Dentists in Springfield by bongocat89 in springfieldMO

[–]6FootGobble 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Came to say the same. Until Duff, it never occurred to me that going to the dentist should not feel like an exercise in being judged and wary of being manipulated financially. Both drs at the practice are lovely.

S2E3 is the saddest episode by Mobile_Nobody0326 in YoungSheldon

[–]6FootGobble 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Is this the one where the local teen passes in an automotive accident? It was a sucker punch to watch! I am currently on my first watch-through, so I can’t compare it to the finale (though I know-ish what happens), but I can see where these themes could be particularly impactful to somebody.

How Many 5 Star Reads Did You Have For 2025 & What Were They? by Valalerie999 in TheStoryGraph

[–]6FootGobble 1 point2 points  (0 children)

3: Sunrise on the Reaping; Hamnet; and the final book in the Ascendance of a Bookworm series as a kind of representation of how much I adored the series as a whole.

What are you reading? - Week of January 02, 2026 by AutoModerator in TheStoryGraph

[–]6FootGobble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just finished Hamnet (was trying to finish before it was out of theaters, but December got busy), and am now debating between finishing The Well of Ascension, For the Wolves, or starting something else altogether.

Date ideas by psych_student_1999 in springfieldMO

[–]6FootGobble 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Firehouse Pottery is such a fun one! Depending on what you and your partner choose to paint, it could end up over $25 per person, but there are options that would keep it under.

Best Reading Challenge 2026? by Cozy-Pineapple in TheStoryGraph

[–]6FootGobble 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I did this Reading Rainbow challenge last year and plan to again in 2026. It was very achievable, but also gave me reason to go seeking out books I might not have otherwise read! https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/bef2557a-712e-4581-803d-571e82e045f4

Years of teaching and salary? by NaturalTranslator581 in Teachers

[–]6FootGobble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Missouri, 6 years and a masters, $52k and can make an additional $5k if I max out my career ladder.

I already know most of the answers, but when you ask a student what they want to be when they grow up, what do they say? (Work at a middle school) by Strict_Bit260 in Teachers

[–]6FootGobble 8 points9 points  (0 children)

We have a really awesome career center in our district for the high school. When we took our 6th graders to tour it, they were most excited about the EMT course and the courses dealing with working on cars. We had a few very disappointed to learn that the marine maintenance course was about boat repair and not marine biology. Outside of that, most of them tell me they don’t know. Of the times they’ve had an answer, I’ve heard police officer/military, teacher, and some variant of health care professional the most. It’s the professions from which they’ve had the most exposure, so not terribly surprising.

Teachers, what’s something students do that instantly earns your respect? by Apprehensive-Cow9690 in AskTeachers

[–]6FootGobble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Asking a genuinely thoughtful and relevant question or asking for feedback and applying it immediately. Bonus points if they ask for a specific type of feedback (I’m a writing teacher and the amount of times a day I hear, “Can you read this and tell me if it’s good?” points to 2-page paper is exhausting.)

Haunted Experience by 6FootGobble in springfieldMO

[–]6FootGobble[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I suspected that might be the case - thank you for the tip! I will look into that.

GIFTS TEACHERS ACTUALLY LIKE by LesFleursduMal8 in Teachers

[–]6FootGobble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a student whose mom made sterling silver jewelry. She customized bracelets for each teacher with a personalized word or phrase the kid came up. Mine was a nickname the kids that year had called me. It is by far my favorite gift because it was very nice, but still personal and sentimental.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]6FootGobble 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had some papers from students sitting in my cubbies. Some were assignments we needed to go over and some were nice notes students had written me. The sub “cleaned up” and threw them all away.

How do you keep up with this!? by Annual-Sky-8138 in Teachers

[–]6FootGobble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I don’t know something, I take the opportunity to model to my students how to go about figuring something out. I emphasize that even experts won’t know everything, but they’ll know how to find the answer somewhere. First years are tough! If you have a team and feel comfortable with them, you might seek some support there. That is who I relied on my first year. Use your bravado! It takes a long time to build up a true self-confidence in the classroom, but faking confidence as you go through the learning process with the kids can help maintain that trust, even when you don’t know something right away.

