I miss work. A lot. Not the administrative stuff, but all the day to day teaching...
You are so passionate about your work. Often when you talk about your teaching experiences or share with us your knowledge from your endless research on all things baby, I think of how much your children are missing out on your guidance during your year leave. This is not at all to make you feel guilty for taking the time off. Raising your baby is very important, too. There just need to be more teachers like you who care so much about the education of our children. They will be so lucky to have you back next January! Until then (and long after), keep gracing us with your wisdom!
I miss work. A lot. Not the administrative stuff, but all the day to day teaching...
You are so passionate about your work. Often when you talk about your teaching experiences or share with us your knowledge from your endless research on all things baby, I think of how much your children are missing out on your guidance during your year leave. This is not at all to make you feel guilty for taking the time off. Raising your baby is very important, too. There just need to be more teachers like you who care so much about the education of our children. They will be so lucky to have you back next January! Until then (and long after), keep gracing us with your wisdom!
Canada. When I say "paid" I mean half my salary, and the last three weeks of my leave won't be paid because technically my leave ends mid-December but there's no way I'm going back for the last week before Christmas. Crazy!
Yes paid is used liberally , it's not much at all. That being said I miss work to do I decided to go back early. And now I'm freaking out
Post by erien22846 on May 22, 2015 12:31:39 GMT -5
LO can hold her own bottle now. This week I placed her with a bottle on her boppy in her crib while I got ready in the morning. As long as there was milk getting in her belly, she was as happy as could be.
You are so passionate about your work. Often when you talk about your teaching experiences or share with us your knowledge from your endless research on all things baby, I think of how much your children are missing out on your guidance during your year leave. This is not at all to make you feel guilty for taking the time off. Raising your baby is very important, too. There just need to be more teachers like you who care so much about the education of our children. They will be so lucky to have you back next January! Until then (and long after), keep gracing us with your wisdom!
Thank you for the kind words. I am always thinking about my students and wishing I was there to help them, especially this year as I had some difficult cases where I really felt I was making a breakthrough with them just before I had to stop working. Fortunately the teacher who is covering for my class this year is wonderful - it helped me stop worrying/thinking about them all the time!
Rest assured, ladies, that in my experience there are far more teachers like me out there than the ones who aren't passionate. Your babies will be in good hands!
I hope that is the case where I'm am. The more I learn about early childhood development, the more concerned I am about my children's teachers. Mind you, my oldest isn't even two yet! I never thought I'd be that parent but I want them to have a positive, constructive education experience. I'm just concerned in the U.S. about the amount of influence the government has in education these days. But that's a topic for a different thread.
I hope that is the case where I'm am. The more I learn about early childhood development, the more concerned I am about my children's teachers. Mind you, my oldest isn't even two yet! I never thought I'd be that parent but I want them to have a positive, constructive education experience. I'm just concerned in the U.S. about the amount of influence the government has in education these days. But that's a topic for a different thread.
I don't want to start anything here, but common core math? (if I remember correctly, you're an engineer too, right?) What the heck is up with that? It makes zero sense to me.
Exactly. Why force a teaching method on teachers? And to have something that makes no logical sense to so many people. Do they offer a course for parents to learn common core so we can help our children with their homework? I'm sure kids today will survive learning common core math but some will endure more struggles than necessary.
And the fundamentals are so important for their future success in math and science. Oh well, it's not like I actually have to do math in my engineering job. I just Google all my math problems and it spits out an answer:o)
Post by erien22846 on May 22, 2015 13:18:57 GMT -5
I took LO for a weight check this morning. She was napping before we left so I just scooped her out of her crib and buckled her into the carseat. When I was undressing her for the weight check I noticed she had peed out of her diaper (most likely during her nap when she was tummy sleeping). I didn't have extra clothes with me so I just put her pants back on. I didn't tell the daycare provider her pants needed to be changed.
I just looked up common core math, because I've heard of it but never really knew what it was and found this
Uhhhhh.... What?! Maybe it's just because I was taught the "old" way, but it makes absolutely no sense to me. What was wrong with the old way?
Ohhhh I know what they're doing. I'm actually a fan of how we teach math in tons of new ways now because it helps kids who need to understand WHAT is happening when you carry, borrow, etc. Lots of us were never taught the strategies kids are being taught now so it seems crazy, heh. But it's (at its heart, anyway) supposed to be teaching kids about the concept and what is happening when you solve problems. When we were kids, we weren't ever really told why you borrow or what was happening when you multiplied, we were just told "because that's how you do it." That's problematic for some kids.
