Current Complaints

[aMillionDreams]

I'm doing better.  Bruises are healing nicely and the symptoms from the concussion are waning. 

[woodnymph]

You guys!  Clam chowder and dirty mop water what gives!  I hope you're all ok!!   :-\   Dylan I'm glad to hear you're improving! 

[woodnymph]

Hope folks are doing well and convalescing and feeling better!!

My current complaint was hearing one of my best friend's boyfriends call It Still Moves the sleepiest album he's ever heard, at dinner last week when I was home visiting.  It's just now hitting me how annoying and ignorant that comment was.  He said some songs rock out (on OTHER mmj albums), and he listens to those ones a lot (my friend vouched for that much), but still.

Wanted to bite him.

[mjk73]

cock punch for that guy....

Whoever the hell gave me this awful cold, I hope you burn in hell. I do not get sick often but this shit is annoying. Thankfully it's just a head cold but damn. Please turn of the spigot that is my nose. I'm so tired of blowing water out of it. I'd like to return to my normal routine.

[megalicious]

I can't eat anything. I have "morning sickness" 24/7. I miss teh foods.
:'(

[tdb810]

'Tween age girls are hard to handle.  I can't believe the girl "drama" begins at age 9.  Really.  I told Chrissy to just hang out with the boys, they are so much simpler -- and I mean that in the best way possible. 
K, thanks for letting me share.   :embarassed:

[Penny Lane]

'Tween age girls are hard to handle.  I can't believe the girl "drama" begins at age 9.  Really.  I told Chrissy to just hang out with the boys, they are so much simpler -- and I mean that in the best way possible. 
K, thanks for letting me share.   :embarassed:

Awe. Girls are awful! You're right...Chrissy is a star... Tell her to stick to comedy, too...I really think she has a future!  ;) She's got those imitations down..

[Taterbug]

'Tween age girls are hard to handle.  I can't believe the girl "drama" begins at age 9.  Really.  I told Chrissy to just hang out with the boys, they are so much simpler -- and I mean that in the best way possible. 
K, thanks for letting me share.   :embarassed:

Awe. Girls are awful! You're right...Chrissy is a star... Tell her to stick to comedy, too...I really think she has a future!  ;) She's got those imitations down..

As a father of a 15 year old girl I can say that it hasn't been an easy ride for us.  Hold off on that cell phone for as long as you can ( 4000 texts a month average ).  I feel for her because at her age she's finding her identity as a freshman and it's an awkward and difficult time. She's really a smart kid.   She seems to attract friends that have issues that become our issues.  Your right about the boys, girls can be vicious.

[aMillionDreams]

I think any school teacher would say give me a room full of mischievous boys before you give me a group of caddy girls. Boys don't hold grudges like girls. They fight and then they make up. Girls take shit to their graves and want serious revenge usually in the form of emotional abuse which can last a lot longer than cuts and bruises.

*doesnt miss teaching.

[Fully]

I think any school teacher would say give me a room full of mischievous boys before you give me a group of caddy girls. Boys don't hold grudges like girls. They fight and then they make up. Girls take shit to their graves and want serious revenge usually in the form of emotional abuse which can last a lot longer than cuts and bruises.

*doesnt miss teaching.

I'll take it even farther. I'd rather have a class full of straight thug boys than teach a class with girls who have attitudes. I've got one right now. Luckily, I've seemed to win them over - which really doesn't happen very often, I might add. It's just awful.

[mjk73]

Yeah, my 13 year old boy is a treasure to raise. Nice friends, even when they get in spats, usually doesn't put up a fight when asked to do stuff and will actually volunteer to do things (and he wants to be a brewmaster - yesssss) My daughter is turning 10 very soon and I'm about to lose my shit with her as she wants to be one of those horrible plasticy bitchy caddy girls. I cannot take that. And yes, girls are just vicious and they were vicious when she was in kindergarten. We are the "bad" parents because we make the kids do work around the house, make them do their homework, make them go to bed at reasonable times, etc etc. Their friends are doing all kids of crazy shit and they kind of get grief because we do not let our kids get away with that crap. Other parents think we are mean and overbearing because we actually make our kids listen and show respect. Then again, that why my kids are in the top1% of their classes.

[tdb810]

Yeah, my 13 year old boy is a treasure to raise. Nice friends, even when they get in spats, usually doesn't put up a fight when asked to do stuff and will actually volunteer to do things (and he wants to be a brewmaster - yesssss) My daughter is turning 10 very soon and I'm about to lose my shit with her as she wants to be one of those horrible plasticy bitchy caddy girls. I cannot take that. And yes, girls are just vicious and they were vicious when she was in kindergarten. We are the "bad" parents because we make the kids do work around the house, make them do their homework, make them go to bed at reasonable times, etc etc. Their friends are doing all kids of crazy shit and they kind of get grief because we do not let our kids get away with that crap. Other parents think we are mean and overbearing because we actually make our kids listen and show respect. Then again, that why my kids are in the top1% of their classes.

Yes, it's really a struggle trying to help a little human develop, isn't it? Especially with what goes on in the world around them.   My 9 yr old has always been very strong-minded, which can be a great thing, though very challenging.  I am just concerned now with some of the girls that she is hanging with on the playground - I can totally see them as the "mean girls" and I don't want her in with that crowd.  And this is why I totally had boys for friends.  Girls are just way too dramatic, but they are also FREAKING AWESOME! I am just really starting to see how the peer thing can really play such a huge role. 

