Random Fail: First World Problems

[Zetanio]

Came across the unique snowflake spelling of a guest name and just shook my head. Reyshell a.k.a Rachel ( confirmed by said guest) .
Fucking parents stop with the dumbass names.

It's ok to make fun of this again?

Good.

[Anoat]

The dash be silent.

[Roranora]

no, the dash don't be silent

[Ksandra]

9th graders were on a field trip today so it was supposed to be an easy day of cleaning and only teaching three classes.

Ended up having to cover for another teach two of my periods, and on the way back to my room I ended up stopping a fight between to guys. No other teachers/security around and of course no student would go and get anyone. No fists or anything but it still shook me up pretty bad as I felt completely unequipped to handle it. Just five minutes after that I had to get between two girls having a fight and it almost made me snap. VP seems upset the security guards weren't patrolling at the time, but then I just felt like a shit teacher once the principal and I talked. She thought the whole thing was nbd and when I mentioned I would like some better training on what to do she basically said I shouldn't have tried to stop the kids just let them fight and go find security. And while I understand she is right because of liability, one of them was my student and I am mentally having a hard time telling myself I did the wrong thing because I know I did, but I couldn't help myself.

[Abandon]

9th graders were on a field trip today so it was supposed to be an easy day of cleaning and only teaching three classes.

Ended up having to cover for another teach two of my periods, and on the way back to my room I ended up stopping a fight between to guys. No other teachers/security around and of course no student would go and get anyone. No fists or anything but it still shook me up pretty bad as I felt completely unequipped to handle it. Just five minutes after that I had to get between two girls having a fight and it almost made me snap. VP seems upset the security guards weren't patrolling at the time, but then I just felt like a shit teacher once the principal and I talked. She thought the whole thing was nbd and when I mentioned I would like some better training on what to do she basically said I shouldn't have tried to stop the kids just let them fight and go find security. And while I understand she is right because of liability, one of them was my student and I am mentally having a hard time telling myself I did the wrong thing because I know I did, but I couldn't help myself.

teacher fuckery

shitty situation, sandy. sucks, but i get it.

[NynJa]

It's ok to make fun of this again?

Good.

When was it never ok to make fun of this?

security

Ok am i just so old that when i was a teenager we werent so terrible that we needed security patrolling, or is this just a normal american thing?

[Zetanio]

When was it never ok to make fun of this?

Obummer isn't pres anymore and blax are second class again. It's totally ok again.

[dasva]

Ok am i just so old that when i was a teenager we werent so terrible that we needed security patrolling, or is this just a normal american thing?

Wasn't normal in my school. Even after a guy made a bomb threat and then they found a shotgun in his locker and the cops found several thousand rounds and a few other guns under his bed we still only had one stop by occasionally for a few weeks.

But if you lived somewhere shittier it could be different. Like one of exes lived in a poorer section of the outskirts of LA and they had a few roving security and pretty solid fences that went up around 20 feet all around the entire campus with metal detectors on the entrance gates.

[Tyrath]

Ray-dash-shell

[dasva]

Been picking up jump roping again. Or trying to. Nice low space exercise I can do real quick get blood flowing which is great for the long sitting at desks when at work. But for some reason it kills my ankle and gives me headaches.... which is kind of strange since I'm completely fine jogging, running up/down stairs and bike rides over rough ground every day. cmon body staph it

[Brill Weave]

9th graders were on a field trip today so it was supposed to be an easy day of cleaning and only teaching three classes.

Ended up having to cover for another teach two of my periods, and on the way back to my room I ended up stopping a fight between to guys. No other teachers/security around and of course no student would go and get anyone. No fists or anything but it still shook me up pretty bad as I felt completely unequipped to handle it. Just five minutes after that I had to get between two girls having a fight and it almost made me snap. VP seems upset the security guards weren't patrolling at the time, but then I just felt like a shit teacher once the principal and I talked. She thought the whole thing was nbd and when I mentioned I would like some better training on what to do she basically said I shouldn't have tried to stop the kids just let them fight and go find security. And while I understand she is right because of liability, one of them was my student and I am mentally having a hard time telling myself I did the wrong thing because I know I did, but I couldn't help myself.

