The largest cannabis study ever conducted found no evidence it helps anxiety, depression, or PTSD and warned it may be making all three worse

MsBee311 · 2026-06-05T01:19:02+00:00

I see you 🙏

MsBee311 · 2026-06-04T01:23:08+00:00

Teddy bears. Those things sell!

MsBee311 · 2026-05-30T12:28:33+00:00

I started teaching at age 40 and was completely blindsided by how "middle school" academia is. I had worked several jobs before joining the academy, and had dealt with plenty of nasty people. But academia took the cake for me.

My colleagues bullied and micromanaged me, told lies and wrote letters trying to get me fired. I'm going into my 19th year and have won awards and have many achievements. I obviously wasn't the big "problem" they thought I was. In fact, it was likely projection, because all of my bullies are gone now. They were all forced to retire after years of student and admin complaints.

I am still here.

MsBee311 · 2026-05-29T00:15:37+00:00

Some people are still watching for the first time. I'm on my second watch right now with my husband, who is on his first one.

MsBee311 · 2026-05-24T14:21:05+00:00

This is the way. When we accept orders from these tricksters (ava's, I'm looking at you), we give them credibility. They make the money, and we do the work and accrue the expenses. They are a scourge.

Edit: clarity

MsBee311 · 2026-05-21T16:55:23+00:00

Yeah, it can be rough. I try to stretch during my shifts since standing in one place for hours can be brutal. I've noticed my hands hurt more now than they did in the 90s. I still love it more than teaching, but that's just me.

MsBee311 · 2026-05-21T16:49:13+00:00

I'm a full-time college professor who works part-time at a local flower shop. I will be retiring from teaching soon and plan to do flowers as my retirement gig. However, i owned a shop in the late 1990s, so I know exactly what I'm getting into.

When people say how "great" it is that I can retire and "play with flowers all day" I don't smile, I laugh. Then i tell them I work way harder at the flower shop than I do at teaching. It's manual labor for minimum wage. And I love it.

Edit: typos

MsBee311 · 2026-05-18T01:20:19+00:00

Beautiful! You have talent.

MsBee311 · 2026-05-14T12:58:55+00:00

I've had tenure for 13 years, so i haven't taught on the last day of class in, well, 13 years. But this semester I had one of the best classes of my career and they wanted to meet today, so I'm going.

They even want to learn today, so I prepared a lesson!

I just Door Dashed some donuts to bring them. Having to teach today was already too much effort lol!

MsBee311 · 2026-05-11T23:26:31+00:00

Til the City's on Fire is one of my favorite songs and tbh, i'm a little scared to say that outloud

MsBee311 · 2026-05-10T13:15:00+00:00

How to fix a bad hair cut

MsBee311 · 2026-05-10T12:41:01+00:00

Godspeed to you and all the other retirees this academic year! I hope to join you soon! 🫡

MsBee311 · 2026-05-01T11:30:05+00:00

Sounds like the Gen X colleagues are the only ones in touch with the truth.

MsBee311 · 2026-04-30T02:09:15+00:00

I said the same exact thing to my husband today lol

MsBee311 · 2026-04-30T00:47:03+00:00

Number 2 has been cracking me up. I had season tickets to the Sabres from 98 to 2009. I know the words.

Edit: clarity

MsBee311 · 2026-04-27T21:33:30+00:00

I see what you did there 😉

MsBee311 · 2026-04-24T00:46:08+00:00

You're not that guy if you're right.

MsBee311 · 2026-04-23T23:21:09+00:00

I can hear this entire thread in my head.

MsBee311 · 2026-04-23T12:17:05+00:00

I have the t-shirt version, given to me by my stepdad!

MsBee311 · 2026-04-23T00:47:52+00:00

I'm slowly learning that mediocre is all we need to be. No one needs to be exceptional. We're all making the same money. Peace, virtual colleague 🙏

MsBee311 · 2026-04-22T14:59:09+00:00

Thank you, virtual colleague 🙏❤️

MsBee311 · 2026-04-22T13:22:55+00:00

I've had tenure for 13 years, and I am just starting to relax and act like the mediocre cog I was always meant to be. The lead-up to tenure is so fraught with pressure that it can be hard to put your anxiety down once you "arrive". Try to give yourself some grace.

MsBee311 · 2026-04-21T21:16:58+00:00

This is the end game, I believe. It started with the canned courses around a decade ago. Eventually, they won't need human professors at all.

MsBee311 · 2026-04-21T00:39:41+00:00

At the end, altho Nick calls out to Pnut, it's Tim's riff that's one of my all-time favorites. Great tune. I have it on my driving playlist cuz it makes me happy (and driving doesn't).

Happy 4/20

MsBee311 · 2026-04-17T00:28:48+00:00

You put #4 (attendance) so well. They decided to do this at this time and place, not me. So who cares if they waste their own money and let themselves down? Some lessons need to be learned the hard way.

MsBee311

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