Ditch the damn Chromebooks!!

Technology.. should we? Shouldn’t we? 

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Zero chill. And in a serious case of California withdrawal. Let's feel that right now. We did it though. We did it. We did it. Okay, we can go back to California though. Let's go. My kids will follow. Oh my gosh. Let's go back to California to let's go back to Lala Land with my people. I just wanna go to the beach. I want to go to the beach. I wanna go to West Hollywood and just hang out. So see, LA is not my scene. I know. Kind of. Even when I was younger, like it just is so fast paced. And I mean when I was younger, like I was always out. I was never home. Totally. But it's it's just too much for me. It's a lot. It's fun, but like for a second. Yeah. Right? Yeah. Like, I don't know. It's different. It's different. I think you have to know like the inner workings of LA too. Yes, yes. You can't. And not we're not talking about Hollywood. We're not talking about like Rodeo Drive or Right, right. I was gonna say Sunset and like Hollywood Boulevard and Melrose and like all of those. Those are really fun and like really cool too. But like I think that's But it's not like they look on the movies. No, they're not a common misconception for sure. Like people that have never been. Oh, for sure. Like my mother-in-law came to visit us when we lived out there. She wanted to go to Hollywood. Okay. And and my husband kept telling her, like, it's not it's not how it's how it is in the movies. Like it's not that way. We can go, but it's not that way. And she was like, Well, I really want to go. We were like, okay. You gotta see it. Yeah. So we went and she's gravely disappointed. We told you. I mean I mean, you just picture like, you know, I don't know, like a star walking by you of like every three quarters. That's not because that's not where they are. Right. Because why would they be there? Kind of dingy, like boulevard is pretty bross. Yeah, it's pretty gross. Sometimes it definitely can be. I mean, it's it's I mean, it's anywhere, right? Right, right. But it's like touristy and it's fun, and there's crappy gift shops and you know, that are a blast. So I'm I love it for all of those reasons. Yes, but if you want like chill, chill LA, like it's not there. Right. You know, that's why people are and and it's not like I don't know. Like, there's celebrities and like the most random places, right? They're not gonna be on yes, they're at like no boo and you know, whatever too. But like, you know, yeah, they're also like at like I can't tell you the number of times I've walked into a Denny's and I like have sat next to people, you know? Or like in and out, like so and so's in the car next to me, and I'm like, oh hey, what's up? Yeah, yeah, for sure. You're like, oh, yeah, you park on a side street. Live mom sees celebrities all the time. Does she really? Yeah. Yeah. Like my whole life. We're like, of course you met so and so or Yeah. So and yeah, she's like it's like, yeah, it's an dream celebration. Like, if you can meet, I already know the answer to this. Who's your dream celebrity? I know the answer. Like, this girl, I already know. But go on, wait all the people. Wait, who's my dream? Really? I mean What's your favorite show like ever right now? Dan. Dan Levy for sure is like top of my list. You always talk about him. I know, because I love him. I love him. I just love mute. I know, and he's a vibe, and I love like what he stands for. Just oh yeah, and his dad is amazing too. I Shits Creek is probably the like one of my top It's on the top of my list. Yeah. Oh. If you have not watched that show, please do yourself a favor. It it is so good. It I think a lot of people get a little turned off by it because like the first episode's a little slow, but not in a bad way. Like you have to be like engaged, you just fall in love with the characters. You do. You have to get to understand the characters because like uh like any relationship, right? And you and then any relationship, you have to get to know somebody, and I think the vis falls into that, and I think that's why the show is so great and so moving, because uh because you really feel unlike you know kind of these other sitcoms where you you don't have to know anything, you can jump in in the middle, and it's sort of right, and those are great entertainment, yeah. They serve a purpose, and I love