MarcieMoo

Reply to And So it begins in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

You're a colossal bitch. Rot.

Reply to Homework: What Do YOU Think is Appropriate? in Parenting JoeUser Forums

I didn't understand two and three-digit subtraction with borrowing until my grandmother sat down with me once in fourth grade and helped me figure it out. My teacher just wasn't teaching it like *I* need to get it. It wasn't that he wasn't a good teacher, I just didn't understand.

Reply to A Little Bit of McNasty and a Trip to SLC in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Kay.

Reply to A Little Bit of McNasty and a Trip to SLC in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Just a joke, Marcie. Just a joke. Riiiiiight...and all the other snide comments you've made in previous weeks were "jokes"?

Reply to Homework: What Do YOU Think is Appropriate? in Parenting JoeUser Forums

I teach things more than once, but honestly, lots of times, if a student doesn't understand something, a parent can put it in better terms than I can.

Reply to A Little Bit of McNasty and a Trip to SLC in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

You have to realize that I live in a very small, blue-collar town. Heaven forbid someone make some observations.

A Little Bit of McNasty and a Trip to SLC in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

On Thursday many of the staff at our school converged at our local McDonalds for "McTeacher's Night" with our Parent Teacher Organization to help earn money for our school. I signed up for all three hours because I'm a "trucker's widow" right now, and I didn't really have much else to do. It was totally gross, but I had a blast. When we got

Reply to Homework: What Do YOU Think is Appropriate? in Parenting JoeUser Forums

Well, you need to kick your union reps out, Marcie. If the majority of educators in your district think it blows, it's time you make the union reps do their jobs. You're making an AWFUL lot of assumptions.

Reply to Homework: What Do YOU Think is Appropriate? in Parenting JoeUser Forums

Tova~ It sounds like stupid busywork. I can see assigning a little to review work done in class that day, but frying a student isn't going to make him or her yearn for more learning. I'm sorry...

Reply to Review of Celexa in Medical Technology JoeUser Forums

Do you think you'll continue with Celexa, or discontinue usage? I take it as well, until Monday anyway...we'll see what the new doctor has to say. I think it works fairly well for me--it stabilizes my moods and makes me much more "even-keeled." I don't have much of an energy level (that issue needs to be addressed at the doctor's office on Monday as well), so I guess I'm not sure what effect Celexa has on that. I was on it when I wa

Reply to Homework: What Do YOU Think is Appropriate? in Parenting JoeUser Forums

The idea of bringing every child up to the average (the seeming goal of NCLB) is so fundamentally flawed that it would be laughable if it weren't for the fact that our EDUCATORS believe it to be possible! The only way you "leave no child behind" is if you set the bar so low every child can pass over it. Then, ironically, it is ou

Reply to Testing, testing.... in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Lots of places are so hard up for quality nurses (or ANY nurses for that matter) that they pay a huge signing bonus, too. In another lifetime, maybe...

Reply to Homework: What Do YOU Think is Appropriate? in Parenting JoeUser Forums

Gid~ What do you think about state standards? I know that most states base standards on national standards, but if we want kids to be competitive globally, I think there needs to be an overall national standards enactment that ALL states follow. Umm, some of us have been fighting it since BEFORE it was

Reply to Homework: What Do YOU Think is Appropriate? in Parenting JoeUser Forums

This is exactly what I am seeing...my sixth grader get homes and starts homework at 4:30 pm every day. He is usually done by 7:30 but some nights it is 9 before he finishes. THAT is absolutely ridiculous. I've never worked at the middle school or high school level--but don't they collaborate so the kid

Reply to Homework: What Do YOU Think is Appropriate? in Parenting JoeUser Forums

You have to realize that it's NOT teachers testing the crap out of kids. It all trickles down from NCLB. My students just spent 3 hours taking a computerized multiple choice test. It was WAY too difficult for them, and while they did their best trying to figure out what the questions were asking, hardly any of them did "well." It was torture for them, and I hated having to drag them down to the computer lab for yet another session. While we have t

Reply to Homework: What Do YOU Think is Appropriate? in Parenting JoeUser Forums

Thanks, guys! I completely understand what you're saying--I was HOPING that there would be some positive peer pressure to be responsible and bring homework back to school, but it does make sense that would backfire. We'll cut that. I know that school is stressful for lots of kids. There is so much pressure everywhere. The first day I gave homework I told them to go home, do something FUN for a little while to relax, because school

Homework: What Do YOU Think is Appropriate? in Parenting JoeUser Forums

Okay, so this year I'm teaching second grade. My homework expectations are very simple, and in MY mind, "just right." That being said, I am NOT a parent. I know that both parents and children are busy, so my homework is generally something very short that reinforces the general concepts we covered in class that day and reading practice. Math homework shoul

Reply to I want to do this. in Misc JoeUser Forums

Ooooh...Okay...sometimes, too, if you WERE to take a loan (which I know blows), sometimes you can get some of it forgiven if you work for a period of time with a certain population or in a certain position. For instance, some of my Stafford loans could be paid off if I work in a low-income school for 4 years or something. I consolidated all my federal loans, though, so I don't think that still applies. But at less than 3% interest, it's as

Reply to Truckin school - day 4 in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

I think you'll do great, honey! I'm glad you're getting some practice time in the truck. I hope you get more behind the wheel so you feel as comfortable as you can.

Reply to I want to do this. in Misc JoeUser Forums

K~ I'm with Gideon. Lots of employers will offer tuition reimbursement, AND some might even send you to nursing school depending on how desperate they are for nursing staff (and there aren't many places who AREN'T desperate for nurses like you. Keep plugging away, K. Not to sound condescending, but I'm so proud of you for following your dreams and finding what you're you're awesome at and going for it. Good for you, friend! <img sr

Reply to Finished My First Hat in Misc JoeUser Forums

It's beautiful, just like your scarf! I love them both!

Reply to And So it begins in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Hahahahaha...I think its funny we posted an article at almost the exact same time...

Reply to And So it begins in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

I'm sorry about the phone call tonight, hon. I guess I should have called Annie back. Hopefully we can talk more tomorrow night. I hope that you sleep well and learn lots tomorrow. I love you, my dearest! And I MISS you!

A Weekend of Rememberance and Near Misses in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

It's 10 pm Mountain time...11 pm Central time. I just got off the phone with my cousin Ann. She was Bill's big sister--my cousin who died a year ago this weekend. They're having their ga-rage party in honor of him tonight. All of Bill's friends are there and many of my aunts, uncles, and cousins. I have to "puff out my chest" a little. Bill loved bonfires and pa

Reply to Job Offer part 2 in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

argh...sorry, that and this reply is by me, Ziggy.