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I think it's fair to say that education has and continues to exist in a quasi transitional period where analog(aka paper) has been progressively replaced by digital. I'm sure the degree by which this transition has occurred and continues to occur varies from school to school or state to state. However, as a digital immigrant(born 1981) but digitally literate educator I welcome the transition to digital from analog but I also feel as though the ongoing changes have created an ongoing need for adjustment that, at times, is somewhat daunting. Even if I am entirely up to date with my understanding and digital literacy the waves that are often created throughout a school/district/etc often seem to occur due to the weakest link. For instance, if any given administrator, department chair, or literally any individual whose job has any effect on others is digitally illiterate to some degree create any number of inefficient outcomes for others.

The way I see it is that inefficient and/or digitally illiterate members of any school faculty or administration now bleed into the larger digital structure that is the schools digital content, assets, logistics, etc. Therefore, inefficiencies are more and more able to influence any number of areas especially when they exist at higher level administrative levels. For instance, if the individual responsible for a schools SIS is not capable or competent enough to set their SIS up to maximize efficiency, to be as easy to use as possible, fail to create well considered and efficient SOP's, and/or fail to communicate and train staff in the use of the SIS there are going to be ongoing issues in their use. Increased confusion or incompetence amongst any number of individuals creates an ecosystem rife for misinformation and consequently more inefficiency.

I apologize for the rant although my initial beliefs were that I was clearly working amongst individuals who must effectively be categorized as outliers comparatively to the typical administrator. They are so incompetent, disorganized, utterly stupid, and yet entirely overconfident it would likely sound as if I'm making them up. Consequently, this rag-tag team of miscreants have continually remained in their roles despite each year getting subsequently less organized, maintaining a shameful rate of retention amongst staff and students, and making no identifiable improvements across the board.

I'm wondering if anything exists in ed. tech that might represent something that enables teachers to create an all in one digital educational platform that could help aid in planning, instruction, monitoring, and more. Something that initially builds a digital infrastructure aligned with ones academic calendar, bell schedule, weekly meetings, PD schedule, holidays, testing dates, etc.

Maybe it's a tall order, idk. However, I've seen the individual pieces spread throughout a variety of various tools, sites, platforms I've test driven to date. Although, I have not yet found something that considers importance of building certain aspects around the school/districts logistical framework and information that is a very important part of one's planning. Not only that, but one that might exist as a site in and of itself with various means of organization for planning, content delivery, grading, academic and behavioral tracking, and more. Almost something like Clever but with added utility in the logistical end.

I have this idea that it is easily possible to create a platform that is specific to education, ai assisted, and begins with determining a given school's logistics. Specifically, using their academic calendars, directories, and any other useful data to help initially create a logistical framework that allows teachers to easily align their curricula to each subsequent year giving respect to the ongoing changes any given school makes.

Courses Taught:

-12th grade Engineering and Design

-12th grade Makerspace

-10-12th grade 3d printing 1

Equipment:

-#13 FDM 3d printers n total including: Flashforge Finder, Makerbot Replicator 2, Flashforge Creator Pro, Dremel Digilab.

-Snapmaker 3 in 1

-various power and hand tools, various component parts, several arduino kits, Horizon Alt energy kits, vernier and pasco data loggers , sensors, and apparatuses

-Cricut Maker

Curricular Approach: I had been told I'd be teaching a single course last June which, to my surprise, became 3 courses I'd only learned about 3 days before classes began. I'd also had to move my entire laboratory to a new room, test/fix/setup 11 3d printers that were donated to us of which 7 require new extruders or heat sinks, and attempt to create 2 additional curricula on the fly. I've been playing catch up from day 0.

Initial Proposal: I'd previously pitched a proposal for a fab-lab that I'd outlined the end goal to serve as an independent study course for 11th and 12th graders as an opportunity for students to access a variety of tools, equipment, and learning to apply scientific and mathematic concepts in a manner where they can take ownership over what they explore.

Semester 1 was meant to introduce some basic fundamentals: the engineering design process, technical drawings, drafting, AutoCAD, materials science intro, and how to gather data to refine their prototypes.

