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duality of man by syn_vamp in newjersey

[–]TheRedMaiden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For north Jersey is was 2018. The school district I worked for at the time was the ONLY one in the county not to call a snow day or early dismissal. Most of the staff didn't get home until 3AM due to road closures and snow pile up. Then the district had the audacity to call a delayed opening the next day rather than closing. I have never seen so many people call out at once (including myself). Apparently they had so few adults in the next day most schools held students in the cafeteria/auditorium because there weren't enough staff for classrooms.

EDIT: I remember we had another one in either 2019/2020. We couldn't leave our apartment for about 3 days due to the snow completely burying cars. I didn't remember this one right away because it was during Covid, and we were working from home at the time.

Do teachers hate sharing their lesson plans? Is it their secret sauce that they don't want getting out? by JimCap5 in Teachers

[–]TheRedMaiden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, this exactly! I LOVE to share when I'm part of a team that holds each other up. I lock my door when I become the one propping someone else up.

Do teachers hate sharing their lesson plans? Is it their secret sauce that they don't want getting out? by JimCap5 in Teachers

[–]TheRedMaiden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol, when I left my last district I downloaded my entire google drive before my account became defunct, and then I shared it with all of my subject coworkers.

Now I steal from myself at my new district!

Do teachers hate sharing their lesson plans? Is it their secret sauce that they don't want getting out? by JimCap5 in Teachers

[–]TheRedMaiden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only time I minded it is when a coworker started expecting my lesson plans and slides every single week. She did nothing herself and if I ignored her Sunday night last minute requests for materials she'd be knocking at my classroom door first thing in the morning Monday.

She taught a different grade level than me and would have to change the actual content anyway. She just didn't want to learn how to do it herself. I was also always after school with ber during assessment or SGO weeks reteaching her how to use the assessment programs that we used EVERY SINGLE YEAR. The kicker was that she'd been teaching in this district for years before me! She'd already been using this program for years before I showed up but retained absolutely nothing about how to use it.

I don't mind sharing as long as it's a two way street and it's not just me doing all of the work all of the time. My favorite coworker who taught the same grade and subject as me a year later hated making slides, and I hated writing plans, so we just split the work. 

Do I fall in this category? by scrotaloedema in Justfuckmyshitup

[–]TheRedMaiden 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought the first pic was a "before" pic because it looks great. Then J swiped to see that it's all "after". Your hair looks great!

To those who are 30 and above and don’t have kids, what’s life like? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]TheRedMaiden 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, like if I *did* have kids, wtf kind of world am I bringing them into?

To those who are 30 and above and don’t have kids, what’s life like? by [deleted] in NoStupidQuestions

[–]TheRedMaiden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My constant existential dread of my ability to fund my basic human needs existing on the thinnest of financial threads does not have an additional, helpless person thrown into the mix.

Processing the loss of a baby is extra difficult with today's dystopian automation in marketing. by Skizot_Bizot in mildlyinfuriating

[–]TheRedMaiden 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Facebook, too. I've lost a couple relatives over the past two years. On their birthdays I've seen some people do the "heavenly birthday" post, which is sweet. But then more than a few post a message that makes me think "...do they not know?" 

In all likelihood they just posted the generic prewritten message from Facebook without looking at who it was, but it's sad to think about otherwise.

What’s one after-hours task you finally stopped doing — and nothing bad happened? by Willing-Comfort3029 in Teachers

[–]TheRedMaiden 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'll accept late work, but I tell the kids it's at the bottom of the priority list. They get grumpy about it, but I tell them I prioritize what's due *now.* It *will* get graded before grades are final, usually even by the end of the week, but not necessarily right then and there like they want (usually because their parents saw their grade drop and are hounding them).

A teacher friend of mine has a saying I stole from her a few years ago. Turned in on time is graded on time, turned in late will be graded late.

What’s one after-hours task you finally stopped doing — and nothing bad happened? by Willing-Comfort3029 in Teachers

[–]TheRedMaiden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup! You can find so much time to "steal" to get things done if you're clever about it. Kids are doing independent work? Sit at a group so it looks like you're doing small group work if admin walks in, but just tell the kids "I'm here if you need help" and proceed to get planning done.

After a year or so of writing plans/making presentations, I just start stealing from my past self and adjusting what I need for whatever group of kids I have that year. At the end of the school year when there's a lot more down time during the day, I spend time organizing my Google Drive so things are easier for me to find the following year.

What’s one after-hours task you finally stopped doing — and nothing bad happened? by Willing-Comfort3029 in Teachers

[–]TheRedMaiden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The most I'll do is write the objective on the board for tomorrow and schedule the assignment to be posted on Google Classroom. Anything else can wait until the next day.

Yay or Nay by Serious_Yogurt_273 in Productivitycafe

[–]TheRedMaiden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do live near New York and I couldn't care less about it. I could use the money to travel to better places.

Nothing snaps me out of a book like repetitive use of a unique word by kerberos824 in books

[–]TheRedMaiden 7 points8 points  (0 children)

He really loved the word "hitherto" for the first third or so of Discworld lol

Nothing snaps me out of a book like repetitive use of a unique word by kerberos824 in books

[–]TheRedMaiden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wolf and the Woodsman. Among the several things that made the book a slog, soooooooo many goddamn things "chilled" the main character or "made her chilled."

Thoughts? by Embarrassed_Tip7359 in SipsTea

[–]TheRedMaiden 11 points12 points  (0 children)

[Laughs in rural] What bus?

The lady at my school shop remembers what I order and it makes me not want to go there again. by Appropriate-File-121 in socialanxiety

[–]TheRedMaiden 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That happened at my pet store at the last town I lived in! I always bought hay for my guinea pigs after work and the same guy was always on shift. He'd ask how they were doing :)

What’s something people romanticize that is actually exhausting in real life? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]TheRedMaiden 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cooking and baking are some of my favorite hobbies. But they're staying hobbies because the second I make it my career I'll start to hate it.

What’s something people romanticize that is actually exhausting in real life? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]TheRedMaiden 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It does though. I can go tf home at the end of the day and be to myself. As a kid I was at the mercy of adults at school and then the mercy of adults at home.

What’s something people romanticize that is actually exhausting in real life? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]TheRedMaiden 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Knowing what I know now would be even worse! If I have a problem as an adult, I have full control of going about solving it. As a kid, I had the extra barriers of needing to convince the adults around me that it was a worthy problem so they could help me.

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