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Cake day: July 11th, 2023
  • nothing@lemm.eetoMemes@lemmy.ml•Georgia.
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    1 year ago

    I was thinking this may have confused people following the trump indictments, but then I realized most people don’t know a Georgia exists outside of the US and I got sad because I couldn’t be witty to strangers on the interwebs.

  • nothing@lemm.eetoMemes@lemmy.ml•...
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    1 year ago

    Great joke!

    And for the rest: yes, electric cars aren’t saving the environment. We just don’t have historical data on the effects like we do with fossil fuels. Add in trashed batteries, lithium mining, slave mining, and the shipping costs (in pollution mostly) and it’s possibly worse (just counting consumers). We really need to deal with shipping globally and major corporations effects. But I bet you already knew that.

  • nothing@lemm.eetoU.S. News@beehaw.org•OPINION: Why US homeschooling surge should concern us all
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    1 year ago

    So we’ve “homeschooled” for years for two kids. Legally we are part of a private school that has oversight into our curriculum, attendance, and testing, but we do the day to day teaching. It’s hard when you start as you have to figure out your routine and what works for your kids. After doing this for years, I can say I’d never do it differently. Although the article was on the failings due to far-right extremism, it seems you’re not leaning that way. I certainly don’t agree with the bureaucratic tendencies and busy work of traditional school, but for those that don’t have a better option, it’s better than homeschooling poorly. On the other hand, I’ve been able to assist teaching my kids algebra, early calculus, life sciences, finance, economics, physical sciences, some engineering, some technology, some famous novels, important history (ancient and more recent past), and I would not give that up for the world. Definitely find a good curriculum with multiple subjects Some years we’ve even mixed curriculums to make the best for our kids. Homeworking definitely has a US protestant Christian slant, but with COVID especially, many more options have come online. I would say if your kid(s) is/are young, there’s nothing wrong with the early years in preschool, kindergarten, and early grade school. But as our kids got into grade school, but I could see the system failing them and then not trying to pick them back up with things they didn’t understand or flat-out weren’t taught previously. Now, some 5-7 years later, they consistently test 2 grades above in their standardized testing.

    It definitely is trying at times (especially the first 2-3 months) but also so rewarding and it makes schooling more relevant to them when you can discuss real world applications as you find them.