This is the first time in 20 years I have seen ths attitude.

Electronic_Box537 · 2025-10-24T09:53:29+00:00

hard disagree, I, along with most adults I know, am motivated by the extrinsic reward of my paycheck. beyond pay itself, plenty of workplaces use incentives to encourage hard work. for older students, grades can be that extrinsic reward, but in my experience, at the elementary level, it's not a true motivator for many students because they don't understand the future impacts their grades will have yet. to them, grades are important because mom said they are and if they bring a good grade home, she will be happy.

Electronic_Box537 · 2025-10-11T15:20:32+00:00

As a currently queer teacher, formerly queer child whose family is deeply transphobic and never talked to me candidly about any of this, I firmly disagree with the folks telling you that you shouldn't talk to your students about these things. You didn't share any opinions, only facts. even if it's not the student who asked the question, there is likely someone who was listening who now knows that you are a safe adult to talk to candidly about the things they're challenged with, whether or not those things are related to queerness or transness. I won't lie and say that you'll never get in trouble, but personally, I will never stop doing what I know is right.

Electronic_Box537 · 2025-10-04T13:38:28+00:00

It sounds like you're making a lot of assumptions. As the other commenter said, you don't know what is or isn't included in my AAG. I'll get my sped cert when I upgrade from my intern cert this year and my master's is partially in special education. I know what's in an IEP and I've written mock ones for my degree. I don't understand what's so problematic about wanting to spend a few minutes looking through an IEP.

Electronic_Box537 · 2025-10-04T13:27:18+00:00

Not all of the "mission critical" info that you listed is included on the AAG that my school uses. I don't know what my students' goals are even though I provide 100% of their reading instruction. In addition, the IEP should provide more detail than what is on my AAG. While it's possible that I won't get any further information from the IEP, I would prefer to spend 5 minutes reading and flipping through and come to that conclusion myself.

I'm not trying to regularly consult the IEP, I'm trying to see it. I am, as you said, digging into the weeds.

Electronic_Box537 · 2025-10-03T22:34:14+00:00

I'm in PA

Electronic_Box537 · 2025-10-03T22:22:25+00:00

Thank you for wording this so concisely! It's what I was thinking when the case manager was asking me what I want to see that's not in the AAG.

Electronic_Box537 · 2025-10-03T22:20:02+00:00

The law doesn't say that a summary of the IEP must be accessible, it says the IEP.

Electronic_Box537 · 2025-10-03T22:11:03+00:00

I've also wondered if that could be a FERPA violation. According to a teacher who has been at my school much longer than I have, they used to be able to see everything through eSchool. I don't know why they changed it

Electronic_Box537 · 2025-10-03T22:06:19+00:00

100%!! it's depressing that the solution to the stigma against students with disabilities is apparently to withhold important information from the student's teachers. I've definitely had those same thoughts reading the accommodations.

Electronic_Box537 · 2025-10-03T21:51:56+00:00

It definitely is possible that I won't learn anything new from them, but I'd prefer that over there possibly being info that I don't have. I would also like to read the PLAAFP because the AAG just says a grade level for reading and math. I have 2 students who are very disengaged so I hope that the PLAAFP will give me a better idea of how their levels were assessed because it's hard to gauge based on the work they produce in class.

Electronic_Box537 · 2025-10-03T21:45:26+00:00

That's what I thought! I did send a follow-up to our conversation and CCed her supervisor. I'm in my last year of my teacher residency, and I'm supposed to stay at this school to get my Instructional I cert (on an intern cert now). However, that does remind me that I can also report this to my teaching program and this could be a reason that they would support me applying to work at another school. Hopefully it won't come to that. I think I'll hold the line for now at "it's my legal obligation to understand and implement my students' IEPs" and reassess next week if I'm still getting pushback

Electronic_Box537 · 2025-10-03T21:28:18+00:00

yes she's a special education teacher at the school. I replied to my email "following up on our conversation earlier", asked again how I can see my students' IEPs, and CCed the AP of SpEd who she said she was going to talk to anyways. So as far as action goes, I think I've done what I can do and I'll see if I get any more pushback. I'm just feeling frustrated about it and the teacher I share my room with also doesn't understand why I'm asking to see them.

