I need that color. It fits my mood.
Restful sleep ma for meara.
Zoe: Yeah? Thought you'd get land crazy that long in port. Wash: Probably, but I've been sane a long while now, and change is good.
'Shindig'
Spike's Bitches 32: I think I'm sobering up.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risque (and frisque), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Daisy Jane - Sep 12, 2006 8:25:50 pm PDT #2939 of 10000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Cass - Sep 12, 2006 8:37:06 pm PDT #2940 of 10000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
What do I do if they JUST WILL NOT WORK?Zat gun.
I need that color. It fits my mood.It's fabulous. Looks like I daintily dipped my toes in the still bleeding wounds of my enemies. A ladylike slaughter, if you will.
DavidS - Sep 12, 2006 8:42:40 pm PDT #2941 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
What do I do if they JUST WILL NOT WORK?
Make them kneel before Zod.
Aims - Sep 12, 2006 8:47:35 pm PDT #2942 of 10000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
How old are these kids?
Have you split them up, Em?
Emily - Sep 12, 2006 8:49:47 pm PDT #2943 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Zat gun.
I sent one kid to another room for a timeout for talking and disrupting class. He filled out a "what did I do wrong" sheet, and it said what he thought I could do to help him not do it anymore was "control the class." Another one filled one out that said that he'd misbehaved because I was giving him "a attitude" and he didn't like it, so what I could do to help him was "not have a attitude at me." They're rather charming in their total insane trollness.
Zat gun, you say...
Emily - Sep 12, 2006 8:50:34 pm PDT #2944 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
How old are these kids?
Oh, thirteen.
Have you split them up, Em?
Er... all 36 of them?
Aims - Sep 12, 2006 8:54:02 pm PDT #2945 of 10000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Yeah, I see the issue. Then you'd have 72 13 year olds who won't shut up. (See that? I did MATH)
Can you karate chop them and then teach them calculus?
all I ever learned about teaching comes from movies about teaching
Cass - Sep 12, 2006 9:06:49 pm PDT #2946 of 10000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
They're rather charming in their total insane trollness. Zat gun, you say...I hear that it only stuns them when you shoot the once... Two shots and you could soon end up with a manageable class size even.
I really wish I had the kind of helpful advice that won't lead to a prison term. Or a guest spot on SG1.
Volans - Sep 12, 2006 9:41:33 pm PDT #2947 of 10000
move out and draw fire
I think a lot of what works with kids that age is not what you do but how you present yourself. Kids will think that a teacher is really strict, even if she never punishes anyone, based on her demeanor. They are very primal: If you act like the alpha of the pack, they'll acquiesce. Look them in the eye, be a bit challenging in your stance and facial expression, etc.
THEN use the zat gun.
Anyone good with dream analysis? I keep having the same dream, and I'm getting sick of it. I know it's something stressy, because the dream is stressy, but I can't figure out what I need to change to make the dream stop.
In the dream I am visiting my family in Roswell. I have flown to Albuquerque and driven the 3.5 hours to Roswell, and I've been there a few days - when suddenly I realize that my departing flight was yesterday! And I missed it! Alternately, sometimes the departing flight is Today! But I'm not packed and can't drive to Albuq. in time to make it.
I usually lucid my way out these days, since I know this dream well. I lucid-dream that I've called and changed my reservations and all is well. But I never really believe it, and I always have this "Oh god how could I forget that?!?" feeling.
Help?
Cass - Sep 12, 2006 10:01:22 pm PDT #2948 of 10000
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Anyone good with dream analysis?I used to be decent at it. If no one chimes in before I am back on the board tomorrow, I will give you my Dreams 101 version. Usually accurate but I lack the nuance.