Semester 2 Initially the idea was to assess students ability and willingness to work in teams of 2-3 towards developing a solution to a provided problem or challenge while I act more as a facilitator rather than an instructor. Upon a relatively positive outcome I wanted to provide each student with an opportunity to first draft a proposal for a body of work to add to their portfolio. I hoped to give them access and opportunity to apply what they've learned in a manner which they can immerse themselves into whichever area they want to pursue upon graduation.

My proposal was received by our board and principal with enthusiasm. However, they either missed the idea, never actually read the proposal, or simply have no interest in supporting my efforts in even the most basic areas of need.

Areas of Need/Ideas/Direction: I am a hard worker and I believe I can catch up with the planning and such. However, I lack experience and understanding for the following tasks:

-setting up the various 3d printer models so that students can design, slice, and print themselves without relying on me as the gatekeeper, creating a bottleneck in terms of printing jobs in a reasonable manner of time. Students are issued chromebooks although they will not be given access to download any slicing software nor any files onto the chromebooks unless it's within google drive directly.

-trying to ascertain the 3d printer issues. I was told 4 of the printers required new heat sink assemblies or possibly heat blocks. I've found 7 have issues all related to a heating mechanism. I'm very capable of breaking down and reassembling nearly anything but I am somewhat newer to working on 3d printers.

-how do I organize all of the various equipment, component parts in a small room so I can use the space as efficiently as possible? Ideas for mobile makerspace organization?

Any info, ideas, support, etc would be sincerely appreciated.

I am a teacher that desperately needs as few as possible apps/sites/extensions/whatever to both organize and sync my calendars, task management, email, and anything else I possibly can into optimally a singular app/site/platform/whatever that doesn't require a large degree of initial time/effort to learn how to use it.

I primarily use google calendar(1 for work and 1 personal), my icloud calendar, gmail(work and personal accounts), google tasks, and reminders.

Optimally I would love to be able to access all emails, calendar events, and tasks in a single spot hopefully that is AI assisted to help me keep organized. A bonus would be to have the ability to integrate simple automations and workflows.

Hardware:

M2 macbook pro

iphone

Software/Platforms:

-google calendar(1 work and 1 personal)

-gmail(1 work and 1 personal)

-icloud calendar

-icloud email

-google tasks

-raindrop(bookmark manager)

I would be so sincerely appreciative if anyone has any suggestions that are cross compatible and are easy to use. I'm ok with a paid subscription if needed.

Thanks in advance.

I had been told I was teaching a singular fab-lab/engineering class which has never been taught at our school thus far. I'd ended the year last year having sent my proposal for the idea I thought would work well for our students, as an art school.

Last Tuesday I was told I would be teaching 2 separate and distinct classes: engineering and makerspace separately.

Therefore, I'm struggling with what a makerspace curriculum for 12th graders, in and of itself, might look like. I'm not sure how to structure it when I am expected to also teach engineering.

I'm not looking to steal anyones plans I'm mainly looking for an outline of how and what to cover for ideas and an overall structure.

I was told at the end of the last academic year that I would be teaching "my makerspace thing" which was my principals way of saying I'd be teaching a makerspace/fab-lab class for 12th grade.

Yesterday I was informed I am teaching, classes titled, "Makerspace Lab" and "Engineering" separately. Everyone's curricular plans were due today and I had created curricular plans, unit plans, pacing guide, and weekly lesson plans for a singular class based off of my prior proposal for what I'd pitched as a fab-lab that was explained as a pbl centric intro to engineering/fabrication course for seniors that would build towards the completion of a comprehensive capstone project. We're a modern art high school and I wanted to give seniors an opportunity to learn about the scope of engineering, the engineering design process, developing ideas, identifying whether there's a market need for their idea/product/etc, determining if any copyrights exist for their idea, then onto r&d, prototype design, refinement, and eventually a portfolio and final product that they'd pitch as a shark tank type event. I am/was very excited about what I'd developed.

Now, in 2 days I am supposed to have moved the entirety of my lab(all of my own personal lab equipment), setup my room all over again, and split what was one curriculum into 2 noticeably different ones before monday.

I do have some kids in both my engineering class and my makerspace class. Therefore, I'm trying to determine how to make them fundamentally different classes while not having to "reinvent the wheel" with such little time.