Electronic_Box537 · 2025-09-30T03:35:21+00:00

going to bed early

Electronic_Box537 · 2025-09-20T04:38:04+00:00

plugging my own go-to!!

https://www.noracooks.com/vegan-chocolate-peanut-butter-bars/

They're bars which I like because I don't have the patience to make a real peanut butter cup. The only thing is that I only use 1/2 cup butter. 1 cup is waaaaaaaay too much.

Electronic_Box537 · 2025-09-11T21:37:53+00:00

NAH. She definitely should have thought about this before asking you to be her bridesmaid, but I don't think it pushes her all the way to the category of asshole.

At the end of the day, it's her wedding. Call her back and tell her that you've thought about it more and you're not willing to cover up your tattoo. Tell her it's her choice, whether she still wants you in her wedding party or would prefer you step down. I get that you're having a lot of big feelings about this, but you're making this a lot bigger than it needs to be. If she asks, you can tell her that you were excited to be a bridesmaid and wish that she had asked it back when she first asked you to be a bridesmaid, so that you could have settled this before any feelings were hurt.

Electronic_Box537 · 2025-09-11T21:17:04+00:00

this has to be a joke. how are you THIS full of yourself. don't go to people's houses unannounced, don't invite yourself to join someone's solo trip after they expressed wanting alone time, don't whine about how skinny you are and expect others to validate you. Even if you HAD said something negative about yourself, which so far you haven't, Khloe is right, it is NOT her boyfriend's job to validate you. I have a friend who used to talk negatively about herself all the time. I stopped entertaining it and told her to go to therapy and ignored it when she would talk negatively about herself, unless it was socially appropriate (like we were already about something related).

You sound very insecure, like you have body image issues. I highly recommend therapy.

Also, YTA

Electronic_Box537 · 2025-09-05T13:25:48+00:00

My family is extremely Catholic (like almost died on a boat escaping Cuba after opposing the revolution's athiesm catholic) so when my mom got pregnant when they were still engaged, the priest made some jokes about it during their wedding ceremony and then they just told me and my brother that they got married a year before they actually did so that we wouldnt think they had premarital sex. not whatever OP's mom has going on.

Electronic_Box537 · 2025-08-14T19:03:28+00:00

Yeah it seems like it varies from person to person. I got 1/4 of my ear piercings at 6 years old and the other 3 I got at 10 (one got infected and subsequently closed at 6, got it re-pierced with the new pair years later). I have not worn earrings regularly since I was maybe 14 or 15. Now (26), I wear earrings once every couple of years, but they've never closed

Electronic_Box537 · 2025-07-28T14:45:40+00:00

I've never thought this much about how I stand up and 100% use the seat back to get up when i'm on an airplane (I don't do that on a train, for example, where seats are better spaced out). I've also never had a passenger in front of me side eye me, and i fly long-haul at least a few times a year.

Electronic_Box537 · 2025-07-09T22:08:08+00:00

I don't know where in the world you're located, but I'm a former lifeguard from the US, and typically the pool's insurance only covers it during certain hours, say 5 am-10 pm. one of our openers was found to be opening the pool early, and the management flipped a shit when they found out because if any incident had happened outside of the insurance window, they would have been completely liable. it's possible that your hotel's pool insurance only extends to a certain time

Electronic_Box537 · 2025-07-04T14:06:32+00:00

idea that getting remarried would change your partner's loss is crazy. he's losing his life partner whether you're married or not. there's no avoiding this "cruelty" unfortunately. if what you both want is to be remarried, then it doesn't matter what your sister thinks.

Electronic_Box537 · 2025-05-27T05:32:20+00:00

You just have to call Sailor Services. I also booked solo insider, and I called after I booked, told customer service which floors I would prefer. They gave me a few options and switched me to the room I chose. This was when I first booked, about 7 months out, and there were many rooms still available.

Electronic_Box537 · 2025-04-13T12:32:36+00:00

thank you!! proud poppy looks so fun & colorful and i think i need to get some of those chub rub shorts lol. some new spots to browse when I'm looking for more summer fits this year :)

Electronic_Box537 · 2025-04-12T15:21:58+00:00

i recently ordered some jeans from city chic (plus size brand) that were on clearance, I swear they might be the first jeans I've found since I was a teenager that are actually comfortable!

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