I think everyone who thinks teaching is such a great gig should try it for a year.
I mean, I love it, but seriously.
To commemorate a past event, you kill and eat an animal. It's a ritual sacrifice, with pie.
Anya ,'Sleeper'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
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Pix - Jan 22, 2010 7:46:26 am PST #7570 of 30000
The status is NOT quo.
-t - Jan 22, 2010 7:46:56 am PST #7571 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
teachers make more money than private sector
What? People say that? Weird.
Happy birthday, Windsparrow!
erin_obscure - Jan 22, 2010 7:46:56 am PST #7572 of 30000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
wooot! i found a restaurant upstairs. Took way too much walking to get to and not really nap-amenable but it does at least provide a comfy place to sit with incandescent lights and access to food, water, and coffee brought to me. Finally. Baileys and coffee, yummers. Maybe i won't take a nap today after all!
-t - Jan 22, 2010 7:48:01 am PST #7573 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
erin, I thought for a moment you had discovered a restaurant in your attic. And I was very jealous.
erin_obscure - Jan 22, 2010 7:49:39 am PST #7574 of 30000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
Kristin- i ruled out teaching as a viable career option long ago. My mom loves what she does but seriously brought work home with her EVERY night and weekends. I think there were months of my childhood when i just never saw her because she had to leave for work before i got up and then would have to stay late for parent meetings and syllabus planning until after my bedtime. It would take over all of my life and i can't see letting that happen. Two thumbs up to everyone who does have the endurance and will to educate the next generation.
erin_obscure - Jan 22, 2010 7:50:18 am PST #7575 of 30000
Occasionally I’m callous and strange
If there were a restaruant in my attic i would totally install a ladder up there.
WindSparrow - Jan 22, 2010 7:54:43 am PST #7576 of 30000
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
Thanks for the birthday wishes!
Barb, I have a serious envy for your love for your house.
Steph L. - Jan 22, 2010 7:58:55 am PST #7577 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I had a dream last night that I was installing hardwood floors. Apparently I stole Nora's dream.
Re: limerance -- I always understood it to be how the original researcher coined it [link] "Limerance is that period of passionate, intense infatuation with another person."
Or Urban Dictionary's definition: [link]
I don't know where they get that "lack of trust" business. That's somebody else's agenda.
apparently, that's also the definition.
And yet, not the whole definition.
Seska (the Watcher-in-Training) - Jan 22, 2010 8:01:34 am PST #7578 of 30000
"We're all stories, in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?"
At least 95% keep saying that teachers make more money than private sector
So ridiculous. People who criticise teachers have never tried to work as one.
Daisy Jane - Jan 22, 2010 8:10:55 am PST #7579 of 30000
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
I just got a phone call.
Our friend's teenage son died last night. He was car surfing, got knocked/fell out of the car and the car behind ran over him.
The whole thing is a mess. Trying really hard not to cry at my desk.
My friend and his wife (kid's stepmom and mother to his 2 half brothers) had trouble with this kid for a long time, so there's that going on. I know he'd kinda cut him loose lately. It's hard to imagine that's the same sweetfaced 12 year old I met years ago. Or was.
Yep. I think I'm going to go to the bathroom and have a cry.