“Individual freedom has been warped into the idea that we’re all on our own & if someone can’t afford chemo or rent, or a business gets hit by the worst health crisis in a century, it’s not our problem...unless they put up a website compelling enough to convince us otherwise.”
@IKEAUSAHelp one of the chairs I ordered showed up broken. I called customer care, but they are not taking calls. Please let me know how you plan to resolve this.
@IKEAUSAHelp Hi still waiting on a response re: replacement. The item that arrived broken appears to be in stock online, so I’d love for ikea to move forward with issuing the replacement I requested.
I think I have a definitive answer to the dividing line between genX and millennials If you were born before MTV existed, you’re GenX; if you were born after, you’re a millennial.
I worry our public education system is being gutted.
I also worry that racial segregation in our schools is deepening.
To me, these “pods” risk increasing the racial and class separation already cemented by residential segregation and gentrification in US neighborhoods.
First, a little background. U.S. students struggle BADLY w/reading, as @ehanford has exhaustively reported. One in three(!) 4th graders score below basic on the National Assessment of Educational Progress. This has huge implications for overall academics.
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