Post by minerswife17 on Nov 18, 2014 12:51:34 GMT -5
I often use DHs name to my advantage. Example... This morning I called the tire shop and I asked them when they could mount 4 quad tires and they said "next Wednesday. What's the name?" I replied "DHS name" The guy said "Bring them down now, I'll get them done in 10 minutes" score!!
Post by cabbagecabbage on Nov 18, 2014 13:32:56 GMT -5
Is your H an important person? My friend's dad has the same unusual name as a local billionaire and they can get reservations just about anywhere in the area.
I must confess that my DD's lunch today consisted of shredded cheese, the craisin and nut mix from a bagged salad, ritz crackers, and a clementine. It's what she wanted.
Post by magentawarped on Nov 18, 2014 13:49:23 GMT -5
I feel like poo today, so the toddler is watching Frozen for the millionth time while the baby is licking the glass in the French doors. He seems perfectly content to do so.
Is your H an important person? My friend's dad has the same unusual name as a local billionaire and they can get reservations just about anywhere in the area.
I must confess that my DD's lunch today consisted of shredded cheese, the craisin and nut mix from a bagged salad, ritz crackers, and a clementine. It's what she wanted.
He's very important He is very well known around here. We live in a small town and everyone knew his dad too.
I wore maternity shorts for a year after delivery.
My confession: I have dd in all day preschool today instead of half day and my plan was to run my errands and clean, but early this morning I got sick and didn't sleep well so I think I may take a nap after I eat lunch today. When I got back in bed DH asked if I was hungry - nope I replied and he said good, you're not pregnant. Every time I got sick during those 9 months I always was starving afterwards and stuffing my mouth with a sandwich.
Post by Kcthepouchh8r on Nov 18, 2014 14:27:22 GMT -5
I had a bump meets real life moment where someone bitched me out for having a picture of my kid in a bubble bath on fb. Mind you it was a bubble bath so you couldn't see anything below her ribs but a three year olds chest and shoulders is indecent!!!11!!!
I am pretty sure I need to seriously consider a new profession. I love teaching. I hate the beauracracy (sp??) that is increasingly coming with it.
The longer I am out of teaching, the less I feel like I can go back. I feel like things have become so much worse since I left.
When I was student teaching music 10 years ago I slowly realized it may not be meant for me. I would see how the teacher would have to deal with administration, parents, and class room management. I finished up my degree and don't regret getting it. I so much prefer teaching private lessons because of that one on one. I like feeling I'm getting more accomplished and it's just as rewarding to me. My specialty is instrumental music k-12.
The longer I am out of teaching, the less I feel like I can go back. Â I feel like things have become so much worse since I left.
When I was student teaching music 10 years ago I slowly realized it may not be meant for me. Â I would see how the teacher would have to deal with administration, parents, and class room management. Â I finished up my degree and don't regret getting it. Â I so much prefer teaching private lessons because of that one on one. Â I like feeling I'm getting more accomplished and it's just as rewarding to me. Â My specialty is instrumental music k-12.
DS1's first grade teacher had to show movies instead of teach for the entire week leading up to parent teacher conferences. She said she had so much paperwork to do that she literally didn't have time left in the day to teach anything. She obviously loves her job and her students, but I think the bureaucratic BS is getting to her.
Is your H an important person? My friend's dad has the same unusual name as a local billionaire and they can get reservations just about anywhere in the area.
I must confess that my DD's lunch today consisted of shredded cheese, the craisin and nut mix from a bagged salad, ritz crackers, and a clementine. It's what she wanted.
DS had some yogurt, a clementine, and raisins/crackers for lunch. Actually, that's what he has for lunch about 50% of the time.... I mean, there's protein and fruit and good fat and a grain, so that's got to be okay... right? RIGHT?!
When I was student teaching music 10 years ago I slowly realized it may not be meant for me. Â I would see how the teacher would have to deal with administration, parents, and class room management. Â I finished up my degree and don't regret getting it. Â I so much prefer teaching private lessons because of that one on one. Â I like feeling I'm getting more accomplished and it's just as rewarding to me. Â My specialty is instrumental music k-12.
DS1's first grade teacher had to show movies instead of teach for the entire week leading up to parent teacher conferences. She said she had so much paperwork to do that she literally didn't have time left in the day to teach anything. She obviously loves her job and her students, but I think the bureaucratic BS is getting to her.
I call bullshit. A full work week of paperwork before parent teacher conferences? Really? I'm not denying it happened, but I think she is full of shit.
The bureaucracy is out of control but on the flip side, some teachers seem to believe they are immune from taking work home. Most of us with any sort of professional job have had to do that from time to time.
Love you CNA, but I would have been up at that school like a bat out of hell in that scenario. My kid kissing a week's worth of instruction? Did you get a 97 page report at the conference???
DS1's first grade teacher had to show movies instead of teach for the entire week leading up to parent teacher conferences. She said she had so much paperwork to do that she literally didn't have time left in the day to teach anything. She obviously loves her job and her students, but I think the bureaucratic BS is getting to her.
