u/JMars491

I’m about a month into my first semester now, this is a second career for me. I was 21 years in the military and always wanted to teach history when I retired. This has been eye opening in the worst way possible. Absolutely soul crushing. It’s just day after day of disappointment, filtering through ai slop, or minimal effort garbage. I don’t need this job, this was something I WANTED to do, but god am I second guessing that.

Now it sucks because in every class I have there ARE a few decent kids that are eager to engage and learn, but they are drowned out in a sea of absolute stupidity and mediocrity. How do people do this for years, or decades at a time?

My wife was gonna come but we have kids and she volunteered to stay back because she knows what this concert means to me. It’d just be nice to be able to have a drink or some food with some other people instead of being a loner all night haha.

Going to see the Matches in Chicago this week and they’ve got crooked teeth opening for them.

Never listened to them before so figured I’d give them some listening. First song on their album “my favorite player” is titled “landslide” now I don’t mean this in a bad way, but the opening verse reminded me of a song. I think I got it pinned down to “obvious” on Blinks self titled album.

The second song “over myself” had the same vibe. Like it’s way to familiar for a band I’ve never listened too before. It reminds me of SOMETHING. Almost like weird Déjà vu. For some reason I’m thinking something from alkaline trio, but I can’t pinpoint it. Anyone?

Edit: I think it’s help me by Alkaline trio. Again not saying they’re the same or ripping off or anything… just kicked in some weird ass Déjà vu when I heard it the first time.

Hello everyone,

I recently found myself in a position to take a high school history position. I’m not yet a certified teacher, I’m using an alternate certification path offered via my state.

I’ve been asked to long term sub until I can get my certificate and the last thing I have to do is the praxis 5581. I wanted to give myself some time to study because I like to be prepared and want to pass it the first time.

I just took ETS’ 5581 practice exam cold to see where I was and I got a 104/140. I understand some people use the raw % plus 100 to estimate scores which would put me around 174. That’s higher than what I need for my cert but still doesn’t inspire confidence in me.

Just looking for feedback, thinking of scheduling for a few weeks and hitting some material hard in the meantime. Anyone got recommended material, or really any feedback in general?

Thanks.

As the title implies. I’m flying in for the show. The website said if we haven’t received anything the day prior to contact them but I’d rather not wait until the last moment if they maybe went unnoticed in a junk email folder or something.

First off, I believe that proper coaching and effective instruction are probably the most important training devices you can have.

That said, sometimes the right equipment can make a difference. I coach youth football, and am moving up the junior high and hopefully high school levels. I’m considering making a donation to my local program in the form of additional equipment.

The team is a perennial bottom feeder in a division loaded with d1 talent. I don’t expect ANY piece of equipment to suddenly fix years of accepted mediocrity and dysfunction.

But what are some things you feel help. Because I’m sick of seeing our program get their asses kicked week in and week out.

Last program I came from had everything you could want. Sleds, chutes, shields for days, full rounds, half’s, wheels, etc. not saying that’s why they were good… but sometimes it helps to have good equipment.

Partly inspired by another post on here earlier that was talking about how well you could recite movies and as I was thinking to myself man there are so many movie lines that have just become so engrained in my vernacular that sometimes I’m watching a movie with my wife or kids and it’ll come up and they are like ooooh that’s where you got that.

Some of mine:

“Yeah, well, you know that’s just like your opinion man.”

Any time my wife expresses an opinion

“Roads? Where we’re going we don’t need roads”

Right after my wife asks me to please drive up the driveway and not off-road my truck through the woods to the house.

“Hold on to your butts”

Immediately preceding hitting the gas

“Shooooot heeeer”

When she gets mad and tries to hit me after said driving.

“I’m a peacock, you gotta let me fly!”

Anytime she asks me not to do literally anything…

Tagged as parent behavior because not sure what else to tag it as and it sort of relates.

Had our first football scrimmage of the season tonight. In an attempt to appease the everyone should play people we tried rotating in some kids that won’t get starting reps as often.

Little Timmy was playing cornerback and decided he’d rather stare at the stands than the play. Unfortunately a run bounced outside, backer flowed to and made the tackle, they both rolled up and now Timmy has completely broken tibia and fibula bones.

Please, if a kid isn’t mature enough, or disciplined enough communicate that to the parents and put your foot down.

Title pretty much sums up the question.

I’m going to school using VA benefits, and the VA considers 18CU a term full time. So that’s what I’m doing. I feel like this is a leisurely pace…bout 1 class a month. Current term started on Saturday and I’m probably gonna take my OA tomorrow or Friday. I’ll peak ahead to the next course but likely won’t dig into it seriously until the end of the month and go from there.

I feel like I could go faster, but I’m really loving this work/life balance tbh.

Watching some of the warped tour 26 live videos.

Used to go to a million concerts when I was younger…

Growing up and work has made it less so (fixing that in retirement though) because of that I love watching live recorded concerts of my favorite bands on YouTube and stuff.

There’s one thing that I’ve noticed now, that I never noticed as a kid. Is just how formulaic and performative (redundant I know) so many bands performances are.

Literally like the joke “HELLO INSERT CITY HERE! ARE YOU READY TO ROCK?!”

The banter, the breakdowns, the set list.

On one hand I still love the bands and the music, but as the title suggests if you’ve seen it once you’ve seen it a thousand times.

It makes me respect the bands more that actually focus more on giving you a good professional rendition of their songs versus the bands when I was younger where it was like “oh they’re not that good performing live… BUT THE ENERGY IS AWESOME.”

