very first bill. This past session, he signed SB-850 which ultimately creates a statewide school voucher system. The 2014 election is our chance to build a strong voter base. Find out how you can help us win in November for our students.
How Does Florida's Expanded Tax Credit Scholarship Law Compare Nationally? Political leaders and education reformers firmly support diverting tax dollars from public education to religious and private schools. In fact, Florida is among 14 states that have tax-credit scholarship programs, and several have set much higher income caps than Florida's. Read about this alarming trend.
Another Expansion of Unaccountable Corporate Voucher Program is Unwarranted: FEA is exploring its options following Gov. Rick Scott's decision to sign SB-850 into law. The wide-ranging legislation makes major changes to the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Voucher program which provides tax breaks to companies that donate money to nonprofit entities, which in turn gives vouchers to parents to cover the cost of private and religious school tuition. The measure also makes eligibility changes, expanding it from low income to middle class families. "Instead of investing to make every public school as good as it can be, the Legislature and the governor divert a rapidly growing chunk of taxpayer dollars into these voucher schools and the groups that run them," said Vice president Joanne McCall. Read her comments.
Instructional Alignment and Teacher Evaluation: More evidence that cautions against the use of VAM in assessing teacher quality. Using data from the Gates Foundation MET Project, researchers found little evidence to support a substantial association between instructional alignment and student outcomes as measured by VAMs. The findings also indicate little support for the link between instructional alignment and teacher effectiveness as gauged by the MET composite measure. The authors note that the most plausible explanation for their findings is that "the tests used for calculating VAMs are not particularly able to detect differences in the content or quality of classroom instruction." Explore the AERA study
FEA Recommends Crist for Governor: The Florida Education Association (FEA) has recommended former governor Charlie Crist (D-St. Petersburg) in his bid to return to the governor's mansion. "As teachers, education staff professionals and supporters of public education, we must make a commitment to change," said FEA President Andy Ford. "We believe that change is Charlie Crist. We need a governor who truly believes in the promise of quality public education, is experienced enough to envision an agenda that builds on that promise and is equipped with the political courage to insist that partisan politics yield to the needs of our public schools and our public school students." Read more.
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text: This is something I have to agree on....when I had Taela I HATED hearing "I just KNOW she's going to be ok, she has so many people praying for her" or things like that. Same with this last time around-being told that people were positive everything was going to "be ok" because of how many people were praying for me and my baby. Mostly I hate the implication that is made-like you mentioned, Stacy-that since things WEREN'T ok, I (or others) somehow had a direct impact on that. I just wish more people were ok with saying "I'm really sorry." and leave it at that, not add their editorializing!


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Big Blue's 'Jeopardy'-winning computer now comes in the form of an app that uses its technical know-how to assist military personnel in transitioning to life back home.
An early policy amendment has suggested that video game addicts may be exempt from mandatory military service but so far, no one has qualified for the exemption.
Man accused of working with hackers in China to steal information related to military projects from the computer networks of US companies.
Is the US recruiting a zombie army? No, it just appears an Y2K bug temporarily resurfaced.
The UK's Defence Science and Technology Laboratory has developed a life-sized robot to test chemical protective suits for the military.
The government agency looks to open up the airwaves by allowing for civilians to hop on spectrum currently reserved for the Defense Department.
The bipedal Schaft robot, the top scorer in a DARPA competition last year for disaster-response scenarios, will compete in the finals, but now with funding just from Google.
We don't have X-wing fighters just yet, but we may soon have their laser weapons. DARPA is working on a system that's downright Lucasian.
The US Army buys a handful of computer systems that can turn lesser-trained soldiers into premier snipers.
The Pentagon will be busy on all fronts with newfangled technology, from directed-energy weapons to autonomous aircraft and from 3D printing to cyberdefense.


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Congratulations, Bloomies! Congratulations to all those who ran, walked or otherwise participated in the 37th Bloomsday Run on Sunday!LINKS: Bloomsday Coverage | Upload Photos | Finish Line Video | Wireless Apps
It wasn't a record, but it was a sight to be seen nonetheless. More than 53,000 crammed the streets of Spokane on Sunday for the 36th Bloomsday Run.