I call bullshit. A full work week of paperwork before parent teacher conferences? Really? I'm not denying it happened, but I think she is full of shit.
The bureaucracy is out of control but on the flip side, some teachers seem to believe they are immune from taking work home. Most of us with any sort of professional job have had to do that from time to time.
Love you CNA, but I would have been up at that school like a bat out of hell in that scenario. My kid kissing a week's worth of instruction? Did you get a 97 page report at the conference???
She did have a big stack of his school work and test scores to show me, and trust me when I say I did bring up my concerns. DS2's teacher also showed movies that week and reviewed what they learned the week before, but she has an assistant in the classroom and DS1's teacher does not.
DS1's first grade teacher had to show movies instead of teach for the entire week leading up to parent teacher conferences. She said she had so much paperwork to do that she literally didn't have time left in the day to teach anything. She obviously loves her job and her students, but I think the bureaucratic BS is getting to her.
I call bullshit. A full work week of paperwork before parent teacher conferences? Really? I'm not denying it happened, but I think she is full of shit.
The bureaucracy is out of control but on the flip side, some teachers seem to believe they are immune from taking work home. Most of us with any sort of professional job have had to do that from time to time.
Love you CNA, but I would have been up at that school like a bat out of hell in that scenario. My kid kissing a week's worth of instruction? Did you get a 97 page report at the conference???
I believe it, especially for elementary school teachers. At the middle school level I had to collect binders of data for each class and then write an analysis of the data and an action plan for EACH student (I had about 100). Only my principal would have flipped out if I was at my desk working and my students were watching movies. These binders were never shared with the parents. I had just as much paperwork as a high school teacher, but just a different kind.
Even though I love teaching, I'm not sure I want to go back now that I have a child. It is impossible to get the job done during the school week. I've always taken hours of work home with me and I don't know how I would do it anymore. Plus, there is so much more micro-managing and pressure than when I started 11 years ago. It took a month or two of being on Childcare leave before I stopped waking up from work related stress dreams! I would wake up in a panic every night!!!
DS1's first grade teacher had to show movies instead of teach for the entire week leading up to parent teacher conferences. She said she had so much paperwork to do that she literally didn't have time left in the day to teach anything. She obviously loves her job and her students, but I think the bureaucratic BS is getting to her.
I call bullshit. A full work week of paperwork before parent teacher conferences? Really? I'm not denying it happened, but I think she is full of shit.
The bureaucracy is out of control but on the flip side, some teachers seem to believe they are immune from taking work home. Most of us with any sort of professional job have had to do that from time to time.
Love you CNA, but I would have been up at that school like a bat out of hell in that scenario. My kid kissing a week's worth of instruction? Did you get a 97 page report at the conference???
Um I agree with you calling bullshit on CNA teacher, but I call total bullshit that teachers don't take shit home. Teachers I know take more home than any other profession. This makes you seem very out of touch about the teaching profession. I honestly don't know one teacher that doesn't consistently take work home. Of course I don't know any other profession that required you to take your job home to actually expect you to get it done and not pay you for your time like ever.
I often use DHs name to my advantage. Example... This morning I called the tire shop and I asked them when they could mount 4 quad tires and they said "next Wednesday. What's the name?" I replied "DHS name" The guy said "Bring them down now, I'll get them done in 10 minutes" score!!
I call bullshit. A full work week of paperwork before parent teacher conferences? Really? I'm not denying it happened, but I think she is full of shit.
The bureaucracy is out of control but on the flip side, some teachers seem to believe they are immune from taking work home. Most of us with any sort of professional job have had to do that from time to time.
Love you CNA, but I would have been up at that school like a bat out of hell in that scenario. My kid kissing a week's worth of instruction? Did you get a 97 page report at the conference???
Um I agree with you calling bullshit on CNA teacher, but I call total bullshit that teachers don't take shit home. Teachers I know take more home than any other profession. This makes you seem very out of touch about the teaching profession. I honestly don't know one teacher that doesn't consistently take work home. Of course I don't know any other profession that required you to take your job home to actually expect you to get it done and not pay you for your time like ever.
Listen, I'll own that I seem to have a Facebook feed populated with less than great teachers.
But my mom taught her entire career. Her taking work home, parents calling our house and hell knocking on our door was the norm. Nobody got paid for moderating yearbook or student council. And I can see that while there are lots of good teachers out there, a bunch just suck. Our daily posts are proof of that. There are just less teachers nowadays doing the extra. We can argue from here until Tuesday if they should have to or not, but to me the good teachers, the ones I want in my kids lives, do the extras in this current climate even when it's a sacrifice. They do what they know is right and what works, not what is minimally contractually obligated.
If you are doing paperwork all day every day for a week -- you are a bad teacher. You just are. Take some of that shit home, take it up with your administration or your union. There is no way in hell that teacher is doing her job.
Post by Kcthepouchh8r on Nov 18, 2014 16:40:07 GMT -5
I was a hr director in my old life and I never brought home work. Dh is an accountant and never brings home work. My BFF is an engineer--no work at home. I disagree that professional careers often bring work home. I don't think there's a profession quite like teaching where much work needs to be done after hours.