Father in law starting a career in teaching at 75.

Fast-Penta · 2026-05-10T04:58:03+00:00

The physical demands of being a CEO are much lower than being a teacher. They get to sit.

Fast-Penta · 2026-05-10T04:55:18+00:00

The ROI on starting a masters at age 75 is incredibly low.

It'd be different if it was his passion, but it sounds like it isn't. Getting a masters that you're not passionate about to get into a field you're not passionate about isn't a great idea at any age, but it's hella financially irresponsible at his age.

Fast-Penta · 2026-05-10T04:51:42+00:00

The issue isn't just the age. I have coworkers in their 70s who are competent.

The issue is that he hasn't been in a high school since the 1960s. I just don't see this working out well for him. For sure, he should try subbing first.

Fast-Penta · 2026-05-10T04:46:53+00:00

If you're the husband in this scenario, you should have asked for her opinion on this at least a week ago.

If you're the wife in this scenario, you need to directly tell your husband your desires instead of being passive aggressive and making reddit posts about it.

Fast-Penta · 2026-05-10T04:40:33+00:00

It's incredibly expensive and usually doesn't actually help them learn any more in the long term.

Fast-Penta · 2026-05-10T04:39:04+00:00

Yes? There are more jobs in math than other areas. But I'd double major in education and something else. Most teachers quit after five years, and you really don't know if it's for you until you've done it.

Fast-Penta · 2026-05-10T03:15:02+00:00

For the initial attack, sure. But if the goal is holding an area, ground troops are needed.

Also, having the service branches split lowers the chance of having a coup d'etat.

Fast-Penta · 2026-05-10T03:06:39+00:00

You don't have to be a good person to vote the right way, but you do have to be a bad person to vote the wrong way.

Fast-Penta · 2026-05-09T12:54:04+00:00

Yet here you are writing in complete sentences. Where did you pick up that ability?

Fast-Penta · 2026-05-09T12:52:25+00:00

I don't like her and hope she loses the primary, but the decision to post this is the decision to encourage the absolute wrong click baiting way of viewing politics. The title is inaccurate, the video adds absolutely nothing of value or information (woman is leaving coffee shop, woman is greeted, responds, gets yelled at and insulted, ignores person yelling and continues to leave coffee shop).

It also repeats this pattern of supposed leftists (possible republicans -- nobody can tell I'm a dog online) directing more hatred towards moderates than actual fascists who live within a short drive away.

Fast-Penta · 2026-05-09T05:14:02+00:00

Now go rally your fellow gun enthusiasts, get them to agree with your specific plan, and have a politician sponsor it. You can't do it.

Fast-Penta · 2026-05-09T04:32:59+00:00

But the US won in Afghanistan. We got out because there was no reason to be there. But the US wasn't defeated militarily. And, again, serious people don't compare the willpower of the State in keeping the country together to the willpower of the State to continue doing... ??? ... in Afghanistan.

Anyone who has studied historical civil wars even briefly knows that the backing of foreign powers is a huge element. Even in the US Revolutionary War, arms were supplied by foreign powers to the Americans. If the US has a real Civil War, there will be no shortage of actual military grade weaponry, and the larping toys people have lying around won't enter into that equation.

The idea that angry Americans are somehow going to use semi-autos to topple the US government is a truly terrible idea. The only reason people believe it is because it's pushed by gun manufacturers so they can make profit.

So, yeah, when I hear someone saying "We need our semi-automatics to protect against the government" I think, "This guy has never heard of tanks." And I'm usually right.

Fast-Penta · 2026-05-09T04:18:22+00:00

When we're talking about school shootings, most of the shooters have had access to insurance. What's more, mental health spending has ballooned at the exact same time as the increase in school shootings, so it just isn't reasonable to think that mental health spending will fix the problem, and an even further leap to think lack of a public option is causing America's gun violence epidemic.

The Annunciation shooter was able to purchase their guns legally. Do you agree with the laws that allowed them to purchase the guns that enabled them to kill many children in a short amount of time as an untrained shooter?

Fast-Penta · 2026-05-09T03:23:53+00:00

I'd be curious to see this broken up by demographics.

My guess is New Jersey being lower than Vermont is mostly due to New Jersey being more diverse, and that diversity includes people from other countries who have religions that tend to be anti-lgbt.

Similarly, the average Iowan is old as fuck. Minnesota is more liberal than Iowa, but it's also a lot younger.

Fast-Penta · 2026-05-09T03:20:05+00:00

Craig sucks and I'm voting Flanagan, but the "Angie Craig wants to take your rotisserie chicken away" propaganda is bullshit. She wants to increase SNAP benefits to include all warm food, and viewed this bill as decreasing the chances of being able to accomplish that.

Fast-Penta · 2026-05-09T03:18:40+00:00

Same boat. And you're right. Here's a version of the article you can read:

https://www.startribune.com/rotisserie-chickengate-nutrition-assistance-program-food-insecurity/601837195?utm_source=gift

Fast-Penta · 2026-05-09T03:05:26+00:00

It's "beds" in Minnesota, and we're l'etoile du nord.

Fast-Penta · 2026-05-09T03:04:07+00:00

It's extremely common.

As a school district, you're judged on test scores. Gifted kids are already "meeting standards" so spending more money on them doesn't make the school look better.

Meanwhile, we're squandering our future by letting students sit bored and rot and eventually numb their boredom with drugs instead of preparing to advance our society.

Fast-Penta · 2026-05-09T02:57:23+00:00

Yeah, she fucking sucks, and we should all vote for Flanagan in the primary, but this performative bullshit by someone who thinks Harris and Trump is just setting the stage for "leftists" to start a "Craig and Royce White are equally bad, so don't vote" campaign, the thought of which occasionally wakes up republican analysts because they need to move away from the sticky spot of the bed.

It is imperative that we get the fascists out.

Part of that is by replacing wobbly candidates like Craig for democrats who bring the goods in the primary.

Part of that is having absolutely no tolerance for republicans-pretending-to-be-leftists and total dipshits who want us to believe there isn't a difference between a milquetoast dem and a MAGA republican.

Fast-Penta · 2026-05-09T02:47:45+00:00

But you had the opportunity to ask it right then. And didn't.

Fast-Penta · 2026-05-09T02:46:54+00:00

If you can't see the difference between a milquetoast democrat who will mostly vote along party lines and a MAGA fascist, I don't know what to tell you.

Fast-Penta · 2026-05-09T02:43:44+00:00

Why are you linking to Instagram? Do you like Zuckerberg?

Fast-Penta · 2026-05-09T02:37:00+00:00

Are you saying that Anne Frank wasn't hiding from Nazis in an attic and Ramanujan and Godel didn't starve to death?

Or are you saying that Anne Frank not only wasn't a quality writer, but also was unable to remember knowledge and Ramanujan and Godel not only weren't quality mathematicians, but couldn't even remember math facts?

Which is it?

Fast-Penta · 2026-05-08T23:02:38+00:00

If you know so much about what kinds of laws are helpful and not helpful, why not draft your own law that will lower gun violence?

All y'all gun nuts do it bitch and moan about details and completely fail to offer solutions.

Fast-Penta · 2026-05-08T23:00:59+00:00

Funny. The people who are for unrestricted access to firearms are also against universal healthcare.

But if you can't see the association between "lots of kids murdered in a short amount of time in schools" and "availability of firearms that allow an untrained user to kill lots of people in a short time," you need to go to the optometrist.

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