I think itâs pretty stooooooooopid that they put a prime time race on NBC. Races are for the afternoons or Saturday nights on some odd cable channel. This year I havenât watched any races on TV. I like them in person much more.
All this MMMMMM talk is making my heart race. I havenât knit with it in so long, I may need to change that 
And it was the Music Teacher that picked up on it! :roflhard: :roflhard:[/quote]
Maybe she thought you were SINGING it?? :??
Ingy, we have SEEN all seasons of OZ⌠we watched it when it was ON. We were completely and utterly ADDICTED! Now, weâre the same way with Deadwood. That show CRACKS ME UP! I call it the [size=1]cocksucker [/size]show. :oops: Thatâs all they say! :roflhard: :roflhard: :roflhard:
:doh: Of course you saw them. I forget that other people actually get HBO.
I think that sports showsâracing, basketball, footballâalready have channels devoted to them! I protest prime-time sports. Not that it will do me any good. :shrug:
Ingy, if those holes in programming didnât exist, when would we watch our DVDs??? :??
Excellent point!
I donât get HBO either or any other pay channel for that matter. I do have digital cable though so I get plenty of channels. I agree about sportsâŚwhy put them on prime time if they already have another channel! :?? :roflhard: 2qa
Just dropping in since I wonât have access to a computer until much later today. Have a good day, everyone! 
You too, Ingrid!
Listen, Hildie, you grammar snob, I canât control what the stooooopid quotey thing does! I wanted to change it to âwrite,â but I canât. 
[size=1]And it bugged me all day! [/size] :roflhard: :roflhard: :roflhard:
Have a wonderful day, Ingy!! 
I hope your first day of work goes well Ingrid! 
I hope your day is SUPER-FINE, Sunshine! :sun:
Hope you have a good day!
I survived the day, and we have a lot of the same kids as last year, at least in the morning group. The good thing is that Iâll know what to expect from them, and the bad thing is that Iâll know what to expect from them. 
Today was just meetings and getting the room set up. I got through the meetings with Mmmmmmalabrigo.
We get the little angels tomorrow. :pout:
Now Iâm just waiting for Ryan to get home from camping. I was hoping heâd be home by now so he could have a ânormalâ afternoon and evening at home before having to go to school tomorrow.
It was you who told me that sarcasm was your life, wasnât it?
I hope you had a good day at work Ingrid. At least yesterday went smoothly!
You know, I used to be so concerned about my middle son. He was a bit of a trouble maker in school, so every year the teachers anticipated his antics. I always told him, âYou have a clean slate now. Try to keep it that way.â He would say, âBut the teachers HATE me. They donât give me a chance.â
He was really upset about it, too. Because he was trying to be better. After a while, he just quit trying, because he said, âWell, they expect me to fail, so I guess Iâll just go ahead and do it.â He ended up being a MAJOR rebel, and quit school after the 10th grade. He was very bitter.
I was so frustrated, because I knew he was an intelligent person. He tested in the genius level when he was younger, and we had an Individualized Education Profile for him. He just didnât know how to manage his time, or stay focused. He was too interested in making friends and being with girls. (Heâs just too good-looking for his own good.)
He has since taken control of his life, and gotten his GED, so he is at the same level as his high school friends who just graduated this year. Iâm proud of him for persevering. (He made VERY good grades on his GED test. Upper 90âs all the way!) Now, heâs in college. I just hope he keeps up the good work, and doesnât slip back into his old ways.
I just wanted to share this story as an inspiration to you and your other teacher friends to look for the good in your students, even if you donât really expect it. They might just be like Noah. :shrug:
My demeanor in the classroom is one in which the slate is wiped clean on a daily basis. What allows me to do that is venting. Some behaviors are tiresome when they happen over and over, but I do my best to treat the kids with good humor and respect.
There are some truly hard-core kids in the other part of the schoolâs programâthese are not behavior problems, per say, but tough gang-type kids. These are the ones I have more of a problem accepting.
We hope they appreciate you as much as we do :cheering:
Ingrid, I admire you. Thatâs such a hard job, isnât it? I know I wouldnât be able to handle it, because I donât know how to keep my mouth shut. Iâm sure I would say the wrong thing, and end up getting booted out. :roll:
How are things going so far this year?
But Poughkeepsie is totally hardcore, isnât it? Iâm sure they have tons of street cred.