Who knows/who cares, parents are fucking wild about anything (anything!!) that they see as giving their kid a real or imagined leg up in college admissions.

These are the exact kids who need a mental health day

I was a straight A student and my mom regularly let me take these. She knew I wouldn’t fall behind and understood that some days you just can’t get out of bed.

but it be if the ways you “learn to deal with it” is realizing when things are a bit too much and allowing yourself to take a break

I instantly recognized this spot! I actually performed a wedding ceremony there last May!

That’s the barren pine 🌲

I had to get on the bus by 6:30 to get to school by 7:15 with all of the stops along the way

I personally know / knew someone who hit the jackpot

Lol, what do you get for perfect attendance? A piece of paper saying perfect attendance? My kids principal said there were 2 reasons for perfect attendance: mom was a teacher and mom was done.

I wasn’t sure there was a clear winner. Sus is cool. But then I looked lower. Haha

South Jersey starts at Point Pleasant.

Just looked at gallery pics of the cakes — impressive!! I’ll definitely check them out

CUM

TR is on the cusp but I’d consider south Jersey.

From the article: But proponents of the bill champion the fact that taking a mental health day would not count towards a child’s absences or even ruin their perfect attendance record (whether trying to achieve that is healthy or not is another hotly debated issue!).

Seems like absenseces are something they want to avoid, so I assumed there was some sort of negative connoation

Thanks for the rec! Where is Dawsons?

They didn't care about a drs note, unless for religious reasons it's not excused. The alternative is child protective services gets called for kids who miss too much, fuck that.

My kids bus comes at 8:50, which is ten minutes AFTER school starts. The school insists that there’s nothing they can do to fix it.

Bergen County

>but have never hit it big. Just a few bucks here and there

The game is working as designed. Continue on.

New Jersey has the third highest commuting times in the country https://patch.com/new-jersey/across-nj/njs-commutes-are-3rd-longest-nation-getting-shorter

Imagine being in a field with 1,000,000 people. And I said “everyone give me a dollar and one of you may win $1M”. Sounds like a deal because “someone’s gotta win it, could be me!” But then I said “there’s also a better chance that nobody wins. Then you have to give me another dollar, but instead of $2M for $2, it’s going to be $1.3M. Also, good chance nobody wins that either”.

If there was a one in a million chance of dying in a plane crash, you’d feel safe that you aren’t going to crash. But if the outcome of that 1 in a million is in your favor, your perception changes.

I agree that having a lottery ticket allows you to dream of a better life. If the drawing is every day, your feel good dream lasts 24hrs until the results come out and then your dream dies. So I’d rather play power ball or mega millions because that ticket allows me to dream for a few days until the drawing

If a kid needs a mental health day, stay home sick. Do we need a special designation for it? No.

If they agree to leave their cellphones home all year they should be rewarded with one mental health day each semester.

Totally. In theory it seems like she can have 22 unexcused absences and lots with doctors notes. But they still send official letters and make you feel crappy.

Yeah, Blackjack and Craps played correctly have a very small house advantage, like 2%. Slots are probably the same as lottery, with everything else at the casino in-between somewhere.