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Just a general pop in thread
Carter-Orange:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on October 04, 2024, 07:49:46 PM ---I'm sure your daughter does have stories, Steph! I will say, things have gotten better the past couple of weeks. Most of the kids have settled into a routine and gotten used to my expectations. One of my two heavy-hitters seems to be done testing me and is much less argumentative than he was the first month. The other one is still obnoxious, but he missed 3 out of 5 days this week due to a doctor's appointment and illness, so I had a relatively easy week. It's amazing what a difference one child can make. I hate to admit it, but my class and days are much more pleasant without this kid in it. 😬 At least his parents are supportive and don't make excuses for him or deny that there's a problem, which certainly helps. It would be a thousand times worse if his parents were obnoxious, too!
Parents who don't want to parent are definitely a growing problem. We see the effects of kids who have grown up with far too much screen time. They have no attention span and can't handle being "bored" or not being overstimulated all the time. And some of them are definitely lacking in basic skills. I have 4th graders (9 and 10-year-olds) who can't tie their shoes or tell left from right. And we've seen an increase in kids that age who frequently have bathroom accidents (both kinds) at school without any medical diagnosis that would explain it. It's like some of them are not even being properly potty trained. I never thought I would have to deal with that kind of stuff as a 4th grade teacher! I understand why there is a teacher shortage. I'm grateful to have good administrators and a good union in my district that try to make the workload more manageable, but even with decent working conditions, it's a difficult, demanding job. And I've certainly heard horror stories and seen those videos from teachers in other districts who have it much worse. I would never want to teach in Texas or Florida, for example!
I've taught many kids on the autism spectrum, and while some of them were a handful, most of them have been very likeable and often among my brightest students! Sometimes I hear horror stories about students from their previous teachers, and then they turn out to be fine in a different setting with a different group of kids and teacher. I had one last year that one of my former principals, who's now in charge of a different school, told me was the most challenging student he'd ever had in his 25+ year career. After having this kid in my class all year, I wouldn't even put him in my top 5 most challenging students! He had his moments, but most of the time he was fine for me. He was a quirky old soul who knew a lot about pop culture from even before he was born, and he had a great sense of humor, so it was easy for me to find commonalities and bond with him. Sometimes it just comes down to personalities meshing, even between adults and kids.
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My daughter says about the kids who aren't even toilet trained. What are the parents doing? They aren't parenting their kids at all and seem to think it's down to the school to do everything for them. She says a lot of them have no interest in books or stories and just want to play on ipads. It's sad really.
Yes my son is on the autism spectrum and so when he first started school he was a bit of a handful for people who didn't understand him and some of his ways. But once they understood him, he was fine. I think there's more awareness for autism/aspergers these days.
Carter-Orange:
--- Quote from: mare on October 05, 2024, 10:07:37 AM ---
Steph have fun on your vacation. Are you going anywhere?
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We went to Tenerife for a week. It was good, although much hotter than I thought it would be! Tim was happy with the heat, but I was trying to stay in the shade as much as I could with my factor 50 sunscreen on lol.
We saw whales and dolphins up close on a boat trip and went to a big water park, which was good.
Back to reality now though. I think next year I want to do colder places like the Scottish Highlands
Carter-Orange:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on October 05, 2024, 02:42:35 PM ---Yeah, I do think some teachers assume that those kids just get away with doing whatever they want, when really it's that I try to pick my battles and let them have time to calm down when they need it instead of getting in their face and nagging/criticizing every little thing they do wrong. That's how I've had the most success with difficult students, although they definitely still test my patience LOL.
The Nick concert was good! I absolutely love the type of venues he's performing in, theaters with great lighting and acoustics and seats that are super close to the stage. We were Row D, which I assumed was fourth row, but it was actually the second row of seats behind a very small pit section, so we had a fantastic view! My pictures turned out so good. He cut out a bunch of songs from the set he performed last year without adding anything new, though, which was kind of annoying. I wouldn't have minded him changing up the set list if he was going to sing different stuff, but it was just a shorter version of the same show I saw last year in Nashville. That was only the second show of the tour last year, so maybe he realized it was too much and cut back. I'm sure it's an adjustment singing a whole concert solo when you're used to having four other singers on stage with you. I was worried "You Shook Me All Night Long" was going to wreck his voice last year, so I'm not surprised that one got cut. But it was disappointing that he cut out some of the other covers and solo songs and kept all the BSB songs he's been doing. I really don't need to hear him sing Everybody, I Want It That Way, QPG, etc. by himself. But it was still a really fun show, and he was amazing as always! And in my post-concert depression, I bought tickets to see him again in Vegas in November, so I can't complain!
Congrats to your Mets! I haven't been following the postseason all that closely since my Cubbies aren't in it, but I did catch their big win the other night and was glad to see them take out the Brewers. It's always fun to see an underdog wild card team make it far into the playoffs. I hope they go all the way!
Congrats on hitting 5000 too! And posting your new story! I'm enjoying a relaxing weekend at home and trying to get some writing done after half-assing it to keep the streak alive for the past couple weeks. I'm writing about a ski trip when I've never been skiing before, so it's a hard thing to half-ass. And now I keep getting Facebook ads for Aspen ski resorts from all the research I've been doing LOL.
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Wow, glad you got to see him that close and in a small venue too, must've been amazing. Post concert depression is awful but good to hear you're seeing him again next month.
Carter-Orange:
Mare, that's creepy about Kieran's stalker. There are some real weirdos out there.
Good to hear you're both getting on well with writing though.
mare:
I'm unfamiliar with Tenerife. I've never heard of it before. Judging from your posts, was it in Spain? I'm so glad you had the opportunity to go whale watching. To date, that is still the single best thing I've ever done on any vacation I've ever had, even though technically it wasn't a vacation because it was out of Boston while I was there in college. We took a day trip to Cape Cod.
I would love to go to the Highlands of Scotland one day. I loved England but I'd love to see Scotland, Ireland and Wales as well. They all look beautiful!
What about that Liam news? That's so tragic! I feel for their fans. I can't even imagine.
That guy's twitter account finally got removed! I don't think there's been another one so hopefully they blocked the IP this time.
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