Congrats, ChiKat! Illinois sounds like it got a tough certification program. I think Wiscosin must also. My SiL originally was certified to teach in Minnesota. When she moved to Wisconsin, she needed to take more classes in order to get certified here and she wouldn't. Stubborn as hell. So now she teaches on an Oneida reservation because they don't have to go by state rules for teachers.

Welcome, SCube!

Also an ex-teacher, here. I taught electronics for the Navy for three years. It was teaching adults, however. Much more motivated adults because if you wash out of school, you either a) have to keep taking it until you get it right which pisses your command off because they have to pay for you to be there, b) get sent to a different, less dificult job than what you wanted (with possibly much less chance of promotion), c) get written up by your command for wasting their money, d) get stuck spending more time in the service without the extra training, ad infinitum. They have more ways to punish you than erika or ita know to kill a person (with or without a pinky being involved.)

Erm, my seminars are mostly along the lines of "How to Fight Unfair" and usually end with large amounts of bleeding and very happy injured people (since I only recruit masochists).... So maybe they don't count.

and How To Identify Which Country You Are In Today (team-taught by us, Fay, SA, and meara, with guest lectures).

Heh. Excellent! I can also do Drag Kinging 101, How to Lead a Fabulous Lesbian Lifestyle, and I can certainly assist in those Flirtation classes.

Buffista U: Learning more than you thought you wanted to know.

ETA: or more properly...

Camp Buffista: Learning more than you thought you needed to know.

Erm, my seminars are mostly along the lines of "How to Fight Unfair" and usually end with large amounts of bleeding and very happy injured people (since I only recruit masochists).... So maybe they don't count.

Oh, that's what ita does!!

Hey, vw, just saw your LJ about (I added you). Lots of ~ma and good wishes for your mom.

Cool! I'll go add you. And thanks for the ~ma. I'll post in Beep Me on Tuesday to get all the ~ma there is available.

Let's see...what could I teach at Buffista Camp? Crafts, of course, then I think I'd want to do a workshop on Getting Your First Apartment: Know Your Rights.

ChiKat - congratulations on the certification!

I spent yesterday hanging out with my Supernatural obsessed friend you know, watching her Supernatural dvds and now I'm hanging out and watching MY Supernatural dvds. Mine has the glitch in the season finale.

Today is the first day that my fluffy cat Tanuki has deigned to come hangout with me while I'm on the computer. She's been napping, purring and desultorily playing with the mouse. I've been reading and scrolling. Now, that I'm typing she is suddenly wideawake, sitting up and watching the magically appearing letters intently. It's very cute. (Ivan usually just sleeps when he hangs out with me while I'm on the computer.)

What could my contribution to Buffista Camp be? Furniture Refinishing 101; Is that an antique or did someone bash it with chains and do layers of bad painting?; Picture Framing on the Cheap; Late 19th Century American Literature, with a side course in why you should hate Henry James and love Henry Adams; Fun with Cake Frosting; and How to Talk to Engineers. I'd say Advanced Snark, but the Buffista kids will probably already have than down.

I have taught college students how to write, edit and layout publications; some communications seminars; and Shotokan karate. I often have to teach clients how to use their e-mail program.

I should be working. Can someone make me?

World Travelling with Felines, Relying Upon The Kindness of Strangers, Basic Thai, Negotiating with Cairo Taxi Drivers and Accessorising Above And Beyond The Call of Duty.

With that, one should be able to confront any number of crises.

My seminars: Slash for the Unsuspecting, How to Intimidate Doctors, Finding Shortcuts Through Hospitals, and Coping with Conservative Religious Fanatics that You Want to Stay Friends with.

Hmm. I suppose I can add Advanced Liquid Eyeliner Techniques with Jilli, Correct Bra Sizing, Cursing with Flair and Verve 101 and Resume and Cover Letter writing.

I am still drinking coffee, and aheming Eureka, which I have never seen, but am intrigued by now.

ita, I am all set up for intro to Krav next Saturday, and have gotten a girlfriend to go with me. While she was running early last fall, a naked man ran up to her and rubbed his penis on her. All she could manage was a "HffflttYYYEEEEECCCCHHHH!!!" and to dash off home rather quickly, so she's looking for a way to avoid the incoherent girlscreaming in the future.

Any ideas on what they might go through in the intro? I like to go forewarned into things. And, oh please, tell me it doesn't involve running. I'd rather eat my own toes than jog.