that. But I think for a show like like Shits Creek in particular, like you you have to grow with them. Yeah, and you can't grow with them wherever. Yeah, I think that's sort of the beauty of it, and then it and then it ends, and then you're like Yes. Oh, I cried. Yeah. Me too. Oh god, okay, so top shows. Okay, my my like Yeah, yeah, it's on your list. Because I'm a creature of my creature of habit, because I don't like like I like routine. I like so if I'm like just putting things on, but I'm weird, I have to like watch things from beginning to end. I have to I'm okay with that though. Yeah. Um so New Girl. Oh, I haven't seen that. Oh my god, I love it. Okay. Parks and Rec is like probably my top. Okay. I love Amy Poehr. She's like one of my favorite actresses. Okay. Um The Office Duh. Oh. Yeah. Um, what's another really good one? I like comedies. I like because I get too caught up in the characters, so I need like light. Okay. I don't I just finished Rosolian Isles, which was really heavy. I actually just told your daughter to watch it. She was watching some crime show, and I was like, I think you'd like it. So tell me if she has nightmares. Okay. No, she's good. She's been watching like forensic files since she's been like on this. See, and like my mom loves like forensic files. Oh my god. Dark like crimes. Love it. I don't know. I get too stressed out. I don't. I'm like that's what I put on when I am stressed. You know, there's a study that says that if you listen if you watch or listen to like crime podcasts or like watch documentaries like crying the documentaries, they're like it's a neurological like defense. Something uh my parameter. If that's what you said, unwind tip. Because that's like, oh my god, a cold case files, forensic files, yeah, um, anything on AE, anything on discovery. Like, I am just bring it. Bring it. I want to know who it is. So it's a husband or boyfriend. Yeah. I mean, we already know. And they always like a half thumbprint or something. See, always fuck up. Yeah. They're so stupid. But I love it. Yeah. And documentaries, like missing people, documentaries, missing persons. Yeah. Um, oh my god. First 48. I send my mom those memes that are like, if you if you watch this to relax, you're a serial killer or something like that. That's me. Yeah. That's just what she loves. I can't. I have to have like lighthearted ooh, new show. What is it? High potential. No. It's so good. It's not lighthearted, but it is so good. High potential. I'm bringing it down. Yeah. I love new shows. I don't get a lot of downtime to watch. Right. And I do, so. But I na I'm not I'm not home. Really? When I am home, okay, my list. Yeah. Please. So it's like that kind of stuff. Yeah. Crime stuff. Okay. You guys all know I love the real house ones. Yeah. Anywhere, I don't even care. And the valley, so good. So like Bravo, bravo, fucking bravo. Love Bravo, okay. But aside from Bravo. Shits Creek is on my list. Yes. The Office. Yes. Is like. Yes. My god, it's so good. So good. And you can it's Steve Carell, though. It's the Steam Days. He's just bet. He's the best. Totally. Yeah. Um, Shrinky. Have you seen Shrinky? No. It's so funny. Oh, good. It's got humor, it's got heart. It's got um sadness. It's got everything. It is just, it's it's such a perfect package. Okay. And it is wonderful. And it's, you know, it's gaining momentum. I don't think it has um Is it like not an error? People are talking about it. Yes. Okay, okay. It's on Apple. Okay. Um, and it is fucking phenomenal. Okay. Watch it from C you know um season one. Oh yeah. How you would do it. I yeah, because I'm crazy. I can't. It is literally one of the best shows on Tag A. Um. Ooh. Sorry. Drama one. But like passion, like what is it? Call the Midwife. Oh my god. Why are why are your shows I've never heard of? So Call the Midwife. Call the Midwife is a br British show. Ooh, okay. What's it on? It's on PBS. Okay. It's so good. It's from it's about it. Like follows nurses from like like in the 1920s. Okay. And follows them like being midwives. Like before there were hospitals and you know, all that stuff. It's a trick. I cry every episode, but like it's amazing. Okay. Okay. So you have okay. Okay, I only have like three more, right? Okay. Taylor. With that one. Oh my god, it's all good. I do not even know whose star is in it. That girl is so good. Every actor in it, it's it's like this spy kind of