Ah, the pitter patter of tiny feet in huge combat boots. Shut up!

Mal ,'War Stories'


Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Sophia Brooks - Mar 04, 2010 7:35:29 am PST #13102 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here

I am really having a hard time not replying to an email from a professor with "Fuck You!".

I emailed her for something she has been stalling on, and at the dean's request, copied in the Dean.

She replied to me copying in the Dean and saying "Sorry, Dean, for copying you in on this totally unnecessary email."


Gudanov - Mar 04, 2010 7:36:09 am PST #13103 of 30001
Coding and Sleeping

I hate that. We spend 20 minutes every other Friday doing Reading and Math skills which is basically test prep, but that's it. And, that's enough. They should be getting the content as part of the curriculum.

The Missouri tests are very high stake, so the schools don't mess around.


Theodosia - Mar 04, 2010 7:36:47 am PST #13104 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

I'd be worried about the ability of J. Average 6YO to concentrate long enough to fill in bubble tests. Kids with more concentration abilities are going to test better, which... isn't a test of learning, per se.


Barb - Mar 04, 2010 7:39:26 am PST #13105 of 30001
“Not dead yet!”

She replied to me copying in the Dean and saying "Sorry, Dean, for copying you in on this totally unnecessary email."

If there is a just set of gods, the Dean will set her ass straight in terms of requesting the copy.


msbelle - Mar 04, 2010 7:40:28 am PST #13106 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

Mac has had "test prep" sections of homework in his math books since kinder or 1st that require bubble filling and/or circling. It has made him better about reading directions and he is totally familiar with filling in bubbles. He does not associate that with tests at all.


Steph L. - Mar 04, 2010 7:43:56 am PST #13107 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

I emailed her for something she has been stalling on, and at the dean's request, copied in the Dean.

She replied to me copying in the Dean and saying "Sorry, Dean, for copying you in on this totally unnecessary email."

But the dean requested the cc, so presumably the dean is also thinking "Fuck you!" Or at least engaging in endless rolling of eyes.

Look at it this way: *you* know the professor just made herself look like an ass. That's got to be satisfying.


-t - Mar 04, 2010 7:44:07 am PST #13108 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

poor mac always has a wrong hypothesis and then is really unhappy about it.

Oh, poor mac. But finding out your hypothesis doesn't hold up is a good result! That's hard to internalize, of course, but it's true.

Grr, Sophia. I hope the dean remembers requesting being copied so that the professor looks foolish for that remark.


Steph L. - Mar 04, 2010 7:45:15 am PST #13109 of 30001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine

Hey, www.downforeveryoneorjustme.com totally came through for me just now! (It's not just me.)


Connie Neil - Mar 04, 2010 7:55:02 am PST #13110 of 30001
brillig

I'm about to start a protest about the quality of the toilet paper in our building. The other building, new and shiny with all the executives, doesn't have crappy toilet paper.


Calli - Mar 04, 2010 7:58:15 am PST #13111 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs

I'm about to start a protest about the quality of the toilet paper in our building.

You could send them that warning about the hazards of poor quality toilet paper that Tommyrot linked to yesterday. Do they really want to risk an OHSA investigation?