I'm a rock star math teacher according to my boss though. I hereby volunteer to decipher all the weird shit your kids will do in math class.
ETA: It's all supposed to help develop a repertoire of "mental math strategies". Some of them I never developed as a kid but find myself using ALL the time as an adult!
I guess I get that, but like I said it makes next to no sense to me because I wasn't originally taught that way. I understand that it would be better for some kids.
So, if my LO brings this home, I'll need your number
I'm willing to bet most of you weren't taught multiplication like this either but I make my Grade 5 students learn it this way in addition to the standard vertical way. XD It's SO MUCH FASTER.
ETA: I don't assign homework though. I think it's cruel to subject parents to this stuff. Bahaha.
That's very interesting and I can actually understand it! It's not much different than the way we learned it. Just a different format. But are people expected to draw the chart the rest of their lives in order to solve math? I guess that's what bothers me about the new methods. Not that they don't teach how to solve math problems, it just seems like a lot of extra steps. However, that method for multiplication I think would be easy for students to follow.
eta: I just read your post again. you said you teach it both ways. that's good.
Post by erien22846 on May 22, 2015 14:24:55 GMT -5
Miss Killjoy, I'm old school. I still do a lot of math by hand (regardless of my Google comment earlier). My coworkers get frustrated that I do so much design work on paper and not electronically so they can all easily access it and make changes as necessary. I prefer pencil and paper to excel. However, I understand what you're saying about not actually doing large computations by hand. I guess I'm remembering the days before cell phones with the internet and calculators where I might actually have to do a math problem like that by hand in a pinch.
Changing the subject slightly, do they still teach cursive writing?
Miss Killjoy, I'm old school. I still do a lot of math by hand (regardless of my Google comment earlier). My coworkers get frustrated that I do so much design work on paper and not electronically so they can all easily access it and make changes as necessary. I prefer pencil and paper to excel. However, I understand what you're saying about not actually doing large computations by hand. I guess I'm remembering the days before cell phones with the internet and calculators where I might actually have to do a math problem like that by hand in a pinch.
Changing the subject slightly, do they still teach cursive writing?
In Texas, i don't think it is part of the curriculum anymore. I'm not 100% though. My 8th graders don't know how to sign their name on a check when we were practicing it for a project I had them do.
Interesting point. I never thought about someone not knowing how to sign their name in the tradition sense without knowing cursive writing. Obviously, no fault of the student's if they weren't taught it.
Post by gradschoolmama on May 22, 2015 15:17:13 GMT -5
I have another FFFC: I have not left LO with anyone yet. I leave her with DH while I run in the mornings, and on a few special occasions DH stayed with her while I did spa/wedding stuff. Otherwise we stick together. She is 5 months.
I have another FFFC: I have not left LO with anyone yet. I leave her with DH while I run in the mornings, and on a few special occasions DH stayed with her while I did spa/wedding stuff. Otherwise we stick together. She is 5 months.
Mina has stayed with my parents only 2 nights. They complained about her MOTN crying last time so much that my anxiety will not allow me to leave her anywhere any time soon. :c I can't put my baby or my parents through that train wreck again. She's stuck on me like white on rice, and I'm a-okay with that.
Post by erien22846 on May 22, 2015 16:02:32 GMT -5
You all are slacking on the confessionals today so I'm going to keep adding mine...
I let my toddler climb on select furniture at home because I read it's good for their motor development to climb. We're too cheap to buy play equipment and an old loveseat works just dandy as a play gym. My husband isn't completely on board with my logic but I let DS climb anyway.
Post by erien22846 on May 22, 2015 16:40:50 GMT -5
I trimmed my toe nails at my desk at work today. I am not wearing socks and my feet were sweaty so they were easy to trim. Combo FFFC and TMI Tuesday? I'm even grossed out by what I did.
I trimmed my toe nails at my desk at work today. I am not wearing socks and my feet were sweaty so they were easy to trim. Combo FFFC and TMI Tuesday? I'm even grossed out by what I did.
Eww! I can't stand it when people cut nails at work! The sound puts me over the edge.
My old manager used to always clip his finger nails at work... We worked in a restaurant! (He did it in the office, but still!)
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