Now obviously there are exceptions to this. It was just bugging me…

Swear to god this isn’t just karma farming…

Anyways watching the simple plan documentary “kids in the Crowd” with my teen daughter (15yo) I it’s a sad mix of (I know that song, and what is that?) TRL, burning CD’s etc

I played in a reletively prominent band in our area during that time so was able to fill her in om how things were but man… it makes me realize how much the process has chanced

By this I mean, what’s a band that you’ve been listening to for a long time, that despite them coming out with more albums you just stick to the old stuff. That’s not to say you actively avoid the newer stuff. But maybe they just don’t hit the same way. For example my list (just looking at my Spotify.

New found glory - Not without a fight

Zebrahead - Phoenix

Simple plan - No pads, no helmets, just balls

Good charlotte- the young and the hopeless

Bad religion - the process of belief

Reel big fish - were not happy till you’re not happy

Senses fail - still searching

Fall out boy - take this to your grave

I literally still listen to all these albums on a regular basis, but absent a song or two here and there a lot of newer stuff don’t do it. Probably just the nostalgia factor? Anyone else?

Editing to add: if you want, throw the age you were when the album came out. As you can tell for most of mine they were all right around the same timeframe. Like 16-18 years old for me.

Here I was 18 year old, kid whole world ahead of me. Just got to basic training. We were getting lined up to go eat and honestly I was just having a blast.

Then I heard it, “PRIVATE!”

I glanced over, not sure if he was talking to me.

There was a drill sergeant staring right at me.

“Yes you. What the fuck is wrong with you? You look happier than a fag with a bag of dicks.”

That insult and that moment had lived absolutely rent free in my head for over two decades. 😂

Not remotely the worst thing, or funniest I heard with 20 years in the army but for some reason
I often wonder what that drill sergeant is up to…

By that I mean, what’s a band that doesn’t even cross your mind when posed the question but at some point you realize that they are actually are.

For example, I had an epiphany recently that never once have I told anyone that Jimmy eat world was one of my favorite bands. Yet they’re on all my playlists and upon some reflection Bleed American is probably one of the best albums of its era. I’ve never been like “IVE GOT TO GO SEE THEM LIVE” I have when I’ve caught them with other acts or at festivals… but yeah. I think you get the point.

Sorry this is gonna be part rant, part vent and part kinda looking for advice.

Started coaching youth sports about 5 years ago. Started with a bunch of dads coaching our sons in youth football.

We were part of the youth program that fed into a high school that annually competed for championships. The team has a few dudes on D1 rosters and 3 current starters in the NFL.

Now what made this made program so good was the total buy in by everyone from the 8u all the way up to the high school.

The high school provided the playbook (scaled down accordingly for younger teams) and provided oversight and quality control for the youth program. We took that same playbook, and that same system and built on it every year so that when “the dads” handed off players to the high school coaches it was a seamless transition and a culture had already been established.

Players got 4,5,6 years of development. Positional training, EDDs, etc and actually understood the game.

Last year we moved across the country and now live in a town where the football team is absolutely horrendous. I’m talking HS football team having a parade down main street for winning one game a season.

We played youth ball last year, and it was just the Wild West of dudes screaming at kids and making them run into each other as hard as they could… zero fundamentals just backyard ball. I wrote it off as just a bad experience with the youth league.

We wrapped up spring practice earlier this year for the middle school level and now we’re into our regular season practices and it’s basically the exact same thing. They brought in new coaches at the HS and he hand picked the MS coach so they could be on the same page. Both who were supposed to have had great success at their previous roles in another state.

So far there has been ZERO development. Handful of returners getting 100% of the reps for everything, no EDDs, half the kids have never played a down of football and can’t get in a stance, but let’s jump right to coverages, blocking assignments, etc.

I’ve been sitting back quietly observing (volunteer assistant coach atm) but all I ever hear is “I’ve been doing this 30 years” blah blah blah.

I feel like anyone can field 11 athletes with some skill and win a game or two… but that’s not coaching imo. It’s no wonder this town is perennially bad at football.

Gotta go do other things now, so end of rant.

Anyone else get kinda frustrated when you write a paper using a template they tell you to use and then run it through grammarly that they tell you to use and it comes back telling you it resembles AI?

Like I haven’t had an issue with anything yet but at the same time if I have to go through all this and then get hassled I’m gonna be kinda upset.

For me it’s secondhand lions. I was already like 16 or 17 when it came out but even in adulthood it’s one of my favorite movies. Sitting here right now watching it with my son. Robert Duvall’s character in this reminds me so much of my own deceased uncle. Seems like it’s a hit or miss movie for so many people but it’s one of those that I just have a real soft spot for.

Duvall’s “who am I?” speech in the diner and then Osmemt telling him he’s gotta stick around to give him the being a man speech…yeah...

Edit: fuck it, gonna wing it. Tickets bought and flight/hotel booked. See ya there anyone who’s going.

Auto mod got my last post deleted for posting a picture of where I was staying. But I’ll try again.

Trying to fly in day of for the matches show in Chicago in September.

Two options are fly in that morning, train to the venue. Then back to the airport for a red eye back to Atlanta OR get a hotel and fly back the next morning.

Found this Hampton close to the venue (about 7 minutes according to maps), only been to Chicago once and stayed out near ohare and took the train into the city.

Anyone local got opinions on this hotel? Seems close to the venue and just off the blue line. Any flaws with my plan?