Do the Humpty Hump...Day Randoms

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I want to throw all of our toys out. I'm so tired of picking them up. I can't stand clutter, so I can't just leave them but omg. I swear he doesn't play either, just rips everything off the shelves and moves on.

Toddlers, man.

[ashiscute]

Feb 8, 2017 11:30:58 GMT -5 @kristyw13 said:

I want to throw all of our toys out. I'm so tired of picking them up. I can't stand clutter, so I can't just leave them but omg. I swear he doesn't play either, just rips everything off the shelves and moves on.

Toddlers, man.

I think I prefer the clutter of toys to the next phase of kids making 718 pictures every day that must be displayed and kept forever despite the fact that they made 718 of the same pictures the day before.

[queenofcats]

Did you know they made a movie about "Let It Go"?

[tigerlynx31413]

Feb 8, 2017 11:35:17 GMT -5 ashiscute said:

Feb 8, 2017 11:30:58 GMT -5 @kristyw13 said:

I want to throw all of our toys out. I'm so tired of picking them up. I can't stand clutter, so I can't just leave them but omg. I swear he doesn't play either, just rips everything off the shelves and moves on.

Toddlers, man.

I think I prefer the clutter of toys to the next phase of kids making 718 pictures every day that must be displayed and kept forever despite the fact that they made 718 of the same pictures the day before.

DD is in this stage and it's my H that won't let me get rid of them!! Ugh

[queenofcats]

Feb 8, 2017 11:35:17 GMT -5 ashiscute said:

Feb 8, 2017 11:30:58 GMT -5 @kristyw13 said:

I want to throw all of our toys out. I'm so tired of picking them up. I can't stand clutter, so I can't just leave them but omg. I swear he doesn't play either, just rips everything off the shelves and moves on.

Toddlers, man.

I think I prefer the clutter of toys to the next phase of kids making 718 pictures every day that must be displayed and kept forever despite the fact that they made 718 of the same pictures the day before.

This is where I'm going to try (try that is) to introduce the idea of the "artists portfolio". I can only pray it works.

But I can't talk. I have a couple drawings that I did on the refrigerator .

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Feb 8, 2017 11:36:59 GMT -5 tigerlynx31413 said:

Feb 8, 2017 11:35:17 GMT -5 ashiscute said:

I think I prefer the clutter of toys to the next phase of kids making 718 pictures every day that must be displayed and kept forever despite the fact that they made 718 of the same pictures the day before.

DD is in this stage and it's my H that won't let me get rid of them!! Ugh

Same. I did a finger painting with W at one point...which was mostly me moving his hand because he didn't get it. H won't let me get rid of it because it's his first. Dude...

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yelah250, that sounds like a really great training! I'd love to hear more about it if you're up for sharing.

[lonegalathome]

Anyone with an older kid 5+ have a bed wetter? I have questions.

[yl]

Ugh I'm so mad.

Just got out of a meeting. We're adopting a new textbook and it comes with a budget to purchase big sets of novels for our library, so we met in small grade level groups to decide which of the novels on this very long list we want to buy/teach. My group was me and 2 older white guys, both of whom started picking a bunch of dead white guy novels. I said I'd love to add some books by women or people of color to the list and one of the guys MAKES FUN OF ME. "Oh, were you 'triggered'? Do you need to go back to your 'safe space'?"
WHAT THE FUCK, DUDE.
This guy is the department asshole, and there's really no point in getting into it with him, so I just ignored him and put my choices on the list, but I'm still fuming about this and probably will be forever.

[lindylogana]

yl what in the actual fuck?! Seriously screw that guy!!

[kasiaskis]

yl ugh that is awful. What's even worse is that guy is potentially teaching that attitude to his students.

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Feb 8, 2017 12:09:40 GMT -5 yl said:

Ugh I'm so mad.

Just got out of a meeting. We're adopting a new textbook and it comes with a budget to purchase big sets of novels for our library, so we met in small grade level groups to decide which of the novels on this very long list we want to buy/teach. My group was me and 2 older white guys, both of whom started picking a bunch of dead white guy novels. I said I'd love to add some books by women or people of color to the list and one of the guys MAKES FUN OF ME. "Oh, were you 'triggered'? Do you need to go back to your 'safe space'?"
WHAT THE FUCK, DUDE.
This guy is the department asshole, and there's really no point in getting into it with him, so I just ignored him and put my choices on the list, but I'm still fuming about this and probably will be forever.

