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2011. wabbit - 3/17/2019 8:24:07 PM Congratulations to your daughter (and you) winstonsmith, great news! 2012. winstonsmith - 3/18/2019 1:26:52 AM Thanks Wabbit! 2013. Ms. No - 3/18/2019 5:34:38 PM Congratulations! That's great news! 2014. winstonsmith - 3/19/2019 12:47:12 AM Thanks Ms No! 2015. Trillium - 3/22/2019 1:33:20 AM Congrats winstonsmith. Best wishes for your daughter. 2016. winstonsmith - 3/24/2019 9:02:10 AM Thanks Trillium! 2017. Ms. No - 3/26/2019 8:42:17 PM So many things to feel about all this SAT stuff.
First off, cheaters suck. But I already had resigned myself to the basic inequity of elite school admissions since super-rich and legacy kids already get in regardless of their personal merits.
I've been talking with my own students about college choice a lot and explaining to them that often, you're not getting so much a better education at elite private universities as you are building a network of elite individuals who will help you later in your life when you go looking for career opportunities.
Berkeley, UCLA, NYU, UNC Chapel Hill, UT --- there are plenty of top-tier educational opportunities at state schools, but it may (or may not) be harder to buy your way in since they are public institutions. I don't really know, but it seems less likely to me for whatever reason.
Okay, brain completely stalled out here. I'm in day five or six of a terrible cold and I think I'm going to have to actually call in tomorrow so that I can try to recover.
bleh. 2018. Ms. No - 4/10/2019 5:37:29 PM One day strike tomorrow.
I hate this shit, but hopefully if it's a strong strike, the District will quit fucking everybody around and honor the contract they signed.
We'll be back on Friday and then next week is Spring Break.
Sheesh. 2019. wabbit - 5/11/2019 2:10:44 PM In the news: Parents in San Francisco are outraged after discovering that a cancer-stricken teacher will have to cover the costs of her substitute for the remainder of the school year while she is on sick leave. According to a report published by The San Francisco Chronicle on Tuesday, the second-grade teacher, who works at Glen Park Elementary and wishes to remain anonymous, is required by state law to cover the wages of her substitute while she is out on sick leave...
Evidently you need to be out for more than five months for the rule NOT to kick in. Sounds odd and maybe I'm misunderstanding the policy.That isn't what caught my eye - the news isn't going to name her to protect her privacy. Really? She's a beloved 2nd grade teacher at Glen Falls Elementary in San Francisco with a Go Fund Me page. It took me less than three minutes to find her name. It's me, right? 2020. arkymalarky - 5/13/2019 11:03:26 AM we're back up!
Wasn't it an old Murphy Brown where they were interviewing a whistleblower and kept movving the Blurred spot off of his face? Kind of reminds me of that 2021. arkymalarky - 5/13/2019 11:08:55 AM Going to see my seniors for their last school day, and then graduation next week. Thought I would get up to my old school more since I retired but this year has been insane. I am getting my lifetime license though, so if things settle down and I keep missing it I might be able to do very part-time in the future. My principal friend who's my age and retired with me has said the same thing. We ended up at different schools, but we've kept up with being retired grandmothers. Her granddaughter's a year old. 2022. arkymalarky - 5/13/2019 11:09:19 AM And wabbit, what did you think of the Kentucky Derby? 2023. arkymalarky - 5/13/2019 11:20:56 AM Great to see everything worked out in the best possible way, Winston! 2024. wabbit - 5/14/2019 10:06:19 PM Arky, I'll write something up about the Derby. For now, I believe the stewards made the right call. Sad to see Maximum Security DQ'd, he was the best horse in the race, sad for the trainer (less so for the owner, he needs to stfu) and not sure I agree with the subsequent 15 day suspension of Luis Saez. More later. 2025. Ms. No - 5/15/2019 7:28:32 PM So, we may be able to avoid our next projected strike day --- May 22. Arbitration ruled against the District, state organization CA-PERB has filed a claim against the District, and now the state superintendent, Tony Thurmond, has called all parties to a meeting to get this hammered out.
I have a feeling the District reps won't be able to sell him on the excuse that they didn't make the meeting because they were in the wrong room.
Tired as I am, I really don't want to strike another day. 2026. arkymalarky - 5/21/2019 7:07:52 AM Have a chance to get my old job back, but I don't know that I should take it, though I really miss my kids and teaching. I know I couldn't go full time and I don't know if they can cut the schedule enough that I could juggle everything I'm trying to. My parents are doing okay, but that's a very relative term. I do all their shopping now and take them everywhere. Mom can still drive, but Dad can't go anywhere unless someone helps him into the car. And my mother's driving is not going to last too much longer I don't think. 2027. arkymalarky - 5/21/2019 7:08:52 AM And I also told them that I couldn't do more than a year. I told them if they can get a local person, that that's where they should go and try to get someone who will be there for the long-term. 2028. Ms. No - 5/21/2019 6:41:23 PM If you can get the shorter hours you want, it might be a good idea just so that you can refresh your memory of what you don't miss about getting up and going to teach every day.
You'll always miss the kids and the classroom interaction, but I bet you don't miss staff meetings, grading papers, discipline interventions, bureaucratic hoops, and the commute. :-) 2029. arkymalarky - 5/22/2019 6:23:35 AM So true. And what I don't miss most is getting up. Grading papers is a close second. Talked to the superintendent today, and since it's a high-poverty school they are very efficient with their scheduling and I don't know if they could give me less than full-time and cover all their classes. They really want me to come back, but I truly think that the way to go is to hire someone local full-time, and they have one applicant who fits that who hasn't taught very long, and if they want me to come in and help out part-time if the new teacher needs it, I could do that. I'll keep y'all posted.
When's your last day? 2030. Ms. No - 5/22/2019 4:14:21 PM Last day with students is the 7th, but that's because I have seniors. They take their finals the week before everyone else, so I'll still be here the until the 14th, but I won't have any classes. Gives me a chance to get to work on my room.
Also, I'm putting together the school's Wellness Room. That'll be fun, but I'm not starting that work until my own room is under control. I didn't get the chance to do a summer purge last year OR the year before, so things in here are scary!
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