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lotusblossom60 t1_j8u5l92 wrote

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greenglasstree t1_j8u506i wrote

I don't think high schoolers should have after school jobs. Summer internships are good, but no minor should have to work during the school year.

It's not a coincidence that the demographic of kids in America who do the least house chores and have the lowest rate of working a paid part time job also have the highest graduation rate and highest rate of eventual university completion.

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greenglasstree t1_j8u4pt2 wrote

If MA pushes high school start times back to 9am, the kids would get so much smarter that they would make Finnish and Singaporean teens look dumb in comparison. Which would only fuel the egoism of MA. The state's collective ego would balloon to an unstable size, upon which it would collapse under its own weight, thereby creating a massive black hole.

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Dramatic-Purpose-103 t1_j8u4amt wrote

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Dramatic-Purpose-103 t1_j8u4110 wrote

I'm in Burlington. For a decent house her budget needs to be $700-800k. That price is a bit of a fixer upper. Even then could be tough.new construction is at $1.5-2 million. We also have major water problems. Something to consider. I am very happy with the schools though.

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cat_chat_gato_maau1 t1_j8ttuno wrote

Reply to comment by dalebrower in I guess I'm a fool then by pikalaxalt

There was a Reddit thread a little while back about how cold you feel outside is largely a matter of mindset, and there were people that live in Siberian-type climates saying how funny they think it is to come and see people dressing in so many layers when it’s “only” in the single digits, not even in the negatives. And then I read that being outside in the cold briefly without a heavy jacket does not make you sick, unless you are under-dressed for a truly prolonged period of time or wet in the freezing cold. So I decided to toughen up, started taking walks in 30° weather, and now I enjoy it.

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