93maddie94

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[–] 93maddie94@lemm.ee 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

At home: 3 squares, folded. At other places with different paper: 4-5, depending on quality. Out and about with the tissue paper that exists in public bathrooms? Maybe the length of my arm.

[–] 93maddie94@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The Disney plus app has lots of shorts if you have that. We’ve done the spidey and his amazing friends, Winnie the Pooh, and Bluey. There’s lots more on there, even like Cars and Frozen ones

[–] 93maddie94@lemm.ee 8 points 1 week ago

From the article: “Anyone who lived within 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) of the derailment can get up to $70,000 per household for property damage plus up to $25,000 per person for health problems. The payments drop off the farther people lived from the derailment down to as little as a few hundred dollars at the outer edges.”

My parents and my brother live in the 2-4 mile range and when they got their paperwork it was up to $45,000 per household.

So the money isn’t divided equally between the 55,000 claims.

[–] 93maddie94@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

When my parents and my brother received their paperwork it was a different amount depending on how close you are to the wreckage site. 2-4 miles away was initially listed as $45,000.

[–] 93maddie94@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah I wasn’t sure how to word it because I know that different places have different naming mechanisms. But from 6-18 years old I was homeschooled. There was a co-op or two where I technically did classes with others, and I did a year of Cyber school before it was cool but most of my education came from me self-teaching from textbooks and “curriculum”.

[–] 93maddie94@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

Homeschooled 1st-12th grade with the exception of 4 months of public school in first grade.

[–] 93maddie94@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Homeschooled 1st-12th grade with the exception of 4 months of public school in first grade.

[–] 93maddie94@lemm.ee 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Homeschooled 1st-12th grade except for 4 months of first grade.

Funnily enough I have a masters degree and work in a public school

[–] 93maddie94@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

I was homeschooled from first grade with the exception of 4 months in public school for first grade

[–] 93maddie94@lemm.ee 112 points 1 week ago (11 children)

Never have I ever attended a middle or high school

[–] 93maddie94@lemm.ee 6 points 3 weeks ago

We took our daughter to a high school football game last night. As we’re parking she goes, “I want to watch people play game ball!”

[–] 93maddie94@lemm.ee 10 points 3 weeks ago

When I say I’m a school librarian, most people can make a connection and have an understanding. And as long as their next comment isn’t some Fox News bullshit (which was real fun at my grandmother’s funeral), I can usually leave it at that.

But the actual day-to-day complexities of what I do isn’t going to be understood. Most days I am checking out over 400 books to students, which means my volunteers, me, and my para (assistant) are checking in and reshelving over 400 books each morning. That’s over 800 books scanned each day. Then, I am also teaching six 45-minute classes every day and I see each student in our school (over 700) twice a week in those classes. So I am planning and prepping for those classes, teaching those classes, and running the book checkout. Not to mention managing behaviors and helping some of our new students (especially kindergarten) understand the expectations of the library. I am currently planning our book fair happening in a few weeks, getting ready to start my after school club, facilitating a $500 per grade level order for books and supplies, fielding sales phone calls, balancing my ~$10K budget, and being the team lead which involves monthly meetings to attend, twice a month meetings to run, and many additional emails. So yes, I do read to kids and let them take books home, but that’s nowhere near the end of my to-do list.

 

Kennywood closes rollercoaster after photo appears to show cinderblocks supporting part of the ride 

WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. — Two days after an alarming photo from oneBURGH media blew up on Facebook, Kennywood pumped the brakes on the Racer, temporarily shutting the rollercoaster down Wednesday.

The picture appears to show part of the ride jacked up on two large cinder blocks.

“That’s not okay,” said Patrice Klimchock of Greensburg. “That’s scary to me.”

Channel 11 showed people the photo, including Justin Gambrell, a Kennywood employee.

“This doesn’t look right,” Gambrell said. “I didn’t even know about this, so this is a shocker for me. As somebody who works here, I feel like this should be stuff we know.”

A spokesperson for Kennywood said rides are inspected daily but wouldn’t say how this could’ve gone unnoticed.

“From my understanding that was inspected a few days ago, and that was how it was left to be running?” Klimchock said. “That concerns me.”

The Racer is one of Kennywood’s oldest rides, first opening in 1927.

Without going into detail about why the ride was closed, the amusement park’s communications director Lynsey Winters sent a brief statement saying, “A non-structural enhancement under the station is being made and the ride will reopen tomorrow.”

Some parkgoers are raising questions about safety protocols.

“I would want to know something like that even for the safety of others...because anything is possible,” Gambrell said.

Klimchock agreed.

“Kennywood’s a great place and we love Pittsburgh and want to support it, but they need to take better care,” she said.

When Channel 11 first inquired about the photo of the rollercoaster on Monday, Kennywood’s press team sent this statement:

“The safety of our attractions is our top priority. All rides at the park are inspected daily by Pennsylvania-certified state inspectors before opening so that they may be enjoyed safely by all guests.”

Channel 11 emailed and called the Department of Agriculture that oversees the ride’s inspectors and we have not heard back.

 

So I’m thinking along the lines of this (volume warning)

But my two year old just did the same thing while “helping” to feed the dogs. She spilled a few pieces, looked at the mess, and then dumped out the rest of the cup. She exclaimed, “I make a mess” then picked up the pieces, put them back in the cup, and successfully poured it into the dog’s bowl. What breaks in their brain where the task doesn’t go according to plan so they make an even bigger mess?

 

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