Could someone explain to me why I thought high school would be a nifty idea, rather than the worst possible age to teach?
Because that's where they keep the fun subjects, math-wise.
Buck up, little camper.
Oh! I know this one! 'Slaying entails certain sacrifices, blah blah blahbity blah, I'm so stuffy, gimme a scone.'
Buffy ,'Help'
Natter 45: Smooth as Billy Dee Williams.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
-t - Jun 15, 2006 12:05:26 pm PDT #2185 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Emily - Jun 15, 2006 12:08:19 pm PDT #2186 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Because that's where they keep the fun subjects, math-wise.
Well, yeah. So when there's actual teaching going on, it's definitely the way to go. On the other side of the scale, I'm guessing Fay doesn't have a lot of fights spilling out into the hall with girls yelling "fuck" at each other, and a sinking feeling in her stomach that whatever it was she was supposed to do, she didn't do it and has lost any respect her students had for her.
Er, hypothetically. Can I just go back to grad school now? I liked it there. It was quiet.
-t - Jun 15, 2006 12:11:40 pm PDT #2187 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I hate to say it, but that's why I bailed out of teaching. And why you are kind of my idol for sticking with it.
I doubt it's your fault, though. This is the class you took over from another sub, right?
Jesse - Jun 15, 2006 12:13:55 pm PDT #2188 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The, uh, good (?) news is that you get to go back tomorrow for another shot, right?
Emily - Jun 15, 2006 12:14:25 pm PDT #2189 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
This is the class you took over from another sub, right?
Yeah. Which makes me feel a little better than if it was one of the classes that's really mine... but not really, because I also feel like I never got control of the class and that contributed to my not being able to handle it afterward (honestly, I'm not sure there was anything I could have done to stop it in the first place -- one of the participants isn't even in the class, and I have no idea what happened).
Emily - Jun 15, 2006 12:18:03 pm PDT #2190 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
The, uh, good (?) news is that you get to go back tomorrow for another shot, right?
Hahahahahahahhhhhhhh
Yes. Also, it's the last class of the day on a Friday, so in addition to the trying to leave before the bell rings they do normally, tomorrow they may start trying to sneak out halfway through class. Dammit. Two more days I have to deal with them, and then the final. I was really hoping to make it through without it blowing up.
Vortex - Jun 15, 2006 12:20:14 pm PDT #2191 of 10002
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
lock the door.
Jesse - Jun 15, 2006 12:21:18 pm PDT #2192 of 10002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Good luck with that, Emily.
-t - Jun 15, 2006 12:27:14 pm PDT #2193 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Well you have the option of being a total hardass for the last two days. You also have the option of not caring anymore. Somewhere on the continuum between those two will probably work out OK. That might even be provable.
tommyrot - Jun 15, 2006 12:36:01 pm PDT #2194 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Stuff on Stephen Hawking: [link]
I found this interesting:
Hawking was asked why his computerized voice has an American accent.
"The voice I use is a very old hardware speech synthesizer made in 1986," he said. "I keep it because I have not heard a voice I like better and because I have identified with it."
He said he once considered using a machine that gave him a French accent, but he did not because his wife would divorce him.
Hawking said he is shopping for a new system because his current hardware is large and fragile, using components that are no longer made. "I have been trying to get a software version, but it seems very difficult," he said.
How weird must it be to have to pick out your own voice? and to not be able to find the voice you like due to hardware obsolescence? Of course, what he didn't say was that everyone else associates that voice with him, and how weird it would feel for people if he changed it....