My native garden is still very much a work in progress. I think the birds always get to the seeds, because I've never had a problem with growing plants until I decided to grow a native garden. Luckily, there are some already native pre annual plants on my property. My goldenrods have came back, and my dogwood tree is growing back shoots after a fungus killed the mature parts of the tree.
I sprinkled some Joe Pye Weed and Black Eyed Susan seeds and I think they may have sprouted this time? 🤞🏾 Pic below is where I think planted them 😅.
Honestly, I think just talking to people who used cannabis or other substances that was part of the DARE program (which included alcohol and tobacco) was a major factor.
When I was 17, I meet a lot of people who used those substances regularly, and hearing their experiences with it made me realize that the effects that the program portrayed each drug having was total BS. What stuck with me was how different of a drug weed was made out to be than how it affected people in real life. The DARE program made it seem like it was meth in plant form, but all I was hearing was stories of people feeling like they are floating, enjoying movies, and eating snacks.
It peaked my curiosity and from then on I was super interested in trying it. Plus, that it was completely legal at this time too, so most of the programs deterrents for buying drugs in general became redundant.
I was 100% the target audience for DARE lol. I remember my classmates asking me what drugs I wanted to try from the lesson and I would be so confused because the way the officer spoke of the effects made taking them seem very scary to me.
I'm now a big pothead so maybe I'm not that much of an outlier.
Interesting! I've always assumed that Indigenous cultures around wear lighter, breathable clothing during the summertime if they lived in the warmer provinces.
Depression 100%
I have lost so much of my youth to it, and even now with my meds and lifestyle changes it still finds its way back into my life. Hell, depression is the reason why I'm 21 and still in highschool! It's an awful condition
My sex ed was pretty thorough I feel. It was part of our health units in school from grades 5-9. In the earlier grades, the class would be split into boys and girls, but as I got older the entire class was part of the lesson.
Most sex ed classes involved:
-Showing diagrams of female and male reproductive organs (we had to label each one which I hated doing)
-Students being able to ask questions about sex or puberty
-Learning about consent
-STI and safe sex
-Birth control methods
There was also a LGBT/gender portion that was added to the curriculum later on. It covered things like:
-Differences between gender and sex
-Sexual vs romantic attraction (also covered ace/Aro people I believe)
What makes a person binary trans people or non binary
-Defining different sexualities (gay, lesbians, bi, etc)
-Differences between gender identity and gender expression
Overall, I'm pretty satisfied with how all this was taught to me.
:0 What model are you getting?