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+++++ ATTENTION +++++

Yes, that’s a real post from a real elementary school teacher in Texas responding to the mess in McKinney. Karen Fitzgibbons, an elementary school teacher at Bennett Elementary School, had the nerve, the racist gall, the ignorance, to log into Facebook and post that.

This is frightening as hell. Her school district is not an all-white town. This school, it has been confirmed, has black children. Even if she only taught white kids, it’s awful, but to know that black children are in a school with a teacher like this is just disgusting.

Fitzgibbons offered a half-assed apology in which she said she already apologized to everyone that mattered. Ummmmm. Really? Who?

“It was not an educational post; it was a personal experience post,” Fitzgibbons said, adding she has a personal connection to the McKinney situation, but declined to elaborate.
She added: “I apologized to the appropriate people,” declining to identify those people.

This woman absolutely needs to be fired. These views are racist, offensive, and disgusting. She is in clear violation of school policy, seen below.

“If an employee’s use of electronic media interferes with the employee’s ability to effectively perform his or her job duties, the employee is subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment,” the policy states.

HERE’S HOW YOU CAN HELP:

Contact her school superintendent, Dr. Michelle McCord at: mmccord@frenship.us

Call the School District at: (806) 866-9541

DEMAND SHE BE FIRED!!!!

Disgusting.

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I lost my financial aid and I might not be able to take classes that I need bc I have to pay out of pocket for everything. If you guys could spare even a dollar, that would be wonderful my PayPal email is paint.bucket@ymail.com Please please I need to take classes to get my Financial aid back. If all of my followers gave like. Even a dollar I would be able to afford classes and books. The money would ether go to food or school so please help me out.

SIGNAL BOOST

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crezias

Listen, I know tumblr only cares about American news, but this is really fucking tragic, and if this doesn’t get an coverage I will be incredibly angry. 

The conservative’s bedroom tax has actually led to a woman taking her own life. Let me repeat that for you; a peice of government legislation had had such a detrimental impact on someone’s life that they wrote letters, packed up their things, and walked into the M4 in front of a lorry. The bedroom tax has only be in place for the last 5 weeks.

For those of you that don’t know, the bedroom tax isn’t technically a tax; if you’re living in a rented property, and have an extra bedroom, you’ll  have to pay a certain amount of money back to the government. Children under the age of 12 are expected to share with all their siblings, children under 16 are expected to share with their siblings of the same gender. The government placed no limits on how many children could be expected to share a room. It would have saved the government £490 million a year; the UK loses £5.2 Billion a year in tax evasion alone. [citation]

Stephanie Botrill, from Solihull, had lived in her house for 18 years, and her two children had, relatively recently moved into their own properties, one of them within the last year. She previously paid a rent of £320 a month, and bedroom tax would have meant she paid £400; she was having to starve herself to afford this. Let me reiterate that for you; a woman was having to go without food because of a cruel tory policy. The house the council offered her was nowhere near where she currently lived, and 30 minutes walk from the nearest bus station; she would have been nowhere near her family and friends. To make matters worse, the council said she’d have to pay for any damage to the house, which would have exceeded the £2000 she was given to move house.

Stephanie had been saying since the policy came in how she couldn’t cope. She even went to the GP, but only got sleeping pills. In the end, it all got too much, and she wrote letters to her children, grandson, friends, and neighbors  and walked into the M4, dying instantly. 

The Sunday People has photos of the letters, but I won’t post them because they broke my heart, but if you want to see them, they’re here 

As well as this, her family was struggling to pay for her funeral, so the Sunday People contributed. We live in a country where we can pay £10 million pounds for the funeral of a woman who called Nelson Mandela a terrorist, but someone’s grandmother kills herself because she can’t afford to live in the house she’d lived in for 18 years. I hope everyone feels thoroughly disgusted. 

The worst thing is, Stephanie’s story has a more extreme ending, but it’s fairly typical of a bedroom tax victim case. Although the tory’s policies targeted towards those on benefits claim to help to push people into work, and end a ‘something for nothing’ benefits system (and the whole thing reeks of deserving and undeserving poor) this is not the case at all. 