I wish I could loan you my bitchiness for one day. So much no, Department Asshole.

People aside from Dead White Men TM have things to offer the canon. One of my favorite units in AP English was when we studied both King Lear and A Thousand Acres together.

I'm fuming about this on your behalf. I HATE when people use those words mockingly.

[yl]

Feb 8, 2017 12:17:30 GMT -5 @officedronette said:

Feb 8, 2017 12:09:40 GMT -5 yl said:

Ugh I'm so mad.

Just got out of a meeting. We're adopting a new textbook and it comes with a budget to purchase big sets of novels for our library, so we met in small grade level groups to decide which of the novels on this very long list we want to buy/teach. My group was me and 2 older white guys, both of whom started picking a bunch of dead white guy novels. I said I'd love to add some books by women or people of color to the list and one of the guys MAKES FUN OF ME. "Oh, were you 'triggered'? Do you need to go back to your 'safe space'?"
WHAT THE FUCK, DUDE.
This guy is the department asshole, and there's really no point in getting into it with him, so I just ignored him and put my choices on the list, but I'm still fuming about this and probably will be forever.

I wish I could loan you my bitchiness for one day. So much no, Department Asshole.

People aside from Dead White Men TM have things to offer the canon. One of my favorite units in AP English was when we studied both King Lear and A Thousand Acres together.

I'm fuming about this on your behalf. I HATE when people use those words mockingly.

Not to mention the fact that our population is 68% non-white and a huge majority of them are very reluctant readers. You can put Moby Dick in front of them (one of his suggestions) because Literary Canon!, but they aren't going to read it, so what's the point? So you can wax philosophical about Melville to a disengaged audience and feel like an academic? GTFO.

I wish I could borrow some bitchiness. One of the biggest problems with my dyslexia/slow processing is that I can never think of a good comeback in the moment. So I'll just go bitch about him to my dept chair at lunch instead.

[rach]

yl, that infuriates me. I grew up in such an insulated community and there was NO focus on showing anything but Dead White Men. My girls are admittedly very privileged, but still benefit so immensely from being exposed to diversity. They just LIGHT UP at finding out an author looks like them or is female. Department asshole's attitude seems extra horrifying given the diversity of your student body.

You can also borrow my bitchiness for a day.

[kristhegirl]

yl raaaaaaage. I hate him. Is this the asshole from the dance competition or do you work with more than one extremely small penis?

[queenofcats]

yl, give me his number. I'll tear him a new asshole and make him beg for a safe space.

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Feb 8, 2017 12:28:08 GMT -5 yl said:

Feb 8, 2017 12:17:30 GMT -5 @officedronette said:

I wish I could loan you my bitchiness for one day. So much no, Department Asshole.

People aside from Dead White Men TM have things to offer the canon. One of my favorite units in AP English was when we studied both King Lear and A Thousand Acres together.

I'm fuming about this on your behalf. I HATE when people use those words mockingly.

Not to mention the fact that our population is 68% non-white and a huge majority of them are very reluctant readers. You can put Moby Dick in front of them (one of his suggestions) because Literary Canon!, but they aren't going to read it, so what's the point? So you can wax philosophical about Melville to a disengaged audience and feel like an academic? GTFO.

I wish I could borrow some bitchiness. One of the biggest problems with my dyslexia/slow processing is that I can never think of a good comeback in the moment. So I'll just go bitch about him to my dept chair at lunch instead.

Melville is the worst.  He and Jack London (and you too Gary Paulsen) should just all go get stuck in the wilderness together, leaving us free to never read them again.

Not all valuable literature is white, male, or Western.  Certainly some of it is.  Just like some of it is written by female people, or non-white people, or non-Western people.