My initial idea was to focus more on the scope of engineering, the mathematic/physics/chemistry theory throughout engineering(some pre-calc, applied math, trig, etc) as well as material science fundamentals, drafting, AutoCAD, etc. I'm struggling with how to make it engaging and how to order it.

Makerspace I'm thinking I will mostly use the curricula I'd made already.

Any ideas, thoughts, suggestions would be very appreciated.

Background Info:

My principal told me, at the end of this last year, that I'll be teaching "your maker space thingy" . He was referring to a proposal I'd created and shared for building a fab-lab at our school. I don't think he knows what he wants nor has given any additional context over the course of the summer. Therefore, I'm planning on doing an intro to engineering, dimensional analysis, CAD vs technical drawings, idea of scale, familiarizing them w/ 3d printing and tool usage, safety, etc.

Then, I figured I would try to highlight or emphasize some step in the EDP during a sequence of PBL centric units that build to a final project for each of 2 semesters. I've successfully done rocketry in the past and it was a huge success and I plan on doing that again. The kids are very artsy, we're a modern arts school/design, but have not had much experience with nearly any tools, tech, etc. I have a relatively solid amount of experience with engineering, fabrication, the EDP, etc through my teaching experience, coaching science olympiad, and in HS we had amazing engineering courses with access to CNC routers, wood/metal shops, the latest AutoCAD software, drafting boards, and we'd regularly competed in an Engineering CAD competition.

What I would be sincerely appreciative for anyone's insights, anything you may be willing to share , etc:

I typically use backwards design but if anyone has a curricular outline, curricular plans, scope and sequence, pacing, anything that may help I would be forever grateful.

I really need to get a big picture of my scope and sequence along with the specific HSNGSS standards I'll be using.

Background Info:

This year I'm going to be teaching an engineering class for the first time whereas I'd previously taught physics and/or chemistry, I coach science olympiad, and I have some experience in architectural engineering(a decade ago). Additionally, I can build most anything, I'm very handy, I've regularly used 3d printers in my classes as well as the EDP for PBL.

However, I have no prior experience creating or teaching an engineering class and I'm also unaware of what admin actually wants. I'd originally proposed building a fab-lab at our school but my proposal covered a few different means of implementation and so I'd never created a curriculum. I was told a couple weeks ago that I will be "teaching your makerspace thing". My principal was referring to the proposal I'd created and shared earlier last year but has not communicated and probably isn't sure himself of what it is he expects/wants.

I'm going to sew together various projects that have been successful in years past and organize it in a manner that builds a portfolio and ends with a fairly multi-step project in the area of model rocketry.

What I must use:

macbook pro(my use)

Chromebooks(students use)

Powerschool-SIS

Google Classroom-LMS

Thinking about using:

-tinkerCAD

-5E model for conceptual instruction,

-PBL small group using the EDP ending in a "shark tank" format

-teachengineering for guidance and plans

-phyfox(free physics phone app for various data collection)

-Vernier Lab Quests/Pasco GLX Explorers w/ various sensors for data collection

What I would be VERY THANKFUL for any ideas/help with:

I'm interested in anything that you feel is fundamental or absolutely necessary for your classes each year. Literally anything you feel is an absolute must. I'm not limiting it to any particular thing so please, anything you have to offer/suggest I am very grateful for.

It could be instructional methods, equipment, supplies, classroom furniture, online platforms, your unit plans, curricular outline, student roles in small group PBL, or literally anything you feel is important for a HS engineering class.

Thank you in advance for anything you may be willing to share. If I can reciprocate I am glad to if you let me know what you may be looking for. My strongest skills are in ed. tech, I have TONS of content, templates, apps, workflows, automations, etc that are all STEM centric. I was our Dean of STEM but am now the Dept Chair as we'd changed our leadership structure. So I also have a lot of stuff for walkthroughs, data collection/analysis, coaching, etc primarily all aligned with the Danielson model.

