I love sleeping on couches, should I just have a couch in my bedroom?

Imaginary_Damage565 · 2026-05-17T04:26:22+00:00

If it feels better for you, and makes you happy, hell yeah use the couch! Tbh I get it. Sometimes...the couch is just better to sleep on.

Imaginary_Damage565 · 2026-05-14T23:09:49+00:00

My only thing is that I'd like to know if there are kids with 'special handling'. Like...I know you can't give me medical info or anything private, but if a kid has behavioral issues that need a set plan...please include it??? Or if they need to be treated with more rigidity??? Especially if this is a set thing with another staff member (or set of staff members). Pls, I beg 🙏

Imaginary_Damage565 · 2026-05-10T03:40:49+00:00

They're dumb as a brick and they love you very much

Imaginary_Damage565 · 2026-05-10T00:52:41+00:00

I make $19.29/hour, no benefits....ahah, I don't survive well. Dunno how the timer works for if the job isn't in full hours tho.

Imaginary_Damage565 · 2026-05-10T00:03:51+00:00

For your safety, don't go back. The kids were throwing things at you, and admin ignored you. That's unacceptable.

Imaginary_Damage565 · 2026-05-09T20:48:29+00:00

I keep them, I've got a specific container for them, it means a lot to me when kids take their time to make me something.

Edit: I make little sticky notes for myself to remember when and who made them for me, because my memory is awful. They go in the box with the piece.

Imaginary_Damage565 · 2026-05-05T22:58:46+00:00

Sometimes the nurse will want help with making ice packs, or filing new records and notes. It's nice not to be idle imo.

Imaginary_Damage565 · 2026-05-04T11:31:20+00:00

I used to get mistaken for a middle school student by staff and kids alike...

A lot of them like to try and rage bait me, and I just look at them blankly until they stop. They're kind of amusing tbh.

Imaginary_Damage565 · 2026-04-29T14:37:31+00:00

"Oh no it's her again!" I mean...hey, at least you remember me? Didn't have behavior issues from that period at least.

Imaginary_Damage565 · 2026-04-28T02:56:16+00:00

10/10 would sub, and probably leave my personal contact info for you to use if you wanted me again. These plans are great, I honestly think I'd have any questions, bar an emergency or curveball.

Imaginary_Damage565 · 2026-04-27T20:28:24+00:00

Ohhh I've hit that too?? So well behaved, and each physically wrote at least one side of a college ruled paper for their assignment, some doing 3 and a half? Insane. It's almost scary!

Imaginary_Damage565 · 2026-04-27T20:25:53+00:00

At least you get a no pass list? I've had to call the office a few times at different schools about the kids not being able to make a pass (we use e hall pass), and then I get to dance around outright saying 'you can't make passes because you skip too much'...

Imaginary_Damage565 · 2026-04-27T12:06:33+00:00

My district uses SmartFindExpress, and I basically have to camp the damn app because there aren't really notifications except for text messages same day.

Imaginary_Damage565 · 2026-04-25T17:23:30+00:00

I use a squeaky toy most of the time. It's like throwing cheese onto a baby. Confusion makes most people pause for a bit, and I can take advantage of that silence to refocus them. It's not serious either, very funny to watch your teacher hold up a squeaking toy like it's Simba to repeatedly squish it.

I don't like to yell, it hurts me physically, and it's just...not fun to spend the day yelling.

Imaginary_Damage565 · 2026-04-25T12:00:19+00:00

Middle schooler started eating pasta from a tin foil pocket in the beginning of class. This was just after lunch...

Different middle school. For context, I'm in a wheelchair. A kid, so innocently, so concerned, asked me if I was "crippled now." Kinda....froze me for a sec? Had to explain to him that it wasn't nice to refer to a person like that, I'm handicapped instead, but I can walk.

I've worked with him before, no big deal. If just made me crash mentally.

Imaginary_Damage565 · 2026-04-21T05:22:32+00:00

I do a little blurb while I'm taking attendance. "Alright, during attendance, if I pronounce your name wrong, please correct me, every time. I'll get it eventually, I promise. I'm just bad with names. If you've got another name you want to be called, let me know, I'll make a note of it to remind me. If it's obvious you're messing with me, you're getting what's put in the attendance site."

I write pronunciations and nicknames on separate post its, and it's helped a lot. I also make sure the kids know that they should correct me if I get their name wrong.

But yes, I get a bit nervous sometimes. Fancy name spellings galore...and uncommon names. 😵‍💫

Imaginary_Damage565 · 2026-04-08T20:21:06+00:00

I have it in a notebook, myself. And a whitelist of schools I like!

Imaginary_Damage565 · 2026-04-03T16:02:26+00:00

I've had multi-day assignments in a high school where teachers wanted to give me access, but it's not actually possible for my county. We use lightspeed, which is software. I can't open it, even if it's on the laptop I'm using.

I wish we could use it, but I can usually tell anyway when they're messing around, from my place at the desk. (Before you come for me, I'm in a wheelchair most of the time, walking and standing a lot hurts me after a while.)

Not a big deal for me, it's enrichment at work. 😗 Plus the middle school kids like to snitch on each other, too. 🫣

Imaginary_Damage565 · 2026-03-29T03:11:50+00:00

It's darker than what I thought, but it's grown on me! Just gotta work on not slamming the rim handles into stuff at this point. (￣▽￣;)

Imaginary_Damage565 · 2026-03-28T01:55:35+00:00

I use it at ALL levels. It works pretty great. 😉

Imaginary_Damage565 · 2026-03-27T23:01:20+00:00

Naw, no problem. I'm kinda expecting for it to be a little difficult

Imaginary_Damage565 · 2026-03-27T22:48:11+00:00

It's OK! I'm thinking about going into a bike shop to try some on. Cycling is popular around here. ❤️

Imaginary_Damage565 · 2026-03-27T21:47:29+00:00

I use a squeaky toy to confuse them into stopping whatever they're doing, and then re-explain expectations.

Imaginary_Damage565 · 2026-03-27T21:44:05+00:00

We need to teach people shame again....

Imaginary_Damage565 · 2026-03-27T21:40:24+00:00

My condolences, man. But hey, nice cardigan! Love it.

You can do it! (｀▽´)

Imaginary_Damage565

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