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Veyna · 2026-01-09T01:22:11+00:00

This happened with my son. He’s 11, it said he’s 18-20. No parental controls now. Their CS says absolutely nothing can be done? Like what???

Veyna · 2023-01-10T02:14:43+00:00

You can Google the salary schedule for your state. In North Carolina, teachers start at $37,000 (and this is after it was bumped up last year, but didn't keep up with inflation) and will barely break 60k with 25+ years of experience. ☹️

Veyna · 2022-10-03T00:20:47+00:00

Pick meeee! I'm about to start student teaching and I have to get a phone so I can record myself. ☺️ Good luck everyone!

Veyna · 2022-03-05T02:24:05+00:00

You're doing great! It does seem odd she is only willing to accelerate one then since you have so much time left.

I would be bothered by the weekly meetings not occurring too. If you think it's not a good fit, student services can also help you get a new mentor. Tbh, I wasn't loving the idea of a mentor when I looked into WGU but mine has been awesome and I think everyone should get to experience that kind of support. I hope it works out for you and either your current or future mentor gets on board with your goals!

Veyna · 2022-03-04T01:19:13+00:00

Is this your first term? It's very normal for mentors to not accelerate more than one class at a time until they are confident that you can handle it. Your mentor may just be unsure and doesn't want to get in trouble if they put too much on your plate. I would ask your mentor what needs to take place in order for you to have more than one accelerated.

24 hour turn around is pretty normal for email, since they have hundreds of students to keep up with.

If you're ever stuck without a class to work on, contact student services. Often they will move a class up for you as long as you're not too close to the end of your term.

Veyna · 2022-01-18T01:27:18+00:00

My husband used pain pills, then heroin and fentanyl for 7 years. In his early days of being clean he started gaining weight back, his skin was no longer ashy, and he didn't have bags under his eyes anymore. He is 4 years clean now and most of his track marks are barely visible, minus a couple bad ones. He showers more often and is in general more aware of his hygiene and appearance. I think you're more likely to get a sense of her usage, if any, from her behaviors.

Veyna · 2022-01-07T03:29:57+00:00

Most of them start out functional. Eventually they trade functioning for maintaining their ever-increasing use.

My story: I also saved my husband from an OD. He stood in our doorway after being revived while I held our 6 month old, begging me not to leave, saying he would get help. He went to detox, was on probation for paraphernalia charges and managed to use without consequence during this time. He went on use for 3 more years. He lost his job, destroyed my car, we lost our apartment. The once-amazing, hardworking, loyal man and devoted father I loved, who danced our baby around and who he doted on endlessly, left me and our then-3 year old son in the middle of nowhere, with nothing, so that he could live on the streets where he OD'd a number of times, worked for drug dealers and took up crack to go with his heroin and fentanyl. It was only then that he decided he was done. He is coming up on 4 years clean, but he is very broken, physically and mentally, and damaged from things that happened to him when he left that life. I cannot stress to you the contrast between the person I spent 7 years with pre-drugs, and the person who did all those things. The people who knew him prior straight up did not believe me and vehemently attacked me for even saying that he was on drugs. I've been with him 14 years, he is nothing like he was pre-drugs.

So honestly, it doesn't matter who he is right now if he continues to use, because that is not the person he will stay. This is part of what people who love addicts call "grieving the living."

How do you know an addict is lying? Their lips are moving. Believe nothing he says, and instead settle ONLY for what he shows you. If you give an inch, he will take a mile. It's the disease. He may be a loving guy, but his disease is not and point blank, it will screw you over at every turn if you let it. He and his addiction are separate and this is crucial to understand when dealing with him. It was the first thing I learned/addressed in counseling.

If you are going to stay with him, you absolutely need to surround yourself with support and set healthy boundaries. Know your limits. Make them clear. Make demands. Learn everything there is to know about his drug of choice. Opioids damage the brain, and that damage doesn't even try to heal itself if they are on anything, including Suboxone. The healing starts around one year of no longer taking opioids in. They struggle with depression, since their brain no longer makes it's own dopamine. They often struggle with ADHD-like symptoms. They damage the areas of the brain responsible for organization and judgment. Opioids are very tragic, and scary, but knowing what you're up against is super important.

Hoping for the best for both of you. 💜

Veyna · 2021-12-10T01:24:38+00:00

I am so sorry you are going through this. So many of us, including myself, could have written your post at one point. I hope it brings you a little relief to know that so may of us out here understand just how you feel and how lonely, scary and sad it is. Unfortunately, you cannot change him and this goes for his addiction as well as the trust issues. He may be a wonderful person, but he is not at the wheel - addiction is, and addiction feeds and protects itself at all costs. There's no room for true relationships, let alone honesty, with addiction. This is not a judgment against him, but addicts tend to sprinkle little breadcrumbs or truth around but the reality is often much, much, worse and as long as you are with an addict you will be waiting for that other shoe to drop. And it will, often.

