Comments on: save us http://3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/soclose/2007/09/30/save-us/ Just another 3fatchicks.com weblog Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:20:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: bosoxfan http://3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/soclose/2007/09/30/save-us/#comment-170 bosoxfan Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:19:01 +0000 http://3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/soclose/2007/09/30/save-us/#comment-170 I agree a hundred percent- as a teacher I have learned to pick my battles!! I can't imagine saying such a thing to a kid-especially a 6th grader! In the jr high in the town I teach in, the girls are ENCOURAGED to carry their purses for sanitary/girl reasons and for safety of the purses themselves. Sigh. It's idiots like those teachers that give the rest of us a bad rap!!! I agree a hundred percent- as a teacher I have learned to pick my battles!! I can’t imagine saying such a thing to a kid-especially a 6th grader! In the jr high in the town I teach in, the girls are ENCOURAGED to carry their purses for sanitary/girl reasons and for safety of the purses themselves. Sigh. It’s idiots like those teachers that give the rest of us a bad rap!!!

]]> By: ellabella http://3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/soclose/2007/09/30/save-us/#comment-165 ellabella Mon, 01 Oct 2007 00:10:03 +0000 http://3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/soclose/2007/09/30/save-us/#comment-165 A is a kewl kid. I like her a lot. E! A is a kewl kid. I like her a lot.

E!

]]> By: soclose http://3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/soclose/2007/09/30/save-us/#comment-164 soclose Sun, 30 Sep 2007 23:59:28 +0000 http://3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/soclose/2007/09/30/save-us/#comment-164 I truly do know that degrees don't always make good competent professionals; one of the absolute worst nurses I ever worked with had her masters. She could also talk a good story (endlessly), but as for actually getting her to do her work and do it right, well, good luck. I know "bad apples" happen in all professions, I just refuse to let them get away with it anymore w/o calling them on it--cranky in my old age..... A was fine, she just turned on her heel and walked away at a point that seemed close to the end or the rant. She's learning. I truly do know that degrees don’t always make good competent professionals; one of the absolute worst nurses I ever worked with had her masters. She could also talk a good story (endlessly), but as for actually getting her to do her work and do it right, well, good luck. I know “bad apples” happen in all professions, I just refuse to let them get away with it anymore w/o calling them on it–cranky in my old age…..
A was fine, she just turned on her heel and walked away at a point that seemed close to the end or the rant. She’s learning.

]]> By: ellabella http://3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/soclose/2007/09/30/save-us/#comment-163 ellabella Sun, 30 Sep 2007 22:23:38 +0000 http://3fatchicks.com/diet-blogs/soclose/2007/09/30/save-us/#comment-163 Hmmmm. Up seven after all that exercising you've been doing plus good food choices? Now THAT'S got to be an annoyance. But there was a good article posted recently about scale fluctuations which I'll send you once I track it down. It sure was a good arguement against weighing too often. Glad there's no apparent infection with A, too. Oh, you know, through four children and 30+ years, I have had frequently to remind myself that teachers are people, too, and some simply lack common sense (and worse) just like non-teachers do. Of course that wasn't hard to figure out, what with my EX being a teacher who eventually made it all the way to principal (with me writing all of his papers through college and grad school along with my own; he is functionally illiterate, and I'm NOT exaggerating, but can talk a good enough game until you try to pin him down to making any real sense). There are, lucky for their students, some really gifted and inspired teachers who have a lasting positive impact. There are others that should at best, be forgotten about as soon as possible. My daughter's husband, ironically, is a math teacher on HIS way up who is, I'm thankful to say, one of the inspiring ones. Get some common sense, too, which is an increasingly rare commodity these days. Oh! If you're a reader (I am!) you might want to check out Marge Piercy's books. One, called "Gone To Soldiers" is by far one of the best novels I've ever read. Take good care, my dear...enjoy the stew...(I LOVE stew!) E! Hmmmm. Up seven after all that exercising you’ve been doing plus good food choices? Now THAT’S got to be an annoyance. But there was a good article posted recently about scale fluctuations which I’ll send you once I track it down. It sure was a good arguement against weighing too often.
Glad there’s no apparent infection with A, too. Oh, you know, through four children and 30+ years, I have had frequently to remind myself that teachers are people, too, and some simply lack common sense (and worse) just like non-teachers do. Of course that wasn’t hard to figure out, what with my EX being a teacher who eventually made it all the way to principal (with me writing all of his papers through college and grad school along with my own; he is functionally illiterate, and I’m NOT exaggerating, but can talk a good enough game until you try to pin him down to making any real sense). There are, lucky for their students, some really gifted and inspired teachers who have a lasting positive impact. There are others that should at best, be forgotten about as soon as possible. My daughter’s husband, ironically, is a math teacher on HIS way up who is, I’m thankful to say, one of the inspiring ones. Get some common sense, too, which is an increasingly rare commodity these days.
Oh! If you’re a reader (I am!) you might want to check out Marge Piercy’s books. One, called “Gone To Soldiers” is by far one of the best novels I’ve ever read.
Take good care, my dear…enjoy the stew…(I LOVE stew!)
E!

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