Recess and memes

Last week, I went at the parents griping over school supplies. This week, let's look at recess. More specifically, the idea of recess being taken away. 

 

PA must be really behind the times because Colorado required 30 minutes of recess a day by law in 2014 when I was there. Same in Missouri the last few years and now in Kansas. It's 30 minutes of recess a day and 30 minutes of P.E. per week, even in private school. 

Point is: you're not gonna hear me argue this. 

But Ashley and Heather here are having a lively discussion in which they spell everything wrong and talk about how the schools aren't good enough for them. Sorry your Title One school that provides you with everything for free (childcare, food, education) isn't quite doing it for you. 

I also glean that their kids are probably the problem. You can picture them after reading these comments. 

News Flash: Kids don't get their recess taken away "for any reason". Kids get their recess taken away because they exhibit no self-control or have no obedience to authority. It's a parenting problem.

And even in states where it's mandated, you can still take away their recess. Most schools have them walk laps. 

Few things bother me more than a couch in the classroom. 

Okay, the meme: 

The caption:

Can you imagine how proud Amerigo Vespucci's parents must be?

I would spend full minutes waiting for Disney on channel 43 and then miss it. 

I still use this every single day. Best money I've spent. It's 10 years old. Ngl: all the good colors are gone but I'm making do. 

^^Saturday AND Sunday for me this weekend

It's one or the other. 

And most important: 

Tequila & Tonic (and memes)

My biggest gripe with Kansas and grocery shopping is that you can't buy alcohol in the regular grocery store so when we run out of something, I just don't replace it. I am not ambitious enough to go into a liquor store because the idea of making a second stop is too much to handle. Usually if we need something, I'll ask Scott to pick it up. 

All this to say, we ran out of gin like 6 months ago. I do like a gin and tonic mostly because I love tonic water. With ice and lots of lime, it's the perfect drink. I realize this means I'm probably from the 1950s. 

We did happen to have a bottle of tequila on hand ...so I mixed tequila with the tonic and a lot of fresh lime and a splash of sweetened lime juice. It's not quite as good as a gin and tonic but it fits the need for something fizzy on a hot day. 

The back-to-school nightmare parents have hit the Facebook groups!

Unpopular opinions from around the internet

 Don't tell me they "learn a lot" and "develop bonds". It's a leveling up of hierarchy in the parents' social status. You are paying to be friends with other parents who happen to have kids playing the same sport. Not every person who enrolls their child in travel ball is seeking to be a social climber, but the literal purpose of travel ball has always been to separate the haves from the have-nots. It's not good for kids. It's just offering a different locale for moms to drink their latte and wine away from home each weekend. 

First of all, that's a lunchbox full of food-like substances, not food (save for the banana). 

Second of all, your job as a parent is to feed your child. If you are complaining about the cost of packing them a lunch for school, that's a you problem. Even if it means applying for free-and-reduced lunch, go for it. I guess that's why it's there (even if I don't agree with that either). 

But complaining that you have to "feed your children" is another level of terrible parenting. 

^^^ This HAS to be rage bait. It has to be. "Not luxury items"...they're Lunchables! "A basic meal kit" lol. If this person is sincere they deserve to feel how they feel for being so unintelligent. I don't have the patience for that. ....by the by, if you are giving your kids packaged snacks to "get them through the afternoon" instead of actual food, they are lethargic, hard to manage, and not paying attention in class (ask me how I know). 

There are two particular conspiracy theories going around out there right now. Both prove exactly how  susceptible the wine moms are...You know, the ones who also have their kids in travel sports and then they also don't understand how to pack a school lunch. 

I feel like I should draw some Venn diagrams at this point. All I'd really be drawing is one big circle though. 

The women who think Patrick Clancy killed his kids are the same ones who think that Tyler Robinson is innocent. 

The women who believe Lindsay Clancy is innocent is the same group of Candace Owens fans who believe Charlie Kirk was killed by his friends/Israel. 

The women who think Lindsay Clancy was failed by the system and is a victim also think that Candace Owens is actually investigating something and Erika Kirk is the villain. 

See, it can be stated so many different ways!

These women also believe youth travel sports "benefit the entire family" and also complain about buying school supplies and paying for the cost of packing school lunches. 

Did I forget anything??? What do you think? 

(My opinions on our current cultural climate are my own :)