Nightingale

that's such a cute pic!!!!!

here's a few more, courtesy of a forward my lil bro sent me. "I'M NOT UPSET!" = Of course I’m upset, you moron! "YOU'RE SO MANLY" = You need a shave and you sweat a lot. "TURN OUT THE LIGHTS, ITS ROMANTIC" = I have flabby thighs. "I WANT NEW CURTAINS" = ...and carpeting, and furniture, and wallpaper..... "HANG THE PICTURE THERE!" = NO, I mean hang it there...no there...no, maybe over there! "HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE ME?" = I did something today you’re really not going to like. "I'LL JUST BE A MINUTE!" = Kick off your shoes and find a good game on TV. "DO I LOOK FAT IN THIS?" = Tell me I’m beautiful. "ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?" = Too late, you’re dead. "I'M NOT YELLING!" = Yes I am yelling because I think this is important. "ITS NOT YOU, ITS ME" = its not me, it's you.

hehe... I can beat that... on monday, it took me FOUR F-ING HOURS to get from Riverside to Los Angeles. I left home a little after 4 am, and didn't get to work til around 8... half an hour late. this freakin' sucks. what city do you live in? Metrolink is still running, and its great! I take it every day but monday, because I have to drive to school after work on mondays.

I've got a couple, but can't post em til later tonite... no paint or photoshop on this computer.

NSFW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

what's a collar tab?

you have to look at the intent... did the child actually intend harm? or did she just throw the pencil in anger because it was in her hand and the teacher was making an issue out of it? was it an "I'm throwing this because I want to hurt you!" or a "you want me to leave the pencil? HERE! Keep the damn thing!" type of throw? my bet was its the latter.

have you read the student's file? there should be some information in there about her situation... as a former teacher, personally, I would not press charges over an incident like that. I had a student who was extremely disruptive in class, throwing things, shouting, etc... even took a swing at me once. detentions and suspensions didn't do a whole lot of good, neither did phone calls home. he was 13 years old. I did some digging into his file... found out he lived with his grandparents, who were getting on in years, when both his parents died in a car crash the year before. I chatted with the principal, got the details... He and his younger brother were in the crash, in the back seat. His father wasn't wearing a seat belt and was basically decapitated by the windshield. His mother died of brain trauma a few days later. So, I sat him down and we had a long chat about his behavior. It basically began with me saying "ok. sit. talk to me. what's going on?" he shrugged..."I dunno..." me: "you do know." he finally opened up to me and explained, amid quite a few tears, exactly what was going on at home and how angry he was about everything... We had a talk about how he needed to set a good example for his younger brother, because his younger sib didn't have anyone else to look up to anymore. I expressed to him how difficult his behavior was making life for me, and for the other students, trying to let him see the situation from someone else's perspective. I spoke with the grandparents, who were very anti-counseling, which was my first suggestion. My second suggestion was a martial arts class, which would at least let him work out some of that anger by hitting punching bags instead of people. They liked this idea, so I recommended a local school. We also worked out a reward system... he was very into computers, as am I. We agreed that for each day of good behavior, I would make a star on the back of a card... if he earned 20 stars, I would teach him basic website design. After 4 and a half weeks or so (a bad day here and there, but a marked improvement), he'd earned his 20 stars and I taught him how to create a basic site. We spent about three hours after school working on it. Then, he started asking more questions about more advanced design... I said "that'll cost you five more stars." so we set up a barter system. Worked very well, and by the end of the year, he had a ROCKIN' site. He's now a junior in high school and doing pretty well...he's got his green belt in martial arts, still into web design, and I still get emails from him every so often. Its really a tough call...some kids you can reach, some kids you can't. You just have to try your best, and hope another teacher can reach the ones you can't seem to help. The kids who actually benefit by a teacher pressing charges are the ones with the "I'll never get caught, it won't happen to me" attitudes. Feeling handcuffs around their wrists is a pretty heavy dose of reality. The kids with the emotional issues are another story... my one suggestion to you is: concentrate on what she's doing RIGHT instead of what she's doing wrong. write a compliment on every assignment, even if its just "nice handwriting" or "good effort" encourage her to speak up in class, and even if her answer's wrong, say something like "not quite, but I like the way you're thinking." its so much easier to worry about the behavior problem and social issues, but a positive comment here and there can really make a difference. and if it doesn't work, at least you know you've tried. Best of luck!!!!!!! (((((((((((((((((HUGS))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

if you're not careful, the wax paper will melt to the iron, or burn... tinfoil might be a better option.

hey, peeps... can you let me in on the secret?? how the heck do ya save those images from the flash program?

Hmm... well, my dad is famous for finding interesting uses for pool noodles... you know, those long foam cyllanders kids play with in swimming pools? the most creative one I remember was when he used them as guides on the boat trailer (run a piece of PVC pipe down the middle and attach to trailer on either side, you now have a padded guide that isn't gonna hurt your boat if you don't pull in straight) as

WOW! congrats!

congrats!!!!!

I came up with one... but how do you save it?? rightclick isn't working!

http://www.heavyglare.com/goggles.asp this might interest you... prescription goggles.

Aargh! I got all of em except the Cricket one! Sheesh! I'm from the US... how the heck am I supposed to know about Cricket?! LOL... now, if they'd asked about hockey... something like 3 G for a HT now THAT I could do something with.

The guy was a moron. even though HE didn't mean to use the weapons, he made them accessible to anyone who might happen across them. He created the very danger he was trying to prevent by pointing out the security holes. Its amazing what goes on in airline security... they wouldn't let me take nail clippers on the plane (I always carry the toiletries on because I keep medication in there that I need...didn't even think about the clippers), but let me through wearing a set of EXTREMELY sharp hairsticks made out of ironwood... those things are freakin LETHAL. Nail clippers couldn't do shit... the hairsticks are wooden stillettos. go figure. Also, they took the nailclippers, but then handed out METAL steakknives to the first class passengers for dinner! ROFL.

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Most dorm rooms do not allow microwaves or hot plates (or other kitchen type appliances other than small fridges or hot pots...) mainly for liability reasons... they don't want you starting fires. We did a lot of cooking in those hotpots, tho... mac and cheese, soup and stuff.

I know some folks at my DZ who saved up the money for AFF by packing parachutes...

hehe.... sounds like my old job... I was working in a leasing office for an apartment complex, and the boiler blew up... scalding hot water for like 100 feet up in the air...people were hysterical, and I had to deal with the whole mess because my boss took a "long lunch" and was ignoring his cell phone. -K- funny, after skydiving, 100 feet high doesn't sound like much...that's more than halfway through final approach under canopy! LOL.

most of the students at the school I go to are on a meal ticket... they pay a set amount at the beginning of the semester for 10 meals per week in the dining room, and they usually go for fast food probably to the tune of $150 a month or so... mostly taco bell or some other really cheap place.

LOL... My mom would rather hear about sex than about skydiving!

ROFLMAO!!!!!

hehe... just wondering... what do you think is better, sex or skydiving, if you had to only pick one option for the rest of your life...