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fidel637cia0 t1_jcu9hqk wrote

Reply to Solar Panels & Roof Replacement by x_minus

yes! just picked a vendor last week - we went with sunpower which is a little pricier but highest quality and great experience so far. our average monthly UI bill is $250 and will go down to $166 a month for a 25 year loan with the federal tax credit. get ready to get bombarded with calls from some of the options if you fill out one of those “get solar quotes” sites. feel free to DM with questions/if you want a referral!

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fingers t1_jcu69z7 wrote

Reply to comment by koushunu in Elicker forcibly evicts and demolishes tent city by YankeeinNCandIhateit

https://www.understood.org/en/articles/retention-why-kids-are-held-back

https://naspcenter.org/parents/nclb_ho/

Promotion or retention: Some states or districts may determine that students who fail one or more standards tests will be retained in grade for the next year. For example, recently the state of Florida announced that over 40,000 third graders would be retained based on their failure to pass the third grade test. Other states might require summer school for students who fail to meet a criterion score on one or more of the state tests. And other states and districts may not use standards tests at all for the purpose of making promotion decisions. Because research demonstrates that retention is not an effective practice, states and districts are encouraged to base promotion decisions on more comprehensive information than standards tests alone. Knowing that a test will be used to determine promotion to the next grade places a high degree of stress on students, teachers, and parents; stress by itself can negatively affect a student?s performance on these tests!

NCLB Left so many kids behind.

Nation At Risk was horrible for the nation. https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/04/29/604986823/what-a-nation-at-risk-got-wrong-and-right-about-u-s-schools

America has never had great schools (or environment) for poor people.

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koushunu t1_jctrdk0 wrote

Reply to comment by fingers in Elicker forcibly evicts and demolishes tent city by YankeeinNCandIhateit

I know a number of people who were held back, and all but one agreed with it and said it was a good thing.

Ideally summer school is best, or after class help.

But in the current school system where i live, children are being accredited for algebra 2 when they are actually taken aside to learn fractions and other lower maths.

If you have read the studies on “no kid left behind” it hurts almost all the students.

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diysoymilk t1_jctowe8 wrote

Reply to Considering moving here, what's the comedy scene like by kahmos

I love the comedy scene down here! If you move between New Haven and lower Fairfield County (like Stamford) there are a few clubs:

  • Fairfield Comedy Club (Fairfield, CT. Smallest club, lots of local comedians open for headliners who are usually smaller-name NYC circuit comedians)
  • Stress Factory (Bridgeport, CT. Most established, gets big names)
  • New York Comedy Club Stamford (Stamford, CT. Brand new club! Most of the support from the show I went to were local comics)
  • College Street Music Hall (New Haven, CT. Not really a club, but it’s a venue that gets bigger-name comedians often enough!)

In Hartford they have the Funny Bone, but I’ve never been/not heard too much about it. You’ll have better options moving to New Haven or Fairfield County because of your proximity to NYC. Good luck!!

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talktochuckfinley t1_jctn03h wrote

Reply to comment by 6th__extinction in Best bars to go to alone by kouseye

I woukd agree. That said, I have had particularly good experiences with this at Cask Republic (RIP), Zinc, Barcade, Rudy's, and on the right night: BAR (over on the right), Geronimo, Elm City Social (downstairs), and Ordinary.

Granted that was about 5 years ago, based on where my apartment was located, and I'm also pretty comfortable going solo most places, but these stuck out.

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Marlinspikehall32 t1_jctder6 wrote

Reply to comment by OpelSmith in Elicker forcibly evicts and demolishes tent city by YankeeinNCandIhateit

Not sure to what you were referring but here is my timeline.

Lived happily in my neighborhood 5+ years

Encampment developed - big mess

We moved out after a year or so

They bulldozed the encampment -mess disappeared

I am not talking about packages on doorsteps. I am talking human excrement, used condoms, garbage every where, and encounters with druggies and mentally ill people regularly

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