u/DankTomato2

I work with the “medically fragile” (although we have more mobile/behavioral kids nowadays) or the “mod/severe” population of students at the elementary level.

I’m supposed to have two instructional assistants, but they only have one available. I have a kid who needs close supervision because he’s constantly walking/running around the classroom, swiping items off of tables, and trying to grab things he can’t have (most things we have locked away for this reason). So, he needs supervision, but then what happens if another one of my students needs assistance? Also, three of my students need to be fed by a staff member, and I don’t have enough staff to feed all of them at the same time. My supervisor said to “embrace the chaos” while she tries to fix it. I’m cooked.

The teacher next door has no assistants, and she has 2-3 kids that I can think of who have significant behaviors that would require a similar level of supervision. They’re putting maybe one sub in her room for the first day. She is cooked.

Another teacher in the building is a sub. The person they were going to hire pulled out. So, they have two assistants and no permanent teacher. They are cooked.

The nurse that was going to float between our classes to help out is probably pulling out. We are all cooked.

Meanwhile, the middle and high school rooms are fully staffed, and my supervisor has been going around telling them that she might have to pull staff from their rooms to help us out.

Everyone is cooked.

Is anyone else cooked right now?

[Reposting this because I posted it at a bad time and nobody saw it.]

Hi! My friend “R” (F26) recently entered the dating scene and would like guidance on this particular issue. She doesn’t have Reddit so I’m posting this on her behalf.

The following was sent to me via text:

“I get to the third date with men looking for ‘long term relationships’ and then suddenly they realize they don’t know what they want.”

“I’m dating guys looking for ‘long term relationships’ from hinge. I talk to the guy everyday (or almost everyday) for a couple months, go on a few dates, and then after the 2rd or 3rd date they freak out and realize they don’t know what they want or are too busy for a relationship or they get back together with their Ex. Everything seems to be going well and then BOOM I’m blindsided.”

Basically, the issue is that every guy she dates suddenly tells her that they’re not really sure if they actually wanted a relationship in the first place. She has the self-awareness to realize that not every relationship is going to work out, but I think she’s feeling like this is becoming a pattern. She’s wondering if this is a normal thing, or if it’s not a normal thing, then what exactly is happening. Insight on this is appreciated!

Every message has some goofy thing in parentheses at the end like

(No pressure, just patience)

ITS SO CRINGE :( Like this is actually unbearable to use now.