thing. Now, it's a lot of it is in Farsi. So subtitles. Okay. So you have to watch it when you're like hyper focused. Okay. Okay. So I don't get to watch it all the time because a lot of times TV is sort of like, I'm watching, but it's a little bit background. Yeah. You have to read a lot of it. Okay. It's not. Oh, it's so good. Okay. It's so good. Okay. Oh my God. And then hijacked. Serious album. No. These are the the I love him. He's so good. He's so beautiful. So I just hijacked season two. Okay. Just started. I haven't I haven't had the time to sit down and watch it. Okay. But hijacked one, it's a it's plain. Oh, so good. And then Forever. The Golden Girls. Oh, Golden Girls. I could watch that on Repeat. I love it. It is the show. Like that show has my heart. Yes. It's it's just everything, right? It's it's so good. Well, it just it's nostalgic. Like I remember, you know, I remember like going to my grandma's house and like sitting on the bed and watching it. We'd both be cracking up and I didn't know why I was ready. Right. And now I'm like, oh, like, oh my gosh, you know? Little nasty. You ready? And now it's just like me and um, you know, all my friends back in California, like that's like our show, you know? And it's just I love the um have you seen the like uh ladies that dress up like old ladies to do brunch? Oh yeah. We need to do that. Oh my gosh. Do you know I went to a Golden Girls bingo? Oh it was so cute. Because we cut the tick. It was I was invited and we got the tickets along. Okay, we were friends, but now yes, we are on Catholics. Well go! Don't do it again. It's canceled. They'll do it again. This is not last cancel. Last show. It was so fun. I didn't win a purse. It was purse made up. I didn't win a purse. Listen, they were giving away um YSL, two Louis Vuitton's, they got Kate Spade in there. Called me after and we're sadly disappointed. Yeah, I was pissed off. Yeah. But you know what's so cool about now, right? Is we can stream all these shows. So like the shows that I've watched that you've never even heard of or what you can like stream them. Remember back in the day. You could do that. We if you missed it, you missed it. Like that was that was it. Yeah, we have the week and then you or like for like this summer, remember, reruns in the summer? Yes, or getting up and running to go to the bathroom or grabbing a snack or like while it was commercial time, right? Like that's where they'd go. Yeah, and now it's just like, oh, I'll watch it in a month when I like it or whatever. And I'm like, dang, like it's just so different. It's so different. Now everything is at the tip of our fingertips. Yes, which is scary. Which is scary, right, for all of us. Yeah, including the children. Yes. I feel like it's we've I know that's the direction that we're going in. And I know that like, you know, to like we're for sure someone's at my front door. Uh-huh. We're for sure like aging ourselves. Yeah. As far as like like just being like, oh, back in my day we didn't have that. I'm older than Google. Like, let's be real. I'm older than the internet. I think so. I think I am too. Yeah. Am I? I think so. I don't know. Yeah, whatever. But but like, like, and it's cool, I get that that's where we're going. Yeah. But my thing is is like there's too much of a disconnect now. Well, like they just go to school, they open their Chromebooks, and that's it. And well, that's what I was gonna mention because I saw a thread on threads. Uh-huh. And I believe it was a teacher that said, like, I'm ready to ditch the Chromebooks and go back to pen and paper. And I agree. Yeah. I agree. Yeah, it's just, I mean, and I get it. Teachers work their ass off. So if it if it alleviates some things for them, that's cool. But I also feel like there's those few teachers, not not all for sure, but there's those few that use that. Like to it, yeah. Yeah, like as a babysitter, you know. Yeah. Like, I don't know. I just I think it's important you can tell. I mean, I have serial and killer handwriting, so but but like their kids' penmanship, and you know, they don't even know how to sign their name. Right? Right. Yeah. They don't learn cursives, right? They don't have a signature. Right, right. I had to teach my kids like so they have a signature. Yeah, I did too. It's so crazy. And then mine are like practicing, it's hilarious. Yeah. But I I I think that there is a time and