How sad that crowd control is such an important part of education today. I used to think it was terribly cruel that teachers hit palms with rulers... your brats are lucky to be discipline free. Imagine how gobsmacked they would be to wake up in the days of yore and get a whuppin and a lot of chores too.
I walk. I talk. I shop, I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out. And I don't sleep on a bed of bones.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
Natter 75: More Than a Million Natters Served
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.
Katerina Bee - Sep 08, 2018 6:57:40 am PDT #29245 of 30002
Herding cats for fun
Consuela - Sep 08, 2018 8:08:44 am PDT #29246 of 30002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Yikes, Scrappy, good luck with those kids. This is why I have never really wanted to be a teacher.
In other news, I found this awesome story on MetaFilter this morning: [link]
Jesse - Sep 08, 2018 10:32:58 am PDT #29247 of 30002
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
What a great story!
sj - Sep 08, 2018 12:01:06 pm PDT #29248 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Does anyone want to take a threenager off my hands for a few days? Just until I forget how loud she can tantrum?
Amy - Sep 08, 2018 12:20:47 pm PDT #29249 of 30002
Because books.
Aw, I would! If I could. :-)
Scrappy, all kinds of vibes. After having three kids that age, I know how not-easy they can be.
Consuela - Sep 08, 2018 1:28:33 pm PDT #29250 of 30002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
so what the hell happened at the US Open?
Dana - Sep 08, 2018 1:37:06 pm PDT #29251 of 30002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
A cascade of events and misunderstandings and poor judgment on the part of Serena, her coach, and the umpire led to Serena being penalized a point, then a game, to put Osaka up 5-3 in the second set. Osaka won, but the crowd was so pro-Serena that they were booing the ump and the organizers during the trophy ceremony. The boos were not directed at Osaka, but of course, it's not the environment you'd want to have when you win your first Slam. She's 20 years old, and she looked sad and embarrassed.
Calli - Sep 08, 2018 1:48:35 pm PDT #29252 of 30002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I'm sorry, Flea. I hope they get the structural problems worked out so your work in rescuing the books won't be for naught.
I'm reminded why I would not be good at a particular career. Salesperson, waiter...teacher. Because I assume saying "No, fuck YOU, you entitled little shit," is not generally a recommended strategy.
Yep. That's why our of four generations of teachers, I'm the person hanging out in higher ed admin, far far from the wee little ones. I remember being a kid surrounded by kids, and some of them were/are a**holes.
hippocampus - Sep 08, 2018 2:17:29 pm PDT #29253 of 30002
not your mom's socks.
Lisah, I just saw your post, thank you for sharing. I am still fighting off the sick (and still trying to do a whole bunch of things, the two might be related) but we finally have HPF back after 5 days camping in the woods. I missed her so much.
Sheryl - Sep 08, 2018 2:18:45 pm PDT #29254 of 30002
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
sj, I'm dealing with my own threenager at the moment. On the upside, he didn't come into our room until 8 this morning. (which beats 5:30, which he did the last two mornings) On the downside, he had a meltdown in the restaurant tonight, followed a little later by him shrieking at the top of his lungs.