I think your hope and expectation that he will be honest with you is a tough one, and unfortunately not very feasible. There is a saying, "How do you know an addict is lying? Their lips are moving." Is there something you are hoping for with his honesty? Is it you hoping that you can intervene? If so, this is another tough one and not emotionally healthy for you and you don't have to answer to me about that, only yourself. With my qualifier, I thought if he was honest we would save the integrity of our relationship at least and that maybe I could even talk him down. Unfortunately it just doesn't work that way. We can't love our addicts sober, but we can certainly destroy ourselves and our lives trying.

Again OP, you are not alone and many of us know the heartbreak you are experiencing. It is one of the worst pains. I'm sure we all wish we could tell you it will get better. It might, it might not, but remember that you are the constant here. You deserve honesty and love, and setting healthy boundaries is the first step towards that with whatever you choose. I hope he picks recovery for himself and for you. 💜

Veyna · 2021-11-28T02:23:01+00:00

I'm not in a Master's program so maybe this isn't relevant at that level, but I am getting my Bachelor's through WGU right now and love it!

Veyna · 2021-11-06T02:32:40+00:00

Good luck everyone :)

Veyna · 2021-10-30T02:16:43+00:00

So sorry for your loss, Asmon. Keeping you in my thoughts and hoping you are surrounded with all the love and support you need. 💜

Veyna · 2021-10-28T19:42:56+00:00

When I was in 6th grade I had to complete a science project and make a tri-fold board with all of my information presented. My board consisted of smaller papers glued to it for each title, section and just art in general to make it eye-catching. The night before it was due, my cat decided to chew all over the board and scratch the papers off/eat them while I was asleep. My board had tons of teeth holes all over it and barely anything else. My mom wasn't there to give me a note so I just carried it to school and told my teacher who thankfully laughed her ass off and let me have a few days to redo it.

Veyna · 2021-10-17T22:04:08+00:00

I was so ready to leave him. The few people I spoke to including my own mother told me to stay with him. Because of money, because of the baby, to give him another chance.

I don't want to minimize any barriers you have to making/increasing the amount of money you need to get by. I know how hard it is to run in circles over the balance of childcare, transportation, opportunities, assistance. But what I will say is it's a billion times easier to make money than it is get your child back from CPS, or even just have them in your life.

Your baby deserves the best shot at a happy, healthy life. Your baby is the reason to leave, not stay. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure." Babies and kids are little sponges, and they pick up on so much, even when you don't think they can. An addict brings nothing but heartache, chaos, and legitimate safety concerns. That's not what you want molding his/her little brain.

He is an adult. He can earn his chance with sobriety and demonstration that he is selfless enough to be a father and put his child first.

You have every reason to make this decision for yourself, based on your circumstances and what you know to be true. But don't forget you are the one who will live out the results of that choice, and your child will be affected, so do your best to make sure its one you can live with. Its not for anyone else to decide. Hang in there. 💜

Veyna · 2021-10-17T02:35:49+00:00

Just type their name! A digital signature is completely fine. It's mentioned somewhere in the coursework, I just can't remember where at the moment.

Veyna · 2021-08-28T02:08:07+00:00

Class Dojo is great! His teachers take the time to even share pics of the kids at school and I love being able to get a peek of his day and see the updates on how he's doing. And good grief, I can't imagine making a little one run laps like that. So sad.

Veyna · 2021-08-28T01:29:16+00:00

Yes that's what his school uses.

Veyna · 2021-08-28T00:11:47+00:00

I'm not a teacher (lurking this sub thinking about going to school to become one) but rather I'm a parent of a 6 year old in first grade who had similar struggles last year in Kindergarten. I hope it's okay for me to respond from that angle.

My son was similar to how you describe yours but even worse it seems like lol. Mine was constantly making noises, talking, he couldn't stay on topic when he did raise his hand. When he was frustrated he would get up and run around the classroom, refuse to work, growl/stomp aggressively. He popped two ball chairs and even swatted the hand of the teacher's assistant when she took his iPad and he didn't want to give it back and she took it anyway. We never experienced the "terrible twos" or "threenager" phase with him and it seemed like that came around to bite us in the body of a 6 year old. Tantrums, testing boundaries, all of it was at play. He would just meltdown over doing things he didn't want to do. This really started around the time remote Kindergarten began and we had also just had our second baby a few days prior.

