parenting
Via Death and Taxes
Minneapolis teacher, Starri Hedges, is now dealing with upset parents after taking kids from middle to high school age on a field trip to a local adults-only emporium named Smitten Kitten. The store itself offers educational workshops which the students took part in from a library section of the store that was separate, but apparently in view of, the products they offer. Angry parents were not aware of the trip before it took place but since the school in question is a K-12 private school, it is unclear whether any laws were broken.
Hedges herself admitted to the Star Tribune that she "unfortunately didn't communicate well enough with parents ahead of time." While that was unquestionably poor judgment, the rest of the issues surrounding the trip remain in a grey area. Investigation is ongoing to the conditions of the shop and context of the trip to determine if Hedges or the store violated any laws by bringing the students there.
Reddit user iheartdna teaches sex ed for kids in "two different large public high schools, both very high-income, upper-middle-class areas of Virginia and California." Below are three years of some of the best anonymous questions her students have wrote in. Ah, the awkward adolescent memories...
Via Jamie Toschi
Nibbles thinks he’s a dog, and it’s the cutest thing ever.
Watch as this Rouen duck waits patiently for his best human friend Johnny to come home from school, and as soon as the boy is in sight, he completely loses it.
Johnny also greets him with a few kisses on his bill once all the quacking starts dying down a bit.
It’s only a matter of time before he learns to bark.
His owners explain that Nibbles wears a tiny diaper so that he can go on car rides and spend time in their house.
Do yourself a favor and check out the rest of the clips on their YouTube channel.
Here they are going for a walk down the street together set to “Stand By Me.”
And here he is eating Johnny’s homework, just like a dog is supposed to do.
