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SwollenAnkles
Board:
The VENT
04-11-2019, 08:45 PM
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Thanks
Posted By
SwollenAnkles
Thanks
Thanks to those of you that have given me some great advise and support. I appreciate that.
I have just asked PT to close my account because some like to attack and call names. I don’t know if I...
Board:
The VENT
04-11-2019, 08:31 PM
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9
Collaboration
Posted By
SwollenAnkles
Thank you
Thanks for your nice suggestions and for not attacking me like and calling me names like a few did.
Board:
Teachers' Lounge
04-11-2019, 04:33 PM
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14
I am done with greeting cards. Never again.
Posted By
SwollenAnkles
Same
Then they usually just get thrown away. Give the person the $9 instead. They could get a fancy coffee.
Board:
Teachers' Lounge
04-11-2019, 04:24 PM
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I am crushed.
Posted By
SwollenAnkles
Sorry
He is beautiful! I am so sorry you are going through this. Pets are so wonderful, but when they go it hurts so bad. Love to you and your family.
Board:
The VENT
04-11-2019, 03:46 PM
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3
Stop making my job harder
Posted By
SwollenAnkles
Yes
Amen to that!
Board:
The VENT
04-10-2019, 09:08 PM
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9
Collaboration
Posted By
SwollenAnkles
Collaboration
This is a vent and a question. We have team collaboration every week. One team member has a very strong personality and has ,in a way, established herself as lead. I will call her JP. She doesn’t...
Board:
Classroom Management
04-09-2019, 09:04 PM
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3
Spelling lists in 4th grade?
Posted By
SwollenAnkles
Thank you! I completely agree! I feel the...
Thank you! I completely agree! I feel the spelling list is a waste of time! Thank you for the input. My team is very stuck in their ways so I know I will be alone with getting rid of this out of date...
Board:
Classroom Management
04-09-2019, 07:01 PM
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3
Spelling lists in 4th grade?
Posted By
SwollenAnkles
Spelling lists in 4th grade?
Yes I am already thinking about next year! I don’t want to teach spelling lists. My team does. It is also part of our basal reader we use, Journeys. I know a lot of teachers don’t do the list and...
Board:
Teachers' Lounge
04-09-2019, 03:38 PM
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Religious question
Posted By
SwollenAnkles
Cult
Please he sounds crazy! Find a new church that makes you happy, not terrified. I am an atheist now, but was raised Methodist. The sermons were always happy, uplifting and meant to make you a better...
Board:
The VENT
04-09-2019, 05:01 AM
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9
My love for teaching is being tested in a big way
Posted By
SwollenAnkles
Weird year
I teach fourth grade. I just had a student put on modified days because he was having pseudo seizures everyday. He told me he fakes them. The P feels he just has so much trauma. I feel he has it way...
Board:
Classroom Management
04-07-2019, 09:18 PM
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3
Art
Posted By
SwollenAnkles
Thanks
That makes total sense. Now how do I get there? I am going to ask our real art teacher if I can come in and observe her teaching a lesson.
Board:
The VENT
04-06-2019, 09:10 PM
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15
Feeling bothered by something petty
Posted By
SwollenAnkles
Human?
FJust because we are teaching children does not mean we are immune to human emotions. I think it is okay to feel this way. You work hard and want credit for that hard work. It is not fair that you...
Board:
Teachers' Lounge
04-06-2019, 08:59 AM
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9
Highlight Hair?
Posted By
SwollenAnkles
No!
Sorry I didn’t see this before. Don’t do it if you are happy with your hair! It does damage your hair and you will have roots showing. I do it because I am not happy with my dish water blond color. I...
Board:
The VENT
04-05-2019, 08:48 PM
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6
When your students go to the next grade
Posted By
SwollenAnkles
Normal
I teach fourth grade and my team and I worry about that every year! You are not alone! Our fifth grade team always gripes about what the kids don’t know when they get them, which makes us feel even...
Board:
Classroom Management
04-05-2019, 08:21 PM
Replies:
3
Art
Posted By
SwollenAnkles
Art
I work at an art magnet school. I am not the art teacher, but as a gen Ed teacher we have to do art too. I am great at classroom management with everything but art. Teaching art is loud and chaotic....
Board:
Teachers' Lounge
04-05-2019, 05:06 AM
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40
Touchy Huggy Type or Not? Short Survey
Posted By
SwollenAnkles
A little
This made me realize I’m a bit stand offish. PT is making me realize some things about myself. The mother say their was a post about asking how someone is doing. I am not one to do that. I have been...
Board:
The VENT
04-04-2019, 04:13 PM
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7
Schadenfreude, you betcha!
Posted By
SwollenAnkles
Bask in it! That is wonderful! I hope I someday...
Bask in it! That is wonderful! I hope I someday get such a treat with a certain teacher at my school! Many of us will dance if she gets kicked to the street!
Board:
The VENT
04-04-2019, 04:05 PM
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7
How can I support a colleague?
Posted By
SwollenAnkles
No support
The P is not being supportive so let’s not even pretend. That is completely in your face disrespect of this poor teacher. I think you should get someone to watch your class and both of you sit in...
Board:
Teachers' Lounge
04-02-2019, 07:04 PM
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18
Animal Lovers
Posted By
SwollenAnkles
Backyard
A vet here owns a Christmas Tree farm and one of the options is cremation and then he spreads the ashes at the farm. So three cats have gone there. My very special little poodle is buried in the back...
Board:
Teachers' Lounge
04-02-2019, 06:39 PM
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38
Upsetting prank at DGS school
Posted By
SwollenAnkles
Bad!
That was the most terrible thing I have ever heard! I would be at the district about that! My students get scared even when we have practice lockdowns and they always know when they will be. I hate...
Board:
Teachers' Lounge
04-02-2019, 05:38 AM
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15
Rude coworker
Posted By
SwollenAnkles
I would stop asking her. She does sound self...
I would stop asking her. She does sound self observed with her bragging. I have a bragger, name dropper person at my work. I don’t talk to her at all and I don’t care how she is doing unless she is...
Board:
Teachers' Lounge
04-01-2019, 09:12 PM
Replies:
15
Rude coworker
Posted By
SwollenAnkles
?
This is actually something I worry about. Do I ask people enough how they are? People ask me all the time. It usually turns into a conversation though. I say something like, “Oh, I woke up with a...
Board:
The VENT
04-01-2019, 06:00 PM
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7
I knew it. I just knew this would happen...
Posted By
SwollenAnkles
So bad
And then the kids are expected to do wonderful on these tests and the teachers are all held accountable if the don’t. This is ridiculous. Walk away and make the district squirm.
Board:
Teachers' Lounge
04-01-2019, 05:08 AM
Replies:
7
Anxiety/Depression Dr. Visit
Posted By
SwollenAnkles
Yes
Oh my I hope she does! Tell her you need them. I am on anxiety meds. I have been for years. I would not be able to work if I wasn’t on them. Those are huge things you are dealing with. Take some...
Board:
Teachers' Lounge
03-30-2019, 09:56 PM
Replies:
28
Pop alternatives
Posted By
SwollenAnkles
V8 Energy
The V8 Energy Juices are good. It isn’t the tomato juice type. These are fruit juices. I get them at WinCo, but I am sure they carry them all over. I love tea so that is what I drink, unsweetened....
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