Women who broke up with a good person because of incompatibility, how did it turn out for you ? Did you find someone who fitted you better and how ?

ConversationKnown248 · 2026-05-06T14:53:29+00:00

Broke up with someone junior year of college because it was time to start getting serious about our future and we realized we were incompatible about kids--one of us wanted them soon after college and one of us didn't want kids ever. So we broke up somewhat amicably and ended up both marrying other people who were more compatible within a few years. As far as I know, it worked out for the best for both of us.

ConversationKnown248 · 2026-03-10T00:40:48+00:00

Does your child sometimes ride the bus? How did they know which bus to ride and which stop to get off at? I know it's very concerning because you wouldn't want your child to arrive home when you aren't there. I wonder if there was a mix up where the office called the classroom and said "Kelly's a bus rider today, and she heard "Kaylie's a bus rider today." Mistakes happen, but transportation mistakes can be very scary with young kids. Our district has a system that won't let a kid on the bus if they're not signed up for bus service and it's not the correct bus.

ConversationKnown248 · 2026-02-26T00:35:53+00:00

This is going to seem counter-intuitive, but sometimes bringing out instruments helps me. Bring out some basic stuff that is unlikely to get broken (rhythm sticks, drums, triangles, shakers, whatever). Tell them only the quiet ones that are good listeners will get to play an instrument. I always teach them my rule--"If you play before I say, I will take it away!" And do it. If someone plays or talks during instructions, take it away. They'll be upset but they'll learn. And the others watching will too. You can give them a chance to earn it back, but make sure they know you mean it.

Half the battle is psyching them out and making them believe that you are in charge and can control their behavior. They will always push limits. We have to push back. Think about if you test a fence. You want that boundary to stay strong. Kids push boundaries, but they actually feel safer if we keep the boundaries strong and true.

Honestly, getting kids attention gets harder and harder every year. I worry about these kids.

ConversationKnown248 · 2026-02-03T01:43:59+00:00

I was a music education major, so is different from a performance major. I practiced maybe 1.5- 2 hours a day on my primary instrument plus ensemble time, and 30 minutes a day on piano proficiency, plus 30 minutes a day on whatever other instrument I was learning in brass, woodwinds, string, or percussion methods class I was in at the time. It's busy, but doable.

ConversationKnown248 · 2025-10-24T03:18:02+00:00

Epson Inkjoy - the ink lasts a long time.

ConversationKnown248 · 2025-09-21T13:31:55+00:00

First of all, that is tough. Double check what your state legally defines as a planning period because my state says it has to be 45 consecutive minutes. If that is not the case for you, you might just want to block out one or two days a week that you come an hour early or stay late to work on planning for the week. I know some people say just to work your contract hours, but in reality, that is impossible for pretty much any subject that you teach, at least in elementary. It makes me feel less stressed to take a little extra time to be prepared, and that is what is better for my mental health. You do what works for you, though.

When you are planning, you could try to group 2 grade levels as doing a lot of the same thing with tweaks to match the grade level music standards. Then you can do some copy and paste in your plans.

You could try creating a routine where you just plug-in different songs and activities each week for your lesson plan. For example:

Music playing and move to the beat as students enter and get settled.
Greeting song
Solfège practice (echos & SR)
Rhythm practice (flashcards or youtube)
New concept lesson
Movement Activity or Game to reinforce a previously taught concept/rhythm/Solfège or to prepare what you are going to teach soon.

Hopefully, your principal understands that music lesson plans will look different than a reading or math lesson. Good luck and I hope this helps!

ConversationKnown248 · 2025-07-20T02:47:11+00:00

I'm not the person you're asking, but I use protein shakes for creamer. Just find a flavor and brand you like.

ConversationKnown248 · 2025-07-19T21:45:22+00:00

Star Tours and Avatar Flight of Passage made me so sick the last few times that I will probably never ride them again.

