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I'm worried about my parents as they are old and alone in the Orlando area. They live on the St. John's river (big river in Florida) in a flood prone area, but are too _____ to move or even go to a hotel. They have a generator, but their house is mostly glass, so it's not the best house for a hurricane. Don't like the thought of two 84 year olds alone....but they refused my offers of help. Tried to get my Mom to go to a friends' house (not on the river), but she said no. Say a prayer for them, please.
:( I'm sorry.
Stay safe, Umsami. This storm looks like it's going to give The First Coast a wallop.
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The only place I frequent where it's insulting is here :)
People who understand implicit bias also know they share it. It's not a matter of those other redneck people having the wrong ones, and we good liberal people having the right ones.
We are all a lot more impacted by our (racist) environments that we think.
The only difference so far as I can see is between people who own it and attempt to compensate, and people who think it's a terrible insult and besides, they do NOT have these biases, what, are you calling them racist, they have a black bestie blah blah blah.
Reporting this thread was a little OTT.
I have to admit that I didn't actually get this point, understand exactly what was meant by implicit bias, until I read the Slate article this morning.
I think it's going to be a game changer for me.
I want to say more, to clarify why I think that's the case, but I'm afraid that if I do it will venture too far into the realm of politics.
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As did I. But the article discussed that a lot of people hear "implicit bias" and think that is academic speak for "racist" and is an insult. Which is why I brought it up.
Same article, different publications?
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Should we talk about implicit bias or is pointing it out insulting?
Here's one resource: http://kirwaninstitute.osu.edu/research/understanding-implicit-bias/
Another:
There was a really good article about this on Slate yesterday.
I have to admit that I usually start rolling my eyes when this topic comes up. However, I found the article really enlightening, and it got me thinking. I'm glad I read it.
eta. I'm not linking, because probably Slate is considered to be political, though I didn't find this article to be particularly so.
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Thank you... For the most part I've been able to stay philosophical and remember that most things can be replaced. Other things I was happy to let go. But my book collection has given me immense pleasure over the years. I love to walk over to my shelves at just the right time and pull exactly what I need. I love to match a child with a book just when it seems like the right time. I don't think I'll go to the trouble of buying them all again and it seems like I'm letting go of a piece of our family culture.
I'm so sorry about the loss of your books :grouphug: I understand.
My books weren't lost due to a fire, but because of a "temporary" move to another country that turned out to be mostly permanent. So in actuality I still "own" them, but my children don't have any access to them.
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We don't have a microwave. My B&D toaster oven is going on 20 years and it still works!
I also use the stove top and occasionally my cast iron skillet, if the toaster oven isn't big enough.
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I'm pretty sure that teaching K - 3, or pretty much doing anything with that age group on a daily basis, would be like the seventh circle of hell for me.
Being a gym teacher :svengo:
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suckiest years of my school career
I loved 6-9th grades. I was in the class tracked for honors and AP, and it was lovely. They are my fondest school years.
This and this
I was in the gifted program and my academic classes were wonderful: same gifted/geeky kids all 3 years, lovely teachers, fun and challenging academics. I absolutely loved them. But it didn't make up for all the non-academic classes that I had with the general school population :thumbdown: , lunch and the halls in-between class. That part of junior high kind of made my life miserable.
I wish my gifted classes had been completely self-contained. I swore I would never put my kids in a b&m middle school. It's just too brutal.
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I feel you. I bought a dress for my own son's wedding the week prior, and my shoes the morning of!
I hate shopping with a passion.
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I think Jessie Louise is an absolutely beautiful name.
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I love this author's books.
https://www.amazon.com/Sarah-Susanka/e/B001JPC3PK/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1
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This is from a month ago. It's really interesting. There's a link in the article to the abstract as well.
http://www.care2.com/causes/new-study-confirms-existence-of-non-celiac-gluten-sensitivity.html
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I like them but I don't like the way the hard shell breaks when you eat them so I never make them. I like my food to be contained.
I am more of a burrito or a burrito bowl kind of gal.
You wrap a soft tortilla around the hard tortilla. I learned about that in Texas.
or make a tostada. That's what we do. Mostly we just have burritos instead. We go through an obscene amount of tortillas each week.
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Oh, I have no trouble avoiding nuts on a plane, or not packing them in my child's snack bag for the SAT, or whatever.
I just sometimes wish people would remember that there are other allergies out there. Sometimes it can be the parents who have a kid with a common allergen who insist that everyone not pack peanut butter who get most huffy when asked to at least let me KNOW what contains cinnamon for a homeschool group lunch, for example.
And I admit to the fact we're going into fall doesn't help. As my DD puts it, I'm allergic to October, November and December-which really includes September, too.
Yes, this has been my experience as well :(
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re advance notification:
See, I never knew that citrus could cause such an effect, and I *do* often travel with clementines; like nuts and like products made with flour they pack well. Yet I would *gladly* forego my clementine, or nuts, or crackers or any other given single thing, so as not to trigger a fellow passenger's anaphylaxis. If I knew about it.
This thread has shown that there are an *awful lot* of allergens. Also, that passengers *will* eat on flights. As a practical matter, airlines cannot prohibit, and monitor, and enforce, every single item that every single passenger eats on board (what could they do, put surveillance cameras above every seat, and have flight attendants monitor every bite of every passenger? Even if they tried, by the time the monitor saw that offending peanut it would be too late).
So as a legal matter they will never claim to do so. Best-efforts on a cooperative basis is as good as it's going to get.
If I knew a fellow passenger has a citrus allergy two weeks before my flight, I would happily refrain from packing clementines. That level of way-advance notice puts an awful lot of cost onto the airlines, though... in addition to requiring a great deal of advance planning action on the part of the allergic person.
