Vendemus

joined 2 years ago
[–] Vendemus@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

Abigail Taylor. To add to how awful her death was, her accident happened in June 2007, the Virginia Graeme Baker act was introduced in January 2007 and signed into law in December 2007. She died while politicians were discussing it and 5 years after Virginia had died.

PSA: Check your drain covers for VGB compliance and keep them in good condition, they save lives...even if they stub toes.

[–] Vendemus@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

This has some fun potential: 8/ate, since she almost got ate. 8, one of the cylons from Battle Star Gallactica, she could have a nickname of Boomer, Athena or Sharon.

[–] Vendemus@lemmy.world 15 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Power of voodoo

[–] Vendemus@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Oh man did I miss that opportunity for jokes! Thank you, my mom and sister will get a kick out of that.

[–] Vendemus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The short answer is the ability to tailor the entire learning experience to one child's specific needs and interests. For example: My sister loves cooking so for history and chemistry she got to do it from a culinary perspective.

Extra curricular activities can help supplement public education but kids still need unstructured play time, so there is a limit to how much can be added.

I know two people who thrived in a homeschooling environment, for them it was 100% the right choice. 99% of the time it is the wrong choice.

Side note: Virtual learning has created a weird third option that isn't quite public school but also isn't homeschooling. This gets mixed in with homeschooling conversations but I think it confuses things and belongs in a separate category.

[–] Vendemus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Thank you! I've always struggled with when to use person first language and when not to. This is the first time I've seen it explained in a way that makes sense to me.