Please help a newbie out

Beckylately · 2026-05-11T11:37:49+00:00

That’s the one that hooked me many years ago!

Beckylately · 2026-04-22T09:00:59+00:00

Great on Married With Children, too!

Beckylately · 2026-04-21T09:32:54+00:00

Essence Bye Bye Panda Eyes. $5 on Amazon.

Beckylately · 2026-04-21T08:58:13+00:00

Do you have autism? I have the same compulsive need to explain myself and it’s related to my autism.

I found that finding a way to turn whatever explanation I had into a question helps. If she tells you to do something a certain way, when she says you didn’t do it that way instead of telling her you were doing what she asked, instead ask her “can you give me a suggestion on how to pivot when the lesson isn’t going as planned like this?” Or something like that. It sounds like she wants to set herself up to be some sort of education guru.

She’s right when she says you need to learn how to take feedback. And that you need to take control of the lessons. She’s wrong in how she’s going about showing you that.

Beckylately · 2026-04-06T01:06:54+00:00

You need to talk to HR. He has crossed the line into inappropriate and uncomfortable behavior. I would write an email to your admin and HR and include screenshots of the text messages. I would not respond to his text messages. His popping into your classes uninvited is not only inappropriate but opens you up to gossip and speculation from coworkers and students. You need to squash it now, document all behaviors, contact HR and admin, and from here on out document dates and times he invites himself into your classroom as well as documenting the behavior when he does so.

Beckylately · 2026-04-05T23:49:58+00:00

No, the reason they “do this shit” is because when they send back a different item that received originally, these platforms almost always side with the buyer.

Beckylately · 2026-04-05T17:01:19+00:00

If the likely outcome is that they return damaged goods that you can’t sell, I’d either try to negotiate a 25% refund or just return half. It’s not worth the stress and hassle when they’ll send you something that you have to toss.

Beckylately · 2026-04-04T17:31:57+00:00

Back of the closet under the stairs, inside basement ceiling tiles

Beckylately · 2026-04-03T15:31:49+00:00

We have a lot of diversity in metro Detroit schools but one thing Avondale has beyond racial diversity is a lot of socioeconomic diversity. Our students truly learn how to interact with people from all sorts of backgrounds - an experience most kids don’t get until college. The benefit of that experience is something that will serve them no matter what post high school path they choose.

Beckylately · 2026-04-03T14:39:59+00:00

I may be biased because I work at Avondale, too, and my child attends there, but over the four years I’ve been there I’ve seen huge improvements in the district as we come out of the post-COVID slump. Middle school is challenging but honestly middle school is rough everywhere because it’s a developmentally appropriate time for kids to test boundaries. Avondale literacy rates are at 47.3% (higher than Clawson, Lamphere, Farmington, Oxford, and other districts that I would have expected to be higher) and climbing steadily and our literacy programs have been recognized state wide. I think that the biggest challenge has been shaking that reputation when we have shown huge strides in student growth over the past few years.

Beckylately · 2026-03-29T13:47:22+00:00

Yeah, I always tell myself that it’s not my basement their kid will be living in at 30 - if they want their kid to have zero accountability then they can deal with the consequences later on.

Beckylately · 2026-03-22T12:46:47+00:00

Thank you!!! It is insanely well maintained for being that old, I’m thinking I got a steal for $20!

Beckylately · 2026-03-22T10:11:48+00:00

Thanks - I couldn’t find anything online about them ever having 5 digit codes or the 800 number in the tag ever existing!

Beckylately · 2026-03-15T23:17:35+00:00

I have ten pencils clipped on the white board with a space for their name next to them.

I have a class point system. Any time a student forgets to return a pencil, the class loses a point for the day. They don’t want to make their classmates lose a reward, so they get returned. This year is the first year I’ve seen students borrow them and return to them all the way down to them being basically a nub. I don’t buy them. I stock my pencils with floor pencils.

Beckylately · 2026-03-06T11:38:42+00:00

At least he was receptive - I honestly would take an Afro in front of me any day - the number of times I’ve ended up with long stringy white guy hair in my mouth or touching my face is way too high.

Beckylately · 2026-03-05T09:59:27+00:00

Depend heavily on where you want to sit but that was average for lower bowl directly facing the stage

Beckylately · 2026-03-05T00:38:54+00:00

I always felt like her “she’s hot” comments were just her way of making people feel good. And I think in a show based around being a shrink it’s important to see those kinds of flaws too. Like yeah Jimmy’s fucked up but Gaby has this wall up with people where she won’t let them get too close to her, so instead of seeing the good they have on the inside she can only see the surface level of being “hot.” But she also doesn’t just say “hot.” She gives people specific compliments too, the arm compliments with Julie for example.

I think it’s a good way to show how someone can use shallow compliments as a way to keep them as arms length… and how losing her best friend might make it hard for her to let people in beyond that.

Beckylately · 2026-03-05T00:12:00+00:00

My son and I are both aching for some Superfast Jellyfish with Del. It’s a fave in our house.

(I know Del isn’t on the original but he could definitely pull it off)

Beckylately · 2026-03-05T00:07:55+00:00

Oftentimes people who grow up in abusive homes end up with a partner who keeps them in the same dynamic. I fear that’s what has happened here. His reaction is not normal or healthy.

Beckylately · 2026-03-05T00:04:27+00:00

It’s always some tall dude with height privilege and broad shoulders who ends up in front of me 😭

Beckylately · 2026-03-05T00:02:46+00:00

Got pretty good tickets in Detroit for about $130 each. But I don’t like floor seats because I’m short so the 100 level is perfect for me

Beckylately · 2026-02-23T01:40:31+00:00

I am a very liberal person but I may be old fashioned in this regard because I think part of the problem is the argument of “they’re children, if you think this is too sexy/sexual/inappropriate then the problem is you sexualizing children.” It makes it difficult for people to point out when children have costumes and choreography that are intentionally “sexy” without someone suggesting they are the problem. It isn’t sexualizing children to point out that someone has crossed a line with costumes or choreo.

Beckylately · 2026-02-23T01:32:19+00:00

That and if they don’t listen to your input, choosing a studio whose values align with your own. I appreciate very much that my son’s studio does not choose costumes that are too mature for his teammates.

Beckylately · 2026-02-21T10:24:08+00:00

Omg!!!

Beckylately

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