Thanks for the feedback guys, so nice to know I'm not alone :)

[tdb810]

I think any school teacher would say give me a room full of mischievous boys before you give me a group of caddy girls. Boys don't hold grudges like girls. They fight and then they make up. Girls take shit to their graves and want serious revenge usually in the form of emotional abuse which can last a lot longer than cuts and bruises. *doesnt miss teaching.

So true, and the thing that sort of sucks is that her teacher is a 50 something man who still lives at home with his mom.  I mean, I am not trying to judge here, but he is pretty clueless as to what is going on in the 9 yr old girl world. 

[ophidiophobia]

Yeah, my 13 year old boy is a treasure to raise. Nice friends, even when they get in spats, usually doesn't put up a fight when asked to do stuff and will actually volunteer to do things (and he wants to be a brewmaster - yesssss) My daughter is turning 10 very soon and I'm about to lose my shit with her as she wants to be one of those horrible plasticy bitchy caddy girls. I cannot take that. And yes, girls are just vicious and they were vicious when she was in kindergarten. We are the "bad" parents because we make the kids do work around the house, make them do their homework, make them go to bed at reasonable times, etc etc. Their friends are doing all kids of crazy shit and they kind of get grief because we do not let our kids get away with that crap. Other parents think we are mean and overbearing because we actually make our kids listen and show respect. Then again, that why my kids are in the top1% of their classes.

As a middle school teacher it is obvious which parents make their children behave, and which children run their households. Thank you for being caring parents! I'm sure it is making her teachers job a ton easier because she isn't trying to dispute every word he/she says. Please continue raising your children correctly.

[Hawkeye]

Reading this is scary...my wife really wants a little girl...yikes.  I do remember once in 5th grade when all the boys had to leave the room.  Our teacher was a youngish lady...I just assumed all the girls were getting the "period" talk or something....turns out there was some huge incredibly catty nastiness going on, that I was totally clueless to.

Anyway, I'll be happy with whatever we have, but I do think boys are easier in a way.  I know I was.  I was scared of my Dad though, so that's probably why I was so good!  I'm not sure why I was scared...I mean, I only ever got one spanking, ever, and I totally deserved it...I dunno.  I think I genuinely wanted to be good too, and I was smart and naturally quiet.  I hope my kids are 1/2 as easy as I was...although I hope they're not as expensive!  Lol.  (Yeah right)

[mjk73]

Yeah, my 13 year old boy is a treasure to raise. Nice friends, even when they get in spats, usually doesn't put up a fight when asked to do stuff and will actually volunteer to do things (and he wants to be a brewmaster - yesssss) My daughter is turning 10 very soon and I'm about to lose my shit with her as she wants to be one of those horrible plasticy bitchy caddy girls. I cannot take that. And yes, girls are just vicious and they were vicious when she was in kindergarten. We are the "bad" parents because we make the kids do work around the house, make them do their homework, make them go to bed at reasonable times, etc etc. Their friends are doing all kids of crazy shit and they kind of get grief because we do not let our kids get away with that crap. Other parents think we are mean and overbearing because we actually make our kids listen and show respect. Then again, that why my kids are in the top1% of their classes.

As a middle school teacher it is obvious which parents make their children behave, and which children run their households. Thank you for being caring parents! I'm sure it is making her teachers job a ton easier because she isn't trying to dispute every word he/she says. Please continue raising your children correctly.

I love walking into parent teacher conferences and they last 2 minutes and the teacher only has to say our kids are a pure joy to have in class

[TEO]

I loved being in a parent/teacher conference where I was both! ;)

[ALady]

So true, and the thing that sort of sucks is that her teacher is a 50 something man who still lives at home with his mom.  I mean, I am not trying to judge here, but he is pretty clueless as to what is going on in the 9 yr old girl world.

Whaaaaaaaaat.

Kids can be mean generally, I don't think girls have the corner on that market.  Thankfully most outgrow it?   ???

[aMillionDreams]

So true, and the thing that sort of sucks is that her teacher is a 50 something man who still lives at home with his mom.  I mean, I am not trying to judge here, but he is pretty clueless as to what is going on in the 9 yr old girl world.

Whaaaaaaaaat.

Kids can be mean generally, I don't think girls have the corner on that market.  Thankfully most outgrow it?   ???

How long have you been teaching?  Or are you going from your experience as a parent? 

In my 8+ years of teaching I never had a group of boys gain up and form a club thats sole purpose was to exclude and emotionally abuse a single student.  However, it happened nearly every year with the girls. Boys can be mean too, but mostly in different, less harmful ways, at least at the ages I taught which were 7-10 year olds.  And most do outgrow it, but unfortunately not until well into high school.  Again, ask a teacher, boys are easier.

*tbd, as a male teacher I didn't pretend to understand what went on inside 9 year old girls' minds, but I tried my hardest to take care of these situations and would often call in the school counselor when I didn't know how to talk to these girls about simply being nice to each other.  The scene Hawkeye described where the boys were removed and the girls had to flush out the caddy nonesense was an annual event in my classroom, but I usually let the female counselor or a female teacher take the lead.  Never had to do that with the boys, a simple conversation and a forced hand shake usually did the job.

[Crispy]

:-X