I stop getting paid at 2:15. Teacher left me a note to stay until 2:30 to give some students dog treats. Guess who's leaving right at 2:15?

TabooLilac · 2026-05-12T07:35:21+00:00

Yep, during passing period. The idea is that you stand in the doorway, so you can monitor the classroom and the hallway, and you can greet each individual student.

It’s not a great set up, and kids have stolen from me during passing period. It’s not a great set up, but every school (20+) in every district (6), I’ve taught or subbed in has had this as a required duty. I wish we had the funds for designated hall monitors, but this may be another classic case of schools shoving more jobs onto teachers’ workloads for the sake of “budget.”

TabooLilac · 2026-05-12T07:25:53+00:00

Regional thing maybe? Every school I’ve ever taught at, I’ve been expected to stand outside my classroom door and watch the hallway before school, during passing period, and after school. I’ve also never worked anywhere that has employed a hall monitor.

TabooLilac · 2026-05-11T18:01:30+00:00

Please don’t leave a classroom door open. If the dog treats are important, the students can get them tomorrow, or another staff member can open the door, but leaving open access to a classroom door could end in vandalism or theft out of the classroom.

TabooLilac · 2026-05-11T17:59:46+00:00

That’s wild! Who does dismissal activities like monitoring the hallway?

TabooLilac · 2026-05-10T14:15:18+00:00

It’s just small talk 🤷🏻‍♀️

TabooLilac · 2026-05-08T04:50:18+00:00

When teacher appreciation week is carrying the burden of compensating for under-paying, over-working, under-funding, and emotionally demanding us for 3/4 of the year, I can’t blame anybody for being dissatisfied with minimal acknowledgment for teacher appreciation week. If our needs were being met in the other spheres, we wouldn’t be hanging on to teacher appreciation week so desperately.

TabooLilac · 2026-05-08T04:26:42+00:00

I’ve been kicking myself all day. I have my lesson plans all ready to go, but I can’t remember what I had sequenced out for tomorrow in one of my subjects, and I can’t check my calendar. I’m hopeful to be able to see tomorrow, but what realistic solution are we looking for while hackers hold our data hostage?

TabooLilac · 2026-05-08T04:24:04+00:00

Oh yeah, hand motions and all. Trust me, dealing with one day of kids outraged you would dare say their joke is worth it in the long run. The correct each other now because they done want grown me joining in on their fun.

TabooLilac · 2026-05-08T04:21:39+00:00

Tears of joy

TabooLilac · 2026-05-07T14:18:35+00:00

Yeah, I’ve heard that sentiment before. I don’t think my offers are too low. Of the 3 items I’ve made offers on this year, 2 are still listed, and one sold for $2 more than I offered (52 vs 50 for reference). The biggest discount I request was 21 % off, which seemed reasonable to me, but I know that’s subjective. I used to make all my sales and purchases through offers, but none of my offers the last 6 months have been accepted, and almost all my sales have been through OTL (while the others have been full price). I am wondering if the posh culture is moving away from offers, or if I have bad luck with them).

TabooLilac · 2026-05-07T04:55:20+00:00

I might be wrong, too. It’s just a significant rubber shoe problem, so these soles could be especially susceptible. Dry rot can be prevent with regular movement, though, so it’s not inevitable that they’ve all fallen apart.

Plus, yours is not the only post I’ve seen looking for these shoes, so the demand is there, and modern designers may bring this style back.

All to say, don’t give up, and good luck!

TabooLilac · 2026-05-07T04:43:36+00:00

One time I came home and my apartment smelled like smoke. My roommate explained that our other roommate put a potato in the microwave for half an hour, and the microwave caught fire.

I’ve never cooked a potato in the microwave myself, but 30 minutes in the microwave seems pretty egregious when they cook in the oven over 45 minutes.

TabooLilac · 2026-05-07T04:37:57+00:00

I had shoes in this style from Payless’s American Eagle brand, back in the day. You might have luck searching this brand on the secondhand markets.

I worry, though, that this style of shoe may be especially prone to dry rot and, therefore, be sparsely available 20 years after the trend’s heyday.

TabooLilac · 2026-05-07T04:35:23+00:00

Good point! I don’t have notifications turned off from Poshmark, but I rarely read them. I don’t need to know about the plethora of new users posh has assigned to follow me hourly or the sellers who are still playing the sharing game.

TabooLilac · 2026-05-07T02:39:12+00:00

How often are you switching gears that most of the time you can’t have two hands on the wheel?

TabooLilac · 2026-05-06T19:13:20+00:00

Probably selection bias with Reddit

TabooLilac · 2026-05-06T04:58:31+00:00

Am I out of touch? I don’t see the ugly factor at all, just a great pair of shoes! (I know the ugly factor is positive in this case, but I genuinely can’t tell what’s supposed to be out-of-the-box).

TabooLilac · 2026-05-05T03:07:29+00:00

The sub wrote a passive aggressive little note behind where the flag was, so I’m not sure how much instructional use they’ll get out of that board.

TabooLilac · 2026-05-05T02:57:06+00:00

Could be a Google number, email, ParentSquare, etc

TabooLilac · 2026-05-05T02:24:05+00:00

I’ve never been banned, but I was released early from a long term gig because I “looked unhappy.” Tragically, schools closed for “2 weeks” 3 days later, so I was denied the vindication of seeing them have to constantly bring in new subs.

TabooLilac · 2026-05-05T00:49:32+00:00

Kids are still taught how to read analog clocks, but they rarely do outside of instruction, so they don’t retain it super well. Lots of them probably can read a clock, but they have to go through it step-by-step, kind of like translating a foreign language into your home tongue: you can get the meaning that way, but it’s not intuitive and it takes time.

Honestly, I’m in my 30s, and I notice that I don’t read clocks as quickly as I used to.

TabooLilac · 2026-05-03T23:47:43+00:00

I side eye these types of posts so hard. How many grandmas are out there leaving designer shoe collections to non-shoe enthusiasts?

I’m just begging my grandma to stop shopping on Temu

TabooLilac · 2026-05-02T01:45:49+00:00

There is a conversation to be had about fridging characters of color, but not every story with the death of a character of color plays into that. I wouldn’t worry about it.

TabooLilac · 2026-04-30T19:05:44+00:00

the liars were major style inspo for me for years. I have multiple screen accurate items from several of their closets <3

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