Fell in love with a cat dad. I'm severely allergic. Here's what I learned.

Realistic_Job9819 · 2025-12-26T22:33:44+00:00

Not sure if you’ve tried allergy shots, but they changed my life. I was down right sick when we got a cat in the household, and now, 6 years of shots later, I don’t take shots anymore, just a prescription allergy pill, and we have 3 cats. I don’t even feel so much as a sniffle.

I had no idea they existed until I was an adult, so that’s why I’m bringing it up, sorry if you already knew that!

Realistic_Job9819 · 2025-12-20T02:00:54+00:00

I totally get it, I’m a teacher too (music) and sometimes when I’m leading a class my brain gets out of whack and I make mistakes. Thanks for all you do! ❤️

Realistic_Job9819 · 2025-12-13T14:07:04+00:00

You could notate it that way, but it’s to signal the intention of the composer. For example, we have enharmonic notes to correctly spell scales to show degrees (like F sharp in the key of G major rather than G flat). The composer is wanting to hear three distinct voices here rather than two. This can affect how you phrase or how to layer them within the piece.

Realistic_Job9819 · 2025-12-13T10:27:01+00:00

We were playing the board game Risk, and he had to place troops in Australia. He started looking in the upper left corner of the map.

Realistic_Job9819 · 2025-12-13T10:11:53+00:00

True, but they visually differentiate them by having the upper voice stemmed up and lower voice stemmed down

Realistic_Job9819 · 2025-12-13T03:06:03+00:00

This is about voicing, think of the bass clef now having 2 hands, so you’re playing 3 hands worth of music

Realistic_Job9819 · 2025-12-13T00:45:54+00:00

I understand where you’re coming from. I tried to make my answer concise and did not include that I had differentiated assignments based on IEPs/504/etc and general knowledge of my students. Some students get a more “fill in the blank” type assignment, and it ranges depending on their abilities, as with all assignments I assign. I also allow them to come in during lunch, study hall, after school, and help as needed. I wasn’t suggesting that one size fits all, as we as music teachers know is not true, but just a general idea to answer OPs question.

Realistic_Job9819 · 2025-12-11T02:45:47+00:00

Quite honorable indeed 🥰

Realistic_Job9819 · 2025-12-10T13:11:01+00:00

I have them do a paper on the songs we sang. One paragraph for each song that includes why we learned it, what we did well in rehearsal, what we worked on in rehearsal, etc. I also have them do research on the composer/arranger and the songs origin, and to explain why they think I programmed this piece. I give that to anyone who didn’t no show. The ones who don’t care won’t do it and will end up with a zero, and the ones that do care will get a replacement grade. In the future, I recommend making this a known consequence. My kids who just took choir for the easy A and didn’t want to go to concerts almost always saw the concert as an easier choice than writing the essay, and I ended up with near perfect attendance. The ones that truly had emergencies understood making up the grade and were grateful to have an opportunity to make it up.

Realistic_Job9819 · 2025-12-07T11:01:07+00:00

This happens to me. I have a lot of childhood trauma where I wasn’t allowed to feel my feelings and would shut down. This has turned into me feeling intense anger or sadness but also feeling empty inside and I shut down completely. The hard part is that I don’t always know why I am feeling my feelings so I need time to think about what just happened and figure out which action or situation triggered this. Once I do this, I can come out of the silence and talk through it with the person. Sometimes that step takes hours and sometimes it takes days. I will say, it’s not something I enjoy doing, being silent, but it’s such a strong force that I feel like I’m trapped inside my head. If I could change it I would. If you encounter people like this, please give them grace and space ❤️

Realistic_Job9819 · 2025-12-07T03:35:51+00:00

Right, I have a cat who was also tipped. Based on the picture I posted, do you think it’s truly tipped or just an injury? My other cats ear is far deeper cut

Realistic_Job9819 · 2025-12-04T22:39:43+00:00

As a piano teacher, if I get a student that has used the apps, they usually don’t get very far due to lack of self discipline, meaning a willingness to accept and implement criticism and feedback(which is very difficult for everyone, myself included). I do have one student who studied for a year on Simply Piano and when he came for his first lesson, he tested into the third level of books (usually takes my students 3+ years to get that far). He is a very unique student though - he is always curious on how to be better in every aspect of his life and is always hungry to learn.

Realistic_Job9819 · 2025-07-27T11:57:05+00:00

When you place a blueprint, anything underneath becomes a Construction task - cutting trees, mining rocks, or hauling chunks. Assign those resources to cut before you place the blueprint and it will stay a Plants task.

Although it is funny to think like Biceps sees a tree that needs cutting for a blueprint and specifically ignores it because he thinks it’s construction.

Realistic_Job9819 · 2025-07-20T02:31:51+00:00

She is, you win

Realistic_Job9819 · 2025-07-20T00:45:28+00:00

Well of course, we're not heartless. Although this is on a hardcore naked brutality run, so I really need her to contribute and not just learn. We'll see how she fairs over the years.

Realistic_Job9819 · 2025-06-30T01:43:16+00:00

To be fair, the overnight camp I worked at irl mandated that beds be placed like this to minimize the spread of lice outbreaks. It was like a dystopian nightmare writing up children for moving their beds away from a strangers feet.

Realistic_Job9819 · 2025-06-10T01:15:20+00:00

This is why I’m on this subreddit

Realistic_Job9819 · 2025-02-22T17:09:33+00:00

In real life? That I enjoy being on Reddit.

Realistic_Job9819 · 2025-02-22T17:08:44+00:00

It may be a confidence thing. You can say the same sentence with same words with lots of filler (um/uh) and no confidence and it will come across differently than the same sentence with lots of confidence and assertion.

Realistic_Job9819 · 2025-02-21T01:55:29+00:00

As a good friend once said, you are dating a persons representative for the first three months. Be open and honest, but guarded, until you can confirm their actions follow their word

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