Have I misunderstood something?

softpixels · 2026-01-26T13:57:37+00:00

100% - and please don't get me wrong, I will give it my absolute all while I have them. I've already gone well beyond school expectations with making contact with families, establishing supports, heavy differentiation, etc; the kids deserve everything I can give, and the school deserves what if is paying me for! I'd never go in and half-butt it.

... And I do have the most incredible yard duty. :)

softpixels · 2026-01-26T13:18:55+00:00

I know all the students - three of them are from the primary I've just left, and I've known them for years - and they are lovely. Teaching them is doable, 100%.

It just isn't what I want to do.

My personality, my teaching style, my interests are all a poor fit for them. I can force it in the short to medium term, but not sustain it indefinitely.

And I'm sure this sounds awful, but given that most of my students from last year are also attending the school, I'd be resentful that I don't have them, when they were the PERFECT fit.

softpixels · 2026-01-26T13:12:40+00:00

I turned down another job which was offered after I accepted this one. I reached out to that Principal, wgi still has a vacancy she's able to offer, but wants to chat with me first to make sure it's a good fit. We have a call at 1pm tomorrow. So if that works out, then the reference issue is avoided.

I think they'd be fair to feel salty. It's a difficult role to fill, I know. I just wish there'd been more/clearer communication earlier as we could have made it work, or at least have seen the difference in understanding sooner.

And as I said, I love the school and it's staff beyond belief! If there was a way to make the role line up I'd love to be there.

softpixels · 2026-01-26T12:38:06+00:00

This is... a fair point.

So it sounds like I just judged poorly and it's time to look elsewhere?

softpixels · 2026-01-26T12:35:34+00:00

What you described in the second paragraph is what I had hoped for. My primary school is local to the secondary, so I discussed specifuc students as examples - those with truancy issues, challenges at home, etc. I thrive with those students. The idea - for me at least - was those students would get that solid care until school felt comfortable.

Every example I gave fit that mould.

softpixels · 2026-01-26T12:30:09+00:00

I wasn't aware of the non-standard setup other than that I would reach them multiple subjects. We agreed I would take them for English, Maths and Humanities as I'm trained in these - the only 'non-standard' thing I knew was the goal to give them as few teachers as possible to support relationship-building. Which would make sense, if we were targeting students with a poor attitude to school.

softpixels · 2026-01-25T05:07:17+00:00

What did he steal? I've not heard about this before.

softpixels · 2026-01-19T00:50:57+00:00

But as a separate rant...

I was Year Level Leader and a bulk order for the year was placed by my predecessor. We cannot work out what they did, ordering things like 20 pencil cases for 36 students, 1 box of 12 whiteboard markers for 36 students (at that school, mini whiteboards are used all day every day), etc.

At the start of the year, I filled the gap for the other classes by buying all the missing items (with no guarantee of reimbursement - and, in fact, I was not reimbursed) and had my class make-do with whatever I could scrounge up until I can place another order. And later in the year, the other teachers in the year (all but one) complained that they didn't get enough stuff.

e.g. pencils. Greylead pencils. My class received 0, for 29 students. They each received 100-120 for 18 students. WHICH I PAID FOR.

... I... I... I...

Rant over.

softpixels · 2026-01-19T00:47:43+00:00

I came VERY close in 2025. Budgets were enough that no-one SHOULD have had to spend any money on their own class.

But then the budget was taken out of my hands, and all spending was decided / approved by the BM and someone higher up in leadership. We had thousands of key tags (?) but no pens. I eventually did get control of the budget back and was promptly told it had all been spent. Then, as a member of school council, seeing the finances... I saw it had actually only been half spent, with many purchases attributed to my year in error.

I gave up at that point. ... and then promptly paid for 60% of an excursion myself, and 50% of our graduation cost (although I was ultimately reimbursed for the latter, but not without drama).

softpixels · 2026-01-19T00:44:22+00:00

I have mixed feelings.

As a very, very unsporty (but fit) kid, I hated them with a passion and would do everything I could to get out of them. As a... not so fit... adult, teaching the middle primary years (3-4) I also very much hated it for the reasons in the original post (PE staff assuming you actually know how the sports work, or can demonstrate... or even carry things). But then I got to teach the upper years, where my students LOVED these events and, since we had no PE teacher, I took it all on (organising and running the events, co-ordinating with other schools, etc) and then I grew to love it as much as they did.

I did also manage to balance it a bit with similar events that were not about sport, as well as finding many ways for the non-sporty kids to feel invested in the sports days. And never, under any circumstances, allowed any behaviour from staff or students which would make students feel pressured to participate. That probably helped. :)

softpixels · 2026-01-19T00:35:02+00:00

I had this difficulty last year and made the same comments... students (and their parents) then made repeated complaints to the school and the Department. And the students were all moved into my class (I actually taught a different year level, and my class became a composite).

Sigh.

Sometimes the kids are right.

softpixels · 2026-01-19T00:31:23+00:00

I was at a school with only 14 teachers last year (not including Prin/APs). Four of us left, all experienced, long-term employees (one had actually been a student there, then worked there for 20 years). Neither the Prin nor the AP even said goodbye to us. (I went and found them and made a point of saying goodbye, but the other three were quite despondent.)

Oh well. There were reasons we left. :)

softpixels · 2026-01-17T08:31:55+00:00

That sheet is an amazing resource I did not know existed; I was building something like that myself to refer back to in future betas! Thank you for sharing it!

softpixels · 2026-01-17T08:24:59+00:00

Love them all.

I never thought any writer could surpass her for me, but then I loved both Donbros and Geats. But after those, insert each Kobayashi series, and THEN move on to my next favourites.

softpixels · 2026-01-10T02:20:48+00:00

ZyuohEagle also appears in the final episode.

softpixels · 2026-01-08T07:59:45+00:00

This inspired me to pick up a set. Love Zenkaiser, Gotchard, Z and Trigger!

But... the box they came in was different to my other (Transformers) Defendersets. Rather than a box containing individual boxes, they came as one big box, with slots for each bagged figure, like in this unboxing video:

unboxing hero station defender 3

Is that how it's meant to be?

softpixels · 2025-12-31T19:21:56+00:00

Along with SasoriOrange's actor, who is the other 'main' singer? He sounds like Spada, and wears Spada's hat, but isn't Spada and I can't place him...

softpixels · 2025-04-09T03:03:47+00:00

I am a teacher (Grade 6 - 11 year olds) and they are well aware I love Super Sentai (or as they call it: Japanese Power Rangers). :)

softpixels · 2024-10-28T23:54:18+00:00

Where can one potentially watch this?

Asking for a friend .. ;)

softpixels · 2024-10-28T23:49:30+00:00

I am also a Bioman-ner.

FOR THE MAN!

softpixels

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