@silverfox said in The Work Thread:
All the kids I've tested have fallen a full grade level, if not more.
:offers virtual teddy bear basket:
It sucks so much for teachers and students right now.
But if it's any consolation, remember that almost every schoolkid in America is "behind" where they would have been without covid. Some more than others, of course, but our old measures are not meaningful yardsticks in this environment.
Echoing what other folks have said, but my first thought, too? "Only a grade behind? seriously? you're doing SO GOOD" -- from what I'm hearing (anecdotal only) from People, there are a lot of children that are essentially going fully feral right now. Your kiddos are doing well enough that you were actually like, capable of testing them? I'm impressed! Another teacher friend had a similar complaint about their testing of kids except hers was "I can't even get them to do it!!!"
eta: which isn't meant to imply that you don't have a reason to be stressed. of course you do, and it's very reasonable, but it is LIKELY that you are being way worse on yourself than the situation calls for.
I know all of these things at a purely mental level, but my heart for sure isn't feeling it.
Thanks. 
So I was running errands today and had the Spotify daily drive on and my npr snippet said that the testing they've done has shown that while kids have fallen behind.... It's not as far as they'd feared. Like to a surprising extent. But that yes more at risk students are the ones further behind.
Still overall it sounds like the people looking at these numbers are pleasantly surprised by what they're seeing and hey that's a bit of good news of late yknow?
FEMA training is usually like, awful. Awful and boring. I'm doing a class right now that absolutely is NOT either of those things, but it is completely consuming my entire brain, leaving pretty much nothing at all for the rest of my job or life. Whole freaking week of this.
Finally - finally - got the official offer for the job.
This is real. It's happening.
I still have to make it through December, but come Jan 4th I'll be employed again. Doing the sort of work I love. Working from home (possibly permanently as opposed to just during covid; during the interview they said it was going well enough for the team they were looking at making it a permanent transition). Making more than I did at my last job.
Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.
So the FEMA training I was doing this week was (I thought) above my paygrade, but I was taking it to be able to support our current team. It looks like ACTUALLY, I am going to get a new assignment 
in relation to the COVID crisis. I'm pretty excited. Emergency management is definitely something I'm starting to really get nerdy about, the more I get into it. They are gonna let me make PLANS, guys.
I'm happy for this, of course, but the way you said that makes me mildly concerned.
“It is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.
I like plans. Planning. Especially this sort of thing, where you have a clearly defined framework to work within. I get objectives, what resources are available, and access to knowledgeable experts. I have to turn that into something people can execute to meet the objectives. I find it very interesting.
eta: With COVID it's not as immediate as it would be for a wildfire, but it's going to give me experience I need to be more successful in the case of a wildfire or earthquake or whatever.
When the person giving you report says, "And I took all the trash out because I don't leave halls like that." Yeah, that's a normal thing you to say unprompted. "And then I came straight home from work without cheating on you because I don't believe in adultery!"
I HATE OUTLOOK I HATE OUTLOOK I HATE OUTLOOK
@aria said in The Work Thread:
So I just applied for an internal positing at my company.
Into the exact role and department that I've been eyeing up for four years. Under a leader I really like, and whose boss I really like. I've applied for it twice before and the interviewer who'd been pretty clearly using me as a filler candidate for predetermined hires has since left the position, and I've since developed a stronger skillset, job background, and started an MBA.
Guys.
Guys.
....Can someone please bring me a Xanax and a paper bag or something?
THEY'RE INTERVIEWING ME NEXT THURSDAY HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT.
https://whatiswrongwith.me/Mia
There were never any good old days. They are today. They are tomorrow. It's a stupid thing we say, cursing tomorrow with sorrow. -- Gogol Bordello
@aria said in The Work Thread:
THEY'RE INTERVIEWING ME NEXT THURSDAY HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT.
Get it together, woman.
“It is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.
@ganymede goddammit, let me be excited about one thing in 2020
https://whatiswrongwith.me/Mia
There were never any good old days. They are today. They are tomorrow. It's a stupid thing we say, cursing tomorrow with sorrow. -- Gogol Bordello
@aria said in The Work Thread:
@ganymede goddammit, let me be excited about one thing in 2020
have the kind of confetti you won't find in your bra three days later
Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.
@auspice said in The Work Thread:
@aria said in The Work Thread:
@ganymede goddammit, let me be excited about one thing in 2020
have the kind of confetti you won't find in your bra three days later
EMERGENCY confetti.
I am no longer allowed to intentionally message my boss to make her laugh while she is in another meeting.
Reminds me of that list, the "Scrappy is no longer allowed to..." or whatever it was. >.>
@aria said in The Work Thread:
goddammit, let me be excited about one thing in 2020
Excitement is one thing.
You were hyperventilating.
I was saving your life.
(Note: I am super-excited for you, though, that sounds really freaking awesome and I hope you get it. Many kudos your way.)
@sunny said in The Work Thread:
I am no longer allowed to intentionally message my boss to make her laugh while she is in another meeting.
Reminds me of that list, the "Scrappy is no longer allowed to..." or whatever it was. >.>
The 213 things Skippy is no longer allowed to do in the US Army
(I think of this list often.)
Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.
@silverfox said in The Work Thread:
All the kids I've tested have fallen a full grade level, if not more.
:offers virtual teddy bear basket:
It sucks so much for teachers and students right now.
But if it's any consolation, remember that almost every schoolkid in America is "behind" where they would have been without covid. Some more than others, of course, but our old measures are not meaningful yardsticks in this environment.
