This is r-worded.

Why isn’t “call the police” on the list?

Why the fear porn post?

I’d definitely want my child to go to public school. I live in the district I work, but I’d still want them to have the chance to meet a wider demographic of peers by attending public school.

I guess I would classify them as abnormally entitled behaviors? I worked in an EC center over a decade ago with 2-3 year olds. Sure, there was hitting and hoarding and all sorts of age appropriate-yet-maladaptive behaviors. I'm now subbing in a 4-5 year old class, and I'm seeing not just the aggression (that really should have been put in check by 3), but wildly age inappropriate aggression.

The other day, a 4 year old went up to another girl and declared her his girlfriend. She seemed on board enough to humor him, but then he wouldn't stop following her around. I waited on the primary teachers cue, who just said, "we don't do boyfriend and girlfriend here, just friends," and let it be, but the kid really persisted in invading her space. This went on until the point where she started saying, "no, stop, you're not my boyfriend." We were outside at this point, and he started grabbing her arm and yanking her towards him, until I went right up to his face, and pretty bluntly commanded him to let her go, saying "what did she just tell you?"

His eyes went as wide as saucers, and was in shock. Clearly no adult in his life had ever told this kid what he can't do to another person, and he ran off crying. I explained to him after why he had to respect other kids boundaries, and he seemed receptive, but I was left pretty stunned to see a 4 year old do that.

That's the most shocking example, but there is a pervasive attitude of (mostly the boys) that they are in charge. Maybe I'm sensitive to this kind of thing, but if that's now normal, I don't want my kid anywhere near it lol.

I really like Teslas, but am sick of their design language.

The vast majority of green energy subsidies (EV rebates, solar panel kickbacks) have been used by the upper middle class and the wealthy in Vermont, particularly those who own a home.
Heck, entire solar panel fields were built as investments by rich out of staters who got a guaranteed high return via feed in tariffs.

The rural working class that has to rent a shitty, drafty 100 year old apartment and drive 35+minutes each way has been and currently is getting screwed by the green push from our legislators.

I agree! Do want the working poor and renters to keep subsidizing the green handouts to the landed gentry of Vermont?

Pretty important…

Thank you for the thoughtful reply! It makes me wonder if COVID is responsible for this shift in behaviors, or if it just accelerated this trend in public education. My mother has been a teacher most of her life, and she has noted that teachers have steadily been losing authority over the last 15 or so years. I have a few teacher friends from the NY/NJ area that have either quit teaching to go into curriculum planning, or are going insane.

I'm left wondering if it makes sense to opt into something private or online right out of preschool. I'm not worried about the quality of the teachers, but the detrimental experience of seeing kids day in and out never be held to account. Our experience with daycare was really rough- we only had him in a few half days a week starting at 2, just to get him used to socializing/separated from us- but it became very apparent that he was getting bullied (he wasn't very verbal at the time so it was hard to gauge). The staff would always just say "he had a great day!" despite his listlessness, and occasional scratches that I couldn't tell came from play or another kid. We pulled him from that, found a great preschool when he turned three, and has been thriving since.

I'm really worried about entering the public school, as the unchecked daycare kids are all headed that way. Our preschool is very parent involved, draws from all around the Upper Valley as opposed to just the town, and there are clear behavioral standards that have to be met. I feel like losing that could be devastating for him.

If you have a child, would you or are you comfortable with them going to your public school? If you had the choice, would you opt for something private?

No but now that you mention it, how important is tooth retention to you?

From when? And on what planet? How late is late? 1am is the next day in your situation, so how can I tell? Inadequate information. In all the confusion the burglar slipped off into the night/day.

YESSSSS you are amazing thank you!

Probably need more detail for anyone to take the job. Are you looking for exterior only? Interior/exterior? Any amenities to go into the model (vanities, furniture, plumbing fixtures, etc)? Your estimate of a day in CAD makes me think you want more than just the exterior, but nothing close to a full interior.

How old is the building? I did a brief stint in contract engineering and we spun up all of our plans in AutoCAD before handing off to the builders. If the building is 30 years or under there's a decent chance the CAD already exists, you just need to find the original architect or engineering firm.

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Caught it whilst on the skin track @ smuggs. Tracking right across Orion the Hunter but I couldn’t draw fast enough to catch

And this is how you end up in jail. It's not your property and shooting someone over a property issue is generally not going to win in court. Has to be threat to YOUR life.

How about the basic "Confront" as a choice - "Hey buddy, whaddaya doin'?"

I can’t see any of my neighbors houses from mine or from the road. If I come home and notice someone breaking into their house, first thing I’m gonna do is wonder why I didn’t notice I’m not at my house… Oh wait, am I the burglar everyone else is noticing? This is some existential stuff man. Why do I gotta be breaking into peoples homes? 1, I already got too much crap. 2, I’m lazy as fuck and that sounds like a lot of work.

Touch grass man

There’s plenty of safe ice to fish

So anyways, I started blasting

I know you are but what am I … infinity

Rammaschneider

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I blow a fart 💨 in your general direction

4/5 of my neighbors would pull into my driveway and confront any suspicious activity. I would do the same. No need to draw a weapon unless the "theif" is a threat, but you better believe i have one on me.

I thought it was gonna be a meth pun

Those who question climate change are morons.