Thanks for all the congrats, y'all. I'm excited, but I'm also scared and nervous as this is all becoming Real.

We already have a shitload: me, Kristin, ChiKat, Gris, Kat, Emily...am I missing anyone?

Uh...Fay? ND also teaches quite a bit. DXM and Scrappy used to be teachers.

aurelia teaches during the summer, too.

Huh. I'm wondering if I should respond to this ad: [link] . I could certainly use the money, but something about the wording is hitting me the wrong way.

Chiming in as a former teacher.

The "females preferred" kinda puts me right off, Hil.

uh. I'm wondering if I should respond to this ad: [link] . I could certainly use the money, but something about the wording is hitting me the wrong way.

One thing that pings me:

"females preferred"

Why do they care for a tutor in advanced math? Also using the word "female" instead of women. I know standard terminology in apartments for rent. In employment NSM.

t on edit heh. X-post

The "females preferred" kinda puts me right off, Hil.

Yeah. I can kinda understand requests like that when it's something like looking for a math tutor for a 14-year-old girl in certain cases, but it's weird at college level. Also, I'd guess that it violates craigslists rules. Plus, the

Compensation: Fifty an hour, two hundrerd dollar bonus if I pass my test

it putting me off, too.

It is possible the poster is female - and wants to keep out complications - bu tI don't like the bonus part - it makes the tutor responsible, not the student - which doesn't sound like a responsible student.

ION, I may need an intervention. I've been fixing the paneling for painting - resting my hand a lot. While I've been doing that , I ve been watching DIY. So many ideas.... so many plans....

ETA: Befor reading my summary, try youtube: [link]

The commercial is this adorable little boy talking about a movie he saw with his mom. It takes him a while to get there, as he adorable-talks about this man who was fighting this other man and so forth, but the first killer line is: And do you know what he did?!!? He kicked him in the penis. <long stare> it then cuts to a screen "Need a good doctor?" then back to the boy, who calmly and seriously said my new tagline: "He was injured. Injured bad."

It's a commercial for health insurance.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! YouTube always comes through. That child is extra adorable.

eta...

Trigon Blue Cross Blue Shield does seem to be a valid BC/BS in Virginia.

Hil, the student may have had a bad experience with a male tutor. The bonus could be a commitment incentive for the student. The student probably didn't think a great deal about how it would be read.

No doubt my Bobby responds better to a male teacher. Doesn't make any difference to Brendon.

Thanks amych. I'm just hoping that he discovers a passion about something some day. He could be a professional reader. He can read for 12 hours straight.