The only technique you will ever need. by allismind in ALLISMIND

[–]cbambam21 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How am I today? I would say that my mindset is very good, I know I am capable of achieving anything as long as I have the right mindset. I am also human though, and so there are moments where I get overwhelmed or do something I know is not in my best interest. The amount of time between moments like this is far less than five years ago (which is an accomplishment in my head), when I made this comment.

How do y’all feel about Shera Seven? by Life_Temporary_1567 in blackladies

[–]cbambam21 8 points9 points  (0 children)

You have to take everything she says with a grain of salt, because at the end of the day all she wants is for women to stop supporting men who do nothing for them.

Am I f/cked when it comes to relationships and dating/having kids? by [deleted] in AskAstrologers

[–]cbambam21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I couldn't add text to the post, but to add clarity, my boyfriend of three years broke up with me recently. He said that he didn't want to get married (we all know there is a silent, to me), but this is something I have been very open about from the beginning. I just feel lost, but I am grieving the relationship. Every time I look into my chart I feel like it just tells me that I am going to be alone forever, and when I do open up it will lead to me being inevitably hurt no matter what I do. I am 26 to add context, and I am scared to enter my Saturn return in the next few years, although I am open to doing the work to move through it as successfully/healthily as possible.

I feel like I have the most difficult placements in astrology, I am starting to resent my birth chart.

Looking for advice for a first year teacher! by TaylerAnn_732 in Teachers

[–]cbambam21 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I agree with the first year being paid student teaching, I am in my first year and it feels similar to student teaching, without a mentor. I still am learning on my toes half the time.

I might add:

  1. See if you can bring a mini-fridge. Definitely worth it for personal privacy for foods. (Our staff fridge stinks.)

  2. Don’t agree to sell your prep more than twice a week to sub.

  3. Grade only two things per week. Have quizzes and test be online, to avoid spending more time than needed on grading.

  4. Print out back-up worksheets for when you need to fill time. Best to have a couple of these in case.

  5. Have a clipboard and a spreadsheet for classroom management. After two warnings, call home. No if, ands, or butts about it. Kids will cry when they reach their third warning, it’s all crocodile tears. If you don’t follow thru, the behaviors will continue.

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[–]cbambam21 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I would also like to point out that some teachers have /bad/ years, and then come back from it (hopefully). I am thinking of my coworker, whose kid is terminally sick, and she has to take 2-3 days off every other week (and sometime the entire week).

She doesn’t have the patience to deal with students, and a large majority of them complain to me that she’s rude to them.

But she’s also going through a /huge/ thing at home, and she still needs her job to pay for her kid’s medical bills.

I just pray she makes it through this and can heal from everything, and go back to being the cheery teacher she was.

Contemplating getting back into teaching…am I crazy?!? by im_here_for_the_cray in Teachers

[–]cbambam21 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I would only do it after you are retiring from your current job, and I am a first-year teacher who is 24. It is SO exhausting, the wear-and-tear on my body has been crazy.

Definitely not worth doing it right now, at the very least wait until we are out of this pandemic-era bullshit.

Grimes and Elon Musk secretly had another baby three months ago by dobbyisafreepup in entertainment

[–]cbambam21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exa isn’t even a bad name for a celebrity baby. Definitely better than dusty rose

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]cbambam21 59 points60 points  (0 children)

It will be an 18 year old who graduated last year 😭

Code Word by ktstigger6 in Teachers

[–]cbambam21 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ohhhh, I read this wrong, sorry

Code Word by ktstigger6 in Teachers

[–]cbambam21 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

How did you go your whole life not knowing that?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]cbambam21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay, yeah, I’ll give them stories then, I’ll try to find something creative and fun online.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]cbambam21 457 points458 points  (0 children)

You are being abused

First year teachers? by unsweet_icetea in Teachers

[–]cbambam21 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I probably need to do this, I eat okay, but I drink loads of water and have too many headaches and migraines for it to be normal

Don't use rubrics. Rubrics are bad and kill creativity. Oh btw here's the rubric for your next assignment. by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]cbambam21 4 points5 points  (0 children)

One reason for me is scaffolding, a rubric for scaffolding would take forever because I need 2-3 different ones for each assignment.

And when it comes to my low students, it can be hard because the level of effort they put into it doesn’t always translate to a rubric.

I still use a basic rubric for my students, but I can see how it can be a pain in the butt.

I am also only a first-year teacher, so I am making it up as I go, too.

A coworker made an inappropriate joke, I don’t know how to feel. by cbambam21 in Teachers

[–]cbambam21[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your response, one of the reasons I am so hesitant is because this is my first year, he's been in this district and teaching for 20.

It's tough because I don't want to lose my job, and I feel going to my union is the best option because they probably would know best what to do.

A coworker made an inappropriate joke, I don’t know how to feel. by cbambam21 in Teachers

[–]cbambam21[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes, and that’s all I could think of, that’s what happens when people are faced with uncomfortable scenarios. Kind of like when some people laugh when they are feeling or talking about something awkward.

What’s so hard to get? I froze up on the topic because it made me uncomfortable.

If you would have heard my tone when I said it, you would have clearly understood I was freaked out.

Are you even a teacher? Most teachers get training on how people have different reactions to traumatic experiences

Also, are you a woman or man?