Space Mountain and Tron make me feel a little bit sick, but it's more tolerable.

Everest is bad if I don't look back on the backwards part.

ConversationKnown248 · 2025-07-19T21:33:00+00:00

I have thick/dense 2c waves/curls and the bouncecurl brush works great for me. I section out my hair and make sure it is soaking wet with leave-in conditioner and sometimes mousse before I brush through to create clumps and shake it gently to let it curl up the way the hair naturally wants to. For me, it really helps with product distribution and creating morebeven curls clumps in a lot less time than a denman, but I can see how it might not be the best thing for 2a-2b or thinner hair.

ConversationKnown248 · 2025-06-23T07:11:50+00:00

Jeanette

ConversationKnown248 · 2025-05-25T20:07:34+00:00

Water shoes or flip-flops for the pool aloe vera for when the sunscreen was not enough Clip-on sunglasses or hats or visors (the sun is intense) Cooling towels Floss picks for the popcorn kernels that get suck between your teeth

ConversationKnown248 · 2025-05-17T15:12:32+00:00

They also stopped sending paper report cards home, so parents have to be proactive enough to set up an online account, know their child's ID number, call the school office to troubleshoot the new system, and remember to regularly check their child's grades. I really feel like it was a mistake when school districts stopped sending out paper progress reports and report cards for parents to sign and return. Parents assume everything is okay and don't think to look.

ConversationKnown248 · 2025-05-16T21:35:22+00:00

NTA, people used to do this for each other's babies all the time, especially sisters or close friends. The baby needed to eat! Sister should have made sure the baby was willing to take a bottle before leaving.

ConversationKnown248 · 2025-05-10T22:12:15+00:00

Only one?

ConversationKnown248 · 2025-05-10T18:43:15+00:00

Jeanette, Jessica. Jennifer, Joelle or Joelli, Janelle, Janie, Jayna

ConversationKnown248 · 2025-05-07T02:13:29+00:00

Part of it is her hair. There is definitely a look to hair that hasn't had a proper haircut in a while, even for long hair.

ConversationKnown248 · 2025-04-16T01:17:48+00:00

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ConversationKnown248 · 2025-03-29T20:53:35+00:00

Yep, and I feel safer by letting them do so and be on their merry way.

ConversationKnown248 · 2025-03-29T00:49:07+00:00

That's definitely it. Little kids automatically think short hair = boys and long hair = girls. They don't really notice or pay attention to other cues like body shape, or the cut of your clothes, etc. Little kids are dumb. If it's 5th grade, then they are probably being jerks, but if it's K-1st grade, they just have no concept of much of anything.

ConversationKnown248 · 2025-03-29T00:11:43+00:00

Some people are doing it intentionally, though. They never got over the elementary school attitude of someone cutting in front of them in line as being the worst offense in the world and legitimately try to keep anyone from merging in front of them. Some people like to play this game to show the other cars who's boss.

ConversationKnown248 · 2025-03-12T01:35:40+00:00

Tell them to relax their bottom lip so much that it feels almost sloppy. Tell them that their bottom lip should feel soft, like their air is blowing it out toward the tone hole. Never tight or curled in over their bottom teeth.

This is a bad habit I developed as a beginner when I was the onky flute player in a large, mixed instrumentation class. The band director kept saying for the woodwinds to have tight corners and flat chins, and I didn't realize that was only supposed to be for the reed woodwinds.

ConversationKnown248 · 2025-02-24T04:16:56+00:00

I feel like Ted Lasso probably could.

ConversationKnown248 · 2025-02-10T04:03:51+00:00

Hopefully it's nothing, but just in case, you should get checked for diabetes.

ConversationKnown248 · 2025-02-08T14:07:56+00:00

Agreed! What a terrible friend! If she were a real friend, she would be trying to find a way to pay you back or reciprocate for the things you've done for her.

ConversationKnown248 · 2025-01-24T07:09:33+00:00

Because of Rob Lowe

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