place for technology. I think it is an important tool and we should utilize it in the classroom. Yeah. But to a very limited, it should not be the majority of their work, it should be the minority. Yeah. For sure. Or if like uh like again, that's where we're headed. I mean, we're already there, right? Everything is yeah is like tech based, which is fine. I mean, look kind of hypocritical of us for doing a podcast, right? But but we've learned all those things. Right. And I mean, don't test me, because I probably don't remember 95% of the things I learned in school, but like, it's just important for for our kids to have and I and I say this like with a with a I don't know, grain of salt? Mm-hmm, kinda. Okay. But like like there's there has to be a line. Like they have to learn the old school way too. Well, yeah, there's value in that. Yeah. There's value in paper. There's value in learning to I mean, it's really basic. Like, they can't they can't write for shit. Yeah. Right? Their handwriting is atrocious. Um, they can't formulate a sentence. Right. Because the Chromebook does it for them. Everything is sort of done for them. It's handheld. And so when they do have to do something, or, you know, they can't and there's no critical thinking. Well, and they there's no self-clean for everything. They do. That's what I we've said this before, but always like take care of your health right now because these doctors are chat GPT doctors. Oh my god, I'm really scared. Right? I or or lawyers or or any profession. Like they're you just chat GPT it and they block them, like on, you know, their Chromebooks and stuff, but they still have their phones. They still have the ability to use it. Yeah, they do. So and it's a great tool, like, for like onesie twosie things, you know, but not your whole education. Well, what they're doing, what these kids are doing, and I know because I even my own son I've I've caught. Oh, well. Like, I'm not, it's not a pass, but it's like it's not a pass. But I've caught him in and he's he's a smart ambience too, but it's not enough because he doesn't know something, he'll chat GPT, and that's fine. Yeah, but but what what what they're not getting is like the full comprehensive understanding of it. Yeah, reading it, yes, maybe sometimes they're just moving so fast that they're just going, they're writing it from here to here to, or you know, whatever they're copying paste or formulating. And that's okay. And it's okay if you're, like I said, like we look up stuff all the time, like, hey, what about this? But we also want to like remember it. Like, I don't think that's the case when they're doing it that way. Well, no, it's not. They're learn like they're learning history or social studies or whatever, and they're like, you know, you know, tell me when this happened, right? You know, when this happened in history. So they look it up and they jot it down. Yeah. But they but what they're missing is like the retention. The retention. Why did it happen? Yeah. How did it happen? And that right now is so important. Oh my gosh. We have to talk about history repeating itself, right? And these kids have no I don't know. I just I can't, I can't, which is not helping because twelve schools are closing. Houston ISD, 12 schools. And that breaks matter because they're down. It's in lower income areas. Mm-hmm. And it's it's where education needs to be. And I mean it's needed everywhere. I'm not I'm not saying it's one over another. But it's so you look, these kids, right? Now they're gonna be shoved into other schools. Correct. Which is gonna be overcrowded. Yep. Which then turns to the teachers who are not already not getting paid enough to manage to manage 40 plus students it for how many periods a day. Like it's just it's it's just so unfortunate. And teachers, I've always been big advocate on like teachers deserve so much more than they're getting. They're way more. Our kids are with their teachers sometimes more often than they're with us. They're at school so long. And we have good relationships with a few of our kids' teachers, like our our daughter, her her kindergarten teacher, who we still she's now in eighth grade. Yeah, we still are in contact with. And I mean, they mold them, you know, they they help them to become the little people that do you remember your teachers' names? I do.

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Me too.