I'm a 45 yr old man and I feel like I'm on the verge of a psychological break or something very bad. Suddenly I begin randomly sobbing, I've been having regular nightmares about going back to work, and I feel petrified that a new school year is beginning in the next 2 weeks. It's primarily b/c of my immediate supervisor's behavior towards me. This is not speculation nor am I exaggerating. I work in education and I've been told explicitly by my principal that this person is "out to get me". It had began after she inappropriately touched me and I'd spoken to HR about it. She got wind of it and ever since she has made it her mission to get me fired. She was hired last year but I've been at this school for 5 years and have exceptional rapport with my colleagues and principal. However, this person is in a position that seems to be roughly equal to that of my principal b/c while he also has said he "despises her" he can't do anything about it b/c they both answer to the board.

I've been trying to find a position elsewhere but I'd just been promoted as of last year and it's difficult to take a steep pay cut when we're trying to buy a house and no similar positions have been posted anywhere near my area.

I can't even begin to go into the things this person does but I can only describe it as a sick game. I had loved my job, loved going to work, and couldn't be happier prior to this person.

My physical and mental health has been severely declining as I'd recently been diagnosed with hypertension, where my bp progressively increases between the incident and today.

I'm going to begin seeing a psychologist but I'm interested in knowing any types of therapy or treatment that may be helpful in this regard. Any help or direction would be SINCERELY appreciated.

I feel as if I'm being gaslit in some sense b/c I've just regained access to our work google accounts and began to read some emails with updates about the year. I cannot quite concisely convey the backwards nonsensical ambiguous incompetence that occurs by those in leadership.

I don't think I would necessarily believe what goes on if someone was telling me about where they work. I don't know where to begin but all I do know is that for the 5th consecutive year I'm in a new class, teaching a new curriculum, without a proper lab, without any equipment(I mean none but my own), without any guarantee of student laptops, a smartboard, whiteboards, and I was told I'll be teaching "that maker class thing". That "maker class thing" was originally pitched as a comprehensive proposal for building and implementing a fab-lab at our school but the curricular was open ended with options.

I've been trying to write a generic engineering curriculum for 12th graders but I haven't the slightest clue regarding just about anything. Last year I was told to put together an itemized supply list for the STEM department. Did that, sent it, spoke about it, and was told it would be coming last May.

Our leadership is the type that tosses out terminology, primarily b/c they think doing so makes them appear more intelligent than they are, yet they almost always use said term in the ballpark but still entirely inaccurately. One of their favorite buzz words is "data driven". Data driven practices are one of the themes of this year but I don't quite think any one of these people understand what this means to those of us who do understand the philosophy and application of data driven instruction. I believe they are under the assumption that data driven simply means you're grading some form of assessment at some point and entering that grade into powerschool. Additionally, they refer to data or data driven as indicative of rigidly objective truth, not open to interpretation or analysis.

This will provide all of the context you'll need to understand who I'm working with........Last year, as the Dean of STEM, I'd engaged in an ongoing but professional yet inquisitive series of discussions with our principal and director of academics trying to provide them with a logical argument why we can't omit the NGSS standards from our science classes in place of ACT science standards. I was continually told I was wrong that ACT science standards are not meant to be learning standards to develop curricula for all STEM classes from 7-12th grade. I had also informed them it is not a casual suggestion by the state that we use NGSS it is delegated we do so. All of the teachers in my department were infuriated , stressed, and confused. One teacher quit after trying to kindly speak to the academic director and used a comic strip she made to outline why ACT standards don't work for developing a curriculum.

I'm sorry for the rant and the long post. My mental and subsequently my physical health was dramatically affected by the individuals I work under so clearly that when I looked at my online medical history over the course of the year my bp and cholesterol rose steadily beginning in August and peaked in June.

I know most will say...."just quit" or find somewhere else. I love my kids, I work in one of the most underserved areas in all of chicago and we love each other. The kids show me respect, we have a great time, and for the first time in my life I sincerely feel as though I'm making a difference. For many reasons I'm so attached to our kids and many of the teachers I work with. I guess it's sh*$ or get off the pot but I'm just at a loss for how to get ready for this year and worried if I'll even be able to make it through without some medical or mental health crisis. Ugghh.. Anyone else experience similar incompetence/stupidity? Or am I an outlier?

Wtf....why is it increasingly more and more frequent that when anyone's misguided belief is challenged with objectively true information which is neither ambiguous nor very difficult to easily illustrate too many people instead double down on their uninformed and entirely inaccurate belief. Instead.....of simply saying "you were right" or anything instead of continuing on with an obvious rouse to continue and perpetuate their simple oversight?

