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The whole earth may be sucked into Hell, and you want my help 'cause your girlfriend's a big ho?
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Spike's Bitches 41: Thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
hippocampus - Aug 04, 2008 3:03:37 pm PDT #9776 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
Strix - Aug 04, 2008 3:12:50 pm PDT #9777 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Oh, my internet is working! It's been almost 5 days.
SO. I have a job, and actually started today. Insanely early, I know. Their enrollment went up and they needed an elective teacher. Um. Great.
Pay is ok, it's a corporate charter, which will be interesting, and I'm teaching Newspaper, Yearbook and 4 sections of Multiculti Lit one semester and Intro to the Novel the next.
No, I'm NOT a journalism major. Taught Newspaper or Yearbook? Nevah...
I have told them this, and they are fine with it. So, I guess I'm going to do the best I can. I'm not worried about yearbook, but with newspaper...they're gonna have to be ok with a monthly or biweekly job, and I'm going to be a week ahead of the kids on the basics of Journalism 101.
So, that's my news. Also, I have a PSA:
Never let a guy in an alley pick you up on a Saturday night. Even if he's cute. It leads to sad French farce.
Ok!!
meara - Aug 04, 2008 3:15:05 pm PDT #9778 of 10001
Never let a guy in an alley pick you up on a Saturday night. Even if he's cute. It leads to sad French farce.
...this sounds like it could also lead to a horror movie.
BUT YAY A JOB!!!
Hil R. - Aug 04, 2008 3:18:29 pm PDT #9779 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I've been reading Jonathan Kozol and thinking again about teaching middle/high school. I've really enjoyed most times I've taught kids in the middle school range, and my teaching style seems to mesh better with them than with college kids. Or it could just be that I need to learn some more about how to teach college courses. And maybe grow a few inches taller and get a deeper voice. (People STILL think I'm in high school. I'm 27!)
Strix - Aug 04, 2008 3:21:02 pm PDT #9780 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
...this sounds like it could also lead to a horror movie
Yeah, that genre might apply too. One of those stupid "Scary Movie" types, but without any violence or death.
(I did know the guy he's with, and the alley is the driveway of my apartment. I'm morally ambiguous, but not a complete moron.)
And boy, howdy, was I relieved to get a job. And it'll be interesting to teach those two new-to-me classes. I mean, actually class time to do something that, to me, feels extracurricular!
Hil R. - Aug 04, 2008 3:22:18 pm PDT #9781 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yay job, Erin!
Strix - Aug 04, 2008 3:22:31 pm PDT #9782 of 10001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Hil, I've done both and I'm good at hs and college, deadly at middle. Not enough patience in the world, and I am much more patient than I was 3 years ago.
vw bug - Aug 04, 2008 3:23:14 pm PDT #9783 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Erin, that's fabulous! GO YOU!
Hil R. - Aug 04, 2008 3:26:01 pm PDT #9784 of 10001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
See, I've worked with fifth graders in New Orleans, and grades five through eight at CTY, and I really loved both of those. I haven't done much other than tutoring with high school kids. College, I haven't really liked much, but I'm not sure how much of that is because of the particular college, and also because I've almost always been on Calculus I, which is generally acknowledged as hell.
Ginger - Aug 04, 2008 3:49:24 pm PDT #9785 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Erin job! Yay! If you need some advice on the journalism side, I was a newspaper reporter and editor and a university student publications adviser.
Useful phrases:
They won't sue you; they'll sue your parents.
Chronological order is almost never the best way to tell a story.
Most of the time, you can throw out the first paragraph.
There is no good substitute for "says" in attribution.
High school publications are not protected under the First Amendment.
Just because you can use 20 different fonts doesn't mean you should.