u/BikerJedi

Ok - this is a mess.

We used to be able to give awards here. We also had community coin awards. Reddit did away with that, and at the same time, somehow determined that our subreddit was ineligible for awards at all.

Recently, a user reached out to ask about this. I spoke with multiple admins, who all told me our community was not eligible for awards. However, not one of them has told me what in our community is so offensive or objectionable about /r/MilitaryStories that we can't have awards.

At the same time however, the ability to award posts and comments seems to be present. HOWEVER, I can't see that ability on old.reddit.com, and I can on desktop or mobile. So it appears that one admin enabled awards in our subreddit, and the rest are just sending me canned responses.

Whatever.

At this point, as of this writing, you can now award posts and comments again. Enjoy. If it goes away, don't ask me or the other mods - we have zero control over this. Without clear communication from the admins, we may never have all the answers. Enjoy it while you can if that is your thing.

Today in our staff mailboxes, we had printouts that showed how many grades we had in our grade book for each class. If we had enough grades we got a sticker on our paper.

I've been teaching over 20 years and this is so insulting. I get that we have teachers that only have one or two grades in a gradebook so go deal with them individually. Why are you treating all of us like we're in kindergarten?

I left a note for the AP to let her know how insulted I was by this so I guess we'll see how it goes.

EDIT: For clarity, I did have a sticker because I do my job.

Yesterday, two girls were missing from my sixth period. I marked them absent and started class. They showed up five minutes later, asking for a pass to guidance. They had just been in guidance without a pass, and were giving the lady there attitude, so she sent them to me. I get them seated, call guidance, and determine they wanted a schedule change. We aren't doing schedule changes right now except in very narrow circumstances because we are over capacity. I told them they couldn't go.

One of these 11 year old kids got an attitude and refused to talk to me the rest of the period. I told her I'd be happy to explain once she got over herself. Today, she was off my roster. Mom apparently came in and got it changed.

The thing is, this kid wanted a whole new schedule. They only changed her out of my class, which isn't even the class she wanted switched yesterday. So she is not only still stuck in the class she wanted out of yesterday, she is now with a science teacher who doesn't do even half of all the labs and fun stuff I do in my class.

I started on an official map with no kinds of cheats or anything with 12 beavers. Over the course of the weekend, I got a good chunk of the map terraformed. Four districts. Plenty of housing. Bursting with housing, food, water, well being and antidotes. I grew to almost 150 beavers over a lot of cycles.

Then one day, no more newborns. None. And my beavers started dying in groups of up to six at a time. Every day, more and more. I was down to 56. I moved all my beavers to the first district with the majority and the farming and water, and they are still dying and not making babies. I'm down to 44 now. It's like they have the plague or something.

This isn't a case where 100 beavers of the same age all started dying at once - they were born over a period of time. So I don't know if this was a bug or if I missed something.

Any insight is appreciated - I do like the game but this is frustrating.

EDIT: SOLVED! NO TIME FOR BEAVER ON BEAVER SEXY TIME!

EDIT 2: Up to 16 kits. Woot!

EDIT 3, the next day: Up over 200 adults now. Thanks again for the help.

I've been playing with it turned off until it's fixed. Thanks.

Two of my former students are now teachers that work with me at my school. One of them has a child who is my student this year, and he has another coming up behind that one. I also have ties to several other teachers - I have mentored or taught their kids, or mentored the teachers themselves as rookies. It's wild. For all that goes wrong in education, I'm so proud of the students who were massive pains in the ass who became beloved teachers working with me today.

I've posted some negativity lately, this is some of the good stuff. I hope everyone has a great year.

Well it's official. I said in another post the other day that they're going to be painting my classroom on day one. It is happening. The problem is they don't know where they're going to put me. The room they were going to put me in cannot be used for one reason or another. Maybe I will teach all six classes outside in the sun.

Good luck everyone!

EDIT UPDATE: I will be in a room with a working smart board. Admin is trying to figure out if we have enough chairs because our classes are too big, our school is over capacity. At least I'll be indoors.

* My classroom will be painted on the first day back (!) with students next week, so I'll be in an alternate room. Confusing for incoming 6th graders.

* The new textbook was written by AI, same as last year. (Fuck McGraw-Hill) I won't be using it at all. Last year's book identified Horseshoe Bend, Arizona as Naples, Florida.

* The new curriculum map is a joke - too tightly packed to do science fair or the other stuff they want done. No idea how I'll manage that.

* For some reason, our district has moved from teaching Earth/Space - Life Science - Physical Science in 6th-8th grade to doing "Comprehensive Science" that teaches all three each year. It is silly and confusing. We go from Weather and Climate one week to Cell Theory the next. How does that make sense?

* Tomorrow is "team building" for half the day. No, just no. Other than one person, these people are not my friends, and I don't want to be friendly with them. I'm here to teach and get a check.

* Budget cuts due to having to build several new schools means that we all have classes that are MUCH larger than in previous years. No additional support provided to any of us.

I'll say it for you: "Some of y'all sound miserable." Yep. I am miserable right now. Leave me alone, let me do my lesson plans, and get ready for next week. I love teaching. I love my kids. The teacher workweek is always so stressful and filled with stupid activities, sucking up time that could be better spent. Wednesday we all have to drive to the next town over for an inservice we had last year.

It will be OK, and I'll live. Just feeling a bit salty right now. Hope y'all are having a better time back.

No, no I won't. That was an email we got. I normally don't check my email over the summer, but I'm waiting to hear about something. Our principal sent that email, and we go back next week. Look, I don't want to sit in the media center, look at a stupid slideshow, and have social time. Leave me alone so I can work in my classroom and get ready. I hate this contrived "we are family" BS.

EDIT: I LOVE teaching. I love my students and subject. Even my school is pretty decent. Forced socialization of staff is an insult to me as far as I'm concerned, and after 23 years of that BS and not having enough contract time in my classroom, I'm done is all. Don't worry, I'll be there for those kids on Day One.

"If he does fail, you didn't do your job."

Those things were said to me near the end of the 3rd quarter. Jonah and his sister had transferred in a couple of months prior from another school. I found out later the pattern was that Dad would get pissed at a school and then move the kids.

Jonah had an IEP. Jonah also missed at least two days a week at school. I told Dad that his attendance and lack of effort in class were why he was failing, and that's when he told me about how it was my fault and he can't fail because of IEP. He also tried to argue about attendance and how it wasn't an issue. I told him IEPs don't work that way and he stopped responding to my messages after that.

Jonah finished up with something like a 19% in my class, his sister at least failed with something in the 50% range. I thought Dad might flip out, but he never said anything to anyone. He was just trying to bully me.

Some of these parents are just nuts.

He looks like an idiot, so I'm not shocked.

No matter where I build it, it says it isn't connected to a district center. Yes it is. Anyone have an idea what the issue is?

EDIT: Solved. Thanks everyone.

I'm playing now, and women are joining my court and becoming captains. As a Norse ruler, I should be able to make them Shieldmaidens if they are in my service as Captains.