It's everywhere and for whatever reason it infuriates me. I got into it with my doctor using their own logic and parameters regarding the specific date 29 days after filling a medication.

I went as far as messaging them with a scheme that indicated

June 25 Day 1

June 26 Day 2 and so on until day 29. They still refused that it was accurate and stated I double counted a day which was clearly not the case in my response. It's like just own it no big deal. People make mistakes. Although when you refuse to admit it and this affects a persons health it becomes a bigger issue.

Arghhhh

While there are far too many facets of society I could go into I'm primarily finding myself encountering more and more organizations, institutions, and worthless bureaucracy that in various ways inhibits me from exhibiting a sense of freedom that seems long gone. Don't get me wrong, to some degree I believe in some means of organizing facets of society to help maintain infrastructure, protect our civil liberties, and hopefully to help inundate a revolution set on collaborating to bring in a more equitable society.

All the while our government is entirely pointless. I do believe in a need for many of the organizations that perform a needed function but I would love to obtain a general ballpark figure of how much is wasted via misallocation of funds, corrupt practices, and our inflated military budget to get an idea of what is possible if we were to finally discover that the overwhelming majority of US citizens share far more beliefs than they're divided on. In fact, the divided issues are almost exclusively unaffective bs which seems to be self inflated to serve xenophobia or some issue which is so far removed from one's life that it's sickening.

If we get down to brass tax what is it that we all want? Better wages, job security, more equitable distribution of wealth, more services and programs for our tax dollars, the elimination of corruption and questionable spending, lowering the national debt, civil liberties, access to higher education, steps to mitigate climate change, better health care, and the list goes on.

So, what are the key issues that divide us? LGBTQ rights, Immigration, women's right to choose, gay marriage, gun laws...idk. Who really gives a sh*$ if an issue or phenomenon does not inflict upon your rights then F*#( off.

If you're amongst the LGBTQ ....more power to you. Live your life however you see fit. It doesn't inflict on anyone elses rights. If you ask me the more diversity, the more uniqueness, however someone identifies is their business and as a human being who expects the same respect all are entitled to be whomever it is they want. Just don't expect others to care or agree.....but that is ok. It seems a lot of us have forgotten that free societies virulently defend everyone's right to pursue what it is they believe in. If you believe in freedom of speech you should be backing all of those who hate your positions as much as you defend your own. We've seemed to have gotten lost in a shared self-delusion that the individual matters. I'm sorry to tell you but you don't matter, neither do I. It's collectively what we achieve over what any one of us want, desire, identify as, pursue, etc. We're a collective that is separated by various beliefs, desires, etc but that doesn't mean we can't love each other. Embrace your inner weirdo. You may find you've suppressed a large part of yourself all to "fit in".

My point is, if I have one, we are aligned in far more than we're divided by. We all know how f'd the world is and I think we all have an idea of what is right and what isn't. We seem to be placated by our social media profiles, followers, etc. but we need to snap the fkjh out of it and burn this place down.

I'm wondering if anyone can say with certainty if it is standard practice to use the following wording when indicating a rx is not filled until a specific date. I'm in Illinois and after reading through the pharmacy code and after posing the question to gemini, etc. it seems that using "do not fill until {date}" is the specific means to indicate this on an rx. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

The issue I've been experiencing is likely a product of no outlined protocols in the office amongst the nurses or one that is not understood universally. I am prescribed a schedule 3 medication that I am very good about filling as close to the fill date as possible. I try not to fill it early or late whenever possible. In fact, I keep a preformatted spreadsheet that outlines exactly when I should fill the next one, it keeps a running tally of how many days early or late I've filled the rx, and helps me stay organized as I know these medications are controlled.

As of 2025 my physician has begun entering "begin taking on [date}" now and again on the rx. Every pharmacist at the walgreens I go to interprets this differently. Some fill it earlier than the date indicated others don't. I inquired at my physicians office through their online portal but I've gotten conflicting answers. Initially I was told it's only for their records and to tell the pharmacist that it's not a do not fill date. Recently a different nurse told me different.

