u/twicescorned21

I've already spoken to the students when it happened but it was more reprimand 'that's not nice' but this issue needs to be further discussed

I'm an EA that works with a wide range of students.

Recently I've had kids from one class be judgy/rude to another student with asd who speaks a bit loud.

They will be rude and say "stop shouting" even though the kid isn't shouting.

The rude kids have varying degrees of learning disability. They don't like it when they perceive being judged by others yet they do the exact same thing to others.

I could say "that's not nice, we need to be respectful " but I almost feel like it needs to be direct.

I could say "you know when you're being rude to ABC, you're acting like 123 when they were making fun of you"

It feels like the message isn't getting home. It needs to be direct, like don't be a jerk, etc.

How would you explain that they shouldn't talk about someone else, in front of them (asd) as if they're not there?

I've already spoken to the students when it happened but it was more reprimand 'that's not nice' but this issue needs to be further discussed

I'm an EA that works with a wide range of students.

Recently I've had kids from one class be judgy/rude to another student with asd who speaks a bit loud.

They will be rude and say "stop shouting" even though the kid isn't shouting.

The rude kids have varying degrees of learning disability. They don't like it when they perceive being judged by others yet they do the exact same thing to others.

I could say "that's not nice, we need to be respectful " but I almost feel like it needs to be direct.

I could say "you know when you're being rude to ABC, you're acting like 123 when they were making fun of you"

It feels like the message isn't getting home. It needs to be direct, like don't be a jerk, etc.

How would you explain that they shouldn't talk about someone else, in front of them (asd) as if they're not there?

I love fresca, grew up going there when they first opened as Massimos.

Other ppl here said badiali is comparable to frescas. Having tried two slices from badiali today, I agree.

Badialis crust is a bit more bubbly/slightly thicker compared to fresca. *maybe comparable isn't a good word to use. They're similar in the price point but that's about it.

Both are popular. If I couldn't get fresca, I'd take badiali over north Brooklyn or maker pizza.

I found my pepperoni slice had too much tomato sauce. I prefer less but that's just preference.

Fresca slices are $5 or $5.75 with a card. Love the slices and the garlic oil but the crust is too thin. Need 2 slices to be full. Love the margarita slice. They used to have deluxe but I feel like it's just pepperoni or margarita slices available.

Badiali has a vsriety of slices. Pepperoni and cheese being the standard and others. I was curious about the burata slice but it had way too much sauce for me.

Badiali slices are 5.75 and up. Place is more welcoming for sit down. There was no line when I was there today at 430. This was at the new markham st location. It's one block south of bloor.

They have longer hours than frescas.

Overall, I'm glad I finally got to try it after all these years but I'll stick with frescas, surly indifferent service if you're served by the owner ifykyk but a good slice.

I like fat fork and zets. I like what I like.

On a rec here I went to Musa Buka. They seemed nice but the chicken souvlaki is different. I don't know it has more herbs compared to zets. But I'm looking specifically for the style like fat fork on the danforth

Anything comparable?

No self serve drink stations (in canada at least I’ve been told there are no free refills)

Soft drinks used to be any size $1 now it’s $1 for a small unless you’re using an app

This is more of an observation about the trend to use apps, but mcdonalds is giving the middle finger to boomers or people that are not tech savvy to own a smartphone, or want to download an app to track consumer spending. But they are locking out a portion of the market. These are likely the same people that would prefer to deal with a person at the counter to place an order than use the kiosks.

Is there a point where Mcdonalds realizes they are hurting the brand? Or do they just not care because people will go regardless? In canada now, I can’t speak for the US but it’s about $15 for a combo taxes in.

I'm surprised they are offering this deal considering the park is open. Is it safe to say the park were be even more crowded this year because the pass is cheaper, I think a similar promo ran last year?

I work as an EA and believe me when I say kids with complex needs aren't being provided the tools to succeed or survive.

I can only comment on my own experience

Kindergarten classes with over 28 kids, minimum. Starting this year, parents are not going to be told who will be Billy or Jane's teacher.

We think this is to allow admin to keep switching students around until the first day of school.

Imagine your kid is starting school the first time and has anxiety. They won't know who the teacher is until the first day of school.

We think it's so parents won't know how many kids are in a class.

Lunch assistants get paid to work 1 hour and 15 minutes. A kindy class gets 30 to 40 minutes of coverage which during that time the lunch asst is by themselves with 28 to 30 kids, alone! Normally when there's 2 adults, it's down to 1 for 30 to 40 minutes a day. If your kid has self regulation or complex needs...good luck.