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I do. I remember my my kindergarten. I mean I remember every year. Yeah. I remember the bad ones, I remember the good ones, yeah. You know, like it's just like things like this are we we push it to the side. We we don't have money for education and and you know, to pay these teachers what they deserve. We do but we have money for wars, like it just doesn't make sense. There's always money, you can always find money if you need it, especially you know, on a on a government level. Like there's there's money. Yeah, they're just allocating. And they deserve it. They deserve that that pain that to have a livable wage and and it's it's not it's no it's not so okay. So they're calling it enrollment erosion. That's what they're calling it. It's uh an article on communityimpact.com. This was from it looks like April 13th, and basically, um there's low enrollment, you're not paying teachers anything. Right. Um, and so they don't want to be there, students don't want to be there. These kids now, these kids are being bussed, right? To wherever they need to be too. So instead of it's instead of your neighborhood school, you're less and finals down the road. Because they already, these buses have to come and get them at 6 15 in the morning. So early. Because you know, uh parents have to work and so they have to get on the bus to go five miles down the road. Well, now they have to go ten. Right. So and that I just don't understand it. It doesn't I mean, there's so many things that we I feel like we say we don't understand because it's just Oh, we don't. It makes sense. Yeah. And it's sad, and it and it it breaks my heart. One for like, you know, I I and I think I've said this to you, like, not on air, but just like between us. I I don't This isn't what I signed up for for our kids, right? And I I I just don't understand. Why why can't we put more money into education? Why I mean we we're gonna need doctors. We're going to nurses. We're going to need, you know, all these things. Well, all of these it just didn't go away. You know, and we always talk about like we need doctors, we need nurses, we need but like look at the profession of teaching, like the retention of teachers, right? Yeah. If you're not paying your teachers now and you're not respecting your teachers, parents don't respect teachers, not all of them. I know that's not a lot of people. No, no, no, no, no. But it's true. Parents are there, they look at that as a throwaway profession. Your kids don't respect the teachers, right? So if the kids are seeing this happening, do they want to become teachers? Right. Right. No. Well, I wouldn't want to become a teacher. And I know I know you're similar to to us, like how we parent this word. Like, like I'm quick to blame my kids if they mess, if something happens. Right. I'll always hear them out. I'm not gonna punish them, always hear them out. But I'm I'm quick to say, okay, well, what did you do wrong? Yeah. In this situation, you know, and uh again, I'll hear them out, but I feel like especially like for our generation, yeah, and and a little probably a little younger, they're quick to blame the teacher. And I don't understand that. And I and to blame the teacher. The parents are worse. Can I just let you guys know, and a as a parent too, your kid does not behave the same at school that they do at home. So if your kids are perfect angels at home, and I highly doubt that, yeah, and and your teacher or a slew of teachers is telling you that there's a problem in the administration, nine times out of ten, not always, not always, and I know that because I've seen it the family too. Yes. But chances are your little angel, okay, yeah, is not acting like an angel at school or in certain classes. There's other times here where it's like fine in in Ms. Leg Brown's class, yes, that in Mr. Brown's class. Yes. Like it doesn't it yeah, and I I can't stand the parents that never take accountability for how their kid is behaving. Yeah, but like it's they you're not not gonna take accountability. Your kid's certainly not gonna take accountability because you're going in there guns ablazin, you know, so it's like then nobody wants to be a teacher anymore. Like you got this is we have to start I think parents, adults, we need to start treating each other with respect. Right. So that our kids are modeling that behavior instead of the bullshit behavior. Yeah. And I think that we're we're so past that, right? This is not it's not yeah, it's not and and that again, same thing. That that that's just that's not always true, right? Because you can you can act that way and your kid is a totally different person. Right. And you're like, wait a second, who is that? Like, that's not how I raised you, you know. But for the most part, if some kids like they're rogue. Yeah, for sure. Yeah, absolutely. But for the most part, they're a product of their environment, they're a product of you. Yes. Oh yeah. And that's why I always worry, like, just be kind. That's what I ask my kids all the time. Like, first of all, if if someone's messing with you, they probably have something going on. Hurt people, hurt people. Yeah. Yeah. And but just don't be an asshole. Don't be an asshole. It's really easy to be a nice person, not be a total asshole. I mean, I'm kind of an asshole, though. You're not an asshole. You say that all the time, and you're not an asshole. I can't obviously you're not an asshole. I can't be announced anyone that knows me, though. Again, but I can be an asshole too, though. Like, I don't think you can. I can. I don't think my tongue is so sharp. I don't think it's any though. I think you could I think you could say something like, you know, like off the like if somebody's being crazy to you or your kiddos, right, or your hubby. But like for the most part, like I'm just mean and then I'm nice as you get to know me. No, you're not. Yeah. No, you're not you're a nice person. See, okay, I can tell you exactly I know who I am. Like, right. I am super nice. Yeah. You I am super nice, I am welcoming, I am I'm cool, I'm chill. Yeah. But you fuck around and find out. And yeah, it's like fuck around and find out. And it's not like I'm not quick-tempered. Like it's not gonna, it's not like one little thing that's gonna set me off and fans ablaze in. Like it's gotta be, you know, you gotta do something, but like the fuck. Right. Right. Like I'm not, I'm I'm not a pushover. Right. I'm not a funer for a lot of people mistaking because I'm like silly and I laugh all the time. Yeah. A lot of people, I think they they mistake that um lightheartedness for like weakness. Yeah.

