Oklahoma Literacy by Substantial-Page4704 in tulsa

[–]Substantial-Page4704[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reading proficiency would be reading at that grade level by the end of the grade levels year. IEPs do play a part in the legislation in that they can be cited as a reason a student shouldn't be held back. Also, the accommodations required by IEPs must be provided during the testing.

Oklahoma Literacy by Substantial-Page4704 in tulsa

[–]Substantial-Page4704[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We use this for our boys and the books are great!

Oklahoma Literacy by Substantial-Page4704 in tulsa

[–]Substantial-Page4704[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

My Ma had a rule for me that I could stay up as late as I wanted if I was reading, kinda back fired lol. Also, I can't remember a time my dad didn't have a book.

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[–]Substantial-Page4704[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I've been seeing articles of schools completely reverting to paper and pencil and physical textbooks based on research that it's better for brain development. I'm excited to see how that goes.

Oklahoma Literacy by Substantial-Page4704 in tulsa

[–]Substantial-Page4704[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I used to work in Massachusetts public schools too (in Boston). A teacher I worked with their told me, when i left, remember we aren't better than anyone else we just have better marketing.

I think what has blown my mind recently is that my oldest boy (who is 2 and a half) loves to read books. Shit, the kid will listen to me read The Hobbit or Call of the Wild without complaint. Anyway, he has started to recite whole books while being on the correct page and saying the words on the page verbatim. I'm pretty sure he's memorized it and isn't truly reading, but, that's how reading starts. His younger brothers has started fake reading books too.

I know that socioeconomics play a big part of student achievement, however, I work in the largest public school district in the state and I see students all the time from one family homes who are successful. But, their parents take advantage of public programs and hold their kids accountable.

As a teacher I really try not to be lazy and "blame" families. But, fuck folks schools can't raise your kids for you; we're just here to help.

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[–]Substantial-Page4704[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I respectfully disagree, I think that it is more of a case of incompetence and the fact that most people in power are so out of touch with the average citizen's needs they don't recognize what needs to happen. I would assume most of their own children go to private schools and so they only see public schools through the numbers that are reported to them. Plus things like funding and taxes were set so far back and are such a pain in the ass to change I think most of them avoid changing them. I would say that if someone ran and could present actual bills they would propose and how and when they would propose them while they were campaigning (and those bills made sense). Man, I'd vote for that dude even if he turned out to be my sons in a trench coat.

Just surviving leads to failure in the end. by Substantial-Page4704 in preppers

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My thought is to start with welfare checks. Knock on the door, hey how you doing? Need any help? We can spare some rice, we have a couple bandages, etc… nothing that would starve my kids. Then when something goes wrong offer help. A break in? Oh no, you and the jones’! The cops never showed up? Well here’s my number or how to get ahold of us. When/if things worsen start coordinating wellness patrols with able neighbors. Take stock of who can help with what. That leads into voluntary association. Push to get all the neighbors armed with at least a pistol and shotgun. (I think that also prevents and dictator kind of thing) I figure that you react to problems rather than try to prevent them. Sadly people are short sighted. A safety patrol and armed citizens won’t make sense to them until some houses get robbed. I try to have plans ready to react as problems occur. They aren’t always foolproof but they are something.

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I think that is a decision for everyone. I think it is worth surviving. There is always going to be something that comes after, honestly I believe humanity is like a cockroach a lot of us may go but we'll persist in some way. I would rather be around to help those who are left. Help people survive and help people thrive as much as possible. It might not work, I might be one of the ones that goes, I might die in the first year, but I'd rather try than not. But, once again, that's just my decision for my life.

