Posts made by silverfox

@Ganymede

... wow. Hostile much?

The point of a snow day is because it isn't SAFE for herds of children to be on the road. High Schoolers who drive themselves are at an INCREASED likelyhood of a fatal accident in weather like this. Moreover we put 50-60 kids in a bus and send them off on icy streets with a prayer that nothing happens.

Should your boss take your safety into consideration? Yeah. They should.

Should the rest of us put the kids at risk when there is an easy way to NOT put them at risk?

Yeah. I think it is worth it.

@Ganymede

I'm sure it has something to do with mandated hours but it is still redic. Plan in snow days with extra days off through the year and then cancel those days if you need to use a snow day. Or just stay open another day or to at the end.

Delayed starts are a rip off. Either give the full day off or don't! Attendance is horrid on late start days anyway, and parents have to call in late or take the day themselves because their kids have extra time unsupervised.

Plus a bunch of kids don't get breakfast.

Grumble.

My female rogue married the princess, but the game wasn't QUITE ready for a female on female relationship. The emits decided I was a dude.

I ACTUALLY GOT A SUBSTITUTE TO SAY YES TO TAKING MY JOB ON FRIDAY.

This is fucking MIRACLE. This is my 10th year teaching. In those 10 years I have gotten a substitute to cover my class exactly ONCE. (Granted, I've only taken 7 days off total for non-district training, but!) If we can't find a substitute it means one of two things:
a) My kids are split up and groups of 3-4 spend the day with another teacher doing... nothing.
b) One person from each "team" (Grade levels, support staff, admin, specials) give up half of their planning period to stand in for shifts about 30-45 minutes long.
BOTH options suck.

BUT I GOT A SUBSTITUTE THIS TIME. I am so relieved. It's like a huge weight off my back. I can go to my grandfather's funeral and not feel terrible

I'm having to admit I can't do it all and am emailing parents to see if they would be willing to organize a valentine's day activity for the class.

@Derp

I wish I knew it! If I hadn't had to go pick up my kids from lunch I might have stayed to see who the boys were. Instead I just giggled wildly as I walked past. They had to be kinder or first graders because 2-3 was at recess, and 4-5 at lunch with different bathrooms.

"If you don't stop looking at my penis, I will pee on you."

@RightMeow

Just hug Norwood next time you see him. He will respond with appropriate awkwardness. He really is a softie, but has REASONS for being stuff in formal settings.

@RightMeow

Added descriptions to mine~

@saosmash

Some things are worth not-dignified tantrums.

@Macha

That conversation will never go well and lead to disgust tired.

@JinShei

Except a few countries like the USA where we have to get a NEW subscription to HBO Max (or go, I don't remember which.)

I went looking for a podcast thread, only to realize that the last one was started by a banned person and died quickly.

So.

What podcasts do you listen to? I have an hour commute in the evening and I'm burning through my list alarmingly fast.

So far I've done: (descriptions added!)

American Elections: Wicked Game - A weekly podcast tracing every election in the US history up until the 2020 election. It started exactly enough weeks ago to trace one a week.
American Scandal: It is exactly what it says. It traces some huge American scandals. It's primarily ones in the later half of the 20th centry. Enron, Wounded Knee, the Hare Krishna murders - just some really fascinating stuff.

I'm now listening to Slow Burn from Slate that covers all the little stories that surrounds the Watergate scandal.

What do you recommend?

@Ghost

I agree. I don't know who is getting the kickbacks, but that nonsense is terrible for Glendale.

I am actually fine if they stay in Arizona, but damn, they need an arena that isn't so far from ANYTHING. We would have gone to more games living down there if only we didn't have to drive to stupid-away southern Glendale. (We lived in downtown and then North Mountain areas.)

@Ghost

That is crazy. When we lived in Phoenix and went to see the Aves play the Coyotes there were always more Aves fans in the audience.

WAIT, I came to this too late.

Is there an honest to god Coyote fan here? I thought that was a myth!

@Ganymede
He is the captain of the All-Star team!

(But yes you are right and I am now a bad aves fan. )

@Ganymede
He is an all star and best captain.