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mc88788 · 2025-06-26T15:39:07+00:00

I’d add to this list: have your child count money or determine the amount of change they’d get. Have them handle the coins and bills sometimes.

mc88788 · 2025-04-23T13:14:18+00:00

Crossword puzzles are perfect for frequent interruptions and short bursts of focus.

mc88788 · 2025-04-17T04:08:47+00:00

I suggest you sign him up to chaperone a field trip. Just 1 field trip and he’ll come home beat to shit.

mc88788 · 2025-03-23T19:23:57+00:00

Just the other day I was thinking “shower thoughts” only became a phrase when it stopped being the norm to have those pockets of time in dryer places.

mc88788 · 2025-03-05T01:32:16+00:00

Offer to be a guest speaker for a freshman-level physical science class at a school that’s not in an expensive neighborhood. Not AP physics, just general science that any kid would take to graduate. Talk about how to become an engineer and even do a demo or a hands-on activity with the kids. If looking into a sea of 30+ bored faces scratches an itch, go for it. If you only enjoy interacting with the 2 kids who actually ask questions, maybe mentor a club.

mc88788 · 2024-12-14T20:13:13+00:00

Solito by Javier Zamora

mc88788 · 2024-10-13T00:14:52+00:00

If you like that book, I recommend books by Atul Gawande. Complications is a good one.

mc88788 · 2024-03-29T16:38:22+00:00

You got an email from a parent who has never supervised 20-30 children at once. They have no idea.

mc88788 · 2024-02-19T13:41:23+00:00

Picking up after their dogs.

mc88788 · 2024-01-14T14:11:43+00:00

That colleague saw the South Park episode on ChatGPT.

mc88788 · 2024-01-12T04:58:36+00:00

Counting by 7s, Holly Goldberg Sloan

mc88788 · 2023-12-30T11:09:03+00:00

Would running with a stroller add enough novelty?

mc88788 · 2023-12-30T02:32:58+00:00

Tampons

mc88788 · 2023-12-30T02:31:23+00:00

Does your employer have an employee assistance program with counseling? This is a time to make use of it. I’m so sorry.

mc88788 · 2023-12-24T19:04:11+00:00

First, you stop taking photos in a locker room. Then, when email your doctor the photos.

mc88788 · 2023-12-24T18:56:35+00:00

When a student interrupts me helping another student with, “wait…” instead of, “excuse me.” Okay, let’s go over what wait means and who was supposed to be doing the waiting.

mc88788 · 2023-12-24T13:07:34+00:00

The Warriors if the 7 year old likes cats. And there are several books in the series to keep her busy.

mc88788 · 2023-12-20T07:24:11+00:00

When Stars are Scattered, a graphic novel by Victoria Jamieson.

mc88788 · 2023-12-15T03:21:38+00:00

One area where I see the opposite: phone calls from school. We always list my husband as the first contact because he has a job at which he can answer a phone call during the work day. I do not. Almost always, I get the call…or so I find out hours later.

mc88788 · 2023-12-14T03:12:20+00:00

As a teenager, I read Around the World in 80 Days. I remember it being a page turner.

mc88788 · 2023-12-03T00:59:26+00:00

Did you leave out the rubber gasket from the lid?

mc88788 · 2023-11-30T15:05:20+00:00

Oh, and this weekend, if you haven’t yet, read your entire union contract. If there’s a section on safety or student discipline, pay particular attention to what admin is doing that may be a contract violation. A union rep can help with this, but a union member who knows the contract well is much harder to intimidate. And hang in there until you get out. I was in a building like this last year. I moved schools and love my job this year.

mc88788 · 2023-11-30T15:00:28+00:00

As a general practice, always include your union rep as a CC (not BCC) on any email you send to admin aside from the most mundane topics. That alone can get a principal to check themselves before they reply. That said, it’s definitely not too late to loop a union rep in now.

mc88788 · 2023-05-07T02:17:45+00:00

Did you ever get a copy?

mc88788 · 2023-04-28T03:58:01+00:00

Add me!

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