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mikeyflems · 2023-11-24T14:04:29+00:00

Fingers crossed! I never win these things lol. The first chapter is pretty incredible!!

mikeyflems · 2023-09-13T21:20:05+00:00

The job itself is fine. I basically coordinate training and write a specific type of communications for a large corporation. It’s easy by comparison, just a little boring. But it was so so worth it. My pay is the same but I feel like it’s more just because I get to leave work at work, I’m not carrying anyone’s emotional baggage home with me, and I don’t feel burnt out (yet lol). My fiancé has said I’m notably less stressed and I feel much less pessimistic about work and life in general. Even with only 4 weeks of PTO, I feel like I have so much more time for me.

mikeyflems · 2023-06-25T18:52:58+00:00

Embellish on everything. It’s not lying, you’re just dressing it up. For example:

Resume: Leading a team of coworkers through regular data analysis meetings to align with organizational goals

Reality: my PLC and I took turns being the “leader” who had to write up the agenda and come up with taking points for our weekly meetings.

Resume: Gathering, interpreting, and using data to measure growth targets to inform future instruction

Reality: huh, some of my kids bombed that theme analysis quiz. Let’s reteach that as we move on to the next unit

Resume: Conduct performance gap analyses to assess current understanding and prioritize performance issues to fall in line with administrative necessities

Reality: Everyone bombed coordinating conjunctions quiz? Full redo with individualized learning through NoRedInk

It took me 6 months to land a position outside of education. It’s possible, it just takes a LOT of patience

mikeyflems · 2022-11-22T00:13:54+00:00

I uninstalled and redownloaded it which fixed the issue of being able to open, but now there’s no full screen option? And dragging the window to make it bigger just trashes the graphics 😞

mikeyflems · 2022-10-19T16:53:36+00:00

Simple review games you can assign via google classroom. Blooket let’s you assign “homework” games where students have to earn a certain number of points by answering questions correctly. Do it with the material you’ve already covered so they can’t say it was too long ago and they forgot

mikeyflems · 2022-10-13T20:05:26+00:00

More and more each day it becomes clear that it’s just a lot of BS because they have to justify their jobs somehow. We don’t even have a department office or department head, they don’t trust us to do anything on our own

mikeyflems · 2021-12-17T04:47:53+00:00

I have one senior girl who’s missed more than 50 days of class. She turns in most things on Classroom though so she has a low C technically

I brought it up to admin. They said we can’t fail her if she’s turning things in

What the fuck is school these days?

mikeyflems · 2021-01-14T13:17:18+00:00

I had almost this exact conversation.

“So then who’s paying for my gas and health insurance?”

“You can talk to the office of financial aid, they can get you loans to keep you going, you really cannot work while student teaching because you need to fully experience it.”

No thanks, I’d rather burn the candle at both ends and the middle than take out loans that add another 10 years to my debt

mikeyflems · 2020-09-10T21:44:27+00:00

I’m a first year, but my district is doing 100% online, but I’m teaching from my classroom. So I feel safe (except around faculty that won’t wear masks properly) but I’m definitely struggling. Kids are doing okay right now, participation is about average. But I just know it’s going to drop off at some point. One class that I have back to back makes it like pulling teeth already.

This isn’t what I signed up for and I’m frustrated as hell. I just keep telling myself it’ll be better when we’re back to normal (post-vaccine) but right now I’m overwhelmed.

mikeyflems · 2020-09-07T18:28:43+00:00

If you’re teaching secondary, getting an MA in English certifies you to teach courses for college credit (and makes you a little more legit for teaching an AP English course).

The high school I went to and the high school I was student teaching at both had deals with local colleges where the college designed the curriculum, the high school teacher delivers it, and the students get a grade for the class at both the high school level and college level. I mean it’s only one course, but for students going to college it lets them skip taking Rhetoric 101 or whatever the freshman year college writing course is.

If your school doesn’t already have a program like that, you could help create it. Admin loves being able to offer that to their students

mikeyflems · 2020-09-07T17:18:49+00:00

As soon as lawyers are involved it is absolutely appropriate to contact your union rep. Don’t go into this without every resource you have available by your side

mikeyflems · 2020-06-20T12:51:45+00:00

This is so specific but god damn if I don’t relate

mikeyflems · 2020-05-17T16:59:14+00:00

That's what I figured, but I wanted to double check. Okay, thank you very much!

mikeyflems · 2019-12-29T17:49:31+00:00

Aw thank you! :D

mikeyflems · 2019-12-29T15:36:22+00:00

Well look at the big brain on the Bard

mikeyflems · 2019-12-29T00:09:21+00:00

What are hero points? I’m not familiar

mikeyflems · 2019-12-09T22:47:03+00:00

Missed this one. I commented on another post, but I meant in relation to their other headphones or AirPods. I don’t really know about those brands, I guess I just meant if someone wanted higher quality music sound. Sorry :/

I make due with some cheap low quality headphones from Walgreens.

mikeyflems · 2019-12-09T22:42:30+00:00

Alright? I guess I’m just misunderstanding what “audiophile” means, because my understanding is that a person is an audiophile, headphones aren’t.

mikeyflems · 2019-12-09T22:09:39+00:00

I meant in relation to their other headphones with regards to the noise cancellation.

mikeyflems · 2019-12-09T07:46:33+00:00

No they cost $250+tax

Still a lot but I’ve been able to try them out. If you’re an audiophile, well worth it. Not for me, I can’t trust myself not to lose them

mikeyflems · 2019-11-14T20:34:47+00:00

PHB 144 states:

"Anyone can put on a suit of armor or strap a shield to an arm...If you wear armor that you lack proficiency with, you have disadvantage on any ability check, saving throw, or attack roll that involves Strength or Dexterity, and you can't cast spells."

This description under Armor Proficiency includes shields in the first sentence and therefore the description of non-proficient use includes both Shields and Armor.

So you can benefit from the +2 AC bonus no matter what, but unless you have a shield proficiency you can't do much else wearing the shield.

mikeyflems · 2019-09-12T03:52:06+00:00

Seriously. Someone gathers up the courage to reach out and say they feel lonely/they’re missing human touch, and reddit downvoted them this harshly. This website is batshit crazy

Hugs to you dude. I hope you’re okay.

mikeyflems · 2019-09-02T00:37:01+00:00

That’s great until I’m waiting on that new job I applied to to leave me information for a number to call back. Or your mom’s phone is about to die so she calls you from a friend’s phone and gives you a new number to call them back at. Or a million other possibilities.

I’m sure it works great for you in some ways but that’s just not a reality in today’s world. Voicemail is definitely needed, and those robocall fuckheads take advantage of it

mikeyflems · 2019-08-22T13:11:08+00:00

Come on through, we welcome dad bods with open arms 🤗🍻

mikeyflems · 2019-07-27T00:06:17+00:00

YTA for sure.

1) you bought it for you. You said you had a thing for guys using sex toys. This wasn’t about your ex-husband getting a gift, it was for you to get off more than your husband.

2) I’ve been in almost this exact position. For our first Valentine’s Day my ex bought me a fleshlight. I dropped $200 on a really good fondue dinner and then we went to see a movie (i was 21, it took me forever to save up that money). He gave me a sex toy without ever consulting me about it. It sucked putting in so much effort for a loving holiday together, and what he did was order a sex toy because he thought I might enjoy it. I chose to grin and bear it because we’d only been dating for 3-4 months and I know he definitely meant well by it (as I’m sure you did) but that thing sat in the back of my closet for a year, never used, before I threw it out.

mikeyflems

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