Tell an opinion you have that is in the strong minority

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Anonymous wrote:Spanish is an ugly language.

That is a strange opinion. Spanish is downright gorgeous, everything flows and the words often sound like dances

I hate the sound of German. It always sounds like the speaker is angry.

Agree. I hate the sound of Vietnamese. It sounds like pots and pans hitting the floor. Spanish, oth, is a lot like French. I find them easier on the ears.

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[quote=Anonymous]I used to think most ADHD was crap...until I had my first child and had to eat my words.[/quote]

+1. We are in the early stages (few months past diagnosis) of play/talk therapy and working on self-regulation but DD already is improving and the confidence she is starting to exhibit, even for just a young kid, is great. She had hit the point where she started noticing differences between her and some of the other kids. She also is finally putting on weight now that she isn't constantly moving.

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I think sushi is disgusting and people pretend to like it to look trendy and cool.

I think Kristen Stewart is totally average looking and don't get why she is famous or why people care about her.

I can't stand Ariana Grande -- she looks like a mouse and I can't understand anything she sings.

I think New Years Eve is the most depressing holiday.

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I find the topic of racism really dull.

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Anonymous wrote:I agree with the PP about ADHD: it doesn't exist.

I believe that far too many students are encouraged to apply to university, and that these students (and our economy) would be better served if schools and parents were allowed to acknowledge that not everyone is "smart", but that electricians, plumbers, and the like are honorable, valuable members of society who essential tasks, and there is nothing shameful about preparing for these careers if one is not academically inclined.

I'm a teacher. You would never guess my opinions on these matters if you knew me. I am great at learning/spouting the latest buzzwords and hyperbole, but inside I know that I (and the school system) is doing many children a great wrong. I would lose my job if I did not adhere to the prevailing attitudes and beliefs about education among my school's administration and parents. I feel really bad for several of my current high school seniors who have been placed firmly on the college path, and I know they will continue to struggle/probably fail in college. They would have made fine electricians or the like.

I went to high school back in the dark ages, the 1990s, and it's clear that I have ADD and I didn't need any accommodations or meds, but I did need help. A high IQ allowed me to get through, but I was flailing and I sucked at college. It's definitely real.

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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I used to think most ADHD was crap...until I had my first child and had to eat my words.[/quote]

+1. We are in the early stages (few months past diagnosis) of play/talk therapy and working on self-regulation but DD already is improving and the confidence she is starting to exhibit, even for just a young kid, is great. She had hit the point where she started noticing differences between her and some of the other kids. She also is finally putting on weight now that she isn't constantly moving. [/quote]

It is because you are actually parenting

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I agree with the PP about ADHD: it doesn't exist.

I believe that far too many students are encouraged to apply to university, and that these students (and our economy) would be better served if schools and parents were allowed to acknowledge that not everyone is "smart", but that electricians, plumbers, and the like are honorable, valuable members of society who essential tasks, and there is nothing shameful about preparing for these careers if one is not academically inclined.

I'm a teacher. You would never guess my opinions on these matters if you knew me. I am great at learning/spouting the latest buzzwords and hyperbole, but inside I know that I (and the school system) is doing many children a great wrong. I would lose my job if I did not adhere to the prevailing attitudes and beliefs about education among my school's administration and parents. I feel really bad for several of my current high school seniors who have been placed firmly on the college path, and I know they will continue to struggle/probably fail in college. They would have made fine electricians or the like.

I went to high school back in the dark ages, the 1990s, and it's clear that I have ADD and I didn't need any accommodations or meds, but I did need help. A high IQ allowed me to get through, but I was flailing and I sucked at college. It's definitely real.

Me too. My parents still think I am just lazy.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I agree with the PP about ADHD: it doesn't exist.

I believe that far too many students are encouraged to apply to university, and that these students (and our economy) would be better served if schools and parents were allowed to acknowledge that not everyone is "smart", but that electricians, plumbers, and the like are honorable, valuable members of society who essential tasks, and there is nothing shameful about preparing for these careers if one is not academically inclined.

I'm a teacher. You would never guess my opinions on these matters if you knew me. I am great at learning/spouting the latest buzzwords and hyperbole, but inside I know that I (and the school system) is doing many children a great wrong. I would lose my job if I did not adhere to the prevailing attitudes and beliefs about education among my school's administration and parents. I feel really bad for several of my current high school seniors who have been placed firmly on the college path, and I know they will continue to struggle/probably fail in college. They would have made fine electricians or the like.

I support you 100%.

- also a HS teacher

Another +1

-middle school teacher

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I think that, except in very limited examples, white people should not adopt transracially. However well meaning, they usually are not doing a very good job in helping the kids form a cultural identity. Going to culture camp once a year, and putting some artwork in the kid's room just aren't enough.

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Anonymous wrote:I think that, except in very limited examples, white people should not adopt transracially. However well meaning, they usually are not doing a very good job in helping the kids form a cultural identity. Going to culture camp once a year, and putting some artwork in the kid's room just aren't enough.

So the kids would be better off wherever they were before adoption?

I know a number of white families that have adopted kids of other races, and the kids are absolutely thriving.

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I think a woman who stays home and yet focuses hyper-vigilantly on her daughter's school placement/academics is a hypocrite.

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Anonymous wrote:I think a woman who stays home and yet focuses hyper-vigilantly on her daughter's school placement/academics is a hypocrite.

Totally agree. Why encourage your DD to excel academically if her highest goal should be simply to reproduce? Focus on the boys. They have to get jobs someday.

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Anonymous wrote:I think a woman who stays home and yet focuses hyper-vigilantly on her daughter's school placement/academics is a hypocrite.

Totally agree. Why encourage your DD to excel academically if her highest goal should be simply to reproduce? Focus on the boys. They have to get jobs someday.

You help all of your kids do their best so that they have choices. Just because I stay at home and it was the right decision for me doesn't mean that I will choose that decision for my daughter. My daughter will make her own decision about work/children when the time comes someday.

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Anonymous wrote:I think a woman who stays home and yet focuses hyper-vigilantly on her daughter's school placement/academics is a hypocrite.

Totally agree. Why encourage your DD to excel academically if her highest goal should be simply to reproduce? Focus on the boys. They have to get jobs someday.

You help all of your kids do their best so that they have choices. Just because I stay at home and it was the right decision for me doesn't mean that I will choose that decision for my daughter. My daughter will make her own decision about work/children when the time comes someday.

She will do the opposite of what the previous generation did. Millenials supposedly love the idea of SAHP.

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SAH is the best decision for a child. Moms who have the option to choose to stay home should at least consider it. Nowadays, deciding to work and looking down on moms who stay home is no different then in the 1950s when many looked down on women who chose to work instead of staying home. Most people just go with the flow and let "society" make their choices for them.

ADHD -- it might exist, but many more boys that behave badly are diagnosed with it that don't have it.

People use their iPhones way, way too much in public.