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Still fine to go get the TV, though, yeah? I’m trying to complete my home theatre setup

It’s called cropping. I learned it from my grandpappy. His dad taught him.

You are assuming an ideal case where the homework is challenging enough and meets the student where they’re at. That is quite a rare educational experience IMO. There also has to be the right amount, so that students are working and getting that practice without getting burnt out. More often homework is “busy-work”, or doesn’t go hand in hand with lessons, and there’s way too much of it. I’ve even seen it used as punishment or retribution.

Unfortunately, if you work in the US, you are salaried (i.e. paid a fixed wage, not by hours worked) and make more than $684 per week (which would be very hard to survive on), the concept of overtime basically doesn’t exist.

My company could order me tomorrow to work 80 hours next week and there’s not much I could really do about that.

If you live in a state where employment is “at-will” or “right-to-work” (which is actually the opposite of what it sounds like), they can just get rid of you without cause.

I am lucky to have a boss who functions as a shield from all bullshit coming from above him. I refer to him jokingly as our “shit-shield” haha. He regularly goes to bat for us, but most people are not so lucky.

Yes, house calls only

As a professional honorary Internet Doctor, I’m prescribing OP a week off work with no Internet and an eighth of psilocybin mushrooms.

Get all your scrolls in tonight OP! I’ll be outside your house first thing tomorrow to cut the Internet lines and deliver your assigned crate of offline media. Stay hydrated and please do not resist your treatment!

mmm fermented