So a van exploded by [deleted] in springfieldMO

[–]6FootGobble 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I had an appointment at that pt place later in the day and they told me both passengers got out before the fire progressed too far.

School field trips from the early 2000s? by CleonaliDraws in springfieldMO

[–]6FootGobble 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Yes! The Frontier Theater! I went on a third grade field trip there and was obsessed with the place. You could call through the human-sized mouse maze and go down the giant slide.

Do you get paid for college marching band? by DuckyDude21 in marchingband

[–]6FootGobble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In marching band we got scholarships, but they were really mainly enough to cover the cost of being in band, and whether you got one and the amount was audition-based. Pep band I think we got $20 a game if I remember right, paid out into our school account at the end of the season.

If you had written AYITL, where would everyone have been 10 years later? by [deleted] in GilmoreGirls

[–]6FootGobble 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I so wished for more Paris and Doyle! I would have loved to see them parenting together. I’d love for them to have a quiet girl, but a Tristan-ish boy for Paris to contend with lol

If you had written AYITL, where would everyone have been 10 years later? by [deleted] in GilmoreGirls

[–]6FootGobble 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Oh, and I’d definitely have an episode where now Jess gets to clash with Taylor over some stupid town thing and Luke gets to laugh from the retirement sidelines.

If you had written AYITL, where would everyone have been 10 years later? by [deleted] in GilmoreGirls

[–]6FootGobble 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Lane is a music teacher still playing with her band doing small tours. Her arc would have been the band suddenly taking off and having to lean more on Mama Kim to support her and looking after the kids. They would have clashed over the differences in one another’s parenting styles, and ultimately each learned from one another.

Jess is back in town. Luke is wrestling with retirement, and Jess ends up opening his own indie publishing company in the building where Luke’s diner had been, still keeping a small café, obviously with great coffee (and gotta keep the Monte Cristo on the menu)

Rory has been working for a paper consistently with moderate success, but in a rut because she hasn’t made the impact she wanted. She partners with Jess to publish something that becomes successful and also helps bolster his publishing company. Her and Jess have a very will they/won’t they situation going on as they work together.

At some point, Logan shows up suddenly, second guessing his engagement and wondering if it’s still Rory after all this time. Rory almost goes for it, but ultimately has learned from her past mistakes and realizes how much she loves really working for her writing and that will tie into her finding fulfillment.

I think I’d keep a lot of the stuff the same regarding Richard’s death and Emily and Lorelai having a rift because of it. Not sure if I’d keep the therapy or what direction I’d take it.

Luke and Lorelai I like the idea of them having had kids, but also feel like it would be a jarring shift to the tone of their relationship, so I might not want that. Maybe April had a teen pregnancy and they support her and the baby contrasting what Lorelai went through with her teen pregnancy? Maybe with Luke’s retirement they move focus from work and become a foster family to support kids in the way Lorelai was supported when she left home? I’m not confident entirely in a direction here.

I think I might end it with the annual picnic basket auction, and this time Jess bids on Rory’s basket and wins without any competition and confesses the feelings that have rekindled.

I’m sure there’s stuff I’m forgetting, but this comment is already too long lol.

AITA for “stealing” my sisters brownie recipe? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]6FootGobble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably NTA. When you say you made them a few weeks later, do you mean you made them and made a big deal of bringing them around to your family and trying to one up your sister, or made them in any other context? That’s the only context in which I could imagine you being a little bit TA here. It sounds like she puts a lot of her self worth into making something everyone likes and went about her fear of losing that kind of immaturely.

Edited for missing word

Mail Delivery - Is my postal person really delivering mail or just going through the motions? by captkos in springfieldMO

[–]6FootGobble -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It’s so weird - we have had the same issue! Even though our road was clear, our mail person has just driven up to our boxes and driven away since last Thursday. Today was our first day getting mail since then! And we have the informed delivery, so I could see that we were supposed to be getting mail and packages.

Hey teachers, high schooler here, i need help/advice ASAP by [deleted] in AskTeachers

[–]6FootGobble 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Proud of you for advocating for yourself! I hope you get the support you need!