tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19035850.post6608910301821401996..comments2023-07-12T06:05:28.537-07:00Comments on Supermom Strikes Again!: Complaints Department, Please take a numberJennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11794893226884756569noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19035850.post-20487538901437905042008-01-23T15:06:00.000-07:002008-01-23T15:06:00.000-07:00OK. I have made my students write letters every F...OK. I have made my students write letters every Friday all year. I demand well-developed paragraphs with main ideas and supporting details. They must have the date, a greeting, a closing, and a signature. <BR/>Today I administered the standardized "end of year" test that NCLB uses to evaluate not them, but me. (You don't want to get me started on that.) I just glanced through my students' responses to the prompt that said write a letter to your principal ... Only about two kids wrote in the proper letter format. Almost no one wrote in paragraphs. They wrote like text messages. No punctuation, no apostrophes in contractions, bullets for each idea. I think I'll retire from teaching and design kids' boots.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19035850.post-21046839306255444522008-01-23T12:53:00.000-07:002008-01-23T12:53:00.000-07:00i was promised nutrition 2020 was going to be the ...i was promised nutrition 2020 was going to be the biological/chemical side of nutrition, you know--what exactly happens chemically with vitamin c that boosts the immune system, for example. i hate that i go to an hour and 15min class every tuesday and thursday and it's the SAME EXACT MATERIAL as nutrition 1020. i didn't learn anything new in 1020! i already knew everything the teacher taught! (i grew up with a very health conscious mother and learned it all from her) <BR/>and who are these "adjunct" professors, anyway?! both my nutrition teachers have been from the county health department and DO NOT have the teaching gene. my current teacher speaks like dolores umbrige from harry potter--you know, sickly honey sweet--but rather than being vindictive and punishing she's just plain spacey and dumb--i'm paying good money for this!david and michalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07336778782416584065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19035850.post-42238224892081786052008-01-23T08:03:00.000-07:002008-01-23T08:03:00.000-07:00I've been extremely frustrated for years by the sa...I've been extremely frustrated for years by the same two issues. What is "seasonal" is really for the season that starts months later. In the middle of July, so there are at least 6 weeks left of the extra hot stuff, Frank went to Home Depot for a part we needed on the swamp cooler. Sorry. They don't carry that in July. It is a seasonal item. Uhhh... And especially for babies, you don't know in September what size they will be at the end of winter, so you guess. And if you guess wrong and they grow out of it while it is still cold, you can go to the store and buy them... shorts! You can't buy a Christmas dress the week before Christmas, they are all out before Thanksgiving. This rant could go on, and on, and on.<BR/><BR/>And turning our children into walking advertisements, sure. Some things our family enjoyed so much we don't mind advertising them, but not nearly as much as the stores sell. And there is seldom much else to choose from. Let me add an angle on the beef: for boys, it is predominately PG-13 movies. Buying a backpack for kindergarten, Daniel's choices were Incredible Hulk, Spiderman, and something else based on a PG-13 movie. Now, I enjoyed the cartoons of Hulk and Spiderman (and Transformers). But the only incarnation for my kid now isn't that level. Why would I buy him advertisements for a movie I won't let him see?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19035850.post-23930257641228476262008-01-22T22:11:00.000-07:002008-01-22T22:11:00.000-07:00I realize I said I was done complaining, but I tho...I realize I said I was done complaining, but I thought of another one: It is impossible to add formatting to Blogger! You can't even put a picture where you want it! This drives me crazy on a regular basis!Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11794893226884756569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19035850.post-41103176604544941572008-01-22T22:06:00.000-07:002008-01-22T22:06:00.000-07:00I could spend an hour on an intense cardio work ou...I could spend an hour on an intense cardio work out and burn 800 calories, but then undo it in 20 minutes by pigging out. Blast the efficiency of the human body!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com