meshaliuknits - For you b/c you made me snort my water with the comic con/knitting/bar hopping plan! Love it.
I have this! I bought it last year during Comic Con in nerd solidarity. I made the little felted top hat from it (Death's facisnator from Sandman) but I haven't put the netting on it yet. Because I can't figure out how to put pom poms on the edge of the netting (@helenabonhamcarter?) and I HAVE A VISION damnit!
I LOVE Joan of Dark! She does roller derby too. She's so cool. The Amadala costume was for roller derby. /fangirl
Wait a second! You do roller derby also?! You are hella-cooler than me.
I have this! I bought it last year during Comic Con in nerd solidarity. I made the little felted top hat from it (Death's facisnator from Sandman) but I haven't put the netting on it yet. Because I can't figure out how to put pom poms on the edge of the netting (@helenabonhamcarter?) and I HAVE A VISION damnit!
I LOVE Joan of Dark! She does roller derby too. She's so cool. The Amadala costume was for roller derby. /fangirl
Wait a second! You do roller derby also?! You are hella-cooler than me.
No, the woman who wrote that book does. She's so cool.
I wish I did. I like to go to the derby name generator and fantasize. It's on my list of things to go to since word is the Bay Area Bombers are pretty good.
IIOY did your H really butt heads with admin about failing a student? I can't imagine how that conversation would go down. In high school I know it happens all the time, but college?
You have no idea. He had multiple students try to pull shit similar to what emilyj describes above but the administration always made clear that he couldn't fail the "customers" (his word, not theirs). Time and again he could not get support from admins when dealing with students who were completely irresponsible and/or incapable of writing a grammatically correct sentence. I honestly thought he was just whinging, but he showed me some of the work (and emails) being produced by these students, and I fully supported his decision to quit.
meshaliuknits - For you b/c you made me snort my water with the comic con/knitting/bar hopping plan! Love it.
I have this! I bought it last year during Comic Con in nerd solidarity. I made the little felted top hat from it (Death's facisnator from Sandman) but I haven't put the netting on it yet. Because I can't figure out how to put pom poms on the edge of the netting (@helenabonhamcarter?) and I HAVE A VISION damnit!
I LOVE Joan of Dark! She does roller derby too. She's so cool. The Amadala costume was for roller derby. /fangirl
Uhm, I don't understand what you are talking about here.
I have this! I bought it last year during Comic Con in nerd solidarity. I made the little felted top hat from it (Death's facisnator from Sandman) but I haven't put the netting on it yet. Because I can't figure out how to put pom poms on the edge of the netting (@helenabonhamcarter?) and I HAVE A VISION damnit!
I LOVE Joan of Dark! She does roller derby too. She's so cool. The Amadala costume was for roller derby. /fangirl
Uhm, I don't understand what you are talking about here.
Because I don't use words good. LOL
I want to put chenille dots along the edge of the netting for my facinator. Kinda like this:
Uhm, I don't understand what you are talking about here.
Because I don't use words good. LOL
I want to put chenille dots along the edge of the netting for my facinator. Kinda like this:
IDK how to get the fluff to stick!
Glue small felt dots to the back of the fluff and then hand sew fluff to net. And by hand sew, I mean a stitch or three. Or you could stitch the felt dots to the net first and the glue on the fluff
"Not gonna lie; I kind of keep expecting you to post one day that you threw down on someone who clearly had no idea that today was NOT THEIR DAY." ~dontcallmeshirley
After telling my student no - again - I got an email back telling me I didn't understand. They aren't asking me for a good grade. They just can't fail. This has been their dream since they were a child.
I haven't emailed back, because I am officially more pissed off than I have ever been. And also, if it has been your dream for that long, DO YOUR FUCKING WORK.
After telling my student no - again - I got an email back telling me I didn't understand. They aren't asking me for a good grade. They just can't fail. This has been their dream since they were a child.
I haven't emailed back, because I am officially more pissed off than I have ever been. And also, if it has been your dream for that long, DO YOUR FUCKING WORK.
Is this the class stopping them from graduating? Or is there another dream?
"Dear student,
You're right, I don't understand. I don't understand how you could do nothing in this class if it was necessary for you to achieve your dream. Luckily for you, you are free to try again next semester."
From what I've been able to garner today, they are on probation. Not for the first time. They are also in class with one of my colleagues, and doing the exact same amount of nothing with my colleague...so this seems to be pretty par for the course for this student. When this student fails my class (because no, I'm not passing her or letting her make up a whole semester's worth of work over a weekend), they are apparently going to be academically suspended. This may sound harsh to some, but maybe this student needs that to wake up and get their priorities in order?
Is this the class stopping them from graduating? Or is there another dream?
"Dear student,
You're right, I don't understand. I don't understand how you could do nothing in this class if it was necessary for you to achieve your dream. Luckily for you, you are free to try again next semester."
From what I've been able to garner today, they are on probation. Not for the first time. They are also in class with one of my colleagues, and doing the exact same amount of nothing with my colleague...so this seems to be pretty par for the course for this student. When this student fails my class (because no, I'm not passing her or letting her make up a whole semester's worth of work over a weekend), they are apparently going to be academically suspended. This may sound harsh to some, but maybe this student needs that to wake up and get their priorities in order?