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As a young kid, I didn't sleep. I was (and am) a night owl, and no matter what my mom did, would fall asleep late in the day, wake up even later, and then be up really late into the night. That all got fixed when I started school, so I'd sleep just fine, and of course, there was a fight about waking up. Used to sleep like a log straight through young adulthood, although somewhere along the way, it became harder and harder to fall asleep, and I would also tell myself stories to get myself to relax and fall asleep. The, I got a dog. I would wake up a little every time he moved. Then another dog. Then a kid who won't sleep. She has fixed my falling asleep problem, in that I'm so exhausted from not sleeping for 3 years that I can fall asleep at a moment's notice, but if I end up staying past a certain time (like 9:00), I still can't fall asleep until late at night. Anyway, that's more than you ever wanted to know about my sleep issues.
Myles, good luck with the new (old) job! Hope you can agree on the rates.
You know what my husband brought home for the child from his travels? A spin drum! He conveniently has one ear he can't pop and therefore not hear out of too well.
Ash, you really iron t-shirts? I'm in the no-ironing camp. Oh, once a month or so I iron a few of dh's buttondown shirts if they got wonky in the dryer, and I iron my fabric before I sew it, but that's about all.
We had a rough morning. DD1, getting ready for school, ran into her room for her shoes and slipped on our hard concrete floor in her socks. She fell so hard she fractured her tailbone. She was sobbing in pain and couldn't move. She was also in shock, shaking and her pelvis was numb. I called the advice nurse, who called the ER doc, who told us to call the paramedics to bring her in in case her spine was injured. So we had the excitement of fire trucks and ambulance at our house at 8 a.m. Noe, who wants to be a firefighter when she grows up, was very excited, but also very worried about DD. We spent 6 hours in the ER, most of it waiting around and getting pain meds. They told her not to eat or drink anything in case she needed surgery, and then it was noon before they tried to get her up to see if she could walk with a walker. When she stood up, she almost passed out and her blood pressure went down to 60/40. They had given her narcotics on an empty stomach. So then we spent another hour so she could eat, rest and get her BP back up. Finally we came home. The last hour was pretty funny as she laid in the bed eating a sandwich... the pain meds she was on made her loopy and talkative. She was cracking me up.
Anyway, she's home now and feeling pretty good on the drugs. She'll be off school for a few days until she can walk ok or can handle the walker. I felt so bad for her when we first got her into the ER ... every time she moved her bottom half she would scream in pain. But I did tell her this was her most innovative way yet of getting out of a few days of school.
The crazy thing about it is that tomorrow dh goes in for a vasectomy, so he's going to be spending the weekend on the couch icing his nethers... and now DD is too. They'll be movie buddies. I'd better go out and get more ice packs.
How scary! I'm glad she's okay, but what a scary and awful day.
"Any idiot can face a crisis; it is this day-to-day living that wears you out." -Anton Chekhov
Your poor DD! What a frightening day! I am laughing at the visual of her and DH both icing their nether regions.
I have not even an ounce of desire to air dry my clothing. We went without a dryer in our rental house and maybe it's the desert air, but even socks and underwear come out hard and crunchy here when it is air dried. They don't feel, smell, or look good. Must be the lack of humidity. But I definitely draw the line at ironing underwear (which was the only way to de-crunchify air-dried clothes). Now that I'm a big girl with a dryer, I'll do anything to avoid ironing. Next step, stove! LOL.
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My kids once saw an iron and were all, "What is THAT??"
Pepperlu, that sounds awful! Poor dear!
Oh my goodness! I am glad she is OK! That sounds so scary
My manager is a wrinkle natzi, she actually sent out an e-mail a couple weeks ago that if we come in with wrinkled clothes we will be sent home
I don't buy clothes generally that need to be ironed so I pretty much never do it. And I air dry almost all my clothes except socks and undies. They hang on the rod in the master bath since that is just a shower and we don't use it. Clothes last so much longer and don't shrink. Even jammies I hang dry.
Oh poor DD1. My french sister did that once....fell on steps. She didn't know the translation for tailbone so she just told us she broke her butt. That is a pretty painful thing from what we were told.
Yeah, she's been saying she "broke her butt" all day. She's also been making all kinds of jokes about being "butthurt" about it. Another thing that's similar about toddlers and teens - both groups find the word "butt" hilarious.
It was really painful - she said it was worse pain than her surgery last year. But the painkillers are making it very bearable. Hopefully tomorrow she can go to just a high dose of ibuprofen.