However, the part that I can't understand is that there is no rhyme or reason for when they put these notes on there, in the dates they decide on, or a consistent answer to any question I ask. They've admittedly made mistakes on the dates in the past and called in a new rx with the right date but yet each time this occurs it requires me to spend an excessive amount of time trying to give them objective information from my walgreens history outlining the error.

I don't blame the pharmacists but I've shown them that some of them fill them regardless of said date others will not. This month they wrote the wrong date again but keep telling me they will not fill it early. I keep showing them screenshots of my walgreens account history indicating the 30 days was 2 days ago but they keep failing to correct the mistake or even acknowledge it. The pharmacist is weary of filling it b/c he doesn't know their intentions. He called them several times but told me they haven't called him back.

What to do?

Hello, I had been prescribed the fentanyl patch for 7 years between the years of 2015-2022 for intractable chronic cervical and lumbar pain. I'd underwent a laminectomy in 2017 and had underwent every available treatment option for chronic pain available at the time.

I had also tried a large number of medications leading up to the patches although they did initially seem to work better than anything else previously had, including the injections, radiofrequency ablations, etc.

I cannot begin to explain this period of my life. I had been bed ridden and unable to work for 8 years, went through my entire life savings to support myself during this time, and had to drop out of college the semester before I graduated b/c this was the time my health issues began. Prior to I was in my 20's and had never experienced any health related issues outside of strep throat or the flu.

It all began after myself and 10 of my friends got very ill after attending a concert in the city of Chicago. I was sick for 3 months so badly that after seeing several specialists I'd been at an appointment with an infectious disease doctor who admitted me to the ICR as I was barely responsive at the time. After several stints in the hospital, countless tests, and more the only definitive info I'd received was that I had contracted a severe infection Ithat affected my liver and spleen.

While the illness had incapacitated me for several months it was after recovering that I'd began to experience a slough of random and somewhat severe health issues. I'd seen a neurologist who ordered CT and MRI's of my neck and lower back and they'd found I have herniated disks in my cervical and lumbar spine, osteophytes impinging on my the nerves near my foramen, and several other mechanical issues in my spine.

I'd began seeing a pain management specialist at the hospital I go to and after trying various medications and treatments I only found any degree of relief from the patch. It seemed ok for maybe a year although what I was told was hyperalgesia was so incredibly bad after the initial 8-12 hours after administering a new patch, I felt it was a choice between poorly treated pain relief and temporary pain relief. I didn't believe the doctor regarding the hyperalgesia for a while and it had only gotten much worse over time. I feel as if I lost 5-6 years of my life in my "prime", burned through all of my savings, and was left without any way to support myself.

I'd filed for SSA unsuccessfully, and barely scraped by on SNAP and some help from my parents. Luckily it was only after my pain management doctor had learned about buprenorphine for chronic pain that I found a way out. It was night and day and I've quickly built a respectable career in education which I am happy with, my partner and I are working towards finding a house, but I've read about the class action suits for people who were affected by the patches and I figured I may very well qualify.

Anyone with any direction, info, or support would be sincerely appreciated. I don't know if I'm entitled to these suits or the money that was set aside in some cases by pharmaceutical companies that marketed the patches but I figured it doesn't hurt to inquire.

Thank you in advance.

Hello, I had been prescribed the fentanyl patch for 7 years between the years of 2015-2022 for intractable chronic cervical and lumbar pain. I'd underwent a laminectomy in 2017 and had underwent every available treatment option for chronic pain available at the time.

I had also tried a large number of medications leading up to the patches although they did initially seem to work better than anything else previously had, including the injections, radiofrequency ablations, etc.

I cannot begin to explain this period of my life. I had been bed ridden and unable to work for 8 years, went through my entire life savings to support myself during this time, and had to drop out of college the semester before I graduated b/c this was the time my health issues began. Prior to I was in my 20's and had never experienced any health related issues outside of strep throat or the flu.

It all began after myself and 10 of my friends got very ill after attending a concert in the city of Chicago. I was sick for 3 months so badly that after seeing several specialists I'd been at an appointment with an infectious disease doctor who admitted me to the ICR as I was barely responsive at the time. After several stints in the hospital, countless tests, and more the only definitive info I'd received was that I had contracted a severe infection Ithat affected my liver and spleen.

