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    MisterEclectic
    Raw and Unwashed
    Joined: 13 Nov 2021

    @goosehd Wild, right?!? lol

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      goosehd
      Mod Squad
      @MisterEclectic
      Joined: 8 Apr 2016

      @MisterEclectic I know that’s it’s unacceptable to spank children now, but how about beating some of the parents asses.

      In my school’s principals office growing up hung a wooden paddle behind his desk. I knew of no one who ever had it used on them. Every kid in that school feared it though…

      "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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        popvulture
        見習いボス
        Joined: 2 Oct 2018

        I taught motion graphics in community college for six years and it was the mildest experience, yet it still managed to drive me insane, so I have nothing but respect and admiration for y'all fighting it out in the high / middle school trenches haha.

        WTB
        IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
        Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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          MisterEclectic
          Raw and Unwashed
          Joined: 13 Nov 2021

          @goosehd That made me laugh hard! 🙂 Yeah, my wife and I don't utilize that method of correction for our kids, though that is what I grew up with. My grandma used to tell me about the Catholic nuns at her elementary school in San Francisco - they'd use a ruler on kids' hands, paddles, and all varieties of corporal punishment. I'd say we've come a long way. Sadly, we appear to have gone too far in some regards. I have a coworker who broke up a fight in his classroom, and one of the students threatened to shoot him. Kid got suspended for a few days and was back in his class. Blows my mind.

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            Mizmazzle
            見習いボス
            @MisterEclectic
            Joined: 29 Jun 2021

            @MisterEclectic it sure is hard to see something you love to do taken and twisted into something that is over administrated and underfunded.

            Ive been at it 17 years. I still love it and am really hoping that I can find a place that lets me use my creativity to develop my own lessons and engage students in a way that I’ve had great success with over the years. The last several years these new mandated curriculums and initiatives have become like a boot on the back of my head in a sea of overwhelming responsibilities that are drowning me.

            In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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              popvulture
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              Joined: 2 Oct 2018

              Man, @Mizmazzle the one real ray of light in my teaching experience was being able to design my own curriculum. I knew a few people who taught at places where it was preset, and I never thought I could deal. That's gotta suck.

              WTB
              IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
              Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

              last edited by 21 Mar 2024, 22:52 M 1 Reply Last reply 21 Mar 2024, 22:57 Reply Quote 0
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                Mizmazzle
                見習いボス
                @popvulture
                Joined: 29 Jun 2021

                @popvulture you get it dude! Teaching is a creative endeavor that must come from individual experience and personality.

                In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                  MisterEclectic
                  Raw and Unwashed
                  Joined: 13 Nov 2021

                  Couldn't agree more @Mizmazzle. I grew up poor and charged into this profession with a helluva lot of passion and positive intentions. Came in with a MA in History, some decent writing skills, years of customer service experience that hardened me a bit to the bullshit, but I still just can't deal with the continual onslaught of unrealistic expectations, micromanagement, and cacophony of mental noise that goes along with this profession. So much needs to change, but those of us who are here in the trenches are rarely asked, and the ones who do speak the loudest are often the dreaded "yes men" that seem so frequently to be first in line for promotions to administration.

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                    Mizmazzle
                    見習いボス
                    @MisterEclectic
                    Joined: 29 Jun 2021

                    @MisterEclectic it’s funny you refer to it as being in the “trenches.” That’s exactly the word I use to describe the classroom. I’ve been at my current school for 10 years. It’s going to break my heart to go somewhere else. I truly love the community. I just need to find some inspiration.

                    In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                      Tago Mago
                      Mod Squad
                      @goosehd
                      Joined: 16 Jan 2021

                      @goosehd

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                        MisterEclectic
                        Raw and Unwashed
                        Joined: 13 Nov 2021

                        @Mizmazzle I hope you find that, my dude. Most students are wonderful human beings, and it's incredibly rewarding to build relationships with them and see them grow. I will miss that.

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                          Mizmazzle
                          見習いボス
                          @Tago Mago
                          Joined: 29 Jun 2021

                          @Tago-Mago favorite Simpsons scene ever!!! Ive even mimicked this for my students in the past when I’ve told them how sweet it must have been to paddle the kids back in the day!!

                          In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                            Mizmazzle
                            見習いボス
                            @MisterEclectic
                            Joined: 29 Jun 2021

                            @MisterEclectic the relationships with students are the absolute, number one thing I love!! It’s what makes the job so incredible.

                            In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                              Luijim78
                              啓蒙家
                              @Oaktavia
                              Joined: 19 Aug 2022

                              @Oaktavia yes in recent years it has happened often, the family-student-teacher relationship has changed a lot... being a teacher today is really very difficult and dangerous unfortunately 😣

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                                Luijim78
                                啓蒙家
                                @Matt
                                Joined: 19 Aug 2022

                                @Matt he broke his hand by slamming the door in his face, but this is only the latest, some time ago a stabbing outside the school, before that they filmed while they shot a teacher in the classroom with a pellet gun...

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                                  goosehd
                                  Mod Squad
                                  @AdamJ
                                  Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                                  @AdamJ said in Project RE:LOVE & The Outlet:

                                  We caught a pricing error over the weekend, incase you noticed and thought it was unusually high for a pair of RELOVE jeans, it was an error and not us charging through the nose 🙂

                                  @AdamJ …but some antiques with patina gain value over time. Could start calling them the IH classic editions 🙂

                                  "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                    goosehd
                                    Mod Squad
                                    Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                                    Wasn’t it a year or two ago that someone was selling dirty, faux patina, paint splattered jeans for ridiculous amounts of money? One of the fashion brands?

                                    "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                      goosehd
                                      Mod Squad
                                      Joined: 8 Apr 2016

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                                      Balanciaga $3190 CAD

                                      "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                        Kasi
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                                        Joined: 9 Oct 2014

                                        Eh… sick 🤢 horrible jeans

                                        The world's insane
                                        While you drink champagne
                                        And I'm livin' in black rain 4Q 🖕

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                                          EdH
                                          Iron Heart Deity
                                          @goosehd
                                          Joined: 2 Jan 2022

                                          @goosehd Fools and their money... I'll never understand "high fashion". I get that it's supposed to be more art than function, but then I just get into the same philistinistic mode that I do with modern art...

                                          Take the dive...

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