I used to work in a school district and once had a teacher girlfriend; it's interesting how some are paid poorly in places and some are paid in panicky "our children are precious so pay them anything" dollars.

And I shouldn't have used "bored" as I was bored in school for at least 12 years.

I agree they got TDS though, which got boring because Trump is already his own punchline. But I think it goes further than that; even when the jokes aren't political, they're too far apart from each other, with more focus on the plot, it seems. I timed them once and it was like a joke every 45 seconds or more. Ouch.

Posting this from a non-intrusive Windows 7.

I'm sorry, I missed that phrase.

I wonder whether kids would get bored watching classroom TV and tune-out versus having a steely-eyed human there who can demand an answer from them at any moment.

Until a kid misbehaves in class.

I've started and closed (failed) 3 tiny businesses. You can't stay afloat selling at such a low volume today. Resources are now very expensive (just think of rent/utilities alone), minimum employee wage here is $30k now and the Affordable Care Act mandates that people spend X on health insurance, whether my company covers that amount or not. It's getting closer and closer to a "go big or go home" proposition these days.

I recently looked for a locksmith shop and found the closest is two towns away (it is many decades old). All the closer locksmiths were clearly operating out of their vans and/or residential garage. And it's interesting to see this contrasted with the empty storefronts in many small towns' centers.

A 10% extra impact to the environment for what benefit, to NOT have to plug something in once in a while? Brother...

What's wrong with ^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H once in a while. They ARE working remotely.

When I DID finally see the movie, I don't remember what I thought of it, so it must not have been that impactful. That is, I suspect it didn't hold up over time beyond some simple entertainment. I was probably happy to just check it off of my movie list.

Then again, I see that a favorite show of mine, (the first few years of) "The Simpsons", has an episode about to re-run which heavily references that movie--I'm glad to have better-understood the comedy in it.

Think about it, from all of the "you should-ers", kids' skills are becoming "obsolete" before they even leave school.

Our corner house came with decorative boulders and a shallow drainage ditch. Multiple cars were stopped by them. Without, the cars could have reached the house where we were sleeping.

Forgive me, "famous". I was born when the movie came out, only seeing much later. I took it as conceptually facing a weighty adulthood decision where one can choose a stable, profitable, comfortable life path, but a path that is also boring and perhaps even soul-sucking.

Funnily, I face this daily: I'm able to make good money in various technical jobs, but I don't... Instead, I chose a path where I like the people, the company, the goals, the short commute and the technical/non-technical freedoms. But I cringe a little when I see what everyone else claims to earn (backed by the employment ads I see).

I tell ya' what, give every in the country a dollar instead. Better still, request a dollar from everyone...if you get it, you can move it.

It just dawned on me that that famous line in "The Graduate" may have an entirely different, ominous meaning in the future.

Oh that's right, it's PBS...hahah, I guess there wouldn't be commercials!