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Yeah.

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Bitch, I'm not weak. I know what I mean, but I've no, I sorry. If I have to go there, I'll go there. Believe me, like that's not the first place I go. Right. I know and I think people don't I don't know, just just everyone right now is like on edge about everything all the time. And so it just adds to the kind of craziness of life. Yeah. But but just teaching our kids like we can only control what we can control. Yeah. So tea like teaching our kids, I mean, and they're not perfect, right? They're little assholes sometimes. And you know, that's okay. Right. But like and if you're offended by that, I don't know what to tell you. But that's just reality. Yeah. Like I your kids are not perfect. My kids, my I can honestly say, like, my kids are really cool. Yeah. They're sneaked, yeah, they're smart, they are, they're focused for the most part, right? But they're not perfect. Right. But neither at all. But I feel like your kids, it's it's always different for mom, right? Right. So, like how you know, I always stress when they go hang out at a front, even at your guys' house, because I just like be respectful. I know. I always tell some how these are though. Yes. They're so sweet. But you know, you you think about that like see just when you when I'm driving over there to drop them off. Okay, be respectful. Yeah. Don't, you know, saying because they're they're especially the twins, they're very like quick-witted. Yeah. Right? And so and and they're not being disrespectful, they're being silly. Yeah, they're funny or whatever. But I'm like, okay, but someone could take that away. Oh my god. Like, don't say that in front of me. Like, I know I know what you mean. I know you're not pain, but just be careful. Totally. Totally. But it's but it's hard. It's just, you know, everything and and again, like we said, everything's right here. Each phone available to you, even if they don't have social media, even if it's still just readily available. And that's right there in your freaking yes. So you have no patients any red, or you have no, like it's just if oh yeah. So frustrating. Yeah, and it's and it and it messes with, I mean, think about it. When we're on our phone before we go to bed, we're doom scrolling. Yeah, and then our brain doesn't shut off. And I already had that issue. And then you add the phone to the mix, right? And our kids do that too, and they're they're like not sleeping as well because, you know, and then we have to re-evaluate, okay, should we limit screen time to be f an hour before bed? And right. I'm not good at that. I I'm not that good at it. I I really try to be and I try to turn on all the parent permissions and that kind of stuff. But it's hard, but it's really hard when like they're doing it here, they're doing it in the morning when they wake up or doing it at school for eight hours a day. Right. Right. That's ridiculous. And I don't care who you are, and I don't care what you say, and I don't care how many permissions or blocks you have, they always find a way to get on Roblox, they always find a way to get on YouTube. They always find so I just think I think we these these chromics are a problem. I think we need to help these teachers out and go back to like a little bit more traditional. Yeah. I mean, at least for what I'm 50, right? Like something. I feel like that that is doable. Not and again, not saying it's not more work for the teachers or anything like that, but because it it is, I understand that. But I think that it will help us as a whole. I think so too. If if we cut back a bit and just get back to our roots for lack of a better term, you know. It's a perfect term because things were different then than they are now. You don't you're not gonna have teachers quitting in droves. Right. You know, we talk about paying teachers. Listen to these starting salaries. These starting salaries and what we pay teachers is unbelievable. I had pulled it up a minute ago. Let me look. It's so sad. It's great, because you know, the top of the list. Okay, New York pays the most, California's right under them in in Massachusetts, is is right there. You got Connecticut, Jersey, Maryland, but it's crazy at a livable wage. No. No. And they're dealing with all these kids and schools and scheduling and all this kind of stuff. I don't give a shit about the three months off. Right. It's really not. Right. There's they have to go they stay later, they go back early. And the three months off. You have to. I have a few friends that are teachers. You have to save that money during the school year to survive through. You do, or you go off. Well, yeah, or I mean you can schedule it sometimes. Some some districts will let you schedule it like monthly. Yeah, yeah, yeah. So like you're