So. 2009 is here.
Happy New Year.
And Happy New Blog.
Once more, into the Breach. I am going to again try this 365 days of blogging. Because. Really. I miss my blog. I don't know if my blog misses me. But - that's okay.
I think I might be less frustrated and angry all the time if I actually used my blog for what it was designed. Writing down my thoughts. Holy crap, who would have thunk it.
Anyway.
Happy New Year, blog readers. I hope you had a good New Year's Eve.
Mine wasn't bad. It wasn't exciting. Spent it with a couple friends and the relatives. Lots of spiked egg nog. Champagne for the midnight toast. Still hate champagne. However, they had spiced red wine. I usually detest red wine. This was - good. Don't know what they put in it, but I was able to drink it without gagging. And Mimosas this morning. Which I only had about half a glass of. (That whole Champagne thing.)
Spent the rest of the day just messing around on the intertubes.
What did you do?
(
Daniel, I know you worked. You poor thing. I hope your 5 day weekend is FABULOUS! :D )
Posted by: Pandora - 01.01.2009 - 11:34pm - Permalink - Comments (2)
Posted in: Blog365, Real Life, Internet Life
And I am not kidding about that.
Two school days left. Two days they should never have made us
work. Students are already missing due to family "vacations."
Ugh.
Some of them are here physically, but definitely not mentally.
I've already been asked if there was going to be actual math going on this week.
Really? You had to ask?
I'm cranky already.
Tomorrow will be worse.
So. It follows....
Someone is going to die.
If you read a news story about some teacher who lost her mind and killed students...
That'll be me....
>_<
Posted by: Pandora - 12.22.2008 - 8:46am - Permalink - Comments (4)
Posted in: Real Life
Okay, blog.
Here I am.
I suck as a blog author.
We know this.
We've been through this before.
I wish you would send me reminders when I neglect you.
It would help.
Just a small note to say you miss me.
That you wish I would write in you more often.
I wish you would remind me that I need to get my thoughts out of me before I explode.
Just a tiny reminder. Because, maybe, just maybe, I wouldn't take it out on my students.
(Like I did on Friday.)
So, blog. Maybe we can
work this out.
I'll try to come by more often for a chat....
You send me an email to remind me when I haven't been here in a while?
How's that sound?
No? I have to do all the
work?
Son of a . . . .
Posted by: Pandora - 12.15.2008 - 2:06pm - Permalink - Comments (9)
Posted in: Real Life
The Monday Meltdown - where you take anything which is raising your blood pressure and let your true feelings be known. Rant it out. Let your voice be heard. We all hate Mondays. Let's use Monday for something absolutely useful. Telling someone or something where to go!
The Meltdown has undergone a bit of a change. I don't know what number I'm on, so I'm just going to date it. And I'm not going to give you an issue. Take mine, if you like, or use your own. Comment on mine, tell *me* where to go. It's all kosher. (=
My meltdown after the bump, as per usual.
I hate my school. And when I say I hate it, I mostly hate how the school administration and the school guidance counselors cater to the students. Granted, to an extent, it's part of thier job description. But there's a limit. At some point, you cross the line and allow the students to dictate to the teachers. And that is just not a line which should be crossed.
We are supposed to not only be teaching them the core subjects, we are also supposed to be teaching them about real life. Deadlines, how to
work with others, how to take responsibility for one's actions, time management.
And we aren't doing that any more. I am supposed to be "sensitive" to the needs of hte students. I am supposed to realize they are overwhelmed and perhaps cut back on the homework. I am supposed to realize the students are struggling and perhaps make it easier by lowering the bar. I am supposed to say nothing when a student drops my class andgets a free pass on a grade as they take a completely different class, not having to worry about the grade they rightfully earned appearing on their report card. I am supposed to kowtow to their every whim, allow them to do whatever they want because they are so uncertain about their lives. I am supposed to reteach them and allow them to try things again, replacing the old grade.
What the fuck.
Get real.
Life does not
work that way.
You deal with your own shit on your own time. Personal issues? Great. Leave them at home. Problems with the workload? Sorry. Deal with it yourself. Problems doing the
work? Better fix that really fast - on your own damn time - or you'll need a new job. Not good with deadlines? Better be, or you are going to need a new job.
No job I know of will allow you "extra time" for something. No job I know of will allow you to try something over without a penalty. No manager/supervisor/etc is going to sit there and take any shit you deal out because you are used to not having to worry about dealing with your own shit.
Real life is not made of one-ups, children.
Wake up and smell the reality. Because it is going to bite you in the ass.
Soon.
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Posted by: Pandora - 12.15.2008 - 1:54pm - Permalink - Comments (2)
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I was just listening to the radio and they were discussing the election.
Here's what they were discussing...
That the people who run the election are trying to get as prepared as possible.
IE, making sure the voting machines are working, enough people working the elections to make sure the voting goes as quickly as possible, etc.
Why?
Because if Barack Obama doesn't win, they are afraid there will be an outcry that the election was fixed - against him.
Really?
Do we have people in our American Public THAT ignorant? To think that, in 2008, at THIS point in our country's history, we'd fix an election against ANYONE? Much less a black man?
What.
The.
Hell.
I hate this country sometimes.
(Because, even as I typed that, I knew that we did. Dear Goddess.)
I'm moving. Which country wants a new citizen? Because, really, if I can't go vote in an election without having to worry about a riot breaking out due to the outcome....
Posted by: Pandora - 10.23.2008 - 6:15am - Permalink - Comments (2)
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@barelydiz - Ohhhhhhhhhhhh. Okay.
