Ha, I would totally say something like that. I have to admit to loving the look on a student's face when I say, "Tough." "What?" "I said, 'Tough.' I know you're not happy but life is like that sometimes."
Zoe: We're getting him back. Jayne: What are we gonna do, clone him?
'War Stories'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Liese S. - Sep 21, 2011 8:02:42 pm PDT #27730 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Allyson - Sep 21, 2011 8:11:00 pm PDT #27731 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Sometimes I just wanted my teachers to say, "yeah, that does in fact suck." Every now and again, they did. And it was awesome.
Scrappy - Sep 21, 2011 8:28:17 pm PDT #27732 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
When my students used to tell me something wasn't "fair," I used to agree enthusiastically with them. Yup, it's TOTALLY not fair. It's still what we're going to do, though.
Allyson - Sep 21, 2011 8:28:58 pm PDT #27733 of 30001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
I wonder if I was a big whiner in middle school.
§ ita § - Sep 22, 2011 1:44:38 am PDT #27734 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Man, I would never have gone to a teacher with a problem outside academics. And I might not have gone to them with an academic problem. If they identified one and wanted to discuss it with me, that was fine. Otherwise I worked that shit out with students.
And emotional stuff? Hell no. None of them. I am the prickly student. But I doubt any of them would have dreamt to come to me with anything that mightn't affect university placement or public grades.
As for social media and acting the ass, they would have snapped down on that then. I wonder what their opinion is now? Because the universities we were trying to get into really ran you through the microscope. But it was a big dog and pony show that I think was incredibly stupid.
hippocampus - Sep 22, 2011 1:48:22 am PDT #27735 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
Hey ita ! If you didn't just tweet about a new job opportunity, you might want to check your twitter acct.
I'm not here. I'm still asleep.
Cashmere - Sep 22, 2011 2:31:46 am PDT #27736 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Too early. I don't know how morning radio people do this everyday.
Kat - Sep 22, 2011 2:50:26 am PDT #27737 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Poor Cash! I'm up early this AM to keep my swim wakeups possible. I really want my other 90 minutes of sleep, please. Especially since I'm NOT swimming today.
Cashmere - Sep 22, 2011 2:55:59 am PDT #27738 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
We're lucky to get this kind of radio exposure so I'll get up at 3am if I have to. And then go back to bed.
The coffee tastes especially good this early.
Sophia Brooks - Sep 22, 2011 3:20:14 am PDT #27739 of 30001
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Epic, I am so sorry about your kitty.