Yesterday was a status quo day for Max, no changes on treatment. I'll get an update when I go see him at 9.
There's a new baby in there - 9lb little girl. She is SO BIG, holy cow. And whatever she's in for, it is not breathing issues. Girlfriend could be heard down the hall screaming her displeasure at being weighed and having her diaper changed.
Max is quite the peanut compared to her.
my guess would be she is on a D10 drip for blood sugar issues. They are probably pricking her heel every 1-2 hours for blood sugar checks too.
So I happened to be there while the doctor was explaining things, and she was breech (9 pounds breech!!) and had an understandably traumatic birth with lots of leg bruising and her hips/legs are very froggy. Poor girl! Poor mom!
laurie12820, yl, tomorrow the state is coming to observe to decide if our school is going to stay level 3 or go down to level 4. I work in a low income city ( laurie12820 exit 19 on 24), We were told that 3 evaluators were going to determine how engaged the students are and how the teachers teach. It pisses me off cause the teachers are all at fault for how a student doesn't perform academically. Meanwhile there's no name plate on each student's desk that says Hi my name is X and I don't know if I'm going to get fed tonight, or my mom's a single parent, or I'm abused, or my mom was shot- that happened last month to 2 young kids in our district. Teaching really isn't fun anymore.
Also- today I tripped over a box and flew face first into my desk. Although I'm feeling like I got beat up, on the plus side, the very autistic student with whom I was working actually said "oh no Mrs. Swarley are you ok?" That's the most social thing he's ever said in 2 years of working with him!
Post by lovemyirishtwins on Feb 15, 2017 21:57:27 GMT -5
I am so sorry yl. I would be frustrated with that meeting as a teacher and as a parent. I try so hard to teach my children to be responsible for their actions. This type of message from a school is completely counterproductive.
I have had a bad day. My blood sugars have been either in the 200s or in the 60s. This up and down was terrible.
All my teacher friends...I feel so sad for you. While I'm not a teacher, I work very closely with them and I love my job. While we are also encouraged to do everything possible to not fail a student, if they earn an F then they get an F. I facilitate up to 10 parent/teacher meetings per week, make countless phone calls/emails, etc to try to avoid the F's. But if that's what they earn, then that's what they get. We're a smaller district and I'm the only counselor in my school, but I give my teachers as much background as possible so they know what they're working with. For some kids, school is not their priority. Maslow's hierarchy of needs...school is not priority one and I'm feeling really grateful that my school/state gets that...for now...
Had the most frustrating meeting ever today. The word from our admin is that our kids should all be getting Cs or better, no Ds or Fs. And if they are getting Ds or Fs, we need to do something to make that not happen. Someone asked what responsibility the kids have over not getting Ds or Fs and the answer was NONE. It is ON US.
AND YET our standards have gotten more difficult to meet. BUT the kids have to meet them. BUT they have no personal responsibility. AND we as teachers are given like no resources.
FUCK. THIS. NOISE.
I was wondering how long it would take me as a teacher to get bitter and disillusioned. The answer is 10.5 years, apparently.
You are not alone! The theme of the year this year is how our kids our not "moving" or "growing" at a fast enough rate. We've been told that we can't control the outside factors (no parent involvement, 7 year olds with more baggage than I've had in my 33 years, etc.) so, we the teachers, are solely responsible for getting the students to be "proficient". We can't say that this is developmentally inappropriate or that class size matters, etc. It it maddening and I honest to goodness have come to hate my job. I love to teach, I love my kiddos but I hate what my job has become.
Yup, this x 1000 Welp, it sounds like we are in the exact same boat.
laurie12820 , yl , tomorrow the state is coming to observe to decide if our school is going to stay level 3 or go down to level 4. I work in a low income city ( laurie12820 exit 19 on 24), We were told that 3 evaluators were going to determine how engaged the students are and how the teachers teach. It pisses me off cause the teachers are all at fault for how a student doesn't perform academically. Meanwhile there's no name plate on each student's desk that says Hi my name is X and I don't know if I'm going to get fed tonight, or my mom's a single parent, or I'm abused, or my mom was shot- that happened last month to 2 young kids in our district. Teaching really isn't fun anymore.
So I received a strange email from a student I've been working with this term. We have been in close contact for various reasons. Well tonight she said something to the effect of.... I'm trying to decide if I wait until finals week or tell you now "for who I am". most instructors are shocked and surprised when I tell them "for who I am".
The "for" throws me off....
Could I be teaching a celebrity? Or WTF does that mean?
Then she told me I'm a great teacher, great way to end my day.
I'm secretly hoping to wake up to an email from her. Haha.
lonegalathome our rules are: - no leisure technology on weekdays - they have a couple hours to play on each weekend day - chores have to be finished first
I personally don't like to monitor the shorter time limits. Too much drama begging for more time. Dealing with tech in general is a real struggle with boys. My daughter likes to play on her phone on insta and listen to music but the intensity level is much different than what my son wants to do. He will play until forced to quit.
pixiepink24, oh no! Puking always comes at the worst times. I'm sure you are either frantically trying to leave now or frantically trying to change plans and I wish you luck in either!
pixiepink24, oh no! Puking always comes at the worst times. I'm sure you are either frantically trying to leave now or frantically trying to change plans and I wish you luck in either!
We had to cancel. I'm so upset. We can't afford it but I also can't expose my sisters kids, newborn cousin, sick grandma and her old people home to the illness. Not to mention anyone on the plane. I just hope my grandma doesn't pass before I get up there and I hope the mom of the girl I nanny can allow me time off. And I hope we can save some money for another ticket. Ughhhh! I'm so so upset.
my guess would be she is on a D10 drip for blood sugar issues. They are probably pricking her heel every 1-2 hours for blood sugar checks too.
So I happened to be there while the doctor was explaining things, and she was breech (9 pounds breech!!) and had an understandably traumatic birth with lots of leg bruising and her hips/legs are very froggy. Poor girl! Poor mom!
pixiepink24 I'm so sorry. Were you flying delta? If you get a manager in ATL they really might waive your change fee. I actually found them the easiest airline to work with when I was an agent.
Does anyone know if lecithin is OK when TTC? I googled and read that it both increases and decreases fertility... I'm afraid I'm getting a plugged duct and I know lecithin would fix it so easily.
i'm sure it's fine-- it's a phospholipid that's naturally found in many foods. i would think that it would be similar to taking something like omega 3 supplements. if you're worried, the granules are less heavily processed than the capsules (and supposedly more effective for blocked ducts). the dose is 1 tbsp per day.
hope you feel better-- i've been downing lecithin all week for my own extremely painful mega-clog.
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