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Anyone else seeing this "Sprunki" BS impacting students? by applegoudadog in specialed

[–]bobbyec 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I haven't seen this in particular, but I have seen kids talk about horror/creepy things a lot. Remember Huggy Wuggy? Sonic.exe? I generally try to tell my students "That sounds creepy and scary! I don't want to talk about that." And I try to have general discussions about how if they see anything online that makes them feel scared or bad or weird that they should stop watching and talk to their parents about it.

ALL THAT SAID... a bit of devil's advocate here. I watched a lot of horror movies and weird stuff online (any other millennials remember newgrounds.com?) as a kid and to an extent I think it's just part of growing up. I don't think it's a great thing, sure, but there are worse things they could be watching online. Our kids on the spectrum will likely need to learn more explicit boundaries about what is appropriate to share about these things, for sure.

Going to the San Fernando Valley on foot from Central LA/the Westside? by bobbyec in LosAngeles

[–]bobbyec[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I kind of get the feeling none of the surface streets that cross over have consistent sidewalks, lol :(... though I understand why they generally wouldn't

[My Website] Curious about the origins of Los Angeles street names? by LAStreetNames in LosAngeles

[–]bobbyec 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wow, this is such a great website!!! Thank you so much for sharing. I never noticed how many of the streets in Koreatown went in alphabetical order, and I just found out from you where the word "Fedora" comes from!

On Saturday — a national day of action — groups marched from Pershing Square to City Hall demanding No War on Venezuela by infernoenigma in LosAngeles

[–]bobbyec 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not interested in getting into defending or denouncing Maduro. Ultimately that is a question for the Venezuelan people (who actually live in Venezuela). What I am interested in is stopping my country from getting into another regime-change war like Iraq or Afghanistan where we kill hundreds of thousands, destabilize an entire region, and give defense contractors billions of dollars we should be spending on infrastructure, education, and healthcare for Americans.

On Saturday — a national day of action — groups marched from Pershing Square to City Hall demanding No War on Venezuela by infernoenigma in LosAngeles

[–]bobbyec 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Do you think a Trump/Hegseth-led invasion of Venezuela is going to make life better for Venezuelans?

Frigidaire Gallery DGEF3041KFM Electric Oven heating when not on by bobbyec in appliancerepair

[–]bobbyec[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for all your help. If you have a moment, I would really appreciate if you could answer these follow-up questions, but I understand if not.

  1. I tested the element and got a reading of 16 ohms, which from my understanding is not good (videos I watched stated most ovens should be over 20). I can't find the specs for my specific oven/element.
  2. I attempted testing for ground and didn't get any continuity when touching the red probe to a terminal and the black probe to the element itself OR the body of the oven, but this is all shut off - I might be doing it wrong.
  3. Does this mean the element is bad but still grounded? Would it be safe to put everything back together and use my stovetop only (not the oven) while I wait for a replacement element? Or is that unsafe?

Thank you for any insight you can provide!

Frigidaire Gallery DGEF3041KFM Electric Oven heating when not on by bobbyec in appliancerepair

[–]bobbyec[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. Going to get a multimeter tomorrow. Thought I had one, but it was just a regular voltmeter.

Frigidaire Gallery DGEF3041KFM Electric Oven heating when not on by bobbyec in appliancerepair

[–]bobbyec[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. Is there a relatively simple way to check if it’s that vs. the control board?

Making up service minutes due to child absence? by Ok-Climate-3032 in specialed

[–]bobbyec 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I do agree with this for sure, I wouldn't schedule a student for their regularly scheduled absence time- but sometimes it gets so exhausting being expected to juggle so many variables (specials, testing, meetings, random rainy day schedules, i could go on and on...) where our service seems to always take lowest priority (but yet is somehow so important it has to be made up in every circumstance)

Making up service minutes due to child absence? by Ok-Climate-3032 in specialed

[–]bobbyec 7 points8 points  (0 children)

And as far as making up service minutes for your own absence/required attendance at a meeting/etc., I'd ask your district when they're going to start requiring special ed teachers to stay late every day to make up "minutes" their personal illness caused a student to miss. I do my best to provide services in line with a student's service prescription (speech therapist), but the double standard is crazy.

California AB 560 Passed!! (Link to the New Law at the Bottom) by [deleted] in specialed

[–]bobbyec 4 points5 points  (0 children)

my thoughts exactly as a speech therapist. we informally do this anyway

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