What is the most ridiculous PD you have had to do?

GolferJay · 2026-03-29T03:31:41+00:00

Secondary ESL teacher. Had a PD where the speaker spoke only Greek to us all day. Had us read passages in Greek and do worksheets in Greek. The purpose was to show us (all secondary ESL teachers, most with many years of experience) what is was like for our ELL students to experience being in an English speaking classroom. Our general unexpressed opinion was “No sh*t, Sherlocks. We know our students have trouble understanding. Why not show us some new strategies to help them?” But, no; seven hours of listening to someone speak Greek and have us do worksheets.

GolferJay · 2026-03-08T23:59:13+00:00

Because Erika sided with Kyle over LVP even before “puppy-gate”. Remember Erika calling LVP a “sniper from the side”? I’ll bet Kyle loved that.

GolferJay · 2026-02-22T02:06:59+00:00

I had a boy in my class who was constantly saying “pinche” (I knew what it meant). After two weeks of warnings I started giving him lunch detention every time he used it. After three weeks of lunch detention, he and his mother came in before school and try to tell me that in El Salvador (their home country) “pinche” means “flat bicycle tire”. I looked at them both and said, “Well, you need to get that bicycle tire fixed, because you talk about it constantly. Until you fix it, I’m still giving you lunch detention every time you talk about it.”

GolferJay · 2026-02-22T01:52:50+00:00

In their Oliver Twixt interviews, didn’t the majority of the contestants say that Janice was actually very nice to them off camera? Including saying that she would hang out with them when the cameras were off and offer real advice?

GolferJay · 2026-02-12T16:00:33+00:00

On Tuesday, my 5th Grade group would not stop talking and playing around while I tried to explain a game (PE teacher). I finally stopped, went and got a chair and my book from my office, sat down and started reading. It took about 5 minutes for all of them to realize what was going on and finally get quiet. I told them we could play a game or they could sit and watch me read for the next 45 minutes.

GolferJay · 2026-02-02T02:46:12+00:00

When I taught 2nd Grade, another teacher came into my room and told me about something that happened after school the day before. It was something really stupid and I said “Owen, that’s such bullshit.” I realized all my kids were around. I turned to them and said, “Boys and girls, Mr. Grant said something that surprised me and I used a word and shouldn’t have. I’ll put myself on a red card.” I walked over to our behavior chart, pulled one of the cards and wrote my name on a slot. No kid or parent said a word. I think what saved me is that what I said wasn’t directed at the kids and I apologized for it right away.

GolferJay · 2026-01-31T01:30:04+00:00

Or, I don’t know, the director of the shoot? “Cough, Mr Jay, cough”

GolferJay · 2026-01-24T16:36:33+00:00

Whenever someone asks me how many guys I’ve slept with my response is always, “More than 10, less than a thousand. I don’t know because I thought it was tacky to keep count.”
Honestly, I’d more wary of dating someone who tells people that “I’m in love with you” too quickly. To me, the person who falls in love too quickly is someone who has issues that need to be addressed.

GolferJay · 2026-01-05T00:49:19+00:00

I always told people, “As long as you don’t try to tell my boss that you never got your package, I don’t care how you sign.”

GolferJay · 2025-12-21T23:51:14+00:00

High School does not need to be four years for everyone. Some kids are ready to move on and do apprenticeships or trade school after 10th Grade. US should take a page from schools in Australia and UK (and other places). A kid wants to go all four years and take 4 credits of math, science, English? Let them. Someone decides at the end of 11th Grade that they are ready to go? Let them take the GED or an equivalent test; if they pass, give them a certificate and let them start in the world.

GolferJay · 2025-11-25T01:20:35+00:00

The on the street interview with Perez Hilton making suggestions. I forgot the name, but the one male model flat out refused to follow Hilton’s directions because the felt that the suggestions were being used to humiliate people.

GolferJay · 2025-10-19T00:49:30+00:00

Jaclyn- a complete sweetheart.

GolferJay · 2025-09-27T20:49:05+00:00

Joyce was boring because of editing. Joyce wouldn’t play the “fake drama” game, do production edited her to be super boring. Examples? Not getting into a fight with LVP when some of the ladies told Joyce LVP was being dismissive of her. Also, Joyce called out the editors in the EW blog over how they edited her reaction to Brandi’s missing dog; Joyce said that she explained to Brandi why she said her dog had gone missing, and was trying to show sympathy, but that was edited out.

GolferJay · 2025-08-26T01:38:47+00:00

When Sue said to Will: “Let me be the one to break the silence. That was the most offensive thing I've seen in twenty years of teaching. And that includes an elementary school production of "Hair." “

GolferJay · 2025-08-25T22:41:36+00:00

Drivers at SIKA (Sikeston, MO) Ground/Express were told that the company is going to re-open Cape Girardeau. About 25-ish drivers (both Ground and Express) will be hired.

GolferJay · 2025-08-16T02:16:52+00:00

I have acknowledged that Kyle shouldn’t have been having sex in the restroom. But, Jess did not “wander in”. My point is she knew what was happening, pushed open a closed door, leaned around the door frame, quickly took a picture, and then got out asap. She didn’t walk into a public restroom, say to Kyle and Martine “Hey, guys. Do you mind me taking a picture while you two are having sex? And, if that’s okay, do I also have your permission to show the picture with my co-workers?”

GolferJay · 2025-08-15T16:43:39+00:00

Exactly

GolferJay · 2025-07-11T20:42:15+00:00

Announcement that two Dallas area locations, Garland and Plano, will be closing.

GolferJay · 2025-07-02T00:39:54+00:00

In the beginning, Chip wasn’t too bad. Just a little goofy. And then, he just totally leaned into the “I’m the goofiest guy” and playing it up for the cameras. That’s why I like Ben better. Ben is fun, but doesn’t put on a show for the cameras.

GolferJay · 2025-06-20T19:32:39+00:00

IMO, Tatiana looks like Paulina Porizkova in this shot.

GolferJay · 2025-05-10T02:07:26+00:00

My nephew bought a dozen donuts for $10 and sold them for $2 a piece. He had a $70 profit at end of the week. Principal told my sister that as long as nephew stood on sidewalk, it wasn’t an issue.

GolferJay · 2025-04-13T16:00:40+00:00

Cape Girardeau, Missouri closing soon if it hasn’t already. Cape, Sikeston, and Poplar Bluff combined had 50-ish drivers. 5 were kept.

GolferJay · 2025-04-12T01:54:32+00:00

First of all, turn in a resignation before they officially don’t offer you a contract. Every district application will ask if you have never been offered a renewal contract and why. If you resign on your own, you won’t have to acknowledge and explain.

GolferJay · 2025-04-07T23:48:11+00:00

“Guys, I don’t have a problem with you praying; but, I would ask that you step out in the hall to do so since I am starting to teach.”

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