still getting paid, but you're not. And then they're like, you you get paid for no, you're not. You're not getting paid. Like you're you're extending that piss, but you're not getting paid for three months off. Yeah, you know, and it's not, it's not fair. We expect we expect all this, and then don't even get me started on like supplies and stuff. Oh my god. All the teachers that buy their own thing. Like, you know, there's like jokes uh when um there's a pizza party and it's like one sliver of and a little half cup of soda, but the teacher paid for that out of their pocket. So yeah, that's that's amazing that you were able to do that for your status. And and I I love the teachers that like still have fun and still Yeah, but they can't you know, yeah. But well but what does that cost them and what are they messing out on and and yeah, and well they also they have lives in their own children take care of and they don't need to take care of yours too. Right. So can I beg parents, please send your kids to school with paper and pencils and pens? Yes. Just glue it, it's do the minimum. Do the minimum, yeah. Do you know how many kids because I used to work in classrooms, yeah, are like I need a pencil. Yeah. Why don't you have a pencil or a pen? Right. You should have a few of each. Yes. Go to Dollar Tree and buy a half a pencil. Not for Dollar Tree. Oh, not so Dollar Tree. Right. Parents do better. Yeah, for sure. And that's not that hard. And and not knocking people that can't afford those things. I I we have been there. Like, yes. We have been in the thick of it where we're like, we get the the supply list, and I'm like, I can't, but are we gonna do some but not? Yeah, yeah. But that's what the rest of us are for. Yes. It's the ones, I'm not talking about the ones that can't afford to do it. That's what they just do. The ones that just darn bother you pay. Yeah. They're just literally not bothered to do it. Right, right. And that's said. Like and I think that there's there's a disconnect, right? Like for these billionaires that, you know, we work our asses off so they can stay billionaires. And and it just it all comes full circle. All comes full circle. And yep. And in a bad way most of the time, you know, like again, we should be able to we should pay teachers more than we're paying uh Congress and things, or or people that were in Congress that are now retired. Like, why are they still getting that much money for well it's just it's just this vast imbalance. Right. And I think for a lot of professions, there's this like there's just a huge imbalance, right? I mean, I don't care if Congress makes $300,000 a year, but it can't be, but then you you've got to raise your cheat. Like it's got it the it can't be here and here. It just can't. Yeah. Um same thing. Well, I mean, let's look at state-home moms too. Like what do what do we do like for retirement? What do we do for if you break down every single thing that a stay-at-home mom does, I mean, we would be billionaires. Yeah. Literally. Because I mean, you name it. Yeah, we do it, right? And not that I would change that for the world. I'm I'm thankful that our families are in positions where we can't do that. But it's a lot. And it and we don't get paid for it. There's no days off, there's no sick time. I mean, we're we're fortunate we have husbands that are hands-on and like very much so blessed. Yeah. And and we're not it's not just like, well, you're the mom, so you do everything. No, it's not like that's like gone at all. But it was but I know, but it's yeah, so it's a lot, and then it's stressful in different ways. And I I just think there's this weird we're in a weird time. We are in a it doesn't feel real. It doesn't, and AI is gonna take over half the job anyways. And right. Now they're talking about universal health care. Yeah. Or not universal health care, a universal salary. Right. Which how? How? Yeah. What is the universal health care? Well, not in this country. Even though Mexico just did it, we'll tell us that. Drop out. Yay, good job, Mexico, and every other, you know, normal advanced nation planet. Good luck, everybody except us. Yeah. Good luck. You'll never get there. Equality is not the name of the game in this in this uh country. Love it. Love that for us. Love that for us. Yes. Yeah. But anyway. I think that's where we're signing off today. Yes. We're gonna leave you with that. We have anger issues. Not anger, just we want better. We just want better. We want better for everybody. Yes, yes. For everybody. We want everybody to thrive. When one of us thrives, the rest of us thrives. Yes, and we should want that. The poor getting poorer and the rich getting richer, it's not working, clearly. We're about to robinhood this bitch. What are we robbing? Everything. Everything Let's go. 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