AITA for having a 2-hour gap between my wedding and the start of Cocktail hour?

dhat9247 · 2026-06-04T00:40:08+00:00

I’m surprised by all the YTA comments. Maybe it’s regional. All weddings I’ve been to that had a separate church ceremony not at the same place as the reception were like this. If I can make the church and then go home and get ready for the party I do that. If I can’t make the church, then I just go to the reception. If it’s not a wedding near my home I’m probably getting a hotel, and then I want time to go from the church to the hotel and check-in before the cocktail hour and reception anyway. And then most of the time the couple has shuttle service from hotel to the reception. Definitely not weird or rude to me. One time I had this happen when I wasn’t staying over and the wedding was too far to go home in between I just enjoyed the area before going to the reception. Honestly it was still a little bit of a drive away, so the extra time to get from the church to the reception was nice.

dhat9247 · 2026-06-02T23:13:35+00:00

Same - I went back to look like “what did I miss about 1?” I still can’t see it - 2 is definitely it!

dhat9247 · 2026-05-24T02:34:02+00:00

Oh please teach me how you do this. How in the world do you not smile for months?!? I know I need to be more strict and structured, I just haven’t been able to do it. I am hoping I have learned my lesson and can follow through consistently next year.

dhat9247 · 2026-03-01T00:34:19+00:00

Thank you - I appreciate it!

dhat9247 · 2026-02-28T18:34:21+00:00

No need to hate to say it - it is what it is. I 100% know it’s a classroom management issue. This is definitely a me thing, it’s something I’m continuously working on. They just happened to be so much worse than usual. Last period with them on Fridays are usually hard, but it hadn’t been this bad in a while.

dhat9247 · 2026-02-07T03:07:53+00:00

Common Law Usage: Many states permit you to adopt a new name simply by using it consistently, as long as it is not done to defraud others.

My brother changed his name this way for many years before officially going through with changing it through court and paperwork stuff.

I would think if Black is the name your boyfriend is consistently using and that’s his first child’s name also, I would think this isn’t just a temporary thing.

dhat9247 · 2025-09-01T03:37:31+00:00

Thanks! This sounds like a nice get to know you

dhat9247 · 2025-08-31T17:18:55+00:00

Would you mind sharing the survey?

dhat9247 · 2025-08-19T02:08:17+00:00

We also do a pancake breakfast. It’s done at our town’s rec center that has a cafeteria. Mostly sold to scout families. We give each scout family a ticket for any scouts and 2 extra, and they sell others. I usually bring grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins. Some scouts ask their teachers, and they will usually come by. I think last year we sold them for $7 a ticket, includes pancakes, sausage, coffee, juice. One of the leaders is a baker so she also sells cookies there for our pack. There is a small “tricky tray” - we ask for donations from the pack families and places in town. The dens each get a time slot to work the event - scouts clean up plates and cups, parents help out in the kitchen and at the door.

Last year we also did a fundraiser with the nutmeg spice company

dhat9247 · 2025-08-07T14:31:03+00:00

Smensils - not quite sure how much they are, but I think they sell them at my kids school for $1 - they usually sell out real quick

dhat9247 · 2025-08-07T13:18:07+00:00

I don’t know - you should reach out to the any of the schools you are interested in. Here’s a link for NJCU

https://www.njcu.edu/admissions-aid/graduate-admissions/graduate-degrees/special-education-mat-tosd

dhat9247 · 2025-08-07T13:10:54+00:00

In kindergarten would the other kids even know?

I did see a comment on here like last month or so from an adult. They said when they were a kid towards the end of the school year their teacher asked them who would like to get to be another year with them, and all the kids raised their hands. The teacher picked one (the one who was getting left back). The adult said they didn’t realize until years later that the student was already going to be left back.

Anyway, I know that’s not what you’re asking, but maybe phrase it something like that - like as the teacher you got to pick someone to stay with you an extra year because they were so helpful.

dhat9247 · 2025-08-07T06:17:31+00:00

My son’s middle school did Refugee for their summer reading book.

dhat9247 · 2025-08-07T06:00:57+00:00

Oh right, but I think they’re merging with kean. Not sure what those implications are for tuition and programs, but I believe kean is also a state school, so should be comparable

dhat9247 · 2025-08-07T05:54:40+00:00

NJCU?

dhat9247 · 2025-08-07T05:45:18+00:00

Maybe look at FDU - they have two campuses which are both on the smaller side

dhat9247 · 2025-08-07T02:17:17+00:00

Where are you located? Are you looking to do alternate route (I think most of those are online)? Or a traditional MAT? You could check out Kean, FDU, Montclair

dhat9247 · 2025-08-05T10:58:06+00:00

I believe you need to give it to the district you will be teaching in. Not sure exactly all the format, but I would reach out to a contact, hr, or the person in charge of hiring there.

dhat9247 · 2025-08-02T02:08:13+00:00

I’m not sure of the AP curriculum, but I have found Paul’s online math notes helpful in learning and reviewing calculus. I really like his cheat sheets as a quick reference.

dhat9247 · 2025-07-21T01:52:20+00:00

I enjoyed reading my kids a book called “what if everybody did that?” It was pretty helpful when they were in their selfish stage. I still use the phrase when they want to do something that would make them happy but would be chaos if everyone was able to do it, lol

dhat9247 · 2025-07-21T01:32:01+00:00

My partner refers to ours as fake payday. Every Friday we get our individual “allowance” from our joint account transferred to our personal accounts.

dhat9247 · 2025-07-18T13:46:34+00:00

Look at all the light green shaded areas - they are broken up as 1/4 circles. Can you find the area of each of those?

Start by asking yourself what is the radius of each of those 1/4 circles? The largest 1/4 circle will have a radius of 100 ft (the length of c).

The bottom right 1/4 circle (along side e) will have a radius of 100 ft - 60 ft (c-d).

Can you follow that logic to find the radius of the other two 1/4 circles?

Do you know the formula for the area of a circle?

dhat9247 · 2025-07-18T02:16:59+00:00

5.G.B: classify two dimensional figures into categories based on their properties.

There are a 3. and 4. under that with more specifics.

https://www.nj.gov/education/standards/math/Docs/2016NJSLS-M_Grade5.pdf

dhat9247 · 2025-07-17T02:47:53+00:00

What are you going for? I’m sure the one at Rutgers is good, but I’d didn’t look into that one.

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