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Grinding Away..Things that grind your gears, part three

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ShirtlessBob said:
My dad calls just a few minutes ago, and I tell him that, even though I'm trying, I can't focus and get my homework done. He responds "what, is the computer too slow?" No! I could be working with a NASA computer and it wouldn't matter. If I can't focus on what I need to do, then there's no point..
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:( THis is going to sound crazy but it works for Lil- Run up and down the stairs a few times and then stop, take a few very deep breaths. It centers you. You can also get these cool little air filled disks or an exercise ball to sit on that make you balance and for some reason help center you. (We haven't tried it but a lot of my pts have)
 
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jen said:
"Sports for women" things. Like espnW. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/hiestand-tv/2010-09-30-espnW-baseball-tv-playoffs_N.htm

Because women can't be expected to understand regular ESPN. :confused:

actually I don't read ESPN.com because they have too many pop-ups and 800 different kinds of media, it takes forever to load and is annoying to read. So maybe fix that first.
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I see this as a positive. Maybe once there is an espnW channel, all the women announcers will move over there and stop ruining broadcasts on ESPN.
 
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Dirty said:
I see this as a positive. Maybe once there is an espnW channel, all the women announcers will move over there and stop ruining broadcasts on ESPN.
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I don't disagree on the women announcers, but espnW would just be another waste of space, see: Lifetime, Oxygen, and the like.

I used to think the only one worth anything was Linda Cohn, then she fell off when the NHL was in their lockout season, they showed college hockey highlights, including a penalty shot, and said, "God, I miss the NHL."
 
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Dirty said:
I see this as a positive. Maybe once there is an espnW channel, all the women announcers will move over there and stop ruining broadcasts on ESPN.
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And then they might stop following sports altogether and make us sandwiches, which is what they are supposed to be doing in the first place.
 
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Brenthoven said:
And then they might stop following sports altogether and make us sandwiches, which is what they are supposed to be doing in the first place.
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So... who's getting you sandwiches now?
 
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leswp1 said:
:( THis is going to sound crazy but it works for Lil- Run up and down the stairs a few times and then stop, take a few very deep breaths. It centers you. You can also get these cool little air filled disks or an exercise ball to sit on that make you balance and for some reason help center you. (We haven't tried it but a lot of my pts have)
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I decided to use Baker's library to try and get some things done. Made some more progress on my paper, then realized I left the actual assignment at home. Looks like I'll be using the library every Sunday til the end of the quarter.
 
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ShirtlessBob said:
I decided to use Baker's library to try and get some things done. Made some more progress on my paper, then realized I left the actual assignment at home. Looks like I'll be using the library every Sunday til the end of the quarter.
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What ever works!
 
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The anti-abortion protesters along Hwy 100 at 5pm today. I'm not saying I agree or disagree with their message - it's the venue. Hwy 100 in West Allis at rush hour is as busy as any route in the metro Milwaukee area. Distracting traffic at the end of the day isn't going to sway people undecided on the matter who are trying to get home.
 
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zamboni crash-test dummy said:
The anti-abortion protesters along Hwy 100 at 5pm today. I'm not saying I agree or disagree with their message - it's the venue. Hwy 100 in West Allis at rush hour is as busy as any route in the metro Milwaukee area. Distracting traffic at the end of the day isn't going to sway people undecided on the matter who are trying to get home.
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We were driving through Sacramento last year and encountered the same deal. Were stuck in traffic on I-80 for a good 30 minutes because of a protest on the side of the highway. Really annoying.
 
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melmac said:
I used to think the only one worth anything was Linda Cohn, then she fell off when the NHL was in their lockout season, they showed college hockey highlights, including a penalty shot, and said, "God, I miss the NHL."
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Don't worry. She made amends with the Gods of ESPN by ripping the NHL before the Minnesota-Carolina highlights on SportsCenter this afternoon. She may love hockey, but she knows which basketball-loving douuchebags sign her checks.
 
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Students who force me to have them suspended...

