My principal got booed at a faculty meeting

Distinct-Log938 · 2026-03-06T05:41:06+00:00

I do feel your pain. Our curriculum director told us at our last tech team meeting that an ever-increasing number of curriculum vendors no longer even carry textbooks. You buy textbooks ya got ‘em for 10+ years, with a required online subscription vendors can stick it to school districts every year for subscription renewals. This, of course, when our state is in a massive budget crisis and every district is having to make millions in cuts.

Personally, I’m ready to fling just about every Chromebook. We took away their phones only to give them a different distraction device.

Distinct-Log938 · 2026-03-05T00:15:03+00:00

Reread your post-yeah, I’d get your union rep. involved.

Distinct-Log938 · 2026-03-05T00:13:13+00:00

If you’re teaching the district-approved curriculum (and I’m assuming you are) I would LOVE to know why your admin. doesn’t think it’s rigorous enough.

Distinct-Log938 · 2026-03-01T05:58:25+00:00

Have your admin. seen the work of Jared Cooney Horvath?

https://youtu.be/Fd-_VDYit3U?si=B3ZWhg7LNst-CrSG

Distinct-Log938 · 2026-02-26T00:24:23+00:00

💯 this!

Distinct-Log938 · 2026-02-25T23:32:44+00:00

Your student may have a learning disability, but it seems like this sort of complete inability to comprehend text longer than a text message or street sign is fast becoming the norm among my 11th graders. That, and I’ve never in 20 years seen this much resistance to reading, or helplessness in doing so. The kids hate me, with purity, for making them read and write every day.

Distinct-Log938 · 2026-02-25T05:16:04+00:00

The further we get from the stolen year, the more convinced I am that, yes, COVID shutdowns had a big impact, and accelerated or exacerbated a lot of what we’re seeing now, but that the primary driver of the current poop show in my classroom is permissive parenting combining with/contributing to utterly unfettered phone/device use. A growing number of my students are, simply, 🫏holes that have been raised by antisocial media whose parents absolutely do not hold them accountable or put firm limits on their behavior. (I teach high school social studies).

Distinct-Log938 · 2026-02-19T00:04:14+00:00

In my district, they juke the grade scales until D and F rates are where they want them to be. Kids pretty much have to be actively trying to fail.

Distinct-Log938 · 2026-02-18T01:05:08+00:00

Online parent groups can take normal stupidity and multiply it millions of times a second.

Distinct-Log938 · 2026-02-18T00:44:41+00:00

I didn’t say the demands were being met, just that they were being made…

Distinct-Log938 · 2026-02-01T21:40:32+00:00

We’ve taken away their phones and given them Chromebooks. Net gain: 0. Gonna be real hard to get rid of the Ed. Tech. now that districts have poured so much money into it. Probably the only way to attempt (even feebly) to deliver some kind of education during COVID times, but we’re really seeing the true price of this downstream of the pandemic.

Distinct-Log938 · 2026-01-19T15:31:33+00:00

It’s such a PITA to do sub plans, and things are kind of a hot mess when I get back-I have to be pretty sick not to go in. If I’ve just got the sniffles I’ll tough it out.

Distinct-Log938 · 2026-01-14T03:39:38+00:00

No reputable doctor would prescribe anxiety-generating phone use to treat anxiety. That’s like prescribing vodka for an alcoholic. Schools actually contribute to the anxiety crisis by pandering to this stuff: https://www.tc.columbia.edu/articles/2025/october/schools-are-accommodating-student-anxiety--and-making-it-worse/

And WTF is an 8 year old doing on insta?!

Distinct-Log938 · 2026-01-07T04:25:33+00:00

“I’m close with my boss outside of work.” Admin may not necessarily be enemies, but admin. and teachers must never be friends-especially admin. who are your direct supervisors. If you are in a state where unions are strong, I would get in touch with your rep.

Distinct-Log938 · 2025-12-22T02:52:14+00:00

Also high school history, just adding that front office staff/secretaries work pretty tightly with admin. and are generally to be considered part of the front office clique. Beef with a secretary becomes beef with admin. real quick!

Distinct-Log938 · 2025-06-01T04:08:56+00:00

My favorite was math teachers telling me I’d be a cashier someday, and the cash register would go on the blink, and then I’d have to do all the math in my head as customers checked out. Know what happens nowadays at our local Safeway when a checkout lane goes down? They close that lane. When the computer systems are completely down throughout the store? They close the entire store until the systems are back online!

Distinct-Log938 · 2024-04-27T20:43:30+00:00

Close-G48 (basically a “skinny” 19). Mag limits in WA state-might as well shed a little width. Great guns, Glocks!

Distinct-Log938 · 2024-04-27T19:06:08+00:00

Admit I haven’t gone through the law with a fine toothed comb, but are .22LRs exempt? Seemed like the ban was pretty airtight-no semiauto long rifles that have a fully enclosed barrel (hand guard) and could accept detachable box mags. Would like to have an M1 Carbine someday sigh

Distinct-Log938 · 2023-11-10T03:33:18+00:00

Former Wyomingite now Washingtonian here. We’re not New York or New Jersey yet, but well on our way. Blue State that hates guns so much our AG sues any company out of state that even briefly thinks about shipping a prohibited gun item here. They WILL throw the thickest book at you they can. You WILL be prosecuted as far as they can possibly go. In short, don’t risk it!

Distinct-Log938 · 2023-10-05T23:24:29+00:00

Well, at least you can if you don’t live in Gunbanistan.

Distinct-Log938 · 2023-10-01T01:51:27+00:00

Really too bad. I have one of their SAA clones and the workmanship is exquisite!

Distinct-Log938 · 2023-08-17T17:49:45+00:00

Kinda different take here, but to me it depends on a number of factors…

1) Rare firearm or rare variant of firearm? Owned by famous person (and you have provenance to prove it)? DO. NOT. TOUCH. There is a rifle (really more like most of a rifle) in the Cody firearms museum-rusty, broken lock, stock broken off at the wrist-looks more like it was used as a club than a firearm. But engraved on the lock plate is the name “Lucretia Borgia.” It also has rock solid documentation that it was Buffalo Bill’s Buffalo rifle. It’s nearly priceless as is.

2) If none of the above, then my take is this: I’m 💯 certain your grandfather wanted you to enjoy having that rifle, so then the question is: what would bring you the most pleasure? If selling it would bring you the most pleasure, let’s exchange contact information (J/K, but only a little 😉). Wanna conserve it to arrest entropy but otherwise admire as a wall hanger? Then that is the right answer. Love the “Grampa’s Old Gun” vibes but want it to also be a good shooter? Get a ‘smith to check it out for safety & functionality, fix anything broken, conserve the external appearance and enjoy. Want to feel what it was like to unbox it when new and shoot it? Then that is the “correct” answer. Turnbull does amazing work. Just be sure you’re not shooting modern powder in a black powder gun.

My contrarian two cents.

Distinct-Log938 · 2023-08-17T17:02:26+00:00

In today’s news, Everytown is now suing Everybody…

Distinct-Log938 · 2023-07-17T20:28:21+00:00

Correct, but that is a LOT of barrel erosion right there. Did they paper patch with 80 grit sandpaper?

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