So glad she's ok!!
I only break the iron out when we have a wedding or something.
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Butthurt! That made me laugh.
You all's clothes must resist wrinkles better than mine. I'm pretty low maintenance but I can't go out in wrinkled clothes. If they just look like they've been worn a little I don't worry about it but jammed into a drawer for over a day, they look pretty terrible. (I don't wear jeans so I at least have to iron my pants and skirts)
Maybe because I hang all my clothes they don't realy get wrinkled? Unless I forget about them in the dryer, which I do a lot, and if thats the case I just turn it back on for a few minutes
and butthurt is hilarious I work with grown woman who still laugh when we talk about farts, so I think some things you just never grow out of
I hang anything that would potentially get wrinkled. I wear jeans a lot too.
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If I can't spritz my clothes with some water and toss them in the dryer to get the wrinkles out, I toss them. Ain't nobody got time for ironing. Except Ash.
Trip is going well. We're just waking up and being bums drinking our coffee. I'm trying to catch up and failing miserably. I miss you guys!
Pepperlru, I was so horrified to read about your DD1's injury. I hope she is feeling better today and that she and your DH are both recovering well and hanging out and watching movies peacefully. How scary that must have been for all of you.
I don't iron, either, and I have a terrible small dryer (it's the only kind that will fit in the tiny space built for our appliances) so everything comes out kind of wrinkled. I try to only buy things that are wrinkle-free. Still, some things wrinkle anyway, and R. likes to wear dress shirts. Even after re-wetting and fluffing in the dryer, he has a number of shirts hanging up in the closet with impossibly wrinkly sleeves that I can't let him wear until I iron them "someday." I hang heavy stuff up on the back deck, but we have too much debris coming down on a regular basis to hang things out to dry and keep them clean. The bottle brush tree sheds a lot, and avocados are raining down from the other tree.
Two days ago I finally got this weekend straightened out. You might remember, my mom wanted me to throw a party for S (it's his birthday today) and a party for her on mother's day. I didn't want to throw two parties two days in a row, but I couldn't get anyone to agree on anything else. My sister didn't want to have a mother's day brunch on Sunday because she didn't want to eat twice in one day. Finally, T minus 48 hours, I got everything nailed down. I am taking mom out to brunch by myself on mother's day, and my sister will make her dinner that evening. Then, we are having a party for S. today (BA-APAMOMs invited, as well as any of the rest of you in case you want to swing by) and I frantically ordered presents, a pinata, got snacks, told some people about it, and argued with DH because he wanted to have it someplace else. One of my co-workers chided me because I didn't get a themed birthday cake for him, and I told her my mom went to two different stores and couldn't find anything, and she asked why she didn't go to a fancy bakery. I said because there were no fancy bakeries open at 7 PM less than two days before the party and she had to work during the day.
I have never had such a hard time with people getting all up in my business before, including people who have nothing to do with the event.
Anyway, my mother-in-law has been in town and has either gotten her phone stolen or lost it, and now wants to leave her hotel and stay with my mom. DH and I have reconciled after our argument, but he has been sick all week and it hasn't been easy for him to deal with this. All this stuff has been making me so busy that I've been up taking care of stuff and still doing my chores well past 10 PM each night. And now I have to go get ready for a party! Can't believe my youngest is 3!
Oh, and Claire lost her first tooth by non-accident last night. The tooth fairy came, although she doesn't believe in the tooth fairy. She suspects it's me, but she likes to pretend to believe. She got a sweet note from the tooth fairy thanking her for having such a clean room that it was easy to get over to her bed and find the tooth.
L, I love you for that sweet tooth fairy note. There was something about that one in that parenting article where she didn't leave one because the room was messy that just irked me! It seemed...cruel. But I'm a sap. And oh.my.goodness. That right there is the reason I don't plan bday parties for my kids yet. I mean, we celebrate, but I'd not be able to handle all the adult expectation and input.
Happy birthday to Sweet S. He will enjoy his day no matter what. Congrats to C on losing that tooth! That is such an exciting time for kids.
We looked forward all day yesterday (well, not me, I hate indoor pool swimming) to swimming at the ymca last night only to have our adventure cut short by a turd in the pool. Ah, good times.
Happy Birthday, S!
Congrats, C on the first tooth falling out!