Take a guess at what percentage of the people receiving benefit in the UK are unemployed. Guess. I was way, way out. The actual breakdown is this 42.3% elderly, 20.8% low income, 18.4% families, 15.5% sick/disabled, 2.6% unemployed. Only 2.6% of those on benefits in this country are unemployed.

In addition to this, the people most likely to have spare bedrooms are older people, who’s children have left home. They are not people living off the tax payer, whatever that means, they are people who have lived their lives in cheap rental property who’s children have left home, and so rely on their friends, like my Nana does, for company. And David Cameron and his tory cronies want to move these people away from their communities, their friends, the brick and mortar they’ve made their home, because they have the cheek to have a couple of spare bedrooms.

I hope you’re angry, because I’m really fucking angry.

You know who has got spare bedrooms? David Cameron, who got lucky enough to be born to a millionaire and the daughter of a Baronet, and his wife Samantha who’s father is also a Baronet. His personal wealth has been estimated at £30 million, inherited from off-shore tax havens. Like I said earlier, the UK loses £5.2 Billion a year from men like Cameron. To misquote Obama, Cameron’s not the solution, he’s the problem.

Meanwhile, more people like Stephanie Botrill, hounded from the home she’d raised her children in, and the community where all her friends live, will probably walk in front of lorries.

To cut a long story short, if you even think about voting Tory in 2015, I hope you think about Stephanie Botrill, and I hope you never sleep again.

Also let’s not forget the ex-soldier who had his benefits cut because he jobcentre decided he wasn’t looking for enough jobs. Without electricity he couldn’t keep his insulin cool, and he was found dead next to a pile of job applications.

FUCK THE TORIES AND FUCK EVERYONE WHO VOTED THEM BACK IN.

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some ideas for struggling jews

im compiling a list of some basic brachas that i say every day. i don’t have much of a jewish community  so i really try to elevate my spirituality through some daily rituals. i def dont claim to be any kind of expert on anything jewish but anyway <3 hope this helps any fellow struggling jew in galut…

SET GOALS FOR YOURSELF

1) set your morning alarm to say “modeh ani” as a reminder to say modeh ani, you could even set your alarm song to the actual modeh ani so it’s the first thing you hear in the morning! there are some really pretty melodies on youtube

Modeh anee lefanecha melech chai vekayam, she-he-chezarta bee nishmatee b’chemla, raba emunatecha.

I offer thanks to You, living and eternal King, for You have mercifully restored my soul within me; Your faithfulness is great.

*********if you would rather say your own version of modeh ani, then do so!!! just thank hashem every morning that you have the opportunity to wake up!!! I say my modeh ani with an added: “thank you for allowing me to wake up another day. I’m promise to do my best with it” or something along those lines

2) at night, when you go to set your alarm for the morning, SAY YOUR SHEMA- doesn’t have to be the full bedtime shema! this is the most essential declaration of faith

Sh'ma Yis'ra'eil Adonai Eloheinu Adonai echad. Hear, Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One.

3) I always say the bracha after going to the bathroom. it might sound silly, but i love it lol 

************if you don’t like the hebrew or the english, i always say “thank you for allowing my body to work properly” (cause you never know how thankful you are to poop than when you suddenly can’t poop…)

****there is an iPhone app for this called “asher yatzar” 

baruch atah adonai elokeinu melech ha’olam asher yatzar et ha’adam b’chochma uvara bo nekavim nekavim chalulim chalulim galu’i ve’yadua lifnei kisei kevodecha sh’im yipate’ach echad m’hem oh im yisatem echad m’hem ee efshar le’hitkayem ve’la’a’mod l’fanecha afilu sha’ah echat. baruch ata adonai rofeh kol basar u’maflee la’asot

“Blessed are You, Hashem, our G-d, King of the universe, Who formed man with wisdom and created within him many openings and many hollows (cavities). It is obvious and known before Your Throne of Glory that if but one of them were to be ruptured or if one of them were to be blocked it would be impossible to survive and to stand before You (even for a short period of time). Blessed are You, Hashem, Who heals all flesh and acts wonderously.”

