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  1. I agree with this. I have 10 year old twins and when I can't change the program, I change the output. Assign odds/evens, different writing prompts, random assigned problems. etc.
  2. The school district near me has a saliva Covid test available to all students and teachers free of charge for the first quarter of the year. My district is getting ready to open up the saliva Covid test lab within the next few weeks. I think this will be helpful for those who want to participate in testing.
  3. I have sickle cell anemia and my ferritin goes down to 4/5 at least twice a year. From my personal experience, its important to eat a variety of high iron animal and veggie sources daily, find a iron supplement to take every few days, and get an iron infusion when needed.
  4. Trader Joe's just put out their organic pumpkin...maybe I should buy a few more cans to last through the winter.
  5. I am so sorry. Some kids are determined to get as close to death as possible at that age. Remember that this too shall pass.
  6. Last point, @PeterPan My life experience as a brown middle class person is valid, whether you understand, agree and believe. The decision that I make regarding my family will always be influenced by who I am and where I am. For instance, I know that my child is tall for his age, so I can't pretend all is well and allow him to do what everyone else in the neighborhood does. Even something as simple as riding bikes through the neighborhood has the potential for a bad interaction. That is my reality, my life. This isn't crying victim, this isn't shifting blame, It's merely being vocal to what my life is. I'm blessed beyond measure, so please don't ever think I believe being brown is a burden, because it's not. But life is life, you take the good and the bad.
  7. Why would I read the comments on a public forum? So you mean to tell me that even the local news got it wrong? I can't even vouch if that is the real parents, I have no way of authenticating that. But I did a quick search to find similar stories, even in the local news of CO. https://kdvr.com/news/problem-solvers/12-year-old-suspended-over-toy-gun-seen-in-virtual-class/
  8. I don't think I ever went to a school that didn't have at least a full time school nurse for school. In high school, there was a whole clinic with a PA and two nurses. I am floored now reading through and realizing that having a full time nurse is uncommon in some parts of the US.
  9. So, I read this article last night and this is a prime example of what I was trying to explain the other day. Mind you, this kid just had a nerf toy gun, not even a bb gun. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/08/black-student-suspended-police-toy-gun/
  10. This reminds me of the time new neighbors decided to park in my driveway without informing me because their driveway was being repaved. We were both like "whose cars are these?" . The new neighbors then came by and yelled from their window "its out cars, don't worry about it"....I just had a shocked look on my face, like people like this exist? I don't understand some people and the though process.
  11. I bought cheap room dividers from amazon for each kid. That way, no matter where they zoom in the house, the background is just a room divider.
  12. I wrote something back that was not productive and realized that I'm going to try to step back and breathe through this. Of course I read the article, your attitude is noted and not helpful. With everything staying the same, I thought what would happen in this situation if the kid was brown and lived in all the different cities I have lived in here in the US. In all cases, I just kept seeing the same outcome, cops if not SWAT team called and a family in terror. The cops wouldn't be as understanding, especially now in this moment. Parents probably having to deal with CPS and the impact of having to deal with law enforcement. I didn't make make up and this isn't my anxiety speaking to me. My six year old was having a water gun fight with a bunch of his friends in the park. The cops came with hand on their guns and attempted to speak to my kid about a "disturbance". Luckily, I was with the park with all the other parents and were able to defuse the situation. What was different from my kid and the other six year olds? We all lived in the same town, went to the same school and same income bracket. The only difference was that my kid was brown. In this country we have different experiences with law enforcement and social services and the experience is determined by race and social economics. My lens is valid and though different then yours, doesn't make it wrong.
  13. I didn't say that all ethnicities don't participate in the local junior shooting club. What I'm saying is that we just have to be extra careful about anything that can be percieved as weapons and it's relationship to our kids. Tamar Rice was killed in less than 5 seconds because of the perception that the gun he was playing with may be real. I can not fathom a brown kid having such a display in the background of his zoom classroom and the cops not being called, etc. Every time police is introduced, its added layer of stress to all involved.
  14. Trader Joe's spa conditioner is really good and very cheap. I also second shea moisture.
  15. It must be nice to be able to even have the option to own BB guns. I can't even imagine what would happen if this picture was in the background of any brown kid in america.
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