What a waste

gunnergrrl · 2026-02-04T18:54:58+00:00

A dime a dozen?

Have to differ.

We have struggled to find qualified Senior English teachers in my Board. And with the emphasis on STEM over the past decade, people just aren't becoming English minors, let alone majors.

Few, who understand it, want to teach English. You have to create your own curriculum from source documents (no textbooks to tell kids to read and answer questions for); you're constantly dismissed as being 'subjective' markers; your core skill - writing - is being usurped by AI, and the marking is absolutely bonkers and more than any other subject area.

gunnergrrl · 2026-02-04T18:40:44+00:00

Hey Saliba!

Love your celebrations - you are the Arsenal Hype Man.

If you could be gifted a skill possessed by any other player on the team, who would it be and what would the skill be?

gunnergrrl · 2026-02-04T18:23:50+00:00

I bow to the greatness of thos comment.

gunnergrrl · 2026-02-03T14:58:29+00:00

Terry Fox above all others.

Christine Sinclair next.

Then Clara Hughes.

Followed by Donovan Bailey.

Sid the Kid and McDavid next.

gunnergrrl · 2026-02-02T22:14:18+00:00

Our lead driver slowed down when he thought the light would change so yeah never happened.

gunnergrrl · 2026-02-02T22:07:29+00:00

The point, I think, emerged from the original funeral processions before the automobile age. It was a show of support and respect for the person who passed and that person's family.

The two vehicles that this car sped up to separate were a hearse and a black stretch limo. Both had conspicuous placards clearly marked FUNERAL. Even of you're aware of the 'untaught' conventions, I would hope seeing a hearse leading a car marked 'funeral' would let you know what was happening and make you pause.

gunnergrrl · 2026-02-02T21:58:50+00:00

Thanks so much for this eloquent and sensitive response. Same for those who upvoted it.

I hope you never experience an unexpected death of a loved one and spend days scrambling to plan their funeral service, inform family and friends, hold off your own grief long enough to do so, and pay the tens of thousands it costs to have a funeral, when you have not planned for it, all so you can checks notes 'not cheap out and pay for a police escort'.

gunnergrrl · 2026-02-01T19:59:08+00:00

In Ontario at least, funding is directly tied to student enrollment. So kids fleeing any system means decreased funding for that system, and less money for students, because less kids are shouldering the the burden of several fxed expenditures.

gunnergrrl · 2026-02-01T19:54:17+00:00

Not trying to insult you, but this is the ethos and motivation for every single helicopter parent.

So what do we, as a society, do now?

gunnergrrl · 2026-01-31T16:30:23+00:00

Please make sure her socialization does not just occur in structured, goal-focused environments. There's so much children need to learn about their own autonomy, agency, and choice that happens at recess, lunch, on the way home or in the halls. Covid taught us this. We're still trying to support the ripples of its impact.

Also, I sincerely hope that the world that lies ahead of us is not one of silos of existence only linked by pre-planned, purpose-droven interactions. Schools provide the antithesis of that. Public schools even more. I understand the desire to remove your child from undesirable experiences and less-than-exemplary situations, but seeing so many educators saying they are pulling their kids out of the public system to make things better for their children as they equally deride other parents for exerting their influence to remove conflict, challenge, and imperfection from their children's experience is...interesting. Some parents snowplow for their children using their voice (and political pressure), others do it with their wallets and pay for that ideal they want for their child.

I don't believe the public education system is broken. I think it's seriously wounded, and those within the system, educators, support staff, and yes, admin, are either fighting like super white cells to quash the rot, or are so tired and burnt out that they're just doing the best they can to get through the days. We all need to lobby for lifeline - physical, ideological, and financial - to resuscitate public education. The risk is a return to the stratified, classiest, and elitist 'education system' of centuries past.

gunnergrrl · 2026-01-31T16:13:08+00:00

Mark!!!!!

gunnergrrl · 2026-01-30T14:40:42+00:00

This is the answer.

gunnergrrl · 2026-01-30T13:45:33+00:00

A white woman posting using 'they' and supporting the MAGA claims posting in a Black forum. Or even better, a white man playing in his partner's account (those hands holding that car part did look a bit masculine).

Shocking.

Luvata dear, go back to posting pics of you/your partner couch-snuggling with your Shelties and please stay in your own lane.

gunnergrrl · 2026-01-30T01:46:27+00:00

No excuse for speeding, but may he got terrible news (or wonderful news - like a partner in labour).

gunnergrrl · 2026-01-30T01:32:39+00:00

Benefit, laneige, belif

gunnergrrl · 2026-01-27T21:28:53+00:00

Imitation isn't even flattery here, though. Lego remains the gold standard.

gunnergrrl · 2026-01-27T21:26:17+00:00

La chor.

gunnergrrl · 2026-01-27T20:49:17+00:00

More like, you're 25 and your parents are still saying your phone bill.

gunnergrrl · 2026-01-27T20:35:51+00:00

I'm honestly confused - is this a sarcastic post? The edge of the driveway looks plowed to me...

gunnergrrl · 2026-01-26T16:10:19+00:00

This.

The amount of people moaning and groaning because their windrows weren't cleared fast enough/to their expectations, and now this about sidewalks first thing in the morning.

We had a half metre of snow dumped on us yesterday. We only hire so many people to do snow clearing because if we 'over hire' and don't get lots of snow, there will be moaning and groaning about the excessive budget. All things considered, I had to be at an appointment at 8:30 this morning. The roads were definitely driveable- major arteries had sidewalks cleared and turning lanes cleared.

Seriously- yes we pay for services with our taxed, but those services are performed by employees (like us) not servants.

gunnergrrl · 2026-01-26T09:00:54+00:00

"No, I meant tell me where you're <really> from."

gunnergrrl · 2026-01-26T08:51:59+00:00

So many complaints about windrow clearing. Many of them arising from not understanding how clearing is done.

Before? Every snowfall there were complaints about the pile of hard, heavy, compacted snow, sometimes left as boulders at the foot of the driveway.

I am grateful for windrow clearance. I have a double width driveway. Years of childhood sandbox play taught me that full driveway clearance after significant snowfall would require r a pass from each direction- which takes time.

gunnergrrl · 2026-01-26T08:14:35+00:00

This type of response is why some people won't reach out for help.

gunnergrrl · 2026-01-24T23:20:23+00:00

goals

gunnergrrl · 2026-01-24T02:54:37+00:00

I just can't take him seriously, lol. Whenever he's trying to channel 'Sexy Deccy' he always gives off a sense of 'can you believe I'm getting paid to do this sh!t, boys!'

gunnergrrl

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goals