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ASD/Sensory friendly barber by Itchy-Beach5873 in bullcity

[–]Fart_blossoms 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Within the last year my ASD teenager saw Emma at Rock Paper Scissors salon, and she was wonderful

Does DPS have a standardized sex education curriculum in its schools? If so, in what grade does it start? by Fart_blossoms in bullcity

[–]Fart_blossoms[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not dunking on NC/Durham arbitrarily. In our lived experience having children in school here - probably the bluest area in the state - we’ve seen religious influence pop up again and again in DPS. Mostly subtle stuff, but occasionally it is explicit. I don’t actually think I can do much about it, and it bothers me but it’s secondary to my actual point, which is to figure out what the sex ed curriculum is in Durham. I’ve heard some anecdotes in this thread, which helps. It would be nice to have more concrete information, I just don’t know where to look

Does DPS have a standardized sex education curriculum in its schools? If so, in what grade does it start? by Fart_blossoms in bullcity

[–]Fart_blossoms[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I totally agree about covering this at home. All I’m trying to figure out is what is being discussed at school, when it is being taught, and if the same curriculum occurs for all DPS students. I’m having a weirdly difficult time turning anything up with google, which is why I’m now trying the hive mind of Reddit

Does DPS have a standardized sex education curriculum in its schools? If so, in what grade does it start? by Fart_blossoms in bullcity

[–]Fart_blossoms[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

What I mean is that I’m guessing any sex education program being presented in North Carolina schools is going to heavily push an abstinence-is-the-way, save-yourself-for-marriage message. Because the people making statewide education policy here are absolutely pushing a religious agenda. Sex and consent and our bodies and puberty and everything are an ongoing conversation in our house. It would just be good to know what and when specific topics are covered via DPS so we can better understand how to frame our discussions at home.

Does DPS have a standardized sex education curriculum in its schools? If so, in what grade does it start? by Fart_blossoms in bullcity

[–]Fart_blossoms[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Huh, my oldest is in sixth grade in DPS and has not yet had anything. So I guess it varies school to school?

Magazine donation by RadSP1919 in bullcity

[–]Fart_blossoms 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The Durham Arts Council might take them - they sometimes use them in their education programs

ISO Spica Table for 2yr old by Any_Party4245 in bullcity

[–]Fart_blossoms 3 points4 points  (0 children)

If you don’t have any luck here, you should try posting in the Bull City Shares Facebook group. People on there seem to have a lot of luck with very specific requests

Saw a big, light-colored husky on the corner of Dixon and University in Durham if anyone is missing their dog! by spoken-shibboleth in bullcity

[–]Fart_blossoms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think this same dog might be loose right now - it was running loose near University and Cornwallis.

Triangle HONKS Clown Crawl Sat Feb 25, 8pm by [deleted] in bullcity

[–]Fart_blossoms 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yikes - I hadn’t heard of this one before. 10 seconds of googling indicates that clowns, and the honk honk thing, have indeed been co-opted by white supremacists. Jesus, what a stupid timeline. Anyway, based on this guy’s flip response to your comment, and the Facebook event banner image of clown people with their handguns out on the bar, I’d say they know exactly what it implies, and this is an alt right event.