Posts made by silverfox

If we go remote for the last three days of school I swear my zooms will be full of games and fuck work because... fuck work.

#pleasedonttestpositivekid

Our first foster litter!!

I am going to be spending A LOT of time in this bathroom.

Mama kitty is super loving too.

Eeeeeeeeeee

sits on pins and needles for latest one

@mietze

I actually agreeded with the way mom handled it via email, though I wish there had been a conversation at home afterward. (This kiddo does REALLY WELL in out-of-the-moment reflection and actually does change his behavior when it happens.) It wouldn't have been an issue in my mind if the child hadn't also emailed it to other kids.

So working on how to double check the RIGHT person is getting it... x.x

@lotherio said in Good TV:

Sky High

For utterly no reason at all this is one of my favorite movies.

I teach 2nd and 3rd grade. Eight and nine year olds, some turning ten.

Got an email from a student's parent who actively monitors their student's email. (God parents, PLEASE DO THIS.) Her daughter had gotten an email from another student where the subject was "I hate this fucking schooooooooooooooollll!" She wanted me to let him know this wasn't appropriate language.

So, of course, I went "Oh wow, yes, this will be taken care of." Forwarded that email to my admin team, then called the kid in question over and asked him to show me his email.

It was full of gems sent to, of all people, his MOTHER who responded to all of them with varations of, "I'm sorry you're having a bad time, I love you, please get back to work, etc."

"Mrs. Silverfox is a BIG BITCH"
"This fucking school secks!"
"I god damn fucking hat loosing ricess!!!"
"I dn't fucking lik this!"

We're 99% sure that the email sent to the other student was actually for his mother but instead of his mother's name he clicked on the other student's email.

So.... that happened.

We just got approved to foster kittens. <3. We don't know when we will get a placement but apparently there is A LOT of need right now so fingers crossed!

I'm watching Taskmaster and damn is it funny.

For all I consider myself religious, I hate going to Church on this day. Being unable to convince in a family centric Church has always been difficult. They gather all women 18 years or older to honor us and it pisses me off. Me mentoring kids, working with kids, being an aunt, or strong role model will NEVER replace that biological failure. I'm almost grateful that the pandemic has kept me out of the building this year and the year before.

I'm not a mother and I have a bubbling pot of anger in my soul when someone tries to lump me in with mothers. I could have adopted or talked my husband around to foster. I haven't. I don't deserve any freaking honor.

(Please note that this isn't directed at the OP and their lovely comments about the role models in their life. This is just me as someone dealing with infertility in a culture where motherhood is considered sacred. )

An exit in my Zoya's room was broken because I was stupid and gave it the same name as a channel. I said something on a channel about feeling like an idiot about it, but didn't put in a +request because it was my own dang fault.

Well one of Arx staff fixed it. I don't know who or when, but it works now. Everytime I look at it I am grateful for a staff who cares about the little stuff too.

@il-volpe

so if I just say it over and over eventually it'll happen!?

If I make a cat game it's gonna be based off of Erin Hunter's Warriors

A mu* where everyone is a cat. CatsMu

That's it.

We use a special resorce to report our grades and such since we don't do traditional A,B,C etc. I sent a 'oh god thank you for fixing this' and found out that most of our techs are working in India right now and are really struggling.

My job description can be (almost, this is hyperbolic) boiled down to the words, "Tell children what to do."

So when a kid says, "You're not the boss of me." or "You can't tell me what to do." the answer is, "It's literally my job."

@dvoraen asked if I had seen his kitty but my brain read pussy and honestly I am not at fault for how that didn't compute right away in my head.

@crawfish

Done! In retrospect I should have added a subject. Um, junipersky might be the name.

@crawfish

Oops. Insight is not a thing I've given. Ladidah....

Everything about this duel.

I got the intervention job I wanted!!! Basically, I get to build the role from the ground up!!!