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Comments (42)I find all this worrying that underprivileged children will fall further behind almost laughable. Underprivileged children have always been behind, their education has always been substandard and no one seemed to care much until the pandemic kept the rest of the kids out of school. I absolutely believe —based on conversations and interactions with people I know well— that many, if not most, parents WANT the instructional aspect of schooling but NEED need the daycare aspect and that is what is driving the push to go back. I’m not saying it isn’t a real problem, but please, let’s not pretend this is “for the children.” It’s for the adults who need to work, who want to work, who don’t feel capable of assisting with home schooling, or who flat out just don’t want to. We should be addressing the child-minding issue instead. Children will not be stunted psychologically or socially by staying home for a year, or two years. Large scale warehousing of kids / mandatory schooling is a relatively recent phenomenon. Elementary school in the US wasn’t compulsory until 1918. High school school mandates still vary quite a bit from state to state, but it was common in the 1940s for kids to exit school at 8th grade. Compulsory education was not universally welcomed—there was huge opposition to it until the FDR administration managed to enact meaningful child labor legislation in the late 1930s. Schools became more popular once kids couldnt work for a wage. Compulsory education was a radical shift in society. Segregation was a radical shift in education. THIS is another radical shift. Schools have long needed to retool to meet the needs of kids, not the convenience of adults. Having children in a group setting for six to eight hours a day is not ideal, just from a public health issue (lice, colds, unimmunized kids with an exemption). From a social point of view, bullying is just one common problem even at the elementary school level. And if you want your fifteen year old to mature, what sense does it make to engineer an environment in which other fifteen year olds are their most important social influence? Change is messy, change is difficult. Change is—and always has been— politically divisive. But change is also the way we move forward. I hope that after the pandemic we will have a serious national discussion about the nature of schooling and retool the system for children’s needs and for equal educational opportunity, and not simply return to the status quo....See MorePlease critique this plan: TNH-LC-08D
Comments (49)@suezbell I grew up a few doors down from this house, and lived there until I was 25, so I feel really comfortable knowing where the sun hits at different times of the day during different times of the year. One of the things I liked about this plan is that the “darkest” rooms would be our master bedroom and possibly the back two rooms upstairs. That would work out perfectly. The view from the windows is cute neighboring 1940s and 50s houses behind and on each side of us. Across the street in the front of the house is just trees. There is a house across the street, but they built down in the flood plain, so I really wouldn’t be able to see them from my property. I feel good about the view on all sides. I can’t say I agree about wall space. My brother and I had similar layouts in our rooms growing up, but all you really need is a bed, dresser, night stand, and maybe a small desk? We had room for all of that without blocking windows. Do kids have that much more stuff today? Maybe I’m just stuck in the 90s. What’s the drawback to not having a window in the upstairs bathroom? I agree with closets not facing exterior walls, because we live in hot and humid Louisiana. If it’s small, it’s not an issue. But for larger walk-ins, if not vented, they can get hot in the summer. We leave our master closet door open to avoid this. It’s huge, but has no vent! Oh, I like the idea about the landing! I’m not sure if it would block too much light from the bedroom and screened porch, but it’s worth a look! The garage would be in the back left corner, and will also have a “party room” and porch. Whatever we do (use plans or start from scratch), it will be designed to match to the aesthetic of our house. We’ll be able to see it from the screened porch, but I don’t see that as an issue. We’ll have a tall wooden fence encompassing the back of the property, and possibly sides of the house. The front will have just a little garden fence (to keep my dogs front sprinting out to the road in the event that they ever dart out the front door), and then we’ll have a gate on the side of the house leading up the driveway to the garage. All the homes around us are one story. That said, it’s not uncommon for people to buy smaller sq footage homes just for the property, demolish them, and build a huge two-story. We intend to give ourselves enough wiggle room so that we won’t be staring directly into someone’s bedroom on either side if that were to happen. There’s servitude at the front of the property near the road, but we have no intention of putting buildings or fences there. We can have fences along the property lines, but won’t build close enough to the property line to impact us. We’ll have a half circle in the front that connects to the driveway leading to the garage (picture an “h” shaped driveway). We need a garage, though. I don’t like people being able to see when I am (or am not) home, even though this is a safe area of town. Also, the garage will provide a little extra protection for our vehicles during hurricane season. I’m not completely set on this style. It just seemed best suited to our tastes and property size. I like traditional southern homes. Our current home is an Acadian style house, and I love it. My house growing up was more French country - very South Louisiana - and I love that style as well. This road winds along the natural floodplain of the Mississippi. It has huge oak trees and a lot of history. The houses range from modest mid-twentieth century cottages to mansions designed by A. Hays Town. I just want to build something that has character and will complement area. We fortunately both like Louisiana-style homes, so it’s really just down to finding one that fits on our property....See MoreAt last, my (puppy) love has come along . . .
Comments (71)If you want to switch food, just be sure to do it slowly. Add just a little the first week with mostly all what the pup is used to. It can easily take more than a month. If she isn't tolerating the change well, go back to all the old stuff and then try adding in something different. You can always get recommendations from your vet which is probably the best way to go. For a while, no grain was all the rage, then dogs ended up having issues, so grain seems to be back on the menu, boys....See MoreVox article on millennial cooking trends
Comments (30)We got take-out tonight from a local Mexican restaurant. Nothing special but nice to not have to cook. We ate it on our screened-in porch with a view of our backyard gardens along the river. Other than the obnoxious neighbors and their overly loud motorcycles interrupting us twice, it was very pleasant. The restaurant is small, crowded but nice with a great bar. Since I can't drink, nor eat the cheese-heavy saturated-fat meals they offer, dining in at that restaurant would have only been a fun occasional stop at best even pre pandemic. I was just glad we could support the local main street business in a slightly different way, much better for us anyway at this point. Most of the items on the menu I make at home, for half the cost and better tasting and healthier, sad to say. So part of the fun would definitely have been the drinking . . . which I can also do cheaper and lower calorie at home, but I am not supposed to drink anymore for gut health reasons. At least not regularly. I think the high end places will always have some level of market, and seemingly no end to the lower priced fast food options. I feel for those trying for the middle ground, or something unusual in a small or medium sized market. That's the tough spot right now, in so many ways. I can certainly see how at some point most folks realize they can't subsist on a steady diet of fast food and stay healthy over the long haul. I know some do not come to this realization ever and unless they are born with magical genes and a hyper metabolism, they end up paying the price after middle age. The ability to "eat at home" and cook your own food has some pretty great survival benefits, so even if you can afford the luxury of eating out a lot, I think it pays to develop self sufficient, frugal cooking skills. It's not that difficult if you put your mind to it. We love our insta pot, for example, it has been a game changer for us! That was a big plus for me growing into my teenage years with a working mom. I learned how to cook for myself and others to help out and split the chores. I feel lucky I had that opportunity....See More- 6 years ago
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