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trinker

The days after

Jan 17, 2012 18:13

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nipernaadiagain January 18 2012, 06:20:08 UTC

"Instead, I find myself, what 15 years down the process, now? Still doing 101 ( ... )

pantryslut January 18 2012, 06:34:30 UTC

Elementary school teachers get paid. And have (rapidly eroding but nonetheless a modicum of) institutional support.

inflectionpoint January 18 2012, 15:34:36 UTC

This. And elementary school teachers usually chose to do that work. They expect that's the job that they signed up for and get paid for.

I did not sign up for being an elementary school teacher and I resent the time and energy some folks suck out of me with 101 level questions again and again and again for years from the same person. When I am able to, I write them off.

But it's not always possible to write them off when you need their support and approval just to survive, and that is awful - watching your time and resources bleed away on 101 and 101 because you can't say no because you need what they've got.

trinker January 19 2012, 08:43:31 UTC

But it's not always possible to write them off when you need their support and approval just to survive, and that is awful - watching your time and resources bleed away on 101 and 101 because you can't say no because you need what they've got.

Oh, yes.

trinker January 18 2012, 09:06:02 UTC

I don't mind [as much] doing *new* rounds of 101. I'm irritated to be doing it for some of the same people for 15 years. Elementary school teachers get a fresh crop every year.

so it is not gh4acws January 18 2012, 16:35:11 UTC

doing the Sysiphos act of pushing this big rock up-hill , but that it is the same rock over and over again ( ... )

trinker January 19 2012, 08:44:20 UTC

*nod*

It's the combination of over and over again, and the obstinacy and name-calling.

*sigh*

nipernaadiagain January 20 2012, 20:56:21 UTC

do you realize that it is the USA rap artists who teach white slum kids outside of USA that the n-word is the word for cool people

yes, it's been noted. While the polite insistence is that those words are not appropriate, the reality is that they are a key part of popular entertainment at this point if only b/c of their violent and exploitative origins.

(this is actually delux having a ridic time trying to comment).

trinker January 20 2012, 22:00:16 UTC

Gah. I'm not happy that you're having trouble commenting.

Thanks for the link.

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