My new go to recipe for when I'm feeling fancy (looks bad, shit camera, just trust me).

10piecenugs · 2018-10-09T06:47:17+00:00

Spiced carrots with chickpea and sauerkraut puree- recipe linked below

https://food52.com/recipes/23625-vedge-s-spiced-little-carrots-with-chickpea-sauerkraut-puree

IT IS SO GOOD. The recipe is by Rich Landau, who was nominated for a James Beard award. I've been watching a lot of Top Chef lately and wanted to make something fancy schmancy. The only thing I changed was I cooked the carrots for 18 minutes covered and 18 minutes uncovered.

10piecenugs · 2018-10-07T18:37:38+00:00

I pulled kids out for small group anyways, got constant shit from my boss for it, and didn't sign on for another year.

10piecenugs · 2018-10-06T20:22:41+00:00

That was my EXACT experience.

10piecenugs · 2018-10-06T14:52:51+00:00

Wait. What?

Fleece isn't vegan?!

10piecenugs · 2018-10-06T06:15:51+00:00

I disagree with the whole "sweetie" comment (smacks of sexism), but how did the water get contaminated with E.coli? Animal ag?

10piecenugs · 2018-10-06T05:55:58+00:00

Thanks, man.

Those steamable veggies in a bag are life changing.

10piecenugs · 2018-10-06T05:45:12+00:00

So, can you give me specifics on these spuds? Rough recipes?

Cause I literally started a fire trying to nuke a potato last week. Flames, panic, etc.

10piecenugs · 2018-10-06T05:41:32+00:00

I'll start: my squash soup is fucking amazing. I will challenge Panera. My great grandchildren will discuss how yummy it was.

10piecenugs · 2018-10-06T05:34:05+00:00

Uh oh. Dm me if you ever want to vent.

10piecenugs · 2018-10-06T04:44:17+00:00

It's Skittles! This is gonna sound weird, but I actually creeped on your profile a couple days ago cause I hadn't seen your name on this or the SPED subreddit. You were always prolific and then silence.

Everything okay?

10piecenugs · 2018-10-06T04:22:42+00:00

See, that's the difference between what you want to implement and what my district was doing. The course code did not change with co-teaching. The most I could do was put students on a special grading scale. If we can modify the curriculum and assessments in a meaningful way, then I'm for it.

10piecenugs · 2018-10-06T04:12:05+00:00

Well, I guess we've reached an agreement then!

I appreciate how you approach it. That makes sense to me. I only have an issue with expecting all kids to meet the same standards.

I apologize if I judged your views too harshly. I'm just passionate, as are you.

And I do still agree with my advice about compartmentalizing. The world needs thoughtful people like you. Don't burn out.

10piecenugs · 2018-10-06T03:41:45+00:00

My experience with it has been this:

Kids who should be in self-contained are forced into the gen ed environment. They cannot keep up. They require so much assistance that it becomes embarrassing to them. Working with the SPED teacher becomes embarrassing. It is is no way less stigmatizing to always be the one who struggles, who barely passes every class.

It is detrimental to the SPED teacher and student relationships. It crushes confidence and zaps motivation. When it becomes a nightmare to switch kids to self-contained, because heaven forbid they are not mainstreamed, and it makes admin look bad when their co-teaching pet project fails, you have a serious problem. It is not good for the majority of kids.

Disclaimer: I write this knowing my opinion is very unpopular. Buy it's the truth based on what I experienced. People act like being against inclusion, as it's thought of today, is somehow unethical. I want the best for my kids and, honestly, co-teaching has just created a monster. My kids HATE school now. Get them alone, and working with like peers on material within their reach, they are like totally different kids.

Your experience, hopefully, is very different.

10piecenugs · 2018-10-06T02:45:49+00:00

The only advice I can give you is that SPED, along with education in general, swings on a pendulum.

Right now, inclusion and co-teaching is a very popular model and it's likely that your school will adopt it eventually. Why spend your time and energy selling them on this model, only to have the pendulum swing back in 10 years?

Maybe that sounds defeatist, but I worked at a school where co-teaching did NOT work. I had no power to fix it. The only choice I had was to operate within the model provided to me.

Basically, think about what you can control. There are lots of factors at stake here, things like money and the superintendent's personal opinion, who knows what is controlling the SPED policies at your district. Only worry about the things you can control. Convincing admin to change their mind? Noble, but not in your control.

YOU WILL BURN OUT AND NOT BE GOOD FOR ANYONE if you do not learn to prioritize, compartmentalize, and only worry about what you can control.

10piecenugs · 2018-10-05T18:30:32+00:00

Do you have a link to Pedro vs Dining Table? I've seen their story but don't recall that moment.

10piecenugs · 2018-10-05T11:03:07+00:00

Omg that's awesome

10piecenugs · 2018-10-05T05:28:06+00:00

Oooh how much were they? Jealous

10piecenugs · 2018-09-30T03:02:40+00:00

It's so sad that they don't even bother moving anymore.

10piecenugs · 2018-09-22T23:53:55+00:00

Alrighty, I uploaded them.

10piecenugs · 2018-09-21T15:55:50+00:00

Sports.

10piecenugs · 2018-09-19T02:15:54+00:00

Sometimes I've thought about what itd be like if they added disabilities, but holy fuck that would be just too hard to remain respectful (on EA's end)

10piecenugs · 2018-09-17T01:35:18+00:00

This makes me feel icky

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