I have thoughts

[cornerofmadness]

Thought one - can I get an orthopedic surgeon appt for 2 problems at once? My hip is killing me but my cane hand has issues. WHen I saw patients I would get ganglion cysts and trigger fingers and now holding the cane is causing a return of this.


Thought Two - I am so impressed on one hand that William Shatner went to space. For 90 years old, he's in good shape physically and mentally. He's still kind of a dick though so HOW appropriate was it that he went to space in a giant dildo? But seriously billionaires need to quit wasting natural resources to stroke their egos.

Thought Three - This generation of students is turning me hard. Something needs to change at the K-12 level. I'm not sure what is going on but they are fundamentally different than just a few years ago. They want redos on everything. they want us to bend to them. They don't think deadlines should exist. And I know it's not just my school. If nothing else my online class taught me that.

Thought Four - There is no way the faculty knew this is what they wanted with mentoring when we voted on our contract (I saw what was in the contract)

THought Five - why do they want the faculty to be a combo of a parent and best friend throwing little mentoring parties for students? Don't get me wrong I want to help students but is this the best way to do it? Is it compulsatory? I don't see them showing up if it isn't.

Thought Six - I REALLY need to get a steady beta reader(s) again.

Thought Seven - my knee is stiffening up and I don't know what to do about it.

Comments

[sperrywink]

Good luck with your hand and your hip. I don't see why you can't see a doctor for both at the same time, but I'm sure there is some insurance rule against it or something.

I'm sorry your current batch of students are so troublesome and lazy. It is to cry.

Also good luck with your knee.

[cornerofmadness]

Time limits on patient visits are an issue

thanks

This inspired me...

[dauntless_heart]

...to post my thoughts about Shatner. :)

Re: This inspired me...

[cornerofmadness]

good luck. i'll try to stop in to see it

[sylvanwitch]

Speaking as someone in the 9-12gr setting, I have to say that it's not the teachers! We're seeing the same issues on our level as you're seeing on yours, and we're being told to coddle them, that life is hard, there's anxiety, etc. We're asked repeatedly to sacrifice standards on the altar of easing their anxieties, and let me tell you, as someone with anxiety myself, I am perpetually frustrated by my admin's attitude that somehow letting kids have infinite extensions and/or lowering our standards is actually preparing our students for college and for life beyond school. I know there's got to be a middle ground, but from where I'm standing, all we're doing is delaying our students' inevitable breakdowns by not giving them the framework and structure they need to learn to be more self-sufficient.

This leaves out the whole issue of the parents who never let their children take one iota of blame for anything, especially things they are actually responsible for, and who want to problem-solve for their kids instead of giving them the tools they need to solve their own problems.

Finally, while I myself am a big fan of community support and think it's all well and good to tout community, as most of our country still doesn't believe that we keep ourselves safe and that our survival depends upon collectivism, not the myth of exceptionalism and/or individualism, I'm not sure how I'm supposed to help my students by making everything easier and caving in when their parents whine about poor Johnny being overwhelmed.

I recognize that last line might make me sound like a hardass, but I'm not--I'm a realist who lives in the actual damned world. I like Johnny; he's a nice kid. Nice in one hand and spit in the other gets you a handful of spit and not much else. Can Johnny read and write? Can he finish the simplest tasks on time? Is he otherwise unburdened by learning disabilities? Are his parents constantly making excuses for him? Has he ever handed in a single assignment on time?

Sorry...this rant brought to you by the letter F and the number 69.

[cornerofmadness]

I hear you. I do. It's the same here. I have anxiety as well but I have never expected everyone to bend over backward for me. I've learned to manage myself. These kids are not going to function in the world. The world isn't going to function period. We're constantly told testing is wrong, they should have as many chances as they need.

I train doctors and nurses. DO you want them going into the world thinking they have 20 shots at getting it right?

[aaronlisa]

I personally can't see why you shouldn't be able to see the doctor for the 2 issues, but the American health care system makes my head hurt with how random it can be.

I'm glad I am not the only one with mixed feelings about William Shatner going into space. Or that thinks Bezos' space ships look like a dildo. I believe I made a joke with my Dad on their first launch that it was appropriate that giant dick was going into space in a penis. I do feel that it's boiled down to a giant pissing competition between these three billionaires.

With your students, I don't think the attitude that you're seeing is specific to younger people. I mean obviously, it's not a straight comparison but working at the call centre, I've noticed that people's attitudes in general have changed. I am not sure if it's the pandemic or something else but people have just become more unpleasant. Whether they don't listen or they're just rude or they expect things their way, it's really gotten bad. And it's not every caller but a lot of them don't listen or don't think.

You and me both

[ng_moonmoth]

"giant pissing competition between .. billionaires": my more pithy version was "dick-waving". And my reaction is more to laugh than swoon in awe.

Still, I'd rather they spend their assets than keep playing the tax-haven shell game with them. And it feels to me that funding spacecraft gets more of the money out of the hands of the incredibly wealthy than buying estates or pimped-out transportation (whether yachts, cars, planes, or whatever) does. So I'll take it for now and enjoy the show.

*over in the corner, wondering when the various progressive movements around the world might work out that it's much easier to get the wealthy interested in their plans if they spoke the language of the wealthy. Example: instead of talking about taxing the wealthy to fund their aims, speaking of "making a venture investment in our country and its people" and pointing out that the return on that investment has a good chance of dwarfing the return on the current approach of a cutthroat battle for market share of a continuously shrinking customer base.

Re: You and me both

[cornerofmadness]

You have a point

[cornerofmadness]

time limits are imposed on patient care

It is definitely a pissing match between billionaires but I'm still glad Shatner went to space.

I believe that too but with the students this pre-dates Covid. The pandemic made it worse

[spikedluv]

I'm sorry about your hand! If you're serious, call your primary care physician and ask. Or call the surgeon's office and ask. And get a referral to him if you can. (I'm sure insurance is going to have a say in how it goes down.) Then you can ask about both issues next time you see him. You've set the next appointment for 6 months, right? Probably just enough time to get it all sorted. (Arrgh, insurance!)

I'm also sorry that your knee is giving you guff. And that your students are entitled brats.

[cornerofmadness]

I'll call on monday. He's my local orthopedic surgeon so it won't be an issue getting to see him. I'm just annoyed this issue is back

and thanks