And now you have upset the delicate high school pecking order. Shame on you!

[Tokitoki]

Why were you supposed to let the kids fight?

I didn't get in many fights as a kid, but the few I got in were always broken up by teachers or teacher's aides.

[dasva]

Why were you supposed to let the kids fight?

I didn't get in many fights as a kid, but the few I got in were always broken up by teachers or teacher's aides.

Probably was some rule about security is supposed to handle it. Betcha there is some case somewhere in recent history where a teacher broke up a fight and got sued by the kids parents for getting physical with their poor little angels

[Tokitoki]

I guess. A security guard could be personally sued for the same reason, though. The school, having hired and/or contracted both the teachers and security guards, would still have liability either way I'd imagine.

[dasva]

Yeah but I'd imagine guards company probably has in their contract assume responsibility for that kind of thing and have some kind of insurance/bonds. That and it's a lot easier to be like naw that wasn't the school just some guard we hired. Don't worry parents he's been fired already.

[Fondue]

Why were you supposed to let the kids fight?

I didn't get in many fights as a kid, but the few I got in were always broken up by teachers or teacher's aides.

If you don't let them fight they're gonna bring a gun to school next time

[kuronosan]

I'm finally getting the bills from the hospital visit. 5 hours there and I'm looking at possibly 4,000....

I need to look into bankruptcy because I can't do this. I'm so fucking depressed as it is, I have no idea what I am going to do, jesus fuck.

Go to their finance office and ask for charity because you cannot afford it.

[Ksandra]

Why were you supposed to let the kids fight?

Too many teachers across the country have ended up in hospitals because of it (kid could have a knife/gun without you knowing before getting in between). Security are trained to handle it, we are not.

I was terrified and pretty shaken afterwards. Logically, I don't think the kids would have harmed me, but I know my size/strength and either of those kids could have snapped me in half, or at least punched me to get me out of the way like I was paper.

[Cream Soda]

Shadocon this weekend and not in good enough shape to do any of my usual cosplay. Lol looks like I'll be covered this weekend.

Oh well, I still have 4 weeks to drop weight for Holiday Matsuri next month

[BaneTheBrawler]

so i'm cruising along on the interstate at midnight, I see a semi and a car pulled over ahead of me. fine, np, move to the left lane and OMFG WHAT THE FUCK JESUS CHRIST

start dodging fucking huge ass chunks of metal all over the goddamn road. managed to miss a couple huge chunks but spike-stripped myself on what I think might have been a bumper or something. destroyed my front left tire and tore up a bunch of my car's body. god only knows what else it did underneath. slammed on the brakes and got the fuck off the road before I hit anything else. guy behind me must have seen the shit I hit in time, cos he managed to dodge it all and pull over in front of me safely. guy behind him was not so lucky as us; heard him hit some shit same as me. few more cars go by, some dodging some not, and i'm sitting in my car WTFing and I see this car fly by at ~50mph on a bed of sparks. just nothing but gold fire from the doors down. THEN I SEE A GODDAMN FREEZER SKID OFF THE HIGHWAY AND COME TO A STOP IN FRONT OF ME. started calling my dad, realized there are no cops around at all, so called 911 instead. they were already aware, and cops etc showed up a few minutes later.

anyway, apparently some dude was in a van, pulling a trailer with a couple deer carcasses and freezers full of meat. something something now he doesn't have front wheels, his shit goes all over the highway and fucks up a bunch of peoples' shit.

also apparently, the dude was telling people they could have some of the meat from his freezers.

finally got home at 3:30. local tow guy was called out to deal with most of the vehicles, and since I was a "good sport" about waiting for a tire change, they only charged me for the tire change, despite towing my car the remaining ~5 miles to my town. $60 for a tow and tire-change when I am not actually capable of changing tires at the moment. seems decent enough to me. i'm going to have the car looked at over the next few days, make sure there's no additional damage. that tire is dead as fuck, though.


edit: should add that i'm fine, just fucked up my car a bit.