The AAA guy was very nice and was able to get the car unstuck. I'm at Mom's and my chiropractor is rescheduled for 2.
Yay, bay Fras!
Suzi, Nicole has completely corrupted you.
Congratulations to the class of 1999. You all proved more or less adequate.
Snyder ,'Chosen'
Spike's Bitches 43: Who am I kidding? I love to brag.
[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.
sj - Feb 02, 2009 7:07:04 am PST #9861 of 10000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Laura - Feb 02, 2009 7:08:07 am PST #9862 of 10000
Our wings are not tired.
{{Emily and all the teachers}} Sorry if I was too blunt. I have so much respect for teachers. I only have to deal with 2 students. You have the toughest most under appreciated job in the world. If I was in charge the teachers would have received 20 billion in bonuses, not top management of evil banks.
erikaj - Feb 02, 2009 7:44:14 am PST #9863 of 10000
Always Anti-fascist!
I'd love to have you here sj, selfishly, but that's not something I'd do to a friend. Too many hooples.
sj - Feb 02, 2009 7:57:22 am PST #9864 of 10000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I should have put warm in ass caps. I think FL, GA, and AZ all get way too hot in the summer.
I want it all. Not too hot and not too cold.
Pix - Feb 02, 2009 7:59:24 am PST #9865 of 10000
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
I'm sitting in the doctor's office, hoping he can squeeze me in before 10:30 so I don't end up missing all of my afternoon classes. Argh. It might not even be anything, but if it is an ear infection, I don't want to give it time to damage my hearing (and I've probably already waited longer than I should have).
Anyway, annoying.
Laura, you don't have to apologize. I totally understand why a perent would feel that way, but fwiw, please know that few teachers intend to make the parents feel badly. We don't blame you any more than you blame us. Generally, at least.
I could use a bonus. Forget a billion; I'm not greedy. $50k would take care of all my various debts (school, car, credit cards). That would do nicely.
Liese S. - Feb 02, 2009 8:10:27 am PST #9866 of 10000
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Then you want to come live by me! It's Arizona, it gets warm, but it's in the mountains so not as hot as Phoenix. We get snow, but rarely problematic snow, unless you live down a dirt road like me. It gets cold at night, but swings back warm during the daytime.
It's kinda awesome.
I don't have parent-teacher conferences. I wish I did. I've never met most of my students' parents. Most of them don't know or care where their kids are during afterschool hours.
sj - Feb 02, 2009 8:14:08 am PST #9867 of 10000
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
(((Kristin))) Feel better.
Pix - Feb 02, 2009 8:21:00 am PST #9868 of 10000
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
The doctor warned me that my immune system got bitchslapped by the pneumonia last year and that I'd catch everythig this year. He wasn't kidding. Great time to be working in a school, aka biggest germ factory in the world. I'm ready to be healthy now. My body is so fired.
Pix - Feb 02, 2009 8:23:54 am PST #9869 of 10000
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Also, Suzi, that's wonderful news! I bet the recognition of his ADHD is helping, too. Go CJ! It's amazing what a difference that made for me.
Emily - Feb 02, 2009 8:27:59 am PST #9870 of 10000
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Sorry if I was too blunt.
No, not at all! You answered exactly the question I was asking, and that's why I asked it. As I say, I do try to let parents know that I don't blame them and I know that there's only so much they can do. Besides, I only have to deal with the kids' behavior one, maybe two hours per day for one, maybe two years -- you have them ALL THE TIME. And they're ALWAYS your responsibility (a terrifying notion).
Anyway, you weren't too blunt, and your answer was exactly what I was suspecting.