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ajrwdwgirl

ajrwdwgirl

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JenniferS said:
Hey @ajrwdwgirl, I forget what grade you teach, but how awesome would these be for students to make for Mother's Day gifts?

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You might need to start collecting flat, smooth rocks now though.
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I saw this earlier on Facebook and I thought, finally a cactus I can't kill! This would've cool for the 7th graders I have if I could finds way to connect it. My 8th and high schoolers might not be so into it. It is cute though thanks for sharing with me.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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Gabe1 said:
I think maybe we are coming at 'stuff' like this from a different point of view than the generation we raised or those who followed our children. What our generation genuinely meant as no harm no foul is looked at differently than those of us who grew up through the Civil Rights era. I just think of some of the rhymes that went along with the outdoor games we played as innocent kids that I could not wrap my innocent brain around the underlining meaning and I by adulthood cringed. Different era changing times. They were not taught to my kids.

I look at what colleges are going through with their collegiate names and mascots being forced to abandon them. My sons first college lost their feather during his era at that college. Prior to my DD arriving at the University of Illinois they dropped the Chief that is still very much alive among the students despite the University abandoning. The University years back contracted the tribe to make two head pieces, beautifully done. The Chief performed an authentic dance at all major sporting events carefully taught by the tribe, it was a co-op performance taught by the tribe to the performers. It was a tribute to the tribe and the tribe was all in. Others ultimately won. The University was forced to return the head pieces to the tribe even though they were bought and payed for by the University to the tribe who willing replicated the two head pieces for the dances. It was kinda a shame 'cause it taught students what the Illini were all about. It respected heritage.

The young adults are very guarded and were raised as a whole to be respectful to all types of individuals. While our generation was kinda split between those who had the mindset to see the slights and those who at times embraced the slights. I watched with interest the issue of the confederate flag issue to see how those states would resolve all that. Just another layer that was left over and embraced by some.
Me, I watched while sitting on the school board a simple childhood instruction in school to sit Indian Style be officially changed to sitting with legs folded. Growing up I never thought anything of the saying but times they do change.
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I'm going to end my part of this discussion, not because I feel any different, but, because it is obviously upsetting to people. I will end it with two separate incidents in my life in which one of them probably has a stronghold on my S.O.B. mentality and the other just plain, bold and outright discriminatory behavior.

As most know, I am basically from Vermont. I attended high school in the city of South Burlington. Our school "name" was "The Rebels" and our team flag was the Confederate Flag. At the time, we, as students from Vermont only saw the flag as a connection to the name South in our community. A play on words, certainly not a thought about whether the history, which I'm not sure we ever were told, was offending people. At the time there was probably only one or two black families in the entire state. We voted to keep the flag because we could not see the problem at the time. It was removed a few years later and now that I am aware of the connection between slavery and the flag I'm sorry that we didn't do it then.

The second was when I was younger. My Father was a part of a group of people that organized and chartered a membership in a local Barbershop Chorus in my home town of Plattsburgh, NY. I was also a member, being one of the youngest members ever. Plattsburgh AFB was a huge SAC Base and as such had a diversity of ethnic population. There was a black man that joined the chorus and no one even gave it a thought. Later that year we were entered in a contest that was held in Montreal, Que. We came in third place, but, were later that night, disqualified because we had a black man in the chorus. Turns out it was in the bi-laws that no one had noticed which basically said... "White folk only". My dad, started a petition and contacted the headquarters in Kenosha, Wisc. that either that by-law be written out or we and all the chapters in a 4 or 5 state area of N.Y. and New England would be publicly withdrawing our membership. It got changed. That happened in 1961.

The first incident was a simple mistake, not intended to offend anyone, but, inadvertently did due to a knowledge that we didn't have about at the time. Still, it was a reasonable request that it be dropped. This first happened in 1965.

The second was outright, blatant, mean and disgusting racism. It directly hurt that person by depriving him of his right as a human being. It required immediate action and should have been offensive to everyone, not just the target.

I obviously see the "Pedro" differently. That doesn't make me right, but, no one has explained why this should be offensive especially in light of why it is there and how it is handled. Also, if not intended or even slanted toward belittling anyone then I see it as overreaction to an innocent situation. Not everything is a slam on other people unless we make it be that.
 
betty rose

betty rose

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figmentfan423 said:
Sympathy like. My dh just replaced the water pump on my dishwasher. Other than that it's holding up well! My dishwashers get lots of work as everything has to go through, no risking just a hand washing here! It's a Bosch and I'm happy. My MIL has a Kenmore she can't seem to kill and my mom has a Kitchen Aid that's been around forever. Good luck
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Thanks for the appliance buying tips. We have very hard water, with a lot of minerals so that may be causing the dishwasher issues.
 
betty rose

betty rose

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MinnieM123 said:
Years ago, I used to do a lot of figure skating. There have been so many improvements over the years with all kinds of skates (figure, hockey, etc.) Often (per your reference to your husband above) when someone thought they had weak ankles, it had less to to with a physical weakness, and more to do with improperly fitted boots on the skates. A well-built boot has a sturdy ankle support built in, and the boot should fit like a glove--which is in direct contract to older ideas that skates were supposed to be big, to fit in pairs of heavy socks.

I'll bet if your husband wanted to go skating now, and had some money to invest in quality boots (either figure or hockey), he'd be surprised at how much better he could skate with the proper equipment. :)
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I couldn't get him into skates as he is afraid he will fall and break something. ;)
 

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