@1girl: I think you should have to grocery shop with an actual baby strapped to your stomach from here on out for that.
Meme. Or maybe Zeitgeist.
I catch the satire, but how effective is it if we're all pretty sure it won't be five years until we see these same girls working for French Vogue in a non-satirical spread? Unless Vogue never hires child models, their criticism is hollow.
@pantsless: Ooh, that paints a picture.
I like "Don't dip your pen in the company ink." It's a twinge Freudian, but it's the 21st Century, pen can mean ladyparts just as easily.
People who can not "just adopt"
1. In many states, gay parents are not allowed to adopt.
2. Potential parents with disabilities are usually not considered.
3. Potential parents with a history of chronic illness, including depression are often disqualified.
4. In some states, potential parents over 40 are too old to adopt.
5. In some states, single potential parents are not allowed to adopt.
6. There is legislation in some states that will forbid obese potential parents from adopting.
7. Even a straightforward public state adoption is prohibitively expensive for even middle class potential parents.
Adoption is a grueling, emotionally draining and potentially heartbreaking ordeal for potential parents who aren't weeded out by the above.
If you have a functioning reproductive system, your platform for judging Thernstrom is shaky. If you say "why didn't she just adopt?" you're either ill-informed or you're an asshole.
1. In many states, gay parents are not allowed to adopt.
2. Potential parents with disabilities are usually not considered.
3. Potential parents with a history of chronic illness, including depression are often disqualified.
4. In some states, potential parents over 40 are too old to adopt.
5. In some states, single potential parents are not allowed to adopt.
6. There is legislation in some states that will forbid obese potential parents from adopting.
7. Even a straightforward public state adoption is prohibitively expensive for even middle class potential parents.
Adoption is a grueling, emotionally draining and potentially heartbreaking ordeal for potential parents who aren't weeded out by the above.
If you have a functioning reproductive system, your platform for judging Thernstrom is shaky. If you say "why didn't she just adopt?" you're either ill-informed or you're an asshole.
Somebody's mom didn't get him the new Call of Duty for Christmas.
Makes a great stocking stuffer!
@SlayBelle: Ha! I had the same reaction to all three. I tend to watch TV with my back to it, which adds to the drama of the WTF double take. I think the previous two were just stupid, however, whereas this one is stupid and kind of offensive.
@wreath of lights: You totally hit the nail on the head and I don't know if I should laugh or cry at your post.
@The_same_SZ: I wasn't lecturing you, I was mentioning that these other developed countries don't provide the level of education to special needs students as the US. Our special education students are included in our national education performance data, they are not included elsewhere. We educate everyone, other developed countries do not. Your suggestion that we not try to educate special needs students in academic areas would totally bring up our test scores and make us look good next to Russia, but at what cost?
As for your career in Government Engineering, would you like Anna Wintour to be hired to tell you how to do your job? Or would you rather be guided by someone who is already an established and respected member of your field?
In an above post, you mentioned several exceptional people who went into education after other careers - I agree that's fantastic, but they all have skills relevant to educating kids - I don't see how a Ladymag publisher in the highest education position in NY is the same thing.
As for your career in Government Engineering, would you like Anna Wintour to be hired to tell you how to do your job? Or would you rather be guided by someone who is already an established and respected member of your field?
In an above post, you mentioned several exceptional people who went into education after other careers - I agree that's fantastic, but they all have skills relevant to educating kids - I don't see how a Ladymag publisher in the highest education position in NY is the same thing.
Is it a ladymag requirement to ask every woman over 30 how they're going to deal with aging?
"Reese, now that you've got one foot in the grave, how to you react to all these other, younger, hot women our industry wants to replace you with, ya hag?"
Because she clearly looks ancient here. /sarcasm.
"Reese, now that you've got one foot in the grave, how to you react to all these other, younger, hot women our industry wants to replace you with, ya hag?"
Because she clearly looks ancient here. /sarcasm.
@highjump: I know, I'm so damned radical I can't stand myself. In my district, pre- NCLB, the sped teachers would trade portfolios and work with a sped administrator to score them. We were all there to help our kids improve, there was no incentive not to do it fairly and honestly. And all it cost was a a little time and some manilla folders.
@The_same_SZ: We're also one of the few developed nations with a comprehensive special education system for students with special needs. For us to achieve the same scores, we're going to need to cure autism and cognitive disabilities. Oh! And we definitely need to work on that poverty thing.
I always ask this question to folks like you who are ready to chase off teachers with flaming pointy sticks - what field are you in?
Not gonna hold my breath for an answer.
I always ask this question to folks like you who are ready to chase off teachers with flaming pointy sticks - what field are you in?
Not gonna hold my breath for an answer.
@eri401: Portfolio assessment. It's more time consuming than standardized testing, but it's also a fraction of the price to implement, a more comprehensive view of student performance and improvement over time, and a way to assess skills and talents that can't be measured with standardized testing. It can be adapted based on individual needs of the student, as well. We used portfolio assessment for years in special ed before we had to start teaching our kids how to fill in bubbles, and it was very successful.
Ooh! Maybe math textbooks will be restyled as ladymags!
"You want to lose 20 pounds to get that bikini body that drives men crazy! If you burn 1200 calories a day, how many calories can you eat and still lose that unsightly cellulite?"
Perfume samples in the science textbooks! Ad space on student desks! It's a Capitalist Reformation!
Really, Bloomberg?
The problem with public schools is fucking politicians. (fucking being an adjective here, not a verb.)
"You want to lose 20 pounds to get that bikini body that drives men crazy! If you burn 1200 calories a day, how many calories can you eat and still lose that unsightly cellulite?"
Perfume samples in the science textbooks! Ad space on student desks! It's a Capitalist Reformation!
Really, Bloomberg?
The problem with public schools is fucking politicians. (fucking being an adjective here, not a verb.)
Poor people only wear wearable workclothes, gently used baby clothes and Dockers? Those practical Poors, God bless them, everyone. I bet it makes them feel aspirational and bootstrappy when rich "it" girls shop in the thrift stores. What's next? Lunching with the girls at the soup kitchen?
/sarcasm
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#trollpatrol
@Ayries: I agree, and I may be a sap but I thought it was sweet. I enjoyed it much more than I have the past several episodes. Plus, Carol Burnett just owned every minute. She was a great high-wattage, low-screen time guest star.
That's one crappy boyfriend. I hope he loses whatever money he makes in an internet pyramid scheme.
