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I share this story as a woman with a lot of privilege.
This is an issue disproportionately impacting pregnant people of color, pregnant people with disabilities, and those who otherwise lack access to great doctors and the ability to advocate for themselves.
A high-risk maternal/fetal medicine doctor tried to send me home for the weekend after I stayed 3 days in L&D monitoring my dangerously low fluid levels and baby’s unsteady heart rate. I had a c-section the next day because my fluid was gone.
The mortality rate of pregnant and recently pregnant women in the United States rose almost 30% between 2019 and 2020, according to a new study. https://t.co/iTrjcsh3Og
If my OB hadn’t encouraged me to push back, and if I hadn’t fought to stay, I don’t want to think of what could’ve happened to me or my baby.
I am DANG LUCKY I have a great OB, and even more fortunate that I feel comfortable advocating for myself in medical situations.
My daughter received a D in PE for running a mile in 10.40, and not the national standard of 8.32. She wasn’t even a runner, her first time was 14 minutes, dropping by 4 minutes is huge. They should score on progress not some standard. This is how a child’s spirit is destroyed.
If you really like and enjoy your parents and want to be around them as an adult, what did they do when you were a kid/what do they do now to make that the case?
Imagine if corporate/adult learning followed the same prevailing logic of secondary/post-secondary education that a course is only successful if students struggle to apply the content.
It just don’t make sense, folks.
Fancy a Friday thread? Go on then. This one is on PowerPoint. First developed in the 80s, it was never intended to be used in education (was built for businesses). Is now arguably most popular teaching device. Here are 5 studies that give food for thought on how to use it 🧵(1/6)