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Quincy xeroxed corn flakes gingerly.
AATRY
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Fire department keeps zebras aflame.
MMVWE
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Yeah, I did miss that in the op. Have you considered a community or independent chorus? Around here, they range from low key to audition-only, and the experience has been great in improving DD's abilities in theory, sight reading, etc,The crossover is a good fit for wind players.
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I don't hate public education or any kind of education. I plan to go back to work sometime in the future. I have kept up all of my credentials.
People are shocked that we HS and still vote for the school budgets, but it's not really an oxymoron. You can still love the profession, love your students, while also hating what the system has become and what it does to students.
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That person is either a truly terrible, heartless person, or a total idiot if they think that an abusive father is better than no father.
I suspect it's difficult for that FB poster to imagine a scenario in which it would be preferable to be away from an abusive relationship IF she had no experience with abusive relationships.
There's also the unfortunate stereotype that abuse is only physical/sexual or that it always leaves visible marks. The most photogenic, upper class, Benz-driving-charity-giving-boy-scout-leader-soccer-coaching father can still wreck his kids through long term psychological abuse. That's a double-whamy because kids have trouble giving it the same weight as physical abuse, and wrestle with whether or not to seek treatment for it as genuine trauma. At least I did. For a long time.
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Gotta love well to do white dudes with zero classroom experience making policy.
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Please reply nicely, slowly, objectively.
DFRQV
I am typing slowly........ trying to be objective
Dead Frogs Repel Queen Victoria
Gaaaaa. beaten again.
YHSPO
You have spotted poison oak!
HDWIO
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None, but I am a child of two educators, one high school, one college!
OK -- you get a genetic waiver to the club.
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I taught k-6 music and math pull outs before having DD,
Pull out music programs :banghead: -- that's what DW has (6-8). There's a special level of idiocy in school districts that use pull-outs for music and art. I never heard of math pull-out. Was that sped or gt?
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Looking through the 10 teachers thread. it would seem there are many of us who are either in the business, escapees from the business, married into the business, or some variant thereof.
There is a Yahoo group EWH, but it's tumbleweed-quiet, and its acronym unfortunately spells "Ewwwwww!" Even so, how many here are EWH? -
Depends on if you want white for a tie or stripe/plaid, etc. I like LL Bean, since I avoid ties at all costs. Different fabric will pill at different rates too -- are we talking oxford cloth or a pima cotton?
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Lisa likes Iowa over Alabama
HVCBD
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Ok, I'm going out on a limb here and telling you the God's Honest Truth about my teacher gift preferences from when I was a teacher.
I did not want a "craft" no matter how cute. I did not want an ornament (tho yes, I still have some and hang them and am grateful). I DID NOT WANT ANOTHER FREAKIN' MUG WITH A TEACHER SAYING ON IT!
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Mugs/candles/soap tend to come in in waves, and some years are bigger than others for DW. We do use every gift card she gets, though, and while those might seem boring to students, I think teachers appreciate them the most. Actually, a good bottle of wine is appreciated the most, but is not the best suggestion for a student-to-teacher gift.
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Just act carefully entering rodeos.
PJDRI
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Maybe it's not an instrument change that's needed, but a broadening within the current instrument. There's jazz flute, there's contrabass flute, there's medieval and period instruments (and ensembles). etc. Branching out into theory and/or composition might be interesting, or mixed media, like Animusic.
What are the current interests that you mentioned?
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There's a local competition with entries ranging from Brownie troop projects to serious adult constructions that were obviously planned the previous year. I would not consider any of those on display to be that edible. My thing with gingerbread is that it always poofs up when I bake it, completely frustrating my inner engineer when the walls don't fit together!
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Freshman year I had an 8am class. Looking back, I think I was nuts, but I was also 18, so there's that. I'm a firm believer in the changing body rhythms of teens, and there are a few districts who have acted on the research. Everything DW sees in her district only confirms the data. We seem to be in a good place now with a day running approximately 9-3, which used to run 8-2.
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I have B&N, Staples, but I didn't know about Joannes -- must get that one. We have a Verizon Wireless discount, but that's via the NJEA, as is our membership in Buyers Edge (which is awesome). I have to wonder if Buyer's Edge would allow a membership for a HS group of significant size.
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Posted too slowly.
Good hugs undermine dog giggles.
JBGOS
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Nod while Ed reads Steinbeck!
JBGOS
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We go to the county food bank and get these little catds that say "a donation has been made in your name....". The actual $ amount can be anything, and it's not printed on the card. It's always unique and always a hit.
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Quickly, I'll juggle cat lungs.
AHTEW
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I rolled out of bed, my two new little liver tumors radiating pain through my right shoulder and LRQ, and staggered, half dead from residual radiation fatigue, through 6 hours of SAT prep with students in three towns. I dunno who that honors, but I'll take what I can get.
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For those of you that use Saxon 5/4 ...do you use Saxon for the early grades or something else? I like Saxon starting with 5/4...but I'm not too crazy about the lower levels. I just think there is an easier way to get the "job" done . I feel like there is a lot to of "extra" to dig through just to pick out the daily lesson. However, I have no idea what else I would use... Any suggestions? . Thanks
We started with Saxon 6 years ago and are till at it (now in algebra 1 for 7th). I've heard not-so-great things about the newer editions, but the originals (eBay, Amazon used) have been just fine. Pounding through a page of problems took a while in the earlier grades, but not now, and I also really didn't appreciate the spiral approach until we'd been at it for a couple years and subsequent books reinforced concepts from previous books. That seems to be Saxon's strongest point.
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