I worked for a charter school in the era of obsessive state testing, and there were extremely specific rules that students & staff had to follow during state test days.
One of the rules was that after students finished their test, they had two options: silently read a book or silently put their head down. That was it. No other options. It’s also worth mentioning that there’s no time limit on the NY state exams, so our school gave the kids a mandatory minimum of 4 hours… to answer ~30 math questions. Needless to say, they all finished after about 2 hours, and then I, as the proctor, was left trying to keep a room full of antsy 11-year-olds absolutely silent for 2 more hours.
This machine allows anyone to work for minimum wage for as long as they like. Turning the crank on the side releases one penny every 4.97 seconds, for a total of $7.25 per hour. This corresponds to minimum wage for a person in New York. This piece is brilliant on multiple levels, particularly as social commentary. Without a doubt, most people who started operating the machine for fun would quickly grow disheartened and stop when realizing just how little they’re earning by turning this mindless crank. A person would then conceivably realize that this is what nearly two million people in the United States do every day…at much harder jobs than turning a crank. This turns the piece into a simple, yet effective argument for raising the minimum wage.
Now a new study looking at 400,000 youths from 88 countries around the world suggests such bans are making a difference in reducing youth violence. It marks the first systematic assessment of whether an association exists between a ban on corporal punishment and the frequency in which adolescents get into fights.
[F]or both boys and girls, [prof. Elizabeth Gershoff] said, “We found [spanking] linked to more aggression, more delinquent behavior, more mental health problems, worse relationships with parents, and putting the children at higher risk for physical abuse from their parents.”
“People often ask: Why didn’t you look for positive aspects?” she continued. “My answer is: We did, and there were none. We see consistently that the more children are spanked, the more behavioral problems they have in the years ahead.”
“Mirroring” is a big thing with cats. It’s why they will lay in similar positions several feet apart, or will come and try to do things when you do them. It’s a sign that they love you and want to show.
This cat wants to be close to its owner, and also wants to do what its owner is doing, to be involved in some way.
Giving them their own thing to use is a really great way to redirect them and allow them to mirror the behavior in a non-disruptive way that frustrates neither party.
‘Amendment’ means it was changed from the original. It needed improvement. We should continue to improve and rewrite.
The Constitution was supposed to be rewritten entirely 20 years after it was written. It was supposed to be rewritten by each generation for them to decide the rules and rights of an individual and of the people.
No generation was supposed to have power over the next one, because the new generation would be the one to shape their world
We should not be obeying anything on that paper, it’s too old and it’s too outdated and it’s too WRONG
The Chaos Bitches 