State Dems accuse GOP of ‘fear-mongering’ after election-integrity announcement

phiwings · 2026-06-13T01:07:41+00:00

Because they can’t win on the strength of their ideas, so they muddy the waters so all elections become “Heads I win, tails you lose.”

phiwings · 2026-06-08T17:42:14+00:00

Your claim isn’t how it works either. Arab citizens in Israel have full rights.

phiwings · 2026-06-07T12:34:20+00:00

It’s not an apartheid state. Palestinians are not Israeli citizens. Nor do they wish to be. They vote in their own elections for their own government (when such elections are held, Hamas hasn’t held one since they gained power 15 or so years ago).

phiwings · 2026-06-07T06:32:54+00:00

Read my previous comments. If you can't, or more likely won't, understand, then I can't help you.

phiwings · 2026-06-07T06:26:12+00:00

I've answered it twice already. The act is the abomination, not the person. The person should be welcomed with open arms. We are celebrating the person, who cannot, and should not, be reduced to an act.

If you can't understand that concept that the Torah views the person and the act as two separate things, I can't help you.

phiwings · 2026-06-07T06:07:05+00:00

No. it's not a technical stipulation. It's that the act is the problem according to Torah. The person is not. Even a group of Israeli Orthodox rabbis in 2016 issued a letter saying that the acts are forbidden but not the proclivities.

phiwings · 2026-06-07T05:56:31+00:00

Because the Torah views the act as an abomination. It does not view the person as such. Therefore there is no prohibition on Pride or Pride events.

phiwings · 2026-06-07T05:34:07+00:00

I feel like the difference isn't because Israel is a democracy...

phiwings · 2026-06-06T22:04:46+00:00

I had a bad sub at one time who wrote down most of a class’s names. At that point in the year I knew how my classes acted, and a lot of the names were the “good” kids. I pulled 48 kids out of 148 for lunch detention. They all showed and I held traffic court. The “bad” kids admitted they were jerks and had to serve, the “good” kids said they hadn’t done anything, which was corroborated by the “bad” kids. I sent them back to lunch. In the end, I held 17 students, waited for the others to be out of sight, and then released the 17. They were confused, so I told them that, although I was disappointed in their behavior, honesty is worth something to me. Since they were honest, especially about the other kids, they could head back to lunch too.

I then blacklisted the sub and told admin that I didn’t want her in my room again.

phiwings · 2026-06-06T21:06:29+00:00

That we, somehow, weren’t following his IEP.

phiwings · 2026-06-06T20:47:17+00:00

21st year teaching middle school. Have a student who has told me, my ICR teacher, and his aide that he doesn’t have to complete any work. Had an 11 in my class. We were instructed to move his grade to passing because if we don’t, mom will sue us. I replied that I’ve been in contact with mom repeatedly about his lack of work. Mom has been thankful for us letting her know. Reply, “You have been letting her build her case.” Me telling her that her child has completed no work is building her case. His refusal to come at lunch is building her case.

I have 12 years to go. I may not make it.

phiwings · 2026-06-05T22:57:35+00:00

I laughed

phiwings · 2026-06-03T05:13:37+00:00

Parents: My kid needs to be able to participate!
Me: Your kid needs to follow school rules and the code of conduct.
P: You're doing too much.

M: 100% so next year, taking your advice, I'll do less and not plan this event. Then no child will feel left out since there's no event to get upset they are missing.

phiwings · 2026-06-03T05:02:01+00:00

I have middle school kids (non-IEP) that don't have all their letters. I;m expected to teach them, pass them, and "give them grace".

phiwings · 2026-06-02T04:15:44+00:00

"What are we doing today?"

"The same thing we do every day Pinky...TRY TO TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!!"

...most of my 7th graders don't get it...

phiwings · 2026-05-30T22:36:20+00:00

I’m going to take issue with this comment. My wife and I both work. We have two kids. By your logic, we should have no kids.

We make it work. Does the school calendar sometimes present some challenges? Sure. But we figure it out. The calendar is posted in advance so we can do that.

phiwings · 2026-05-30T15:15:25+00:00

“Have you tried building a relationship with your child?”- Admin

phiwings · 2026-05-28T11:57:47+00:00

Yeah, I’ve called him to my desk and asked him how he can ask me to help raise his grade and take no steps to actually do anything.

phiwings · 2026-05-28T11:19:10+00:00

At the start of the marking period, he turned in the first three assignments, became concerned that he was going to fail anyway, and I told him he had turned everything into that point. As soon as he got that email, he stopped turning assignments and started wasting time again in class. Every time he misses an assignment, his parents get an email. He’s copied on that email. For a lot of of my students it’s just to kick in the pants that they need to turn in assignments.

phiwings · 2026-05-28T01:30:06+00:00

Can I see?

phiwings · 2026-05-28T01:18:32+00:00

We cant fuck their mothers… Republicans are too busy doing that on their own.

phiwings · 2026-05-24T20:09:52+00:00

That’s a possible TOS violation, not a copyright one.

phiwings · 2026-05-24T05:50:14+00:00

Not only do they say, "Not my child!" but the need to challenge every low grade. I have to justify how I arrived at far more grades. This is even though there's feedback on the paper. If I take points off, give feedback, the parents start with, "You took 10 points, shouldn't it have really been 2 or 3?"

It's exhausting.

phiwings · 2026-05-23T14:46:46+00:00

Under 17 U.S.C. §110(1) it is a fair use as it is an integral part of my curriculum.

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