That's not berating. That's sheer bullying. I just *knew* he was gonna hit her or push her to get the kind of reaction described. She'd frozen up completely otherwise. Thank god one of the kids had a phone to record it.

*buries into the sand* Wake me up when the election's over please.

Thanks to elreh for the link. I'm sure when the models don't match reality, the timelines for our inevitable submersion will altered, yet again.

I teach inclusion classes. This means the kids who have various issues, be they behavioral or emotional, and/or learning disabilities. If merit pay is to be part of the paycheck, then these kids will be tossed around if not forced out somehow.

The Olympics become more and more pathetic.

I'm sure when Marvel or DC thinks they won't lose sales to people who rant and rave about their favorite hero coming out, they won't think twice about it. Until then, I'm not gonna complain about the pandering. Wiccan and Hulkling never felt like that anyway, and Wonder Woman already admitted there was a reason they called it Paradise Island.

That'd be awesome at a party for English teachers.

These look fun, and they even have Deadpool and his yellow speech box. I'd totally watch this.

Just having to consider the ramifications of a zombie apocalypse on the tax code convinces me we do need a zombie apocalypse.

Christianity mixed with paganism to a large extent, especially as it spread into new areas. Russia, just as an example, saw prayers used as magic spells, especially taking the form of previous pagan spells, and placing an object under the altar was supposed to give it power, something priests tried to discourage. As for Christians behaving in an un-Christian manner, we hardly have to go back hundreds of years to see that kind of behavior. So the idea that this could be Christian is not farfetched, although it might be something pagan that was then carved with the new religion's symbol.