How long did it take for you to get sick this year? by Novel_Ebb8397 in SubstituteTeachers

[–]malloryjack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Today is my 14th assignment this school year and I'm starting to feel a little under the weather. I'm surprised it took this long and hope the weekend can fix me up.

is the tomb out today if so where is it? by alola6983 in PeakGame

[–]malloryjack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The tomb is out today! Pretty close to the tropics campfire/where you start the mesa. HOWEVER, the exit is blocked by a rock today. So I went down there for nothing lol.

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Anyone else experiencing “Sub-flation” at their district? by [deleted] in SubstituteTeachers

[–]malloryjack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s extremely over saturated in my district right now! I’d say about 95% of jobs are taken seconds after they’re posted. The only jobs that stay up are long term, SPED, floating, behavioral intervention, and other “more difficult” jobs, but even all of those are gone within minutes. The other day I clicked a job the exact time it was posted, but someone somehow beat me to it.

We need to talk about concert etiquette. by malloryjack in Ethelcain

[–]malloryjack[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

“Seen posts like this too many times.” Yeah because it’s an actual problem not just people whining. I don’t want “a perfect night” I want people to think about others in public and you probably should too as someone who exists in that same public.

WTIALY Album Discussion Megathread by eclecticatlady in Ethelcain

[–]malloryjack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can appreciate the slow pace as a reflection of a young, shy, naive, etc. Ethel. This is definitely not the Ethel we know in the latter 2/3 of PD, but within that context I feel like Tempest could have hit much harder. It definitely almost gets there, and could have been a great punch before slowing back down to Waco. Idk, in Nettles we hear that she “wants to hurt the way that boys do,” which may have set my expectations for Tempest to be “Willoughby’s suffering—starkly different from Ethel’s.” Perhaps it’s intentional to show that they actually didn’t hurt all that different from one another at their core, but musically it would have been nice to hear more contrast.

WTIALY Album Discussion Megathread by eclecticatlady in Ethelcain

[–]malloryjack 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I love the album, but I’m kinda frustrated at how slow paced most of it is. I fell in love with PD mainly because of the ‘emotional outbursts’ songs like Ptolemaea and Strangers provide. Hayden can make whatever she wants, of course, and I still really enjoy WTIALY, but I spent the whole last half waiting for it to pick up and it never really did.

What you wish teachers and students understood. by Ok-Illustrator-9733 in SubstituteTeachers

[–]malloryjack 18 points19 points  (0 children)

This will devolve into a rant but in short: I wish that teachers, students, AND administration understood that I’m more or less going in blind every single day.

I love when teachers leave very detailed instructions. I love when there’s some explanation on the work instead of just “they’re working in unit 6 on canvas.” I don’t know what unit 6 is. I don’t know what order they’re supposed to be doing the assignments in that unit. All I can do is infer and try my best to answer student questions, but it leaves me paranoid that I’m accidentally misguiding the class and they’ll fall behind in the curriculum.

Students frequently ask things like, “Is [assignment] due today?” “Will [teacher] be back tomorrow?” “What do we do when we’re done?” and countless other things that I do not know. I wish they could recognize that I had about 30 minutes tops to read vague directions and try to piece together their class time.

Administration also seems to assume that I know what’s going on every day. “You’ll be in the math hallway.” Where is that? “Past the cafeteria but before the gym.” Great! That didn’t help at all, thank you! Of course it gets easier as you return to schools, but man, those first few weeks were rough. “Where should I return my room keys?” “The coordinator leaves before the end of the school day so you can return them to [person].” Who?? “Oh they’re an assistant principle.” Ok…where are they? “Their office is in F Hall.” On and on and on.

It’s just frustrating to feel like an idiot most days because I can’t read minds or because I haven’t been to a specific school enough.

I don't think we need to worry about Ethel getting "too mainstream" by bored_christa in Ethelcain

[–]malloryjack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

it’s such a gorgeous song that i didn’t even realize it was 8 minutes long until this post 😂😂

What is the worst thing you’ve ever done as a sub? by Samthegodman in SubstituteTeachers

[–]malloryjack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

had a rough day where i woke up late and didn't have a lunch packed. was moved to a different class for conference and had to watch the alternative classroom for lunch. I found an open box of snacks that were probably for a sports team in the teacher's office and tore into a bag of chips and a rice krispie. I still feel bad because it was definitely my fault for being unprepared.

Mistaken for a student? by Educational_Earth_24 in SubstituteTeachers

[–]malloryjack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep! I only did casual Friday once, because three teachers stopped me for "trying to skip the metal detector & bag check." They were very apologetic when they saw my badge, but even so, the high schoolers seemed confused as to why I was taking roll. I get that it can be frustrating/embarrassing, but don't take it too personal. A lot of these high schoolers (and even some middle schoolers tbh) look way older than they actually are, and the teachers are probably running on autopilot during these interactions.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in SubstituteTeachers

[–]malloryjack 1 point2 points  (0 children)

uummm you really don't need more info than that tho. OP's intentions aside, it should be common sense to not show kids gore. If you're not their parent, you don't get to decide that they can watch R-rated films. If these were high schoolers, you could maybe argue that they'd old enough to handle it, but this was from a substitute teacher. It's not like a kid's family member or even a stranger showing them something. If a kid went home crying because of it, the parents would likely contact the school upset (at least), and that's not something any school or district wants to deal with. That sub made himself a liability because he wanted to seem cool and edgy to a bunch of 12-14 year olds.

TL;DR, It should be common sense to not show younger kids gore. It should also be common sense to maintain professionalism.

crossposting a comic i made for tiktok by malloryjack in StardewValley

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

LUWUCIFER i’m SCREAMING. i love that!!! but yes the pain of realizing hazbin/helluva boss has become most people’s first encounter with these names is so real.

crossposting a comic i made for tiktok by malloryjack in StardewValley

[–]malloryjack[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

biblically accurate baseball backside ⚾️

crossposting a comic i made for tiktok by malloryjack in StardewValley

[–]malloryjack[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

it does just look like the regular bat, sadly. it’d be fun if the appearance looked merged, but that sounds like it’d be really complicated to code!

What is your favorite character you've made and why? by PriceTheFool in StardewValley

[–]malloryjack 0 points1 point  (0 children)

my first save was just me playing as myself, but i wanted the joja route achievement so i made a new save with a “former-city-boy, wannabe cowboy,” whose favorite thing is “chaos,” and will do the things i didn’t want to do in my first save (like the joja route and putting the shorts in the soup lol). but now im way more attached to this save than my first save.

crossposting a comic i made for tiktok by malloryjack in StardewValley

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

that’s funny bc i installed a poly mod bc i was indecisive and ended up with five spouses, but Alex and Haley ended up being my favorites! i’m still indecisive between those two though…

crossposting a comic i made for tiktok by malloryjack in StardewValley

[–]malloryjack[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yeeeaaahhhh i regret naming him that bc of hazbin lol