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One year ago, Slate’s employees were sent home “for a week or longer,” as Slate’s CEO put it in the email announcing that our offices would close. If only we knew! Like workers around the country who were lucky enough to have jobs they could do from home, we grabbed our laptops, waved goodbye to colleagues, and left the workplace to navigate our own confusing little hells. We didn’t know when we’d be back and still don’t.
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Lose Yourself in the Wistful World of Lost-and-Found Camera Forums Slate 2/24/2021 Megan Broussard © Provided by Slate Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by James Orr/Unsplash, SanderStock/iStock/Getty Images Plus, Sebastien Gabriel/Unsplash, and Nikon.
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There’s a photo of me, tan and lean in front of the Château d’Azay-le-Rideau, my dark curls and long orange dress blowing wildly. My backpack is slung over one shoulder and my right wrist is ringed in “
Ciao Bella” bracelets, a discotheque admittance stamp fading just above. I squint my eyes not because of the sun or the camera’s flash, but because everything is so bright and beautiful and exciting that this moment makes every part of my face smile.
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My husband and I have two boys: a 6-year-old and a 6-month-old. We live far away from my family, and because of COVID, my parents haven’t met their new grandkid in person yet. We FaceTime but it’s obviously not the same. I’m writing because my mother doesn’t seem that interested in our baby. She’s very close with my oldest boy and has been ever since he was a baby, so I assumed at first that her disinterest was simply because she has never met my youngest in person. I figured that would change once they finally got to spend time together. However, we were talking recently and my mother asked if we could send our oldest to vacation with them and only my oldest. She
Ask a Teacher: My 8-Year-Old Cheated on a Test. Should I Punish Her? Slate 2/18/2021 © Provided by Slate Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Tashulia/iStock/Getty Images Plus.
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Our very sweet and sensitive daughter is in second grade at our local public elementary school. My husband and I place a high value on academics, but I’ve been dismayed about the amount of homework she gets, all of which consists of repetitive worksheets and rote memorization tasks that evidence shows are not effective. Since January, her homework has been to memorize 20 spelling words each week. Every day we try to practice, but sometimes it’s like pulling teeth. I hate feeling like I’m forcing her to do this extra work when I don’t believe ther
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