Head directly to Happy Hour after work, Jesse. This the kind of day that needs to be expunged with liberal amounts of alcohol.
I want to torture you. I used to love it, and it's been a long time. I mean, the last time I tortured someone, they didn't even have chainsaws.
Angel ,'Chosen'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
DavidS - Mar 27, 2015 6:52:36 am PDT #23059 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
brenda m - Mar 27, 2015 7:02:28 am PDT #23060 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Aw man, Jesse. That sucks.
Maria - Mar 27, 2015 7:03:47 am PDT #23061 of 30000
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
I'm sorry Jesse. Totally sucks.
msbelle - Mar 27, 2015 7:07:58 am PDT #23062 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Sorry Jesse. Bad Fridays suck.
Jesse - Mar 27, 2015 7:12:18 am PDT #23063 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
There will be happy hour after work -- a going away party (boo!), but I'll only stay for a minute so I can go home and help my mother clean up after a dinner party.
And I'm working tomorrow! Sort of -- going to a conference that should be interesting.
Kat - Mar 27, 2015 7:17:36 am PDT #23064 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
oh Jesse, I call for quick application of a nap and alcohol at your earliest convenience.
My mouth still hurts.
And I had a parent-teacher conferences last night which sapped my will. As a parent, I hate going and as a teacher, I feel vaguely defensive and annoyed. Last night's most upsetting conversation was a parent who wanted his 11th grader to be able to turn in late and missing work (policy says no late work) so that he could pass the class. He is re-taking this particular class because he didn't pass the first time (with a teacher who did accept late work). Dad kept trying to point out that it was mathematically impossible for the student to pass unless he be allowed to "fill in the holes" in his grade. I pointed out that if he spends his time and energy "making up" work, he can't do the work that is actually due at the time. The father didn't think it was useful for the kid to do any work at all, then, for the next ten weeks. I pointed out that it would guarantee a second fail in the course.
In better news, I'm leaving work at 1:45 PM and not returning for at least 11 days! WOOT.
Burrell - Mar 27, 2015 7:42:11 am PDT #23065 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Ugh, sorry for the suck, Jesse.
And ooph Kat! That's hard. I can't believe a parent would discourage a child from just getting the rest of the work in on time. Well okay, I can totally believe it, it's just... ugh. I had to meet with a student this week about a similar problem: He needs to turn in all his papers to pass the course but paper 2 is now 4 weeks late and I've already returned it. Eye roll. So I told him that he's looking at a bare minimum Fail for that paper. Argh.
Jesse - Mar 27, 2015 7:55:53 am PDT #23066 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yikes, Kat. I can see the logic that if the student is guaranteed to fail they should stop going, but that doesn't seem like an argument for a parent to make.
Oh man, a nap would be great! Maybe on the train tomorrow.
Una - Mar 27, 2015 8:25:24 am PDT #23067 of 30000
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
The fact that there are a non-zero number of parents like that out there means that it makes a lot more sense that I constantly have a few students who will ask me for extra credit to raise their grade to passing AFTER THE CLASS IS OVER. In what world is there that much extra credit? Last term I actually snapped and told one of my students, "that's a bit like saying 'we lost the patient, but if we mop the floors it's all good'." (I teach mostly health science prereqs)
Lee - Mar 27, 2015 8:43:52 am PDT #23068 of 30000
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I am sorry for the sucky day, Jesse
Also, hi all! I skipped a massive amount.