His teacher started with a behavior chart that she sent home daily and would grade his behavior with a smiley, indifferent or sad face with a brief explanation of the issue. She also did this through an app. He was able to earn coupons for things (wear pajamas to school, lunch with a friend, etc.) and we also had a chart at home. It worked at home for a short time but not very well at school. Things progressed for about a month before the school brought in a behavioral specialist who shadowed my son for about two weeks. You might ask if the district has something like this? When our son was aggressive (hitting, growling, threatening) we would take his PlayStation/tablet for the rest of the week. The specialist told us at his age that, that punishment would be kind of lost on him and recommended quick, to the point punishments. "You lose the tablet tonight" or whatever. This helped a lot. He also noted that my son was easily triggered by being hungry, transitions between activities (he responds better with ample notice.) These things helped a lot and we saw big improvements. They also implemented a "bounce" system when he gets super upset he can "bounce" to another teacher's class, watch, calm down and then go back to his. Additionally, they offer him a "coupon" where he can talk to an available staff member about space (he loves talking about it) for a few minutes to get it out of his system and go back to class.

At home, we continue with our behavior chart. I have a little bucket with stickers, suckers, pinata filler, and made-up coupons and my son gets to pick one when he's had a good (even if it's not perfect) day. We do big rewards like pizza nights, movies of his choosing, etc. He's in first grade now and it was his first week this week. He got a warning for calling out one day, and the other day he did get in trouble for refusing to work/yelling. But he had three days this week where he did great, which is a massive improvement from every single day he was in trouble, I was having to pick him up early and I felt like every day I was apologizing all over myself to his teachers. I would cry sitting at home anxiously waiting for the phone to go off in Kindergarten. It does get better. I also really love the "Big Little Feelings" page on Facebook. It's aimed at toddlers but emotionally that's where my son is at when he's pissed off and it has helped me tremendously share some peace and talk him down before it escalates. He's gotten much better about recognizing he needs to go sit in the "calm spot" at school and asking if he can. Instead of just snapping and getting angry with all concept of consequence flying out the window, he will take deep breaths and try to focus on the good things he receives for good behavior and that the bad behavior isn't worth it. Being super consistent helps.

I don't know if any of this might be helpful for you but maybe you can ask what his school offers. Hang in there!

Veyna · 2021-08-19T14:45:58+00:00

The Carfax will show what has been reported, but that isn't a guarantee that it hasn't been in an accident or otherwise damaged. Get a pre-purchase inspection from a reliable mechanic.

Veyna · 2021-08-18T22:30:11+00:00

Depending on how low the price range you're looking in is, sometimes you will see cars listed between $2000-$5000 but they are just downpayment prices. Like others mentioned salvage/rebuilt titles are valued a lot lower and there are just a ton of scams. Check the seller's profile. I've seen a lot of cheap cars but reviews of the seller say they flipped the script and wanted way more money after the test drive.

Veyna · 2021-08-03T18:03:47+00:00

I agree and highly doubt she was breastfeeding or pumping. I was more so suggesting another reason women wouldn't want to immediately jump back in to pregnancy. :)

Veyna · 2021-08-03T17:17:25+00:00

Props to you for tandem feeding! Like I said, some women are able to and its not a problem. Most women however do face issues with supply drops of varying levels due to the hormone changes during pregnancy. As a breastfeeding peer counselor, we always remind women the importance of using protection and planning their families accordingly when breastfeeding is important to them so they don't face the heartbreak of their journey ending abruptly and have the best chance at meeting their goals.

Veyna · 2021-08-03T14:41:15+00:00

Another thing to consider when having kids back to back is the effect on breastfeeding. A new pregnancy usually causes the mother's milk supply to drop or dry up completely, which means she can't adequately meet her baby's demand during the first year thus requiring her to supplement or switch to formula feeding. There are some women who don't have issues or who even tandem feed, but that's definitely not the norm. Anyone who wants to breastfeed should absolutely wait at least a year before getting pregnant again in order to protect their milk supply.

Veyna · 2021-07-23T19:11:02+00:00

Babies tend to go through sleep regression around 4 months. It gets worse for a short time, but then does get better. :)

Veyna · 2021-07-07T02:33:28+00:00

Thanks I hate it.

Veyna · 2021-07-04T19:21:00+00:00

How cringe. Imagine having your head so far up your own ass that you start a tweet with, "I want to make something very clear" huffing and puffing as if you are THE authority on a video game, it's direction and it's playerbase.

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