Today in virtual school, I whispered "fuck me" as I looked at the six pages of math worksheets that my 1st grader had been assigned.
On a bright note, I can now drink coffee again because I finally am feeling better.
Because assisting a 1st grader with at least 6 math worksheets a day requires coffee, lots of coffee.
Also today in virtual school, the 6th grader had to look up photos of ancient Greece for a project.
The kid was like, "Why are all these statues naked? It would not be appropriate to include them."
I almost died 🤣
"Mom, MOM, there are balls everywhere."
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣☠️
Clearly, we are crushing* virtual school in the Baker house.
*nowhere close to crushing it.
And y'all, at some point, I'm going to send these two back to face-to-face school, and they are either gonna say, "Our teachers don't cuss as much as you did, Mom" or "All of worksheets are utter bullshit."
I have concerns.
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When we first started watching The Great British Baking Show, I was totally chill, and now, I find myself screaming, "No, not the matcha flavor, it never goes well!"
Any time folks call white Christian nationalism a fringe movement, I end up screaming, "IT'S ACTUALLY MAINSTREAM" while dying a little on the inside.
I have spent over an effin' decade trying to convince folks that white Christian nationalism is mainstream.
It doesn't matter how much evidence I bring to the table. There are still folks that insist loudly that it is a fringe movement.
And I'm not just talking about the people who are white Christian nationalists but the ways in which their ideas about faith and nation are common place.
White Christian nationalism isn't contained by a movement or movements. It's a mistake to think that it is.