Interestingly enough though, one of the books I would LOVE to teach to a High School audience is Gary Shteyngart's Super Sad True Love Story.  I'm expecting the same people who whine about the lunacy of trigger warnings and safe spaces though to veto it because it uses "foul" language and talks about sex.  I also love Jennifer Egan's, A Visit from the Goon Squad and thought there was SO much in there that's teachable from a literature perspective, but is still potentially really interesting to a teenage audience.  

[kristhegirl]

Feb 8, 2017 12:56:10 GMT -5 @officedronette said:

Feb 8, 2017 12:28:08 GMT -5 yl said:

Not to mention the fact that our population is 68% non-white and a huge majority of them are very reluctant readers. You can put Moby Dick in front of them (one of his suggestions) because Literary Canon!, but they aren't going to read it, so what's the point? So you can wax philosophical about Melville to a disengaged audience and feel like an academic? GTFO.

I wish I could borrow some bitchiness. One of the biggest problems with my dyslexia/slow processing is that I can never think of a good comeback in the moment. So I'll just go bitch about him to my dept chair at lunch instead.

Melville is the worst.  He and Jack London (and you too Gary Paulsen) should just all go get stuck in the wilderness together, leaving us free to never read them again.

Not all valuable literature is white, male, or Western.  Certainly some of it is.  Just like some of it is written by female people, or non-white people, or non-Western people.

Interestingly enough though, one of the books I would LOVE to teach to a High School audience is Gary Shteyngart's Super Sad True Love Story.  I'm expecting the same people who whine about the lunacy of trigger warnings and safe spaces though to veto it because it uses "foul" language and talks about sex.  I also love Jennifer Egan's, A Visit from the Goon Squad and thought there was SO much in there that's teachable from a literature perspective, but is still potentially really interesting to a teenage audience.  

My husband just read that Egan book and could not stop raving about it. He's obsessed now.

[rachydc]

yl Your post made me realize how fortunate my school was in the diversity of the literature they picked. I really, really enjoyed reading "Their Eyes were Watching God" and "Things Fall Apart" and I had to force myself to read at that age. I also remember my English teacher assigning us "A Dolls House" and we had so many cool, girl power projects to go along with it.

ETA: Sorry you're dealing with such an asshole. I echo everyone's sentiments in wanting to throat punch him.

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Feb 8, 2017 12:59:53 GMT -5 kristhegirl said:

Feb 8, 2017 12:56:10 GMT -5 @officedronette said:

Melville is the worst.  He and Jack London (and you too Gary Paulsen) should just all go get stuck in the wilderness together, leaving us free to never read them again.

Not all valuable literature is white, male, or Western.  Certainly some of it is.  Just like some of it is written by female people, or non-white people, or non-Western people.

Interestingly enough though, one of the books I would LOVE to teach to a High School audience is Gary Shteyngart's Super Sad True Love Story.  I'm expecting the same people who whine about the lunacy of trigger warnings and safe spaces though to veto it because it uses "foul" language and talks about sex.  I also love Jennifer Egan's, A Visit from the Goon Squad and thought there was SO much in there that's teachable from a literature perspective, but is still potentially really interesting to a teenage audience.  

My husband just read that Egan book and could not stop raving about it. He's obsessed now.

It's an interesting one - initially I was like meh, do not get the hype, and by a week after I finished it I was like "woman's a genius!"  

[yl]

Feb 8, 2017 12:56:10 GMT -5 @officedronette said:

Feb 8, 2017 12:28:08 GMT -5 yl said:

Not to mention the fact that our population is 68% non-white and a huge majority of them are very reluctant readers. You can put Moby Dick in front of them (one of his suggestions) because Literary Canon!, but they aren't going to read it, so what's the point? So you can wax philosophical about Melville to a disengaged audience and feel like an academic? GTFO.

I wish I could borrow some bitchiness. One of the biggest problems with my dyslexia/slow processing is that I can never think of a good comeback in the moment. So I'll just go bitch about him to my dept chair at lunch instead.

Melville is the worst.  He and Jack London (and you too Gary Paulsen) should just all go get stuck in the wilderness together, leaving us free to never read them again.

Not all valuable literature is white, male, or Western.  Certainly some of it is.  Just like some of it is written by female people, or non-white people, or non-Western people.

