Seeing a lot of "only idiot cavemen don't use debit cards", but in my case it's for cash security. If there is theft or fraud that money is not available until the bank decides my report is legitimate. With a credit card that's not the case. Where I can't use a credit card I use a check with some extra security info.
Agree that child welfare checks should be a thing. Our state does have testing requirements, but no curriculum standards.
I would say it is largely impacted by available resources, but not necessarily limited to government. Some locations have great non-profit organizations dedicated to exactly this sort of thing. I'd say a lot of places have those sorts of resources, but often are hard to find.
Let me present my counter-tale to all the anti-home school comments.
My kid is autistic and the schools are some of the most poorly funded in the country. Despite this the school did an excellent job and had very good staff that did a very good job. But as my child went up in grades the resources available decreased. It was quickly heading for a point where the 1-on-1 time they would need wouldn't be available. Then the pandemic hit. We were forced into online school when the school closed for a bit. The amount of specialist time available dropped to near-zero.
The school wasn't prepared for online school and the sites/curriculum they used were all over the place. We supplemented with our own field trips and additional resources. But they otherwise took to it really well and were still learning.
The next school year our school still didn't have its act together. We found a different online school that actually had good curriculum. They've been going to that ever since and it's gone really well.
BIG CAVEATS: I used to be a public school teacher. My degrees are in that, and I was certified. I work in a different field now, but I still have that background to know adolescent psychology, how to evaluate curriculum, knowledge of what is grade-level appropriate, etc. My partner specialized in language and writing, while I was science, math, and tech. We take great pains to socialize our child with outside activities, and make sure they read and participate in art/creative activities. My partner is stay-at-home with the primary job of seeing to our child's education. I help but assist in my areas of expertise.
TLDR; Home school IS used as a way for a lot of parents to enable hyper-religious or abusive behavior, but that's not universal. In some cases it can be the best solution for the child.
Did you just assume my energy level?
Joking aside, this needs to be said more.
Can vouch that it does work and is cool.
Does the smell get as bad as I'd expect on extended duration missions?
I've been using Feedbro (Firefox plugin) for a while and it does the job.
Kassandra has awakened things in me that I didn't know were there. OK, that's a lie, I already knew.
I actually like the tooling built into VS Code. Added the GitHub Pull Requests and Issues extension for the PRs, pretty happy with it all at the moment. Before that I like a specific older version of SourceTree that didn't forget your credentials.
vraylle
joined 1 year ago
As a sad citizen of Oklahoma, I wish I could upvote you more than once.