This also applies in asd classes. You'd think there'd be two staff during lunch, nope.

Kids with a learning disability get an accomodation to have more time to do work, but if they need more one to one reading or math support, they may get 1 to 2 hours total for the week.

EAs like myself used to provide academic support but now we are managing behavior, trying to keep kids alive.

Also, classroom materials are more often than not reimbursed. We can order from a tdsb distribution vendor but quality is crap and it's expensive. Many of us go to dollarama, fb marketplace to buy it iut of our own pocket.

Got the cake for my birthday but ended up celebrating by myself. Can I freeze the rest of the cake? I think it's shipped frozen, so in this case they thawed it in store and I can't refreeze it right?

I grew up coming here when it first opened. I thought I'd come here for a slice of margarita and ugly cry but it's packed almost all the time.

Is this the reddit effect? When did it get so crazy?

Another birthday and another day of sadness, of broken hopes.

This is the first birthday my lo isn’t here. But it’s been a few years since they remembered and that was really hard. I mourned for the loss of the life I had. Yes, this is about me. Far too long I’ve been focused on the well-being of others that I forgot myself along the way.

I had plans to go out with my parents today for dinner. I don’t have friend friends that I hang out with. In a combination of fate or divine intervention, my work friends live far from me. We talk and share briefly but thats it. They have their own lives and I don’t begrudge them, it’s just the way it is.

In the country I live in, you can write off being a caregiver. I wasn’t poa so I wasn’t privvy to that. I was one of the main caregivers for my lo. When I did my taxes, I learned that I could have benefitted from a generous tax credit if I reported being my lo caregiver. No one else had claimed it for them.

I asked for medical documentation from the gp (which I was not a fan of but my mother insisted I keep my nose out of it). I argued the gp didn’t have my lo best interests at heart. It was just an acceptance of mediocity.

Last night as I was speaking to my mom, I gave her back the change from money she gave me to buy my own cake, flowers. I made a comment that I wasn’t a selfish bastard like her sibling, who didn’t speak to my lo or see her for over a year but he got the house. The house that I’m still currently living in but know that I can be evicted at any time. This is the house I grew up in. I took care of my lo day and night. It consumed me and I was beyond burnt out. I wasn’t nice gentle near the end. I had no one that I could really talk to. Do I wish I’d handled things differently? Ofc

I didn’t think I’d become one of those people that fought over money with family, but here I am. I’m angry that my mother refuses to help in any way to let me claim I was lo caregiver. There was a great deal of shame and stigma over her cognitive memory loss.

I was only permitted to attend medical appointments at the hospital clinic but not permitted to attend the ones with the gp. When she started to really go down hill, my mother flatout told the pharmacy and the dr not to discuss anything with me. Which made me look insane.

Last night I got so angry. I accused her of claiming the tax benefit and that of her brother which she denied. What really got me angry is she told me to go ask her gp myself. How could I since she put in the order to not disclose anything to me. Worse yet, my mother said “Well, lo didn’t see the gp that often, they can’t say it was dementia”. That was another lie.

It’s a combination of the money and principal.

Happy birthday to me, yay. Sorry I just had to vent.

I remember trying the chicken ramen when they first opened and just thought it was ok. The pricing at $16 seems reasonable and it makes me wonder if the portions are very small, given a that a bowl of ramen these days is about $20 all in.

Anyone went recently? For their birthday promotion it says free gyozas with four bowls of ramen. Anyone try this recently?

I don't know what happened here. I've ordered from this store and even when I don't ask for it off the broiler it's warm when I get home. 5 minute walk and it wasn't that cold.

Onion rings were cold, burger barely luke warm. Not sure what happened but I feel like next time I'll order it regular so it isn't cold. It's a franchise so even contacting customer service won't do anything.

We don’t have a reputable mechanic and have brought our car in for oil changes into the dealership (same one we bought the car).

I know dealerships are more expensive but are we being severely ripped off?

Had a rotisserie poutine, roast chicken was really salty. It's like it was dosed in salt and they forgot to rinse it.

Called to let them know, told to go back and they'd replace it on a different day. I went and spoke to someone who said sorry, we checked and we're sorry. Didn't offer a free replacement.

Their roast chicken used to be the best. Don't know if it's a one off. Danforth and pape store

Had to translate for a relative of a student. Tldr older kid told little kid to say a racialized term monkey face*

how would you have translated this to include, at school we don't discriminate others.

I used Kay see but struggled to explain the rest.