While the illness had incapacitated me for several months it was after recovering that I'd began to experience a slough of random and somewhat severe health issues. I'd seen a neurologist who ordered CT and MRI's of my neck and lower back and they'd found I have herniated disks in my cervical and lumbar spine, osteophytes impinging on my the nerves near my foramen, and several other mechanical issues in my spine.

I'd began seeing a pain management specialist at the hospital I go to and after trying various medications and treatments I only found any degree of relief from the patch. It seemed ok for maybe a year although what I was told was hyperalgesia was so incredibly bad after the initial 8-12 hours after administering a new patch, I felt it was a choice between poorly treated pain relief and temporary pain relief. I didn't believe the doctor regarding the hyperalgesia for a while and it had only gotten much worse over time. I feel as if I lost 5-6 years of my life in my "prime", burned through all of my savings, and was left without any way to support myself.

I'd filed for SSA unsuccessfully, and barely scraped by on SNAP and some help from my parents. Luckily it was only after my pain management doctor had learned about buprenorphine for chronic pain that I found a way out. It was night and day and I've quickly built a respectable career in education which I am happy with, my partner and I are working towards finding a house, but I've read about the class action suits for people who were affected by the patches and I figured I may very well qualify.

Anyone with any direction, info, or support would be sincerely appreciated. I don't know if I'm entitled to these suits or the money that was set aside in some cases by pharmaceutical companies that marketed the patches but I figured it doesn't hurt to inquire.

Thank you in advance.

I teach physics and engineering and I'm trying to settle on a more efficient teaching "stack" and I hope to be able to consolidate as much as possible into the fewest apps, sites, extensions, etc. as possible.

I'd love to take advantage of AI, automations, and possibly an app or site to act as my dashboard. I know many use notion, and I'm trying to learn to use it, but I'm struggling with the learning curve.

I've began using Obsidian with some success and find it easier to learn to use. I'm also looking to buy an NAS so that I can store all of my content on the NAS to free up space on my laptop and provide access from my iphone.

I'm curious what others use in their "stack"?

FYI: I usea macbook pro, iphone, google workspace for education, and Powerschool(SIS).

I'm trying to streamline and update my teaching practice in a manner that is much more organized, cohesive, and automated in an effort to free up more time and maintain a better organization system.

I'm a beginner to Obsidian but I'm fairly tech savvy.

I use a macbook pro, iphone, Powerschool as our SIS, and Google Workspace for Education.

Any ideas, tips, suggestions from other educators would be much appreciated. Btw...I teach physics and engineering.

I teach HS physics and engineering and I've been working very hard over the summer to organize, automate, and streamline throughout my personal life and for my teaching practice.

I've been trying to settle on the components of my "digital stack" so that I can automate menial tasks, consolidate the number of apps/tools/sites/etc that I use into as few as possible after trying a variety of platforms.

I am curious to know how others in education have used Base44. Any ideas or suggestions would be extremely appreciated.

I'm a lifelong cat lover and proud father of those members of my fuzzy family throughout the last 20 years. Me and my partner met and bonded over our adolescence but also our fierce love and advocacy for all animals but shared an affinity for cats.

It was a bittersweet story as a young kitten showed up at our backdoor last July which was a godsend b/c one of the "feral" cats I care for is named Big boy and I was sure we were losing him after he'd lost his best friend recently. This kitten showing up was a 180 degree turn around for him and he quickly gained weight back and soon thereafter was his old loving and overall caring little man.

The kitten aka Spooky had gotten pregnant before we could get her spayed and today I'd just rehomed her kittens. It's hurting my heart b/c she is looking all around the yard for them. Big boy has been scarce throughout her giving birth but luckily he's immediately back at her side to console and comfort her.

We'd removed anything that had the kitten's smell on it from our yard but I'm wondering if there's anything other than time that we can do to help her through this? We're getting her spayed on Monday and she's such a sweet girl that I'm looking for any info, tips, etc that might help her.

Our yard is a sweet cat setup with a shed turned cat condo, lots of spaces to hide, toys, food, and a large cat tree. Any info would be appreciated.