My school has a strict policy about technology...if you are caught using a cell phone or ipod or anything of that ilk it is confiscated and sent to the office and only the students legal guardian can retrieve it. If they refuse, they are suspended no questions asked. (students know the rule, parents sign off on it)

I have a student who I have already nailed once on this policy. He is a distraction in class anyways and is failing as of now. I saw him from a distance texting on his very expensive blackberry and decided I would give him a chance to put it away so I dont have to take it again by walking towards him rather slowly. He saw me coming and didnt stop just kept on sending his text. I asked for the phone and he refused and got very rude and defiant and pretty soon passively threatening. He chose not to give it so I had our sub (I am a student teacher so by law I need a sub if my cooperating teacher is not in the building) take him to the office, if not I would have had to have security do it. I wrote him up and my guess is he is done for tomorrow though with Mineapolis schools who knows.

In what universe is it worth getting suspended for sending a friggin text? why get in my face and challenge me when you have no chance to win. (I wasnt going to back down, he earned no reprieve)
 
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Handyman said:
Students who force me to have them suspended...

My school has a strict policy about technology...if you are caught using a cell phone or ipod or anything of that ilk it is confiscated and sent to the office and only the students legal guardian can retrieve it. If they refuse, they are suspended no questions asked. (students know the rule, parents sign off on it)

I have a student who I have already nailed once on this policy. He is a distraction in class anyways and is failing as of now. I saw him from a distance texting on his very expensive blackberry and decided I would give him a chance to put it away so I dont have to take it again by walking towards him rather slowly. He saw me coming and didnt stop just kept on sending his text. I asked for the phone and he refused and got very rude and defiant and pretty soon passively threatening. He chose not to give it so I had our sub (I am a student teacher so by law I need a sub if my cooperating teacher is not in the building) take him to the office, if not I would have had to have security do it. I wrote him up and my guess is he is done for tomorrow though with Mineapolis schools who knows.

In what universe is it worth getting suspended for sending a friggin text? why get in my face and challenge me when you have no chance to win. (I wasnt going to back down, he earned no reprieve)
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If not a text message, then something else: hair, jewelry, whatever is forbidden. Maybe the kid will learn a lesson, probably not, since there's a pretty good chance the parents who bought him that device (and pay the bills) will be supportive, of HIM.

There was a time that if a kid had problems with a teacher, his difficulties were only beginning, once his parents found out. I've posted before that when I was in grade school my mother used to invite my homeroom teacher for lunch once a year. Imagine how I looked forward to sitting at a table, eating chicken noodle soup, with both of them. But mother was sending a clear message of solidarity: "we're the adults, and we're in this together, so don't even go there." It worked.
 
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It was the same way with me...if it was me vs. the teacher I lost without even a chance to sway the vote.
 
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There's a fellow student in my medical terminology class who grinds my gears. From the moment class starts til it ends, he's constantly whining about how difficult this class is, complaining about the spelling, the definitions, how the professor grades tests, etc, and I've had enough.
 
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Tell him "welcome to college", and also tell him not to worry. If he can't cut it, there's always someone else next semester that will happily step in and take his place. The college world is littered with the wreckage of guys like him.
 
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People who use the "I also work in retail so you should do it" line. Got it twice today. Get called to Guest Service because a guy is trying to return an open DVD. I explain to him our policy (if open, we can only exchange for the exact same item). He tells me I should override it because he works at a liquor store and they deal with stricter regulations. Because it's exactly the same thing.:rolleyes:

Later I get called over again because a lady wants to return a DVD/Blu-Ray player that's not working. She doesn't have the box or her receipt, but she has the card that she bought it on. Only problem was we don't carry it anymore so without the box there's no way to look up her receipt. She then tells me she's a manager at Nordstrom's and she doesn't see why we can't. Apparently, at Nordstrom's they're allowed to break corporate policy whenever they feel like it. Well, I don't work for Nordstrom's...
 
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I have enough issues delegating at work, but when I delegate something (that I thought was very simple) because I'm too busy to deal with it, it does not mean ask me 17 questions about it every 2 minutes, expect me to hold your hand through the whole thing, and then do it so poorly and incorrectly that I end up doing it myself anyway. Argh.
 
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