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11-06-2013, 05:46 PM | #9601 |
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Venting Steam Please Step Carefully
Little AA fella in my room, short hand: came to me with no impulse control, Dad in prison, and very angry. He's having a good morning despite the Milkies and Chinamen. His tantrums are coming under control. He's earning stickers most intervals and occasionally dipping into the prize vault. The ESL teacher who, imho, hates boys thank you for the moment of vent
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11-06-2013, 07:40 PM | #9602 |
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I second your emotion. .... when you talk about the burrito therapy, you mean, you swaddle him, like I did for infant SonofV? I know it worked well on him, back in the day. ... Back to the cluefree "teacher"... why is she in this line of work? It just staggers me that someone who dislikes children would seek to work with them. Is she just... sadistic? Masochistic? wtf?
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11-06-2013, 08:13 PM | #9603 |
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Yeah, I think we're talking about the same thing. His sensory needs seem to change daily.
I only know her from disrupting my classroom once a week but I've seen teachers like this before, they think they're doing the kid a favor making him as miserable now as he will be K-12. Yelling instead of teaching the skill or building his tolerance. My outlook is that this is his first educational setting why not make it something enjoyable so he has a better attitude for the next 13 years, while patiently building in him a desire to learn and giving him some survival strategies. This kids mirror neurons need to fire in a relentlessly positive atmosphere. He's had a rough go but he's young he can develop on a different trajectory than society seems to expect. I don't know anything about ESL training but I'd guess she thought she'd be more a consultant than a teacher. Maybe she's better with typicals but guess what, the world is integrated.
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11-06-2013, 08:18 PM | #9604 |
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Since she is an ESL teacher I think you should give her a "fuck you" in more than one language. Don't forget sign language.
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11-06-2013, 08:22 PM | #9605 |
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You're saying I need to give the puta a talking to?
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11-06-2013, 08:27 PM | #9606 |
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Possibly accompanied by a bitch slapping.
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11-06-2013, 08:34 PM | #9607 |
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Possible a reposting but, I dedicate this illustration to you Griff. With my profound thanks.
The poem performed by the author:
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11-06-2013, 08:41 PM | #9608 |
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Here's a link to that.
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11-06-2013, 08:44 PM | #9609 |
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Pretty intense man, thanks.
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11-07-2013, 05:56 AM | #9610 | |
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That was awesome!
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11-07-2013, 04:33 PM | #9611 |
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Fantastic!
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11-08-2013, 10:39 PM | #9612 |
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Stepped out of the car in smallville tonight after a 3 hour drive and my sister was on the phone. Our mother fell today and broke her pelvis. She's been in the ER since this morning, waiting for a bed to come available. She's stable and has pain meds - I called and talked to the ER doc, and things are stable.
But. I'm so tired after bringing my father here last weekend. I still don't rebound like I did before chemo. I should go see my mother but can't figure out how - I don't have the leave, and I don't have the energy. For tonight I'm just too tired. I'll see if things are clearer, or if I have the energy to jump on a plane, rent a car, drive drive drive, and come back again within 24 hours, in the morning. Oh, and ... I put a little color in my hair today, just gave it some depth and a richer tone. I'm not brave with hair color. But my second son, who is on the autistic spectrum, was distressed and has cried and protested multiple times since I got home. Interesting - he didn't get upset when I was bald during chemo. But he doesn't do well with me cutting my hair or doing anything with color. It's not really upsetting because I've been here, done this before. But it just sort of finishes out the night.
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11-08-2013, 11:06 PM | #9613 |
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I'm so sorry, ortho. Is he perhaps so upset with the change this time because now he equates hair change with all the sadness and stress that went along with chemo?
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11-09-2013, 12:09 AM | #9614 |
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It's hard to tell. He doesn't like me to look 'different', so being bald during chemo (even though I wore cute little caps and had a wig for public outings) probably was a big stress for him. But he's always, from a little boy, hated it if I changed my hair. I had long hair (almost waist-length) for years when he was little. The day I had it cut, he could not be consoled.
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11-09-2013, 07:55 AM | #9615 |
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I'm so sorry Ortho. There is a limit to what you can do remember that.
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