Sorry about the institutional misogyny y'all.
Book: Afraid I might be needing a preacher. Mal: That's good. You lie there and be ironical.
'Safe'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
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.
Gudanov - Aug 11, 2022 8:50:54 am PDT #16812 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
JenP - Aug 11, 2022 9:01:47 am PDT #16813 of 30000
They did do a nice job!
Pix - Aug 11, 2022 9:11:16 am PDT #16814 of 30000
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
Yes, but when the professions were codified, teachers were predominantly female and professors were predominantly male. Women are supposed to work long hours, for little pay, and no time for intellectual expansion (intellect? in those pretty little heads?) because it's all For The Children. Professors are doing serious mental work and need to be supported in it, dontchaknow.
I heart Calli. This is all true. It's also, though, a product of funding. Most K-12 schools don't have the resources to pay someone on sabbatical. I am certain my school would be more than happy to grant me a one-year leave of absence and save my job for me, but I wouldn't have a salary or health care, so...
Also, I am about to start my 26th year in the classroom. OMGWTFHOW
meara - Aug 11, 2022 9:17:23 am PDT #16815 of 30000
I mean, don’t knock a leave of absence if you can do COBRA (and possibly earn a little money some other way?) Though a year would likely be too long/hard to handle for money (though maybe not for sanity-restoration)
Pix - Aug 11, 2022 9:20:17 am PDT #16816 of 30000
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
COBRA would be almost $1000/month on top of no salary (and we need every penny of what I make). But someday I will retire! So I'm thinking about that.
-t - Aug 11, 2022 10:59:14 am PDT #16817 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I was trying to figure out how to do some kind of sabbatical when I hit 7 years here, maybe not a full year but some extended time off, but that was 2020-2021 so that became no time off ever...
Heh, no, I think it's just Thursday.
My immediate reaction on seeing this was "but it's not Thursday" so that should tell you where my head is at. Or at least where it is not. I don't even know what day I think it is.
dcp - Aug 11, 2022 11:32:09 am PDT #16818 of 30000
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
I think it's just Thursday.
"I never could get the hang of Thursdays."
Dana - Aug 11, 2022 11:55:33 am PDT #16819 of 30000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
At the airport. There are a few more people here wearing masks than at the grocery store, I guess.
I still don't understand people.
Laura - Aug 11, 2022 12:04:51 pm PDT #16820 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
People cannot be understood.
Sitting waiting for AG Garland to say what he has to say. I generally never watch tv live, but making an exception.
Sheryl - Aug 11, 2022 1:38:38 pm PDT #16821 of 30000
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
It’s been interesting so far. I did most of the driving yesterday, so Gary could sit in the back with Mr. S. Things were going reasonably well in the morning, and for a bit after lunch. We stopped at the Corning Glass Museum, where we saw glass-blowing and glass-breaking exhibits. Didn’t see much else, as Mr. S was bored and insisted on us buying him a not-terribly cheap ring. Then the GPS sent us to Buffalo via farm country, with no food options for dinner. This was when Mr. S started in with the violent aggression. We had to pull over a couple of times before we got to our hotel and the McDonald’s next to it. After dinner, more meltdowns and I went to sit in the lobby until small boy was asleep.
Today we went to Niagara Falls. We rode the Maid of the Mists(and Wonderfalls did come to mind), had lunch and went to the Aquarium. Came back here and now Gary and Mr. S are at the pool.