I always assumed they were such small jars because they’re I tended to be single use

Pay it off over time with lower taxes income.

If I earn $1M I have to pay a lot of income tax. But if I take a loan for $1M, I may only need to earn a taxable income of $100K

Maybe I’d take the opportunity to sell a losing stock so can write off that income as a loss

It’s a waste of time to have a “survey” of languages in an environment where you’re not regularly using them : much better to learn an additional one well. Maybe it’s different in countries with multiple languages and borders where you’ll need multiple languages every day. Yes, a second language is a good idea for any kid.

Here school generally has a fixed curriculum through eighth grade, then high school is more flexible, with minimum requirements set by state and student choice filling it out. For example my state had a requirement for three years of languages to graduate high school: I decided on 5 Spanish classes.

My youngest kid took two years of Italian but then had to switch schools where they did not offer that language, so took a little Spanish. Yes I consider that somewhat a waste because it would have been better for him to learn either of those more. However in everyday life he’s not exposed to either.

I can see the argument of more focus on a second language, but more languages usually means not enough for any of them.

My high school required 3 years of a language: I took 5 Spanish courses but was clearly never fluent.

In my kids high school, it was the first class in an immersion program program from early elementary through high school. Many of them were fluent. That should be a goal.

We should keep going. There’s already a history of changing actors and timeframes, changing levels of violence and action. James Bond isn’t a series where anyone expects one to follow another. The Daniel Craig bonds were very different from all previous - time to find a new Bond and a new feel.

An incremental step would be to look at the tax cuts of the last few decades, and role them back. That especially includes other types of income and passthroughs

As someone who has participated in startups, the options and shares market is a rigged game. We also need to restore rules for the ultra wealthy so they play the same game as we do

The flower shouldn’t be allowed a voice or a vote anyway. The flower should just stay at home and receive the bee’s attention. /s

Yea, the few times I remembered ear plugs, I had a more enjoyable experience

I also follow that pattern for small local theaters, but the huge national chains can kiss my ass. It helps that local theaters feel welcoming while the giant chains are are manufactured

I read a book once where a character with a sensitive nose kept referring to the popcorn butter-like chemical as “pee” and that really fits My experience as well. The stuff is not good and does not taste like butter but is admittedly addicting

I really like that fourth row, as close to the middle as it goes. I know that’s on the close side so I’ll be looking up, but it also means the screen fills my field of vision more so more immersive

Yeah, I just got back from Project Hail Mary - excellent movie, but like always I wished for earplugs too late.

I don’t think this movie was particularly louder than others but I find most movies painfully loud

Don’t overthink it - most are still Available. Stay away from edges and corners

Obviously then you’d trust everything it says and fire half your staff to replace them with a row of ducks

In my state, cafeteria food is free. There are no longer any pay choices so you either take the free food or bring your own

I won’t claim it’s good food, but it looks much better than the garbage I had when I was in school

That’s just because people get too close to the edge without proper safety equipment

Sometimes things are defined by history, inertia, earlier understandings. There are six continents, because there’s always been six and it would be overly pedantic to find objective criteria with today’s understanding …… unless you want another Pluto controversy.

Don’t forget zealandia being its own continent

Why not? Universities are also required to be ada compliant. It’s not retroactive, so older infrastructure is always an issue, but modern facilities should be fully accessible.

If you mean disabled should go for free, why? Some disabled are advantaged and some not. My state is one of those offering free public university based on economic need, a much better choice.

But yes, it’s by state, and most do not

Just like being proud of your family means helping them do their best, being proud of your country is a duty to understand what it does well and poorly, and do whatever you can to help it do its best. I’m proud of the mythology we’ve built around the US being the “good guys”, so it’s my duty to call it out when it doesn’t live up to that ideal, and do whatever I can to help it move in the direction of those ideals. Even when it stumbles, theres a worthy goal to strive for

If we’re not the first to call out the gaps, then we have failed our country/family/city/corp, and our pride is meaningless blind obedience. NONE of these cases should be blind trust or blind love.

I help my kid remember to do his homework; I can help my country remember not to be fascist, racist, warmongering genocide supporters. I can still be proud of them when they fail,help them pick themselves up from the depths of failure, and help them try harder next time

Being proud of my country is the reason I protest when I’m disappointed in some of its choices, otherwise, why would I care?

Supply and demand, along with historic sexism.

• teaching (up to high school) has historically been predominantly women. And yes women used to be paid much less. That gap has narrowed a lot but “women’s work” still tends to pay less
• there are hundreds of thousands of teachers. There are huge numbers. There’s always another
• while it takes a lot to be a good teacher, it’s not so much to “teach”

So I think we have a history of low pay, the vast number militants against that changing, and to appearance anyone can be a “teacher”

Don’t get me wrong my family has significant history in the field and deep respect for the importance and to the huge impact a good teacher can make on someone’s future. But when my kid wanted to teach, after saying I would be so proud as would the vast array of ancestors, I added that you need to be aware of poor pay. To translate to video game, it’s doing life in hard mode