The Venting Thread
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Not to be too snarly with you here, but it's Roseann. I don't give a **** about a public figure.
Roseann was my neighbor when I was growing up, and was a huge influence/mentor in my life. She was one of the kindest, most non-judgmental people I know. Last time we talked she was healthy and doing so much better, and was off the pain meds. I used to drive her to her doctors appointments 3x a week.
And my mother broke it to me yesterday when I was out in public that she passed away, which was really... NOT the right time or place to do it.
Roseann was my neighbor when I was growing up, and was a huge influence/mentor in my life. She was one of the kindest, most non-judgmental people I know. Last time we talked she was healthy and doing so much better, and was off the pain meds. I used to drive her to her doctors appointments 3x a week.
And my mother broke it to me yesterday when I was out in public that she passed away, which was really... NOT the right time or place to do it.
Spent all day in the dumbest training ever. 8 hours of being told how to adopt a global focus to my mathematics units so the school can be an IB school. Sorry, factoring polynomials is going to be no more interesting to my students if I set the word problem in France.
And 8 more hours of it tomorrow! Hooray!
And 8 more hours of it tomorrow! Hooray!
From what I gather, schools can pretty much be IB in name only, or they can go all out and go crazy with adopting the mission statement and implementing all the ideas (things like all classes are to include a community service aspect, character education, global components, etc). My school is opting for the "go all out and go crazy" approach.
Mission statement:
We are a middle school, so we are adopting the "middle years program" (aimed at grades 6-10). There is no curriculum at this level; it is a philosophy/framework through which to teach our existing curriculum. 75% of it we already do through default (I teach at the most diverse school ever), but the remaining 25% is just fluff and frustration in my opinion. Very expensive, tedious, time consuming fluff and frustration.
Mission statement:
We are a middle school, so we are adopting the "middle years program" (aimed at grades 6-10). There is no curriculum at this level; it is a philosophy/framework through which to teach our existing curriculum. 75% of it we already do through default (I teach at the most diverse school ever), but the remaining 25% is just fluff and frustration in my opinion. Very expensive, tedious, time consuming fluff and frustration.
I feel like crying and like I have no one to talk to so I'm posting here. My best friend of two and a half years has suddenly decided to pretend I don't exist. We have been inseparable since we've met, told each other everything, her mom even calls me her other daughter. We both thought this would be like a lifelong friendship kind of thing. Last week I tried making an effort to make plans to see a movie with her and felt like I was forcing her into it, then she later bailed on me. She never texts me and barely talks to me at work (and only about work related things). Today, I found out she volunteered to work a day we had previously booked off to celebrate my birthday. I have brought up how I feel, in a very non-accusatory kind of way, but she says she's just stressed out right now, I haven't done anything wrong, etc. I understand she's stressed, but I'm here for her whether she wants to talk about it or get her mind off of it (and I told her that). It's been weeks and things haven't improved, and I'm still sad, but also starting to get a little pissed off. I don't know why all my relationships always end up with me putting in way more than I recieve.
I need better friends.
I need better friends.
((HUGS)) I'm sorry, I've been there. I wish I had better advice...but honestly, you've done all I would do. You've talked to her about it..
As they say..stop crossing oceans for people who wouldn't walk in puddles for you.
It's a horrible feeling, losing a friend
but friendship is a relationship, like any other, and if one person isn't willing to put in the work then it doesn't work. Perhaps she is just stressed and like me, tends to go all introvert and sit in a cave alone during periods of high emotional tension, I wouldn't wait around but perhaps just let this person go and give things a while to settle.
As they say..stop crossing oceans for people who wouldn't walk in puddles for you.
It's a horrible feeling, losing a friend
but friendship is a relationship, like any other, and if one person isn't willing to put in the work then it doesn't work. Perhaps she is just stressed and like me, tends to go all introvert and sit in a cave alone during periods of high emotional tension, I wouldn't wait around but perhaps just let this person go and give things a while to settle.
I hate when TV shows are LAZY when it comes to stupid obvious things.
My Netflix keeps recommending "the glades" this TV show about a cop in the everglades.
First 10 minutes of a new tv show and it's already disappointed me. It's set in the everglades and has two college students doing it in a car by the swamp (which is all well and good) but they have the WINDOWS OPEN and fall asleep there. THEY WOULD WAKE UP WITH MALARIA!
Do these people have any idea how many mosquitoes are up there?! and sleeping with the windows open?!
Ugh.
Stupid.
My Netflix keeps recommending "the glades" this TV show about a cop in the everglades.
First 10 minutes of a new tv show and it's already disappointed me. It's set in the everglades and has two college students doing it in a car by the swamp (which is all well and good) but they have the WINDOWS OPEN and fall asleep there. THEY WOULD WAKE UP WITH MALARIA!
Do these people have any idea how many mosquitoes are up there?! and sleeping with the windows open?!
Ugh.
Stupid.