I hear ya on the stress of birthday parties, etc. We've had Travis' booked for awhile at a kids play place, but for some reason this year I decided to make his cake since he loves Angry Birds so much. I don't know why I didn't just buy him one! I spent all morning making the cake and some Batman cupcakes for the party. At least everything else is taken care of by the venue. I'll spend my morning tomorrow flittering between cliques of people I know from Travis' school. Some of them don't interest me at all, but I'll be the polite hostess.
I think ironing is an essential part of the culture here. LOL. It's one of the things we complain about on Saturday mornings when we're out watching the kids play soccer. One of my friends said that she didn't iron one of her husband's t-shirts once and they were out and an old lady who was behind them in a line said to her, "I would NOT let my husband out of the house with such wrinkled clothes." LOL. I think she said something to her like, "Well, he's not YOUR husband."
Travis had a great first swim lesson. He didn't want to get out of the pool at the end of it.
I'll have to go for now; I'm putting both boys to bed tonight because DH is out at a gig. I'm sure I'll be back on later tonight.
Mira had her second swimming class today, went under water (she was supposed to hang onto the wall, but her hand slipped), got pulled out by a nearby parent, and the instructor was completely oblivious to all of it. He had the nerve to ask me if I wanted him to continue to work with her, as I was taking her away to calm her down and talk her into going back into the water (I told him that she isn't going to go back in the water since she almost drowned). I'm lodging a complaint about the safety issue, and if it doesn't get fixed by next class, pulling her.
I am furious. If that parent hadn't been there, she could've potentially gotten into CPR territory. IF they are not going to allow parents into the class, then they need to either have enough people there to keep an eye on a bunch of 3 year olds, hanging onto a wall in 4 ft. of water, or not let them hang there unsupervised in the first place. It has taken a lot of work to get her to the point where she is comfortable in the water, and go willingly with someone else, and this could've completely messed it all up. The instructor didn't even ask what happened, never apologized, nothing. GRRRRR....
R. went well underwater at a swimming lesson once. He was in a motionless ball at the bottom of the swimming pool. DH and I had been specifically not paying attention, actually, because we found after the first lesson or two that when we were watching the kids, they did all kinds of things to ham it up and get our attention, and did not pay attention to the instructor. So we turned half away and chatted with Soren or talked to each other, and only looked up occasionally or out of the corners of our eyes. R. knew to not let go of the wall, but he did anyway. He was frequently being reminded to hold on. Anyway, that really brought home that "drowning doesn't look like drowning" thing. He didn't make a fuss at all, just quietly sank. Luckily another instructor saw him and shouted, and several people dived in.
He coughed and sputtered a bit, but hadn't really inhaled anything. I think he successfully held his breath pretty well, and maybe it just seemed a lot longer to me than it actually was. DH and I very specifically did not make a big deal of it, even though we were both shaken, and we told him that we wanted him to keep holding on to the edge because it looked like he was trying to swim sooner than he could. We secretly referred to it as "drowning lessons" after that, instead of swimming lessons. In R's mind, he also developed the memory that he was trying to swim on his own. That experience, coupled with the fact that the "super-duper wonderful" swim school leader dunked Claire against her will to get her to put her face in the water, made me really unhappy with the place. The school gets wonderful reviews. All of the nearby parents rave about it. I really don't know where else to go. There were only 3 students in that class. My twins, and one other boy. And still, we barely survived. Needless to say, we're not going back there. That was more than a year ago, and we still haven't done any more in the way of learning to swim.
But they do need to learn how to swim. Ugh.
I'm exhausted, but pretty glad I have one event out of my way. S. loved his party. We got a cake with bright blue frosting at his request, and it stained everyone's lips. I pretty much relaxed all of my healthy food rules today. Claire drank probably 5 juice containers. Krystal5 and her mom and Maiya trekked up to see us, and it was awesome.
My mother in law is happy with me because I have been handling all of her problems and have not snapped at her at all about them. She had her phone stolen (or she misplaced it) and I have been calling phone companies, insurance companies, her boyfriend, and filing police reports on her behalf. DH is spending about 50% of his time in the bathroom and the other 50% of his time unhappy because he's so sick, and he has very little tolerance for anything.