If I am informed *upon boarding* that a fellow passenger has a cinnamon or gluten allergy, I will happily swap seats, or go back to the galley to eat my Cinnabon and wash my hands thereafter. That's a more reasonable accommodation for the allergic person to ask of the airline and the airline to ask of me. There are still risks to the allergic person.
Nuts are a common enough allergen that I don't, myself, pack them in carry-on. I still do see them served often on planes, however. Several times this summer on Delta, both domestic and international.
I agree, hence the uncomfortable conversations. Nobody wants the person sitting next to them to possibly die while they're sitting right there ;) It's a hard conversation to have, especially when you're shy to begin with, but I've never had a person react negatively once I tell them. And I only bring it up if they're actually getting out an orange or lemon, otherwise there isn't any reason to.
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I guess I have a slightly different perspective-my airborne allergen is cinnamon. Fortunately, it's never gotten to an epipen stage when airborne, just sinus congestion and hives (and misery the next day) and that can usually be averted by taking benedryl before getting to the airport and topping off as needed. It's only potentially epipen worthy if I eat it.
But one side effect of nut bans and even just increased awareness is that it's amazing how many alternatives have cinnamon in them, and as a result, it's gotten harder and harder for me in enclosed places. For example, one of the airlines has gone from using nuts, which I could eat, to offering cookies or pretzels. The pretzels are fine, but if they have the cookies, I'm going to be reaching for an extra dose of Benedryl. It's not as bad as having a Cinnabon stand in the airplane (For me, the worst case scenario is for there to be a Cinnabon baking cinnamon rolls right at the gate-because not only will it affect me at the gate, but it's likely several people will bring them on the plane), but it can get bad. And I'm lucky-my rare allergen is only barely at the "LTFA" level.
How can we ever make it safe for everyone?
Yes, mine is citrus. Orange particles are highly airborne. In everyday life I can usually get away from it quickly, and I carry my epi-pens for just in case, but I've had to have some very uncomfortable conversations when flying.
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Ouch! I'm so sorry. :grouphug:
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These were our favorite Sonlight/Winter Promise books
Blood on the River
Regina Silsby's Secret War
Fever 1793
Indian Captive
The Stout-Hearted Seven
Bound for Oregon
The Slave Dancer
The Slopes of War
Rifles for Watie
The Ballad of Lucy Whipple
Wait for Me, Watch for Me, Eula Bee
Earthquake at Dawn
Monnshiner's Son
My Side of the Mountain
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I've been gone for 20 years, but Kopachuk State Park down by Gig Harbor might fit the bill.
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That's such a tough situation. If he is interested and you think you could actually pull it off, is it possible for him to go for this year and see how it fits? He may find there is someone else he could carpool with upon occasion. If it turns out to be a lousy fit, you could withdraw him down the line (more about that in a minute). If it is a great fit, then would there be the option to move into that district? This may come up again with your other children, too.
As for withdrawal, he is going to have good days and bad days. Don't let a random bad day convince you both that he needs to come home. He may regret that decision by the next day. I would recommend that you both commit to this through December at the minimum, to give him time to acclimate. If it is working for both of you at that point, then keep him in. If not, then pull him out.
I would do it this year instead of waiting. He would be a Freshman this year? Definitely, if you are thinking of trying it, do it as a Freshman, not later in the grade levels. The school may fight much harder against accepting Mommy grades once he is officially in High School.
Agreeing with all of this.
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Dishwashers.
Oh all right, I guess I can understand the appeal of not having to hand wash dishes every day. But I swear, every time I've gone to someone else's house where they use a dishwasher, I get told to just scrape any bits of food off the clean dishes because the dishwasher doesn't get them totally clean. :ack2: I'd rather wash them myself and get them clean.
You're lucky. My mom and stepdad just built a new house and have a brand new dishwasher, and even theirs leaves bits of food all over the dishes, even with my finicky stepdad loading it just so. I think maybe a lot of people just don't notice the food bits, but I have OCD and it's one of my things.
I call our dishwasher the sterilizer, because really that's the only reason I use it. Absolutely everything has to be hand washed before we put it in.
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As far as I know there's no treatment for OAS (I wish!). It'a just something you have to live with. :( The severity fluctuates with the allergy season. It can make summer a bit depressing.
I have reactions to almost anything in it's raw form: fruit, veggies, seeds & nuts. I carry an epi-pen because I'm anaphylactic to citrus of all things. I have to be really proactive about making sure that people don't peel or eat oranges around me. It makes flying on an airplane a bit scary.
I've learned that, yes, benedryl can be chewed :ack2:
Cooking the food, in most cases, should let her eat it. Freezing also works (sometimes). Dehydrating is iffy; that depends on how high the heat was when processed.
I developed a latex allergy around the same time (it's related to the OAS). Something to be aware of.
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I hear you. When we lived in the states we had to go to my parents to watch, because our house was in a dead zone.
Could you use a VPN, like TunnelBear, and then access CBC (Canadian) coverage with your computer?
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Actually for a little kid, I think Magic School Bus with no follow up is plenty for that day's science work. In the early grades, mind you, not for a 6th grader.
Especially since they end up watching the same episode a bazillion times, and memorizing all the information. My kids learned so much watching MSB at that age :)
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Need Encouragement: Kids Who Outgrew Angry, Impulsive Behavior?
in The Chat Board
Posted · Edited by Upward Journey
Mine. I didn't think I was going to survive. He was always extra loving, but had absolutely no impulse control. By the time he was eight I had pretty much curtailed ALL of our outside activities, except for church on Sundays, because it was so taxing to take him anywhere.
Today, at 15, he is my most even keeled, and considerate child.