Upstate NY Nesties
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Factoid Friday
Tell us your strange/odd/different facts about you...
Re: Factoid Friday
I have a large red birthmark on my big toe around my nail and never even thought twice about it as a kid (love my parents).
I am the only teacher/student/staff/parent in my school that is not black.
I'm in the same boat! that + the race issue many parents bring up (it's so frustrating - I just want to help your kid read!) is a huge stressor.
People are inherently stupid. Weddings make it painfully obvious -- KevinandMonica
Yeah, being the youngest, the older teachers think they can run the show all the time. Plus I just can't relate to them sometimes and vice versa. As for the race issue, I do get that sometimes. I mean I do work at a predominately white school but I do get the occasional parent that thinks their kid is failing my class because I'm racist. I just want to tell them one of my best friends from college is black and we roomed together.
The race issue for me is a different. It's not that they think I'm racist, but there's this irrational fear in some members of the black community (esp in inner city DC) that people are trying to change their child to "white". Since I'm white, I'm an easy target. (My students use it also. They fear that doing well in school, staying on the straight and narrow, etc. will make their friends think they're "doing too much" and "white". So sad that there are these stereotypes and fears, IMO).
Yeah I certainly don't get that. I just get I'm racist as the reason their child is failing my class. Yet the other 20 or so kids that are the same race as their child is passing. Ok that makes a lot of sense.