Ha! Norwood.
Posts made by silverfox
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RE: When To Stop Listening To Those Voices
@Apos said in When To Stop Listening To Those Voices:
It is simple. Don't think too much about your own character.
^^^ That, that, that.
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RE: RL things I love
I looped with a couple of my kids this year (I was their teacher for 2 years), and it's just so cool to see them grow up. It's Valentines Day and one of my kiddos who was the most socially awkward at the start of last year told me that he has a valentine this year.
I don't ship my kids (some teachers find it super adorable when the kids match up) but I love seeing how much he's grown that he's making connections beyond people also interested in mindcraft.
Edited: Actually, just being an elementary teacher on Valentine's Day period. My most precious thing right now is this 100% handmade valentine written on a cut out piece of lined paper and a little cat drawn on it. (Also my name is misspelled but that just makes it more adorable.)
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RE: RL things I love
Denver teachers are on strike today (not my district). Today was our class picture day, and we did a staff photo to begin.
90% of our staff, totally uncoordinated, wore red in solidarity with Denver teachers. It was a really cool moment.
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RE: Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.
Haha, my example was the exact opposite. I don't get how you WOULDN'T just take stuff off a desk. My students and I basically live out of one another's spaces. I've had kids have to follow me going, "Mrs. That's my pencil/whiteboard/book/etc..." Or I find myself in the middle of the room with something in my hands going, "Where did I even GET this?"
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RE: Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.
chin props
I totally have zero concept of this taking-stuff-off-desk thing. I work with 28 small people who have zero understanding of personal property. Last year I ditched my desk completely and went without. It weirdly worked? I'm still not sure how. This year I have a large table I couldn't get moved out of my classroom and so now I pile all my shit on it (aka, student papers, professional development books, random things I repossess from the kiddos. I still haven't figured out what that green plastic thing is....) along with classroom staples like stapler, tape, etc. They come to me and ask if they can have tape-staples-etc and I wave in the general direction of the disarray with the answer of, "If you can find it." By this point in the year they don't even ask, they just go find it because they've figured out I don't have a clue where anything is in the mess until I clear it Friday night.
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RE: MU Things I Love
Making things in Jave is so much fun. They're so weird and sometimes they fail hard, but it's so. much. fun.
I never USE any of the things I make in Jave, but I really like making the pretty ASCII pictures and then showing them to people.
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RE: Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.
The heater for my classroom and the classroom next door is broken. We're not freezing because we leave all the doors in the building open unless there's a lockout or something, so there's a net heat.
But it's 65 degrees.
That doesn't seem cold, but it's also very very uncomfortable to have to try to think and work in.
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RE: Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.
I'm a school teacher, teaching 8-11 year olds.
We are a STEM school so they invested in technology instead of books. This means we don't have our own stand-alone library. Instead we go across the street to visit the public library. The kids love it, the library loves it, our principal loves it, (I have gray hair at 30 because of it.) But people will do the damndest things in front of my kids. Today:
We're walking out of the front door of the library to go back to school. A librarian has excited and is talking to another Hispanic-looking-patron who is telling her something. My class is walking past them. The librarian calls another patron over and says, "Please remember we don't allow smoking marijuana on library premises."
Note, my students are walking BETWEEN the librarian and the patron told to not smoke pot. BETWEEN.
This other patron goes, "Yeah? Well maybe we should just call immigration," and points at the other patron by the librarian. (Again, let me emphasize, my eight to eleven year olds are WALKING BETWEEN THEM RIGHT NOW) and the guy talking about calling immigration is getting closer and closer to the librarian. One of my kids has to veer out of the way so that he doesn't run into this guy.
Behind me one of my kids sets off the metal detector because she forgot to check out her books. So I have to run forward and get the front of my line to stop so we can wait for her while the librarian, the Hispanic-looking patron, and the guy shouting about immigration continue to yell at one another about marijuana and immigration.
My entire class of 27 kids stood there while this happened and listened to every word despite my best efforts to get them looking forward and ignoring what is going on. Finally my girl comes out (note, she's hispanic!) and walks between (because god bless children who don't realize you don't get between angry adults) the yelling adults to catch up with us.
We get the fuck out of there asap.
Just like. What the fuck. First, wait to tell the marijuana guy off until my kiddos are past, or walk over to him instead of calling him over. Second, what the anti-immigrant fuck.
MOST OF ALL LOOK AROUND AND SEE THAT THERE ARE 27 CHILDREN STANDING AROUND.
I'm currently waiting for an email from one of these parents....
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RE: Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.
Yup. >.> Mine usually just sits down with the job half done and then is super confused when I remind him that it's not done.
I swear he tries.... in his own way and I love him for what he does do.
Plus he cooks.
So that's like a million points in his corner.
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RE: Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.
I can't clean when my husband is about. I get too annoyed when he doesn't get up and start helping of his own volition. It's not really a fair annoyance, so I just wait until he's not home. Then I crank up some music really loud and do my thing. Nine years of marriage and it's the little things that keep the peace.
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Silverfox's Playlist
I don't have a lot of history tbh. I stayed mostly in very specific spheres until my friends grabbed my arm and went, "COME WITH ME." (I when they do that.)
Former
AnsibleMOO: Junipersky/Juniper, Lance, Ari, Hazel, Silver, Et.all.
Harper's Tale: Sara, K'vvan, Renalde, N'tael, Xia, and so many more. I had an alt problem.
PernWorld: Ha'ze and Sabrael
NorCon: I can't even remember but I really liked my blue. I was so sad when it disappeared...
StarWars- Age of Alliances: Sylvixi
Ithir: Klaern, Lukina
Ankh-Morpork Mush: Scrappy, Madilyn
City of Hope: Hazel
Gray Harbor: Isi, Gail, Shawn
Arx: KennaPresent:
Arx: Norwood, Zoya -
RE: MU Things I Love
When you're having a hard time but someone amazing comes around and just cuts through all the muck and helps you dig out from it. I don't deserve it but I appreciate it so. much.
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RE: Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.
Having my credit card number stolen.
Now I get to fight all the charges.
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RE: The Dog Thread
It has been 10 days without a floof-omg-so-cute-I-want-to-die post.
WHAT HAPPENED? Did all the camera's break?! #somuchsobbing.
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RE: RL things I love
I'm really really hoping this happens! This is hands-down the WORST time of year. There are only two 'breaks (3-day weekends)' before the end of March, and we have state testing hanging over our heads. Anything that brings positive things into the mix right now is amazing.
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RE: RL things I love
The last two weeks have been a bit rough in my classroom. My kids just have. not. been. doing. their. work. They've been talking, out of place, on the wrong websites, etc. So we had a class meeting and they suggested we use a clipchart to track behavior over the week and they can earn 'free time' on Friday if their clip is on 'focused' or above. Then I put some rewards in place if they went above and beyond. (Positive note in planner, and positive contact home (phone/email).)
Not only has it improved the amount of work AND QUALITY OF WORK my kiddos are putting in - but it feels damn good to hear a parent's tone of voice just LIGHT UP when they hear that their kid has done something awesome at school.
I'm glad I'm doing this new system, even if it's a crap-ton of work to keep up with. It is forcing me to do what I'm not comfortable with - calling people on the phone - making parents happy, and motivating the kids to work.
Also, it's a great way to end the week.