Hahaha, this brings back funny memories of my high school and college love of Monty Python!
Sorry to revisit this topic, but it's been awhile since I logged on here, and I think we agree more than we disagree, we just tend to come at things from different angles?
I fully blame the colleges FOR this ridiculous, Im a child until I die nonsense.
I don't blame colleges, even though I totally agree that colleges have their own issues - I think this nonsense comes mostly from helicopter parents who think they need to harrow every road over which their precious children walk.
My parents, back in my dinosaur days in middle and high school, expected nothing more than good report cards every semester and left me alone other than that. They never hung over my shoulder to check my homework or monitor when a test or project happened, my education was my responsibility, to be handled by me and the school. I was mostly a good kid who wanted to get good grades, but when my smart mouth landed me in trouble on occasion and I got detention or some other punishment, my parents kept out of it and let the school handle it.
Too many of today's parents call the school and argue over two points lost on a 6th-grade test, as if this will affect their ability to get into a top college. They even call their children's colleges (hello, they're legally adults now) to question tests, grades, living situations, etc.
This is what creates snowflakedom, not the college. Kids who have grown up with some responsibility and independence, laugh at this.
'college' and realize, no it's NOT necessary to pay these worthless institutions 100's of thousands of dollars... to be 'successful' in life, it's a hustle.
Agree totally! The so-called "top" and "most competitive" colleges are not about getting a good education, because pretty much every state university offers just as good, and usually better education. The "elite" colleges are all about kids from wealthy families getting to network with kids from other wealthy families, and thereby keeping "wealth" sequestered within their "class" of people.
and if I am going to take that route, it is on ME to pick a course that will end up with me doing something USEFUL in life.
"Useful" can mean "valuable in today's economy" but that changes so fast - there's something to be said for knowing the basics of history of various civilizations, languages, math and science, because you'll have a grounding of how and when and why things have changed and adapt when they do. Combined with a practical education in a trade that's always in demand and can't be offshored (like electrician, plumber, and yes, GARDENER) that in my opinion is a good education.
let them take the reigns FROM the boomers,
They will anyway, we won't live forever. So let's make sure they learn from us, instead of hating us for making fun of their avocado toast and gender-bending identities. Because, who does it harm?
Boomers did what they did to bring YOU to this point.
Absolutely right. Every generation made mistakes, but also made things better bit by bit, including us.
You all should check out this documentary about the racket behind college education.
That looks awesome, I can't wait to watch the whole documentary.
I found probably the biggest zucchini I had ever seen in-person. I was (and am) stoked. I would appreciate if anyone has any good recipes for something like this!
My favorite is fritters, I've had good results freezing the batter and frying the fritters when convenient. With the gigantic zucchinis, I've made "Zucchini boats" by slicing them in half the long way, scooping out the innards, making a filling similar to burritos (zucchini filling, rice, black beans, meat) then filling the giant zucchinis and baking them in the oven at 400 for 35-40 minutes. Then slicing them into 3-4 inch helpings, yum.
Good morning, today is luffa harvest day lol. Silly gourds they are. I think I've got 20 so that should do pretty good till next time I can grow them.
I have somewhere around a dozen large loofah
So jealous.
the USDA should not be spending my tax dollars to track my and other people's gardens.
We already pay taxes on the seeds we buy, and the USDA should have better things to do to keep our food safe, like monitoring the meat packing plants that have killed people.
So yeah, I know living off the grid is hard. It's nonstop effort. But it has an honesty and a beauty to it that feeds the soul. It is different than working your guts out to bring home a paycheck and knowing your efforts are really making someone else rich.
Wish I could love this 100 more times.
In spite of no rain for the past 3 months, our garden is surviving. Harvested so many green beans, I plan to pressure-can them. So many tomatoes, I pruned them so cruelly that all that's left is unripe tomatoes on the vine. Harvested potatoes from my grow-boxes, and most are small. Leaving potatoes in the raised bed to see what they do..
Cukes grew great, I still have a lot of cans of pickles from last year so I'll freeze a lot of cuke soup.
Eggplant and basil is still questionable? Plants are growing and looking healthy, but weather is starting to change. Cabbage and leeks are looking good, but butternut squash may or may not mature enough to harvest before frost comes.
Oh well, we'll do our best to process what we have so far. Got a lot done this weekend on the chicken yard, repaired the coop roof and shoveled into their yard the three loads had left of the wood chip pile.
I am about to drink a pot of freshly ground Starbucks. The aroma is heavenly.
