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Too hot for learning: American schools that never needed AC are now overheating. Fixes will cost billions. (wapo.st)
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As heat waves creep north, they are baking schools that previously did not need air conditioning. Fixing the problem will be neither cheap, nor easy.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I spent my entire childhood all the way through high school being indoctrinated in Jesus school.

You'd be surprised how many of us are adamantly anti religious as adults.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Hehe, no I wouldn't:-P.

Ironically, Jesus was fairly anti religious himself - like "WTF dudes, show some compassion over your silly little rules!" Ofc they don't teach that part in Jesus school - "oh [cough] no, Jesus was very obedient and you should be too and if so then you'll get a present at Easter and if you are naughty you'll just get coal instead (unless you are of that certain type - which we reserve the right to change the definition of whenever/however we like - and then we'll electro-shock you probably to actual literal death)". Those teachers would have done better to pick up and actually read the thing they are using to hit people over the head with:-(.