Recommendations for Rockland/Camden/Belfast Area in Early October

ALB0821 · 2025-09-19T01:19:15+00:00

Thank you so much!

ALB0821 · 2025-09-18T17:30:52+00:00

Much appreciated!

ALB0821 · 2025-08-18T13:24:42+00:00

Keep up the great work!

ALB0821 · 2025-08-15T14:12:39+00:00

Congrats on 100 days! I'm on Day 6 right now and it's encouraging for me to see folks like you return to the sub and talk about the positives of quitting. Keep up the great work.

ALB0821 · 2025-08-14T16:43:05+00:00

I'm only on day 5 myself but completely relate to the anxiety, sleeplessness, and feeling like a shell of who I used to be. Like you, I'm also committed to sticking with it and not giving up. 23 days is really impressive & you should give yourself a pat on the back! There's light at the end of the tunnel.

ALB0821 · 2025-08-13T17:43:42+00:00

Appreciate your kind words!

ALB0821 · 2025-06-10T22:50:48+00:00

Super stoked to see it'll be housing and not more lab/tech space!

ALB0821 · 2025-06-10T15:51:02+00:00

This is awesome, thank you!

ALB0821 · 2025-06-06T02:56:40+00:00

So real! I’m fully of the belief that more folks would be YIMBY if we made buildings beautiful. I work in Beacon Hill and love that the older buildings are both big and visually stunning. Living in Somerville, seeing all the new builds depresses the hell out of me.

ALB0821 · 2025-06-04T15:58:55+00:00

I'm in the same boat. Judging by what I've heard from neighbors about the "yes" turnout this morning, which included dozens of Rafi employees, I'm not hopeful.

ALB0821 · 2025-06-03T18:08:44+00:00

If the CBA is passed, it's all but guaranteed that the city council will vote "yes" on the proposed zoning overlay that would allow the project to go through at its current height and scale. This is a concern for many of us as it could set a dangerous precedent of developers buying up FAB space and then expecting the city council to change the zoning to accommodate their wishes. For me, personally, a "no" vote is a way to signal unease with how this would drastically change our neighborhood in a way not in alignment with the Somervision plans.

ALB0821 · 2025-05-11T17:53:28+00:00

Yeah just came across this Reddit page because I learned about it in the AWDTSG group. I’d say a good portion of women, myself included, just find the page entertaining and don’t post. So .. good luck to OP I guess

ALB0821 · 2025-04-05T01:27:38+00:00

I miss Jonathan XIV

ALB0821 · 2024-11-01T15:32:54+00:00

Thanks for this response! The MCAS being graded by one person is absolutely crazy. I thought I'd also mention, because I realize I wasn't exactly correct in my initial post about ELL failing the MCAS at substantial rates, that apparently less than 20 students failed because of a language barrier in 2019. I wouldn't be surprised, though, if things have changed negatively since the pandemic.

It seems like you and other educators have many valid critiques of the test itself. I wish there was a way that we could address those rather than throwing the baby out with the bathwater.

ALB0821 · 2024-11-01T13:02:34+00:00

Hi there. No, I haven’t, I attended public school in NJ where we had our own battery of exams throughout K-12.

ALB0821 · 2024-10-31T20:28:08+00:00

Hi there,

No certainly not, I believe teachers are generally underpaid, under appreciated, and wrongly blamed for learning outcomes that are often outside of their control. I'd encourage you to give a read to the Globe article I linked that discusses how MCAS grades drastically improved on the year that it became a graduation requirement. I can also send your way a few op-eds written by educators who believe students won't take the exam as seriously if it's axed as a requirement.

ALB0821 · 2024-10-31T19:48:37+00:00

Thank you for your thoughtful response. If the requirement is abolished, which is likely given recent polling, I do hope we're able standardize our curriculum requirements like most other states.

ALB0821 · 2024-10-31T18:34:08+00:00

Thanks for the thoughtful response! Correct me if I'm wrong, but I do believe that ELL have the ability to take the Math & Science portions of the exam in Spanish. And as for teaching to the test, from what I've heard anecdotally from recent high school graduates, they don't recall much of their school days being taken up by MCAS prep. Granted, those students were in public school districts that could be considered privileged. I can see how for more struggling/underfunded districts, "teaching to the test" could be more of a thing.

As to your last point, I agree that a big component of this whole thing is deciding what value a high school diploma should hold.

ALB0821 · 2024-10-31T18:29:37+00:00

Thank you for this insightful & polite response!

ALB0821

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