Random Win: The irl Fuck Ya thread

[Airenn]

Sounds good! I posted to my Facebook that I was addicted to Raising Cane's and a friend said that I might as well try to Guthrie's if I'm passing through Talla.

SO MUCH CHICKENNNN

[Yuri-G]

if you go to a party with me I will embarrass the shit out of you with wild Elaine-style dancing and #nofucksgiven

I'm just gonna own that and that is my win today

[psychodwarf]

Ate everything on a stick that I could at the Minnesota State Fair yesterday, and didn't die. There are a LOT of things there that would make a great last meal.

[Zetanio]

Ate everything on a stick that I could at the Minnesota State Fair yesterday, and didn't die. There are a LOT of things there that would make a great last meal.

Did you eat a potato spiral thing?

[psychodwarf]

Right after Sweet Martha's cookies, yes

[Zetanio]

Shit man. That's a real win.

[Yuri-G]

went on Labor Day last year, every single time - EVERY TIME - I walked by Sweet Martha's, the line was the size of a city block.


no, not as long as a city block - literally the size of a city block. in length and width. one big fat city block filled to the brim with people


fuuuuuuuuuck that. I went without lol

[Aksannyi]

As someone who has some struggles reaching out to people, one of the things I was dreading was contacting parents via phone regarding behavior. I know this is a minor win, but I contacted my first parent via phone today and I am feeling surprisingly calm after the fact. (Another random win is that the parent wasn't all defensive and pissed off at me, which is what I automatically expect to happen.)

[dasva]

So day 2 of wine tasting with the gf. And I can't believe I've lived wthout doing this every week

[Greatguardian]

I made a habit of making at least one positive "Your kid is the best thing ever please keep doing what you're doing" call every week to help myself mentally prepare for the other calls.

[tyven]

In Vegas for work. Go to the mall and bought these https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...7e874ec8f4.jpg later on go gambling in hotel casino and win enough money to cover the cost of the shoes with money to spare.

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Look at you bringing back the Ken Griffeys!

[Aksannyi]

I made a habit of making at least one positive "Your kid is the best thing ever please keep doing what you're doing" call every week to help myself mentally prepare for the other calls.

How many kids do you have? I currently have about 142 kids, if I did that every week I would never have any time for anything else. I definitely do want to make positive calls (or at least emails) to parents when I can, but I can't see myself realistically calling every parent.

[Greatguardian]

How many kids do you have? I currently have about 142 kids, if I did that every week I would never have any time for anything else. I definitely do want to make positive calls (or at least emails) to parents when I can, but I can't see myself realistically calling every parent.

126 kids. For positive calls I definitely didn't do every kid. Just the ones who were either routinely awesome or routinely not a pain in the ass depending on how far into the semester we were. It was more a pick-me-up for my own sake, really. Parental interactions that don't involve discipline/grades are a lot less stressful and teaching in the inner city it's not often some of these parents got to hear good things about their kids from educational figures. A lot of them cried a little, honestly.

[Aksannyi]

Oh okay then. I definitely want to do that whenever I can. I'm at a Title I school so it will definitely help a lot to be positive with these kids and their families. Maybe I'll set a goal to pick at least 5 kids a week whose parents I can reach out to and let them know that I think they're doing great. Then when I have to call parents and tell them their kid's a fuck-up, it won't be so nervewracking.

[BaneTheBrawler]

Also probably give you a good reputation with the parents, establishes that you recognize good kids. "Man, Aksannyi called and was bitchin about my kid again!" gets shut down pretty quick when other parents can say "but she called ME to compliment my kids just last week!"


use 'em against each other to your benefit! yay, manipulation!

[Aksannyi]

I like the way you think. But it tripped me up a bit to see my forum/gaming name used in that context like "NO NO NO NO NO NO DO NOT STEAL MY PRIVATE ONLINE IDENTITY FROM ME" lol.

[Ksandra]

I currently have about 142 kids

126 kids.

And this is why I will never leave the school I work at.

I currently have 60 students. Maximum my school would take is 80. iirc my guide teacher when student teaching had about 130. I remember he would have to glance super fast at papers and give a grade based on it.

[psychodwarf]

went on Labor Day last year, every single time - EVERY TIME - I walked by Sweet Martha's, the line was the size of a city block.


no, not as long as a city block - literally the size of a city block. in length and width. one big fat city block filled to the brim with people


fuuuuuuuuuck that. I went without lol

They opened a third location up on machinery hill. No line at all during mid afternoon. Even the other 2 weren't as busy as normal. They built new walkways to help with traffic flow around them, and that seemed to help/

[Aksannyi]

And this is why I will never leave the school I work at.

I currently have 60 students. Maximum my school would take is 80. iirc my guide teacher when student teaching had about 130. I remember he would have to glance super fast at papers and give a grade based on it.

How do you manage that though? You must have super small classes or more than one planning period? My classes are slightly over the class amendment size (hopefully to be fixed in the next few weeks) and I have a full load of six classes. My classes range from 20-25 kids at the moment. Guessing because it's a charter? There is no way that would ever happen at a public school.

[Ksandra]

How do you manage that though? You must have super small classes or more than one planning period? My classes are slightly over the class amendment size (hopefully to be fixed in the next few weeks) and I have a full load of six classes. My classes range from 20-25 kids at the moment. Guessing because it's a charter? There is no way that would ever happen at a public school.

It's a charter.

The goal is to have about 14-18 students per class. Last year I taught four English classes and a support class with one prep period. However, enrollment started low this year because we moved to a new building closer to the college we partner with. So they made me have three English classes which are now about 20 students each. I teach Journalism and Drama for the other two slots. I think they're going to have to cap it out at maybe 65 because they did that with all the 9th grade teachers. Next year I'll probably have to drop one elective and be back at 4 classes.

It's a hard choice to make because I would get paid more at a public school and have better benefits. HOWEVER, I have an insane amount of freedom compared to teachers at LAUSD (e.g. I can choose w/e books, stories, etc. I want to teach) and a lot less stress because of those small class sizes. I would never see my kids if I was grading 130+ papers every few months. So it's a definite trade off I'm willing to do.