I have a feeling I will just do a joint birthday party for the twins at some kind of party place. It will be more cost-effective for twins (two birthdays for the price of one!) and they have been begging for a bouncy house birthday. However, I was browsing birthday places recently (oddly enough, just about 48 hours ago), and saw there are all kinds of cool birthday events around here, like martial arts lessons birthdays, and circus arts birthdays, and all kinds of neat and interesting things. I'll just need to plan ahead a little more than two days, obviously. I'll send out a save-the-date for all of you guys.
Oh, and tadpole update: they are about the size of guppies, and are getting teeny tiny little leg stumps.
Sorry for your bad experience at the pool too, L
How do you guys feel about instructors who will pick up your kids and bring them in the water if they are unwilling? I understand it's important to know how to swim, but I am totally against someone forcing a child to get in the water when they're obviously unhappy. Josh had a teacher like that. She didn't have to do it with Josh, but she did it with another little boy. I was so appalled I talked to his mom and gently suggested they re-do the class where the parent gets to go in the water with the kid.
Oh goodness, that would've really freaked me out, L! It irks me more for some reason that Mira still trusts the instructor (we also didn't make a big deal out of it, and said nothing about the instructor), and thinks that Mr.S will teach her how to swim. I mentally added 'with the fishes'.
I don't believe in forcing kids into the water either, although I am one to push Mira into things I think she will enjoy once she gives it a chance. I am happy to report that her ninja class is going well, and she loves her instructor. We still don't have compliance on the uniform, but it will come with time.


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A dog with abnormal appetite that left the pooch with "rock hard abs" underwent emergency surgery at BluePearl Veterinary hospital in Eden Prairie on Wednesday to remove 16 rocks weighing almost 2 lbs.
The 7-year-old golden retriever named Gordon likely ate river rocks out of a garden, but the dog's owner was perplexed by the pooch's stony meal since food is always accessible.
Dr. Jeff Yu performed the successful two-hour operation.
"You don't see too many dogs eat this many rocks usually," Yu remarked. "Most dogs will stop after one or two, but Gordon certainly had quite the hankering."
Gordon is expected to make a full recovery.
According to the ASPCA, pica -- consuming non-food items -- is a disorder that can arise in pets and may be a sign that a dog's diet is lacking in a nutrient. It can also be a sign of a digestive disorder, a parasitic infestation, a metabolic disorder, or poisoning.
Pica usually occurs in puppies and young dogs that are bored, but it can develop into compulsive behavior. In pets that seem frequently and intensely motivated to find and eat specific inedible objects, special training may be needed to correct that behavior.
Resolving compulsive pica is best accomplished with the help of a certified applied animal behaviorist or a board-certified veterinary behaviorist.
Dog owners can also discourage or manage pica using the following strategies:
- Provide lots of mental and physical exercise involving a variety of toys
- Prevent access to nonfood items by dog-proofing common areas
- Monitor dogs closely on walks and in areas where non-edible temptations may be
- Quickly and gently remove any non-food item a dog tries to eat and dispose of it
- Teach the "leave it" and "drop it" cues
- Consider applying a taste deterrent, like finely ground black pepper
- Use a basket muzzle, which allow dogs to pant and drink, to limit access
- Try to teach a new behavior, like barking or sitting, when near a nonfood item
- Use a punishment device that can be activated remotely
Online resource:
- Find Professional Help for Pica: http://www.aspca.org/pet-care/virtual-pet-behaviorist/finding-professional-help
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Aj Quen
Aj Quen is a private association for development, founded by representatives of organized Mayan artisan groups from various regions of Guatemala. Aj Quen in the Kakchiquel language means "weaving together." Aj Quen purchases quality raw materials in bulk, and assists artisans by providing marketing, product development, technical and business skills. Besides selling to international fair traders, Aj Quen is building a growing market within Guatemala. Aj Quen's social development division works in the artisans' communities, providing training in community organizing, health and nutrition, literacy and women's rights. These training activities involve four important aspects: social, economic, cultural and political, in order to benefit member groups through integrated capacity building.
Nearly all the artisans are of Mayan descent, belonging to four ethnic groups: Kaqchiquel, Quiché, Quekchi and Tzutujil. Aj Quen is now reaching out to other groups as well.
Ten Thousand Villages purchases a variety of woven items from Aj Quen. Ten Thousand Villages has purchased products from Aj Quen since 1992.