Florida teacher cries in class because her 12th graders didn’t know cardinal directions or the regions of the United States: ‘They are so far behind, some can’t even spell simple words.’

What should a teacher do in this situation? A lot of kids lack basic knowledge they should’ve learned in Elementary school. When I was in elementary school, we had a whole unit on reading clocks, but now that kids only use their phones to tell time, some schools don’t even bother, and the kids suffer …
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Florida theme park goer refuses to listen to ice cream shop worker explaining why sherbet needs a cup, drops it on the pavement, then demands a remake and a cleanup: ‘She said «you need to clean this up,» I refused’

Customer service hits peak comedy when someone argues with physics and obviously loses. In this case, the battlefield is an ice cream stand at a sweaty Florida theme park, where summer heat turns everything into a puddle race. The ice cream in question is orange sherbet from a big brand-name tub. It does not cooperate …
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Son uninvites mom from his high school graduation after she plans a Florida trip with her boyfriend and his kids during his graduation party

Why would she plan a trip during his graduation party?  Graduation party season can be chaotic, especially if you attend a large high school. I remember weekends during the last couple of weeks of my junior and senior years where I was jet setting around my hometown to three or four parties a day! You …
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Couple’s plan to take kids to Disneyland California during summer vacation blocked by in‑laws’ demand the children only experience Disney World Florida on a trip with them

Look, I take Disney seriously as much as the next millennial, but some people treat Disney parks like holy shrines, and other people like disrespectful tourists who have not paid the right emotional donations. This story is about grandparents who have turned «first time at Disney» into a Fantasia Sorcerer’s Apprentice remake over whose version …
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Job tells remote employee he can’t move to Minnesota from Florida without getting fired, only allows him to move to Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, or North Carolina: ‘I already live somewhere not approved, as does my entire team.’

Working from home has changed so many people’s lives. I know people who travel the world and finance it not by being an underpaid au pair, but by working for an American company remotely. If you know anything about American salaries, you know they are a lot bigger than European salaries, and can go a …
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41-year-old Disney-obsessed mom forces her family to visit Disney World from the UK 35 times in a 10 year span: ‘After the first 20 or so times I started to get rather bored of the parks’

Disney Adults are one of the most oppressed groups in the world today. Well, not necessarily, but they do get a lot of slack for the mere crime of liking a theme park. Sure, maybe wearing mouse ears and crying when you meet Donald Duck is «cringe» by the standards of conventional society, but within …
Seguir leyendo 41-year-old Disney-obsessed mom forces her family to visit Disney World from the UK 35 times in a 10 year span: ‘After the first 20 or so times I started to get rather bored of the parks’

Teen saves up cash to take entire family on a trip to Florida, ungrateful mother tries to switch the original vacation plan to a Disney trip: ‘At this point I’m over it because she’s changed hotels 3 times’

Have you ever saved up a bunch of money for a friend’s birthday gift, a Mother’s Day present, or a slew of Christmas knick-knacks for your special someone? If you have, then you know how rewarding it is to realize that your hard-earned money is going toward something for someone you love. Sure, buying a …
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Job tells remote employee he can’t move to Minnesota from Florida without getting fired, only allows him to move to Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, or North Carolina: ‘I already live somewhere not approved, as does my entire team’

Working from home has changed so many people’s lives. I know people who travel the world and are able to finance that not by being an underpaid au pair but by working for an American company remotely. There’s a whole community on Reddit dedicated to the overemployed: people who have two or three remote jobs …
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27 Funny Florida Memes for the Funniest Floridians and Their Pet Crocodiles

From a salt rim margarita on the beach, to the most bizarre assault charges—that’s Florida for ya, baby!

‘The endgame is Fahrenheit 451’: School district requires parent’s permission to read a book by an African American author

Books and libraries are in the middle of a culture war in the United States right now; you’re living under a rock if you don’t know that. Books are being banned in K-12 school libraries all across the country, and they’re being banned for increasingly absurd reasons. Parents are concerned ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠that their kids are reading …
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