Interestingly enough though, one of the books I would LOVE to teach to a High School audience is Gary Shteyngart's Super Sad True Love Story.  I'm expecting the same people who whine about the lunacy of trigger warnings and safe spaces though to veto it because it uses "foul" language and talks about sex.  I also love Jennifer Egan's, A Visit from the Goon Squad and thought there was SO much in there that's teachable from a literature perspective, but is still potentially really interesting to a teenage audience.  

Funny story about Gary Paulsen...the man is completely off the rails. I saw him speak at a writing conference and the entire audience was slack-jawed at his keynote which was just his crazy-ass life stories that were ridiculous to the point that he sounded like he was drunk and just making shit up. For example, he talked about being a street child on the streets of Manila for years, but then he pronounced the language of the Philippines "Tag-a-log". Not that I cared about him at all before, but this wildly unprofessional and ridiculous keynote made me lose any shred of respect I might have had for him.

[Deleted]

Feb 8, 2017 13:08:17 GMT -5 yl said:

Feb 8, 2017 12:56:10 GMT -5 @officedronette said:

Melville is the worst.  He and Jack London (and you too Gary Paulsen) should just all go get stuck in the wilderness together, leaving us free to never read them again.

Not all valuable literature is white, male, or Western.  Certainly some of it is.  Just like some of it is written by female people, or non-white people, or non-Western people.

Interestingly enough though, one of the books I would LOVE to teach to a High School audience is Gary Shteyngart's Super Sad True Love Story.  I'm expecting the same people who whine about the lunacy of trigger warnings and safe spaces though to veto it because it uses "foul" language and talks about sex.  I also love Jennifer Egan's, A Visit from the Goon Squad and thought there was SO much in there that's teachable from a literature perspective, but is still potentially really interesting to a teenage audience.  

Funny story about Gary Paulsen...the man is completely off the rails. I saw him speak at a writing conference and the entire audience was slack-jawed at his keynote which was just his crazy-ass life stories that were ridiculous to the point that he sounded like he was drunk and just making shit up. For example, he talked about being a street child on the streets of Manila for years, but then he pronounced the language of the Philippines "Tag-a-log". Not that I cared about him at all before, but this wildly unprofessional and ridiculous keynote made me lose any shred of respect I might have had for him.

This has justified the hatred I've had of him since I was 9 and forced to read The Hatchet.  To which I wanted to take a hatchet.  

[lovemyirishtwins]

lonegalathome DS is five and occasionally wets the bed. He actually did last night. Prior to that it was last November or October. Dd1 still has to wear a pull up at night. But she has low muscle tone and gets OT for self help. I feel like this all plays in to her struggles with staying dry at night. The other day she peed her pants from laughing.

[yl]

Feb 8, 2017 12:48:24 GMT -5 kristhegirl said:

yl raaaaaaage. I hate him. Is this the asshole from the dance competition or do you work with more than one extremely small penis?

Different asshole, believe it or not!

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Feb 8, 2017 6:11:38 GMT -5 laurie12820 said:

Going to be sunny and 55 today and we are expected to get 10 inches of snow tomorrow. Go home winter, you're drunk!

Did you slide all over the place this morning laurie12820? What about you swarley? I slipped and fell on my ass. That ice was crazy!
Snow day tomorrow right?

[swarley]

@ceci8876, we were good this morning but due to the 50 car pile-up on 95, DH worked from home for a few hours. I'm thinking tomorrow might be a snow day for us.

yl I wish there was a way I could make your job better. I think you just need to start hiding flasks in your desk.

@traceyos I was thinking- how's your nose by the way?

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HRC for the win.

[pixiepink24]

@amc25
Yes, we are huge Daniel Tiger fans here too. I almost abbreviated his name to DT but has such horrible meaning now. W will sing some of the songs if a situation or word comes up from the show. I sing the jingles way too much. Also, have you downloaded the free app yet?!? All of the songs and videos of the songs are on there.

[rach]

School is canceled the rest of the week for my bigs due to illness. My poor, poor H.

[mrsbeachcat]

Feb 8, 2017 12:07:26 GMT -5 lonegalathome said:

Anyone with an older kid 5+ have a bed wetter? I have questions.

My niece is! But she's 11 and still doing it.