4) FOOD!!!!!!- there is an iPhone app called “ibracha” with a list of a million foods and their corresponding brachot (if you’re stuck with obscure shit like yogurt and you dont know what to do!)

the basic ones i say are:

a) anything with bread 

Baruch atah A-donay, Elo-heinu Melech Ha’Olam Hamotzi lechem min haaretz. Blessed are You, L-rd our G-d, King of the Universe, Who brings forth bread from the earth.

b) cookies/pastries/crackers/cereals/grains etc.

Baruch atah A-donay, Elo-heinu Melech Ha’Olam borei minei mezonot.

Blessed are you L-rd our G-d, King of the Universe, Who creates various kinds of sustenance.

c) fruits! (that grow on trees)

Baruch atah A-donay, Elo-heinu Melech Ha’Olam borei pri ha-aitz.

Blessed are You, L-rd our G-d, King of the universe, who creates the fruit of the tree.

d) vegetables + peanuts? + fruits that grow in the ground (ex: pineapple)

Baruch atah A-donay, Elo-heinu Melech Ha’Olam borei pri ha-adamah.

Blessed are You, L-rd our G-d, King of the universe who creates the fruit of the earth.

e) animal products + miscellaneous (drinks/candy/soups/whatever the fuck) + **********when you dont know what the fuck to do!

Baruch atah A-donay, Elo-heinu Melech Ha’Olam shehakol nihiyah bed'varo.

Blessed are You, L-rd our G-d, King of the universe, by Whose word all things came to be.

5) If you’ve eaten bread and you want to say the birkat ha’mazon there is an iPhone app called “iBirkat” with the hebrew, english, and transliteration!!!

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other spectacular iPhone apps (i don’t know about android but I’m sure there are equivalents! someone add on with them if so)

-pirkei avot (ethics of the fathers)

-tehillim (psalms) try reading one a day!!!

-parsha to go- weekly parsha with all kinds of rad commentary (i set an alarm every friday to remind me to read this!)

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other suggestions:

light candles(:

bake challah (:

I really hope this helps….if not, MAKE UP YOUR OWN PRAYERS! IT IS SO IMPORTANT THAT WE CONNECT WITH JUDAISM DAILY. IF FOR NO OTHER REASON CONSIDER IT AN ACT OF RESISTANCE. THEY CANT TAKE AWAY OUR DAVENING. NO PRAYER INSIGNIFICANT. NO PRAYER UNHEARD. 

(if you need any further inspiration, my inbox is ALWAYS OPEN! we have to bring each other home!)

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if you just looked at the previous images, you’re probably pretty darn curious to know what they are. don’t worry — because i’ve got the answer:

THEY’RE ALL COMMISSION SAMPLES!

if you guessed it, then you’re right: i’m opening up commissions. they’ve been open on the downlow but i figured i needed to re announce them more officially! specifically because my situation is about to change!

i’m zndria, a weird nb artist, and i’m going to be moving out soon!which means i’ll be needing money for a place to stay, for college, and to sustain my glamorous lifestyle (which includes buying mostly supplies for art lmao.)

the above images are all my different Price Tiers! if you click each one, it’ll give a basic rundown of what to expect if you commission it! prices go as follows:

  • Traditional Sketches- $8
  • Digital Sketches- $12
  • Digital Sketches Colored - $15
  • Digital Fully Colored- $21
  • (Semi) Paintings - $25
  • Digitals w/ Background - $26-$36 (depending on the complexity of said background)
  • One person each w/ additional people $3 each.

i dont have many limits to the things im willing to draw. i am a pretty big gore artist tho so hey, if that perks your fancy, that’s my thing! all fandoms AND original characters free game! if i don’t know them, please provide me a full body reference image of them! (if theres no image, a detailed description works too!) i also do nsfw things but those commissions are here! please state which you want if you commission!

for more examples check out my art tag or my art blog, zndriaart!

payment is all up front for all sketches. for everything else, i ask you send half the payment up front. i’ll send you a sketch of the image you want and at that time, you can send me the rest of the payment!  payment will be done through paypal! 

for further questions OR if you’d like to commission me, please hmu at Cherilla@hotmail.com or through fanmail! (please dont send me an ask given how bad tumblr is with asks) anywise signal boosts are super appreciated and have a wonderful day 8^0 !!!

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