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Some parents really should think before hitting send
A history teacher shares the parent complaints you really have to read to believe.
Greg Sullivan
October 15, 2026 • Est. Reading Time: 3 minutes
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“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.”
― William Arthur Ward
Today, Mark Wales introduces us to some parents whose involvement in their children's education has gotten a little... enthusiastic. Meanwhile, Gen Xers are sharing memories of the wildly unsupervised childhoods they somehow survived, and one extraordinary sixth grader reminds us just how capable kids can be.
Humor
A teacher shared three parent emails. The kids may be the easy part.
As the parent of a high school student, this story had me tense. Was this poor, beleaguered teacher of high schoolers about to put me on blast? I hope you can let out the same sigh of relief at the end that I did. But... woof. Some of these are rough.
History teacher Colton Major shared a video reading three parent emails, and, as Mark Wales reports, one objection involves World War II being a little too heavy on the war. Could the curriculum perhaps focus on 1940s baking traditions instead? Less global conflict, more biscuits?
And that’s just the first email. The Cold War’s branding also comes under scrutiny, followed by a complaint about a skill you might reasonably hope school would encourage. Teachers, please accept this imaginary gift basket. Whatever you’re paid, we know it isn’t enough.
First-time contributor and GOOD reader Ashley Saunders shares this colorful scene from the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. It was Ashley's first visit, too, and clearly one worth sharing!
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What is the psychological term for people being less likely to help when other people are around?Sometimes a crowd can make everyone hesitate. |
Yesterday's Results
In yesterday's issue, we shared the adorable story of Scottish children helping penguins find love. Which got us wondering whether we humans are making this whole romance thing unnecessarily complicated.
And we asked: What's the most romantic small gesture someone can make? The winner, with 37.2% of the vote, was making time just for the two of us.
Remembering some tiny detail about me (20.3%)
Bringing me a thoughtful little gift (14.2%)
Doing a chore without being asked (28.4%)
Making time just for the two of us (37.2%) 🏆
GOOD reader Larosapa spoke up for the “making time” crowd. “In our busy world, it is totally romantic to stop and notice the other person and spend some quality time with them“
Generations | Courtesy of Upworthy
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Gen Xers share 33 ‘crazy’ things that were seen as totally normal when they were kids | ||
“Your parents sending you into the store to buy cigarettes…” | ||
By Annie Reneau | ||
Gen X childhoods have become legendary, and for good reason. So many things that were “normal” for ’70s and ’80s kids are unheard of now. Today’s youth would be shocked. Heck, a lot of us are shocked when we look back at those days. | ||
Artist and coach Rick Osborn shared a video with some wild memories from his own Gen X childhood. He then asked his audience, “What did you grow up Gen X thinking was completely normal that would be crazy today?” And hoo boy, did people deliver. | ||
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Can an eleven-year-old be considered a ‘man’ of action?
Avory Woolery was at his Kentucky apartment complex pool when he noticed something at the bottom that nobody else seemed to register: a man, unconscious, motionless underwater. Nobody else seemed to realize what was happening. So the 11-year-old did the math a lot of grown-ups couldn't. "There was this man in the pool, like unconscious underwater, almost shaking, maybe, and my adrenaline kicked in," he told a local news station.
Asked why he dove for a total stranger, Avory didn't reach for anything heroic or rehearsed. "There was no way that I was going to let another man die today. He's a human being. He should be treated as such." A sixth grader delivered a sentence most adults couldn't. As Erik Barnes reports, Avory pulled the man up, a bystander started CPR, and someone finally called 911.
On October 15, 1951, I Love Lucy premiered on CBS, introducing television audiences to the wonderfully chaotic world of Lucy and Ricky Ricardo. Starring real-life married couple Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, the sitcom became one of the most beloved shows in television history, but its influence went far beyond making people laugh.
At a time when many television programs were broadcast live and largely disappeared afterward, Arnaz championed filming the show in Hollywood using three cameras and a live studio audience. This approach helped establish the production model sitcoms would use for decades and, crucially, preserved the episodes for future generations. The show also broke ground by featuring Ball and her Cuban-born husband as a married couple on American television. Seventy-five years later, Lucy's chocolate factory disaster and grape-stomping misadventures still make audiences laugh.
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Until tomorrow, Lucy! You got some ‘splain’n to do!