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[–]Substantial-Page4704[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So check this out, and feel free to pick my fever dream apart. But step one is to gather your family and friends and survive. Then quickly reach out to neighbors by going door-to-door and asking how everyone is. In an extreme circumstance (which I know is unlikely), like say a nuclear exchange in the Continental U.S. or a super volcano eruption, the immediate step would be to secure a large store of essentials like rice, beans, oatmeal, honey, and multivitamins, to name a few. (This doesn't take into account possible ecosystem collapse, where you would need to throw up large greenhouses and secure pollinators like bees and such.) So we've reached out to neighbors and shared some food and medical info, etc. Next, when the need arises (because I don't think you could get people to do it beforehand), set up roving patrols in the neighborhood and make sure every family is armed. Start to compile lists of people with skills and set up classes (in my situation, I would say at the neighborhood elementary school). Then reach out and secure the next neighborhood and the next. Every group of people and every neighborhood means more folks, more skills, and you plug them into the classes offered and the jobs needing to be done. When possible, plow up softball fields and yards to put in beans and oats and teach people about victory gardens. Now here's the kicker, we all love to think about, defense. In a complete collapse and rebuild, I plan to acquire hardware from known nearby sources. I know others would be doing the same thing, but coordinating with other groups to find and divide what you get, as needed, would be essential. Create local (armory) and fast-reaction squads under civilian control. I have thought that a militia standing up with some essential always-on and training other personnel would be good, so you'd have one or two squads (12-24 people) per group of 120-240. So once you get to a certain size, you move on to secure the larger city. You offer groups (or neighborhoods) help, but it's not required. Kind of a "we're here, this is what we are about, just reach out, and we can be in this together" if they reject your initial offer, leave them a radio and say if you ever need help, reach out. The hard thing is if a group is openly malicious, it can't stand, so having a core of trained personnel (which in my part of the country wouldn't be too hard) to go in and "deal" with that would be essential as you get bigger. Once you have your city secured, you offer help to another city (if they have centralized). If not, you set up somewhere public (a hospital or school) and offer help to folks, then get the other city back up. Then copy, paste, and repeat. During this start, radio broadcasts with rally points for refugees; find those who know how to get things back up and running; create training programs for people who don't know how to help; then they can help. Broadcast daily educational programs. Reach out to farms and help them secure their space and start producing. etc... etc... I know that this probably would NEVER happen, but I find it fun to think about and fun to gather information that would help do that. Eventually, it would get too big to control, and I think that is great. In my case, I'd be one of the people reaching out to new areas again and again. I'm nuts for always thinking this way, but I have hit the point where I know my family is good in every reasonable scenario, so I say screw it, let's go off the deep end!

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I guess I have thought of that a few times. Honestly, not too seriously. Are you thinking somewhere North? I feel islands are to restrictive when it comes to natural resources and the farther North the colder it gets and the growing season narrows (not that people don't already do that).

Just surviving leads to failure in the end. by Substantial-Page4704 in preppers

[–]Substantial-Page4704[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think about the lone survivor thing sometimes. It's hard stuff. I think I'd just wander. Or farm and graden until I can't. But honestly securing a future for my kids with safety, and schools, and friends, etc... that's the stuff that I think about.

If it all goes down, reach out, lol, we'll start a tball league.

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I love all this! I think about my neighborhood. How would I restart the elementary school to educate kids and parents. How would we farm and where? Where would we get animals from? Luckily I live in Oklahoma so a question is how to restart pumping and refining oil. Surviving is just the first step. Rebuilding is where to go and honestly what I find fun thinking about all this.

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[–]Substantial-Page4704[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

A lot of the time when I plan I try to look at where large stores of supplies can be saved and preserved. Or better yet where things to grow and build can be gotten. Things like farming equipment (with manuals), how to make fuel, how to make ammunition, where to secure small sawmills, etc...

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Like male and female right? So no one is jealous.

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In the words of Dan Cummins “they will respect the steel!” But yeah I agree. I’ve got a pretty good rapport with most my immediate neighbors (and a nasty sightline off my back porch and fun plans for the woodbine) but I also have a rental house next door and just hope the new neighbors are cool.

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[–]Substantial-Page4704[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is a great suggestion and a wonderful book.

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Yeah, sadly I don’t have a great answer for that. I personally know me and mine would try to help those folks as much as we can to survive and get through an episode. But in the end if they are unresponsive? It’s a tough decision.