Stand your ground!
You are already nicer than me for reaching out earlier in the semester.
You are already nicer than me for reaching out earlier in the semester.
Two of my other colleagues who have taught online classes (this is an online class) suggested it, just as a small CYA move. As an email, it took all of one minute to originally send.
Right now, I'm extremely glad I did, because I can point to it and say "I tried." Especially if it comes down to a fight later between parents/admin, I can easily point to it and say "Look, I went above and beyond to reach out."
Post by redheadbaker on Jul 25, 2014 20:19:35 GMT -5
I just had an ugly breakdown. I was already feeling useless being unemployed, plus some issues with DS, then I went and took the dogs for a walk (after S.O. implied that I hadn't done anything all day -- except, oh, apply for two dozen jobs -- so I should take them out).
Was going well until we saw another guy with a dog. I immediately did an about-face to get away from him -- my Aussie IS NOT friendly to strange dogs. And my normally-friendly pittie has been undersocialized because of her and flips out at the sight of other dogs.
I'm walking as fast as I can to get away from him, telling my pittie to "Leave it, watch me" to keep him calm, but the guy was catching up to us. I yell back to the guy that my dogs are not friendly, and he says, "Oh." And keeps walking toward us. My pittie starts to lose it, and I'm desperately trying to keep them under control. And HE'S STILL WALKING TOWARD US. I finally yelled, "BACK THE FUCK OFF!!!" and he's like, "Oh, you can't control them ..."
FUCK YOU. If you had backed off when I first said they weren't friendly, they would've stayed under control.
I came home, and just face-planted in tears on my bed.
I know how you feel, down to the SO annoyance. Our division of duties for months has been that I do all the laundry and he does all the dishes. The past week or so, he's asked me to to do them. I told him tonight that I really didn't want to (I hate doing dishes more than any other chore), and he got all snippy. I asked him why he was acting mad at me, and he didn't answer. He left for softball a little while later.
The last time I was unemployed, we got into an argument and I broke down in tears because I hated doing all the housework and that I was supposed to be so smart and have a good job and I was useless and on and on and on. (That was all me. I thought I should be doing more, which was true, but he was never mean about it.) If this is starting after 2 weeks of unemployment, I will not be happy.
Did you see the job posting for a graphic designer at the children's hospital near me? I saw it on indeed so I assume you did, but I thought of you.
Second to being in the middle of sex, when the hotel fire alarm/evacuate warning comes on, is being in the shower when the alarm comes on. This just happened. Fortunately, it was a false alarm, but for a moment, I was like am I going of have to go down in my robe.
I'm amused that a allergy nose spray has a somewhat flowery scent. You would think so,Rhine that is used to stop nose running and such, would be as odorless as possible, and certainly not a flowery scent.
Flonase? Dh uses it and it smells like a rose. It is weird.
Second to being in the middle of sex, when the hotel fire alarm/evacuate warning comes on, is being in the shower when the alarm comes on. This just happened. Fortunately, it was a false alarm, but for a moment, I was like am I going of have to go down in my robe.
I'm amused that a allergy nose spray has a somewhat flowery scent. You would think so,Rhine that is used to stop nose running and such, would be as odorless as possible, and certainly not a flowery scent.
Flonase? Â Dh uses it and it smells like a rose. It is weird.
There were ants in my Goddamned dishwasher all over my clean dishes. I'm not sure how much longer I can go without screaming.
Sent from my EVO
I have found something worse than ants. Grain beetles. Bane of my existence. Nearly impossible to get rid of because they can even hatch in unopened bags of flour. But it only happens if your home is consistently warm. Which mine is.
I put my grains in the freezer when I first purchase (theoretically kills the larvae) and seal in ziploc, and they still procreate. Fuckers.
I can't even enjoy watching them swarm the terro which is the best part of ants.
There were ants in my Goddamned dishwasher all over my clean dishes. I'm not sure how much longer I can go without screaming.
Sent from my EVO
I have found something worse than ants. Grain beetles. Bane of my existence. Nearly impossible to get rid of because they can even hatch in unopened bags of flour. But it only happens if your home is consistently warm. Which mine is.
I put my grains in the freezer when I first purchase (theoretically kills the larvae) and seal in ziploc, and they still procreate. Fuckers.
I can't even enjoy watching them swarm the terro which is the best part of ants.
I have found something worse than ants. Grain beetles. Bane of my existence. Nearly impossible to get rid of because they can even hatch in unopened bags of flour. But it only happens if your home is consistently warm. Which mine is.
I put my grains in the freezer when I first purchase (theoretically kills the larvae) and seal in ziploc, and they still procreate. Fuckers.
I can't even enjoy watching them swarm the terro which is the best part of ants.
Ugh. Bugs in food is a big NO for me.
Sent from my EVO
Despite knowing the stats about how much bug matter we consume anyway?
I'll admit to just sifting the flour BC the bugs get caught in the strainer whole the flour goes through.
I've also said I'd eat insect flour when that came up on the board recently.