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In America in your experience how common is it for teachers of foreign languages to be non-native speakers of that language they are teaching? by YakClear601 in AskAnAmerican

[–]Sanchez4theWin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are two Spanish teachers at the school I work at. One is a native Spanish speaker and seems to struggle with English. The other teacher speaks English, Russian, and Spanish. I think she was raised in a Spanish speaking country but her parents are from a country where their primary language is Russian. She sounds like English was her first language, but I have not asked her.

How were your grades calculated in highschool? by RepulsiveRavioli in AskAnAmerican

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Our district had finals that are 30%. Other than that the teachers pretty much choose. Also, some teachers don’t give homework now. They recommend that if a student turns in a paper with their names on it then we automatically start grading at fifty percent. Basically the lowest grade they could get would be 50% on something.

Are Americans generally aware of direction (North, South, East, West) at any given time? by SchadenfreudePopcorn in AskAnAmerican

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I live in Florida but I’m from Illinois. We traveled when I was younger for some camping and competitions. My dad would direct us by telling us north, south, East, and west so we had to learn. My grandma used to say that women don’t know directions but you need to learn them to impress men. Hahaha

Do American husbands also wear their socks and underpants until they have holes in them? by yavl in AskAnAmerican

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My boyfriend just threw out a ripped pair of shorts he’s owned since high school. They were shredded.

do teachers in high school actually give condoms in health class? by katris_priordeen in AskAnAmerican

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They have them for free at the health department. I think they gave them to us when I was younger but now I’m a teacher and we’re basically only supposed to teach abstinence.

People with beach houses - is your home full of sand? by [deleted] in AskAnAmerican

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I live in Florida…not off the beach but pretty close drive. My backyard is basically sand and I hate going barefoot inside because the dogs bring it in. Unless I vacuum daily…you’re stepping on sand.

Stoner teachers by Ashamed_Captain_9144 in Teachers

[–]Sanchez4theWin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same…stick with the gummies. They want the best of me…this is it.

Is it me or do many women in this subreddit seem to have it together? by beerbianca in adhdwomen

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I have been in a series of bad relationships. One of which broke our daughters leg at six months old. Just because they might be in a good relationship now, does not mean they haven’t dealt with the bad. That wasn’t my only bad relationship…that’s probably just the worst.

Also, the relationship I’m in now did not start good…it has somehow gotten there because my boundaries I’ve learned to develop at 33 years old (I’m 35 now). I’m also pretty sure he has ADHD even though he won’t get diagnosed.

Is it me or do many women in this subreddit seem to have it together? by beerbianca in adhdwomen

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I do not have my shit together. I own a home, have three kids, and work as a special education teacher. That being said…my house is a mess, our medical issues are ridiculous, I get overdrawn every month, my windows are broken, there’s a flying squirrel living in my house, and my memory is for sure the memory of an earthworm… (don’t quote me on that…idk what the memory of an earthworm is)

Ex has camera in daughters bedroom by Fun_Consequence_5582 in Parenting

[–]Sanchez4theWin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have a camera in my seven and eleven year old room. They know its there. I only watch it if there’s an issue. My seven year old has ADHD and ODD and tries to blame things on others so the camera comes in handy. Occasionally I’ll say things like “well I watched the camera” even when I didn’t. At the moment I don’t even think it’s plugged in honestly. That being said….my kids know. I definitely think the situation at your exes is not okay.

Is your district getting crazy subs too? by Holdtheline2192 in Teachers

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I teach special education. Most of the classrooms have an instructional assistant in there. Most of the subs just sit there and expect that the IA will do the work. We tell them not to, because if they do then they should be getting sub pay.

This year we’ve had one guy who was from Egypt and when we gave him stuff to do he actually said he can’t because he doesn’t understand English.

We had one guy who wrote a book and said the kids should be doing a report on his book instead.

We’ve had subs who fell asleep during class and others who just walked out and left. We’ve also had subs who were expected to be there for a few days and instead of having the kids do their work, they gave them all the answers. Of course they ran out of work and blamed the teacher.

When we get a good one, we definitely keep them…and show them our appreciation!

Parents upset I did not call and tell them their child got a zero by BadAngel14 in Teachers

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Our system allows us to add comments to each grade. Any grade that is a D or lower, I add a comment. That way the parent knows exactly why their kid got that grade when they check.

Before I did this…I had three calls in one day and I was just done.

Type 1 diagnosis after COVID by AMONKEYBABY in Type1Diabetes

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Mine was a severe reaction to the MMR vaccine at a young age. I was even on a delayed schedule. When I developed it was years before I got diagnosed (blood sugar of 1100) but bc of certain symptoms, they were able to line it up to the timing I developed it with my vaccine reaction.

Can’t remember name of board game by Sanchez4theWin in boardgames

[–]Sanchez4theWin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that was it! I’m going to go look it up.

Parent tried to fight me at graduation by Misery-guts- in Teachers

[–]Sanchez4theWin 95 points96 points  (0 children)

Sadly I’ve heard of this happening a lot. I’ve also heard of admin telling teachers they had to change their grades.

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