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| Eral | Nov 28 2007, 11:02 PM Post #51 |
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Kopi Luwak
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Nobody has thought to get more teachers?
Imports are available. That is truly a wondrous system of education - shortage of teachers? Respond by imprisoning the children. And I thought our state education policy was bad. Thank you all for your kind thoughts. I don't want to try again. This was my last try. Not to mention the reference will be a recommendation that I be sent to Siberia. No, I will happy emergency teaching, where if the natives become restless I take out my guitar and teach them "Twist and Shout" (music does soothe the savage breast) and I never have to talk to the principal. I will mosey in at ten to 9, and skip off at 3:30 (well, OK ten to 4, because I usually correct stuff and leave a thorough record of the day.) Where if I expect a child to follow rules and respect instructions I'm considered to be doing a good job.
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| Nibsi | Nov 29 2007, 01:18 AM Post #52 |
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Well I'm proud to live in a country with one of the best education systems in the world, but we've had a shortage of teachers for years. It appears that there just isn't enough money being made available for our education system. It's even worse on primary schools; people attending to PABO (primary school teacher training) lack proper skill in the Dutch language, and even the basest of mathematical competence. It's ridiculous. One of the jobs of a teacher is to partially help bring up a child and to teach them how to be a proper member of society. I get so irked when they aren't allowed to do this. |
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| lara | Nov 30 2007, 01:43 AM Post #53 |
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Sorry, Nibs, but: :lol: |
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| Nibsi | Nov 30 2007, 02:04 AM Post #54 |
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Te zijner tijd
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Haha, Lara. That's kinda ironic innit? Damn you and your copy editing skills! |
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| Krazy | Nov 30 2007, 07:18 AM Post #55 |
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I haz powah!
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:lol: Pride cometh before a fall. |
| "Well, ‘course dis one’s betta! It’s lotz ‘eavier, and gots dem spikey bitz on de ends. " | |
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| Regullus | Nov 30 2007, 05:54 PM Post #56 |
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Reliant
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Gah!!! OMGZ! :banghead: :banghead: :banghead::ouch: I love my mother, really, I do, and I also respect her but ... she's giving me an ulcer. All I want to do is get her off on a trip. That's all. She wants to go, she needs to go on a trip. GREAT!!!
However, she's older and in poor health and while she doesn't think she needs any help in traveling, I know she does. I just listen to the varying plans and try and figure out how to get her there in the manner she wants to be gotten. I don't say, "That's IMPOSSIBLE! Don't be mad! " I think how to drive her to Florida or what's the best route to Washington, DC? How quick can I get her there and settled and return? Not only do I have Lily but I have 24 ponies/horses who need to be cared for and I only have so many options as to who will care for them in an absence. I could probably get away for three to four days (Not to mention what to do about the elderly pony :( ). I've already talked to my alternates and the coverage may be choppy. I have new dates that may work better. On top of that, I could ask my husband to check in and cover time slots but he's leaving for Florida to see his father for 6 days which is exactly when my mother wants to leave, the day after he leaves, as a matter of fact. ![]() Plans have changed considerably since talk began of a trip. The latest which is the one that's finally pushing to write this rant is, we drive to Washington, DC (a 13 hr trip), on the way we'll stop and spend the night with a friend of my mother's then onto DC and then we (me, my mother and Lily) will stay for two or three weeks. Yes thru Christmas and New Year and then we'll come home and my mother will spend the rest of winter in New Hampshire. :banghead: Also, the daughter of my mother's friend is a midwife and she's going to "take me in hand" for the next three weeks. I don't even know what that means. I'm like, "I can't do that, Mum." "Why not?" She asked. Geez, where to start? |
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| Eral | Nov 30 2007, 11:05 PM Post #57 |
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Kopi Luwak
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Oh good God in heaven.
"I can't do that Mum" has to be your line drawn in the sand. Which is not going to go down well, I know, but be strong. If your ma wants to drive to Florida, ask "when are you leaving?", turn on the GPS tracking system and wave goodbye. If she wants you to drive her to Florida, then she has to wait until you can get someone to run the farm for you, so you don't have to worry about driving for three days straight. Again, she won't like it, but tough. It might have to be next year, but when one doesn't have a Nubian slave handy to carry out one's every wish, one just has to suck it up. If she wants you and Lily to go on a holiday with her, you get a say in the destination and time. And certainly not to be taken in hand. (You recalcitrant teenager, you.) Where do feel like holidaying? Do want to take your Frank with you too? (Though he and your mam on holiday might not be very entertaining.) Your ma is having one of those "I'm no longer independent and need help from my child :crazy:" moments which elderly parents do not seem to handle well, in my experience. She is exercising her power over you, to stave off her feelings of anxiety.You now have to avoid responding in a way that gives her that sense of power. Try to imagine she is ooh, ten, and having a tantrum. I'm so sorry she's being a pain. But you have to step back, and not take shit. I shall ask my dad what are good American wines. He'll know. |
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| Regullus | Dec 1 2007, 06:21 AM Post #58 |
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I still feel ulcerous but the newest plan is falling into shape. DC is only 9 hrs away by car ( I added travel to the friend's house the first time) and barring traffic I could be there by 5:00 pm. (I need to find out where the car will be stored) I can take a train from DC to Vermont and a friend can pick us up there and I have two people to look after the ponies/dogs while I'm away for two days not weeks. I did think of flying but it would cost $600 + for a one way from DC + car rental. Train will cost 144.00. My mother is thinking of driving to Florida from DC but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. I haven't traveled much in the last years. I don't mind traveling wherever but I do worry about logistics, especially, with Lily. I can live with this plan and be moderately excited by the trip. |
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| Bex | Dec 1 2007, 08:36 AM Post #59 |
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I was in DC a few years ago. The Smithsonian (Mall!) has enormous amounts of stuff to see, to suit every taste, and it's all free. I like that in a vacation. When we went to Seattle recently, flying would have been obviously faster, but so expensive by comparison. And of course, we wouldn't have seen any wolves on the trip if we flew, though you can't plan that kind of thing. I like road trips. The offspring does complicate matters quite a bit though. I guess what I really like is being able to pick up and go someplace with my best friend. |
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| Eral | Dec 2 2007, 12:17 AM Post #60 |
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Kopi Luwak
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That is OK then. Nine hours is still a long time to drive. Take care, and try not to stress too much. I can't just pick up and go someplace. I need to take everything I might need with me. Mr.FPS is a pick-up-and-go kind of guy, and I drive him nuts packing. We don't road trip. We plan carefully, and in advance. This allows me to bring the items without which we wouldn't survive nuclear fallout, and yet maintain the appearance of having packed light. B) |
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Imports are available.
And I thought our state education policy was bad.



However, she's older and in poor health and while she doesn't think she needs any help in traveling, I know she does. I just listen to the varying plans and try and figure out how to get her there in the manner she wants to be gotten. I don't say, "That's IMPOSSIBLE! Don't be mad!
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But you have to step back, and not take shit.

8:40 AM Jul 11