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I went through a divorce recently and have been having a rough time. I woke up to this this morning, from my daughter. It also helps I just gained custody of her. by stefanfection in MadeMeSmile

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I went through a divorce recently and it was my kids that gave me the strength to move on. Not anything they did or said, but because I realized they needed me, and I didn’t have a choice but to try to start over and be happy.

Schoolboard cuts off man reading from a book that is found in the schools library for 10 year olds by follople in PublicFreakout

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I taught OWL classes to 1-2nd graders. They parents are in the room for those classes. It’s completely age appropriate and we mostly talked about hygiene, what our body parts were called, and that our bodies belonged to us. We covered in appropriate touch and what to do if someone touched you or asked to touch you in your genitals. We discussed different types of families and relationships as well. The last session was how babies are made and we had two versions, the parents had a choice which version they wanted and in one of them we briefly mentioned that the man’s penis went into the woman’s vagina. Here’s the thing, I knew this by the time I was in first grade, so did most of my friends. I learned it from an older kid, and everything I learned about sex was mostly wrong and distorted. OWL made it less taboo to talk about with your parents. Every parent, even the ones who were hesitant to sign up, ended up being very glad they did.

Florida teacher says she is under investigation after showing 5th grade class Disney movie with gay character by PinkPajamaPenguin in news

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Ethan Clade is 16 in the movie, not a tween, and romance is a pretty big part of most sixteen-year-old’s lives.

Fentanyl crisis in San Francisco by Shinji415 in interestingasfuck

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I did too, my best friend in high school died a few years ago. So sad.

Trying to teach disrespectful students: by Ola366 in facepalm

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See we can suspend kids for this if they show pattern, we document it, reach out to parents, and we place interventions. Just not on the first offense.

Trying to teach disrespectful students: by Ola366 in facepalm

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Fellow teacher here. This video looks a lot like most of our first and second years. 3 things happen from here: quit, figure it out, or hate your job forever. Not saying it’s all the teacher’s fault and things are definitely stacked against us but if a kid in my class did this there would be consequences. Maybe it’s a terrible school with horrible admin who don’t care.

Teacher takes student’s phone away, and she pepper sprays him to get her phone back by Baxwell_mui in facepalm

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I love teaching but I must just be in a great community. If I ask a kid for his phone and he/she refuses, I just have them confirm they are refusing to give me their phone and call campus security and go on with my teaching. Not gonna make that my problem. Eventually CS comes and escorts the kid out and now it’s admins problem. This maybe happens once a year in my classes.

The guy making my food by BigfootDynamite in TerrifyingAsFuck

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Lost my best friend from high school to it a few years back

Only real ones know about this by SupaTheBaked in BlackPeopleTwitter

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I was thinking that too. I don’t know if I’d call it a biker bar but definitely a dive bar

Installing a cow scratcher by solateor in oddlysatisfying

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Cool video, thanks for sharing, Fartmatic.

Any other crawly bois I missed? by Master_Party_1075 in wholesomememes

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One of my students said he ate one last week on a dare. Ended up hospitalized with a parasite infection and had to take anti parasite meds. He’s fine now, and hopefully a little wiser.

Megathread: Donald Trump Arraigned in NYC Court by PoliticsModeratorBot in politics

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It certainly does feel like this is the bad place lately

To play the victim by Dapper_Commission915 in therewasanattempt

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They don’t have a right to steal. By your logic, more and more people will be shoplifting and stores will shut down, customers who don’t steal will pay more. Every society ever would not allow this until very recently because of fear of lawsuits. We’re creating a culture where it is okay to steal but it’s not okay to stop someone who steals? Not a good look.

LPT request: is 30 young enough to turn life around after a brutal meth addiction? by RationalChaos77 in LifeProTips

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My brother went through a dark time with meth, for a couple decades. Totally screwed over everyone and lied and did whatever he could to keep using. Ended up homeless for a couple of years before he got busted for selling. That was enough to wake him up. I’m not sure how, but he decided he was done. Went back to school, got his masters, and became a therapist specializing in substance abuse. Clean for about fifteen years now and has a nice home, a great kid, and has immersed himself in Buddhism and meditation. A really amazing man and kind and loving and down to earth. Not sure how often that happens, but there was nothing anyone could do for him other than to cut him off and let him know we were there for him when he was ready and that we always loved him. My dad would drive around and look for him sometimes, find him in some camp by the river, and just remind him that we loved him. I know not everyone has that.

Lethal doses of Heroin vs Carfentanil vs Fentanyl by yuiolhjkout8y in interestingasfuck

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Carfentanil is 100 times stronger than fentanyl, so 10,000 times stronger than morphine.

we all thinkin the same thing? by OreoSnorty69 in HolUp

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What’s up with the subtitle “Bison are like one organism and she stands out!” I keep reading it and trying to wrap my head around it. What does it mean?! And why did they this it was a good substitute?!?!!