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UGH. Former teacher here who lived through the beginnings of trauma-informed learning/leadership in a public school. The amount of people that misinterpret and thus, misguide this technique is STAGGERING. Trained educators are not an exception, so it's not surprising that a manager… Read More

Absolutely - This woman is saying incredibly important things, and if you're not a teacher, PLEASE HEAR HER. I taught in a public school for eight years. Every year worse than the previous. I now am employed as a professional staff member (i.e., not a faculty post) at a local university… Read More

Not one - NOT ONE - pregnancy is ever the same. Women experience this phenomenon completely differently, so a lot of these "facts" are unique to each woman. I literally had no idea I was in labor when it happened with my first child. I went in for a check-up/ultrasound at 36.5 weeks… Read More

I was not the skeptic - it was my grandmother. She was afraid she'd have some kind of allergic reaction (she's always been a hypochondriac). However, I had a baby in January of this year and told her I'd never let her around her great grandson without a mask. That meant no kissing,… Read More

A pic with a pet - dog, cat, hamster, whatever (although, bonus points for a dog 😉). Kindness and compassion towards animals is always desirable.

This story is absolutely nuts, and I can't possibly outline all of the insanity that occurred - I live in Iowa, born and raised, and Eastern Iowa was and still is home to some SERIOUS levels of contamination in the soil and water. A man named Adam Michael Lack wanted to fight the… Read More

I was unprepared for the amount of food items that seemed DISGUSTING to me. I felt bad having my food adversions dictate most of our family's meals, but most meat made me gag and plain water tasted nasty. Believe me, I was no vegetarian before! We survived on pasta and juice for a… Read More

"Goodbye Blue Sky" by Pink Floyd (1979). Short and sweet, but quite to the point: "Did you see the frightened ones? Did you hear the falling bombs? Did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter when the promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath a clear blue sky? Did you… Read More