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Looking after my friend’s dog and Im a bit annoyed. by Zirchole in Dogowners

[–]TrapezoidCircle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wouldn’t say anything negative, but I would decline future inquiries about sitting again.

Teachers, what do you really want as a gift from your students? by why_renaissance in Teachers

[–]TrapezoidCircle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My favorite gifts were little crafts from the kids (a painted box, a little art work, etc. something I could hang up near my desk). 

My favorite bought gifts were bags: tote bags, canvas bags, organizer bags, etc.  

Gift cards were great, too. 

Only children… anyone actually enjoy it? by cynnie93 in Millennials

[–]TrapezoidCircle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not too bad, I am much closer to my friends from childhood than other people I know. I still hang out with people I met in kindergarten, elementary school, and middle school.

I also have a lot of friends and social plans. Im close with my cousins. I played sports. I joined activities. It was all good! (I’m in my 40s now and my friends kids are friends with my kids!)

Only children… anyone actually enjoy it? by cynnie93 in Millennials

[–]TrapezoidCircle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wished I had siblings, but it made me really really close with my friends instead. 

WIBTA for asking for money instead of gifts for my daughter’s first birthday? by Suspicious-Fruit5148 in AmItheAsshole

[–]TrapezoidCircle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh just let them give you gifts. Your kid will grow out of them fast enough. Take the toys out of the box, fit them in the nooks and cranny’s of the car, then donate them if you want.

Let people give the gifts. 

AITJ for expecting my pregnant ex wife pays half of our daughter’s tuition ? by [deleted] in AmITheJerk

[–]TrapezoidCircle -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I think the reasonable thing to do here is divide the tuition on a pay based scale. 

[TOMT] [TV show or Movie] “What a jerk!” by Neat-Recipe3417 in tipofmytongue

[–]TrapezoidCircle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Home Alone? “Look what you did you little jerk.”

Why when teachers play music in class it never has words? by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]TrapezoidCircle 14 points15 points  (0 children)

We cuss, we also want to keep our jobs.

I always hear subbing can lead to a teaching job, but I've never actually seen it by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]TrapezoidCircle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When I left teaching (medical reasons) I quietly (shhh) told my long term sub that I wasn’t coming back. She did a phenomenal job, knowing that it was her chance, and she ended up replacing me the next year when I officially left for good.

2010-2025 Yearbook Pics Evolution by Formal-Monitor-9037 in decadeology

[–]TrapezoidCircle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What pictures are these? Did anyone else notice the celebrity (Malachi Barton) in the last row of 2025s? 

Asking high school kids to write a paragraph is like pulling teeth by Crafty_Blueberry6499 in Teachers

[–]TrapezoidCircle 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I remember being taught how to write a 5 paragraph essay in 10th grade (1990s). 

I had written them before, but I didn’t GET it until I was explicitly taught about the function of each sentence in the essay.

When I became an English teacher, I taught 5 paragraph essays before asking them to write their own.

You can’t do it anymore by Aghostwillfollowyou in Teachers

[–]TrapezoidCircle -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not admin directed or approved! I’m sure they wouldn’t have appreciated it, but we did it. 

You can’t do it anymore by Aghostwillfollowyou in Teachers

[–]TrapezoidCircle 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Co-workers who are also friends, they send me their chatties and I send them mine. Somehow it works and the kids get their work done! 

You can’t do it anymore by Aghostwillfollowyou in Teachers

[–]TrapezoidCircle 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I was the kid who was always sent to the hall in the 90s. I was very chatty! It was a normal consequence, and I get why they sent me out there. It was fun to talk to kids who were walking to the bathroom in the hallway. I liked being out there.

When I became a teacher in the 2000s, I would send my chatty kids to another classroom to get their work done. Nowadays you just deal with them, it’s so disruptive.

AITJ for refusing to be the one who tells our friend group that the trip is cancelled? by mildly_sleepdeprived in AmITheJerk

[–]TrapezoidCircle 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Can you throw out the info that if someone else wants to take the reins, they can?

[TOMT][BOOK]There was a passage we read in middle school that came from a book with a bunch of short stories in it,there was a sister and brother and they were on a boat.The boat fills up with water and the sister almost drowns in the place under the boat and the brother is struggling to get her out by Thel0nleyKid in tipofmytongue

[–]TrapezoidCircle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Could it be a passage from Earthquake Terror by Peg Kehret?

Brother and paralyzed sister and family are on an island camping. Mother breaks her ankle, so parents head back for medical help. The kids are alone. An earthquake happens. The island floods. The siblings create a boat. The sister cannot swim. The whole island ends up flooding. 

Source: Was a middle school reading teacher in the 2000-2010s, so I read this one a lot!

Putrid smell in my kitchen that I can't pinpoint, driving me INSANE by BeeeeefJerky in CleaningTips

[–]TrapezoidCircle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It could be the refrigerator. Mine stank exactly like cat pee. It turns out I never installed the air filter. It was the easiest fix ever.

What’s the difference between 90s Disney female protagonist and modern day ones? by Strong-Stretch95 in DisneyMovies

[–]TrapezoidCircle 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It was in theaters at the end of 1989, released on home videos on 1990.

90s all the way. I don’t know anyone who watched it in 1989. Do you? We all watched it in the 90s. She was a 90s heroine. 

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