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polydigm
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Thanks for your wishes everyone. I've been at home a couple of days now, doing time so to speak. Seems to be going okay so far. Should be back at work
by Monday.
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BBP
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Hey Poly, glad you're home again! Hang in there!
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DED
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Yeah you've better doctors there I presume.
Hmmm Maybe it was not a good idea to remove your kidneystones by the natural way.
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polydigm
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DED, you'd have been right at home at zappa.com before they introduced moderation. 
Anyway, I'm feeling pretty good today. It looks like things have gone pretty well.
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polydigm
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Just having coffee before work, my third day back. It's been fine. Yesterday, my feral year nines were actually quite sympathetic. They're not bad
kids really. Although, it was a bit quieter than usual as three of them had got themselves suspended while I was away and two of the other
'characters' were absent.
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BBP
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Sounds like a harsh school you go to. In my 6 years at school only one kid I knew got suspended, she placed a stink bomb in the classroom.
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And guess Our ZAZ (Saskia) is send out once in all those years and BBP never (altough I almost forced her to do so). It is not nice when there is a
parents-evening and there is nothing to discuss apart from good grades,good behaviour.
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Quote: Originally posted by polydigm  | DED, you'd have been right at home at zappa.com before they introduced moderation.
Anyway, I'm feeling pretty good today. It looks like things have gone pretty well. |
Don't tell me, that this is something that could be subject of moderation in the States, I won't believe it.
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polydigm
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The school has a zero tolerance attitude to the disruption of the
education of those who have come to actually do the work. Suspension is not punishment, it's protection of the rights of those who are doing the right
thing.
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polydigm
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| Quote: Originally posted by DED | | Quote: Originally posted by polydigm | DED, you'd have been right at home at zappa.com before they introduced moderation.
Anyway, I'm feeling pretty good today. It looks like things have gone pretty well. |
Don't tell me, that this is something that could be subject of moderation in the States, I won't believe it. |
It was an off the cuff remark about the proclivities of certain members of zappa.com. Proclivities that relate to a fascination with
certain body parts or outputs. Nothing personal was intended.
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My sister-in-law died yesterday.
She had cancer and knew she would die soon. The doctors discontinued chemotherapy a few months ago. On Monday morning she was really out of it, so her
daughter took her to see the doctor. While she was in the waiting room she had a stroke. It was all over in a couple minutes.
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| Quote: Originally posted by DED | | Quote: Originally posted by polydigm | DED, you'd have been right at home at zappa.com before they introduced moderation.
Anyway, I'm feeling pretty good today. It looks like things have gone pretty well. |
Don't tell me, that this is something that could be subject of moderation in the States, I won't believe it. |
ha! I take it as a joke! Americans can't hardly be accused of 'moderate' behavior! 
Ed, things used to be a bit more wild and free on the zappa forum, some years ago. All sorts of crazy persons. Then moderators of all kinds
flattened things out., sure. They kicked out jimmie d, the best non-cop we had.
But Geoff, I think it was the bullies that people got tired of. Those and the wanna-be bullies. Everyone knows that if bullies aren't given
boundaries they take over.
You know this in your classroom. I like the positive outlook to class participation you have down there. In principle. With that model, you are
showing your bosses the positive effect you are having on your own troublemakers. So much that when you are out, they lose it and get thrown out!
Or is my view too rosy?
BB, I liked the glowfest vid. I still dream of doing something like that here with projections. On a big canvas like a building, at night. Not
waiting on Godot.
MTF, sorry to hear about your sister. Condolences to your wife.
[Edited on 9-11-11 by punknaynowned]
[Edited on 9-11-11 by punknaynowned]
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My condolences MTF, very sorry to hear about her.
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Sorry to hear your sad news MTF.
Punky, I'm one of those teachers who tries to meet the kids half way. The only time I get really pissed off is if they take advantage of that. Those
kids that got suspended while I was away do tend to get into less trouble with me than other teachers but it wasn't because I was away, they're high
on the list to get in trouble at the best of times and seem to reserve their worst behaviour for others. I just don't overreact to the relatively
minor stuff, so things are less likely to escalate to the more major stuff. Mind you, it can be a bit trying at times.
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DED
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My condolences MTF.
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| Quote: Originally posted by polydigm | Sorry to hear your sad news MTF.
Punky, I'm one of those teachers who tries to meet the kids half way. The only time I get really pissed off is if they take advantage of that. Those
kids that got suspended while I was away do tend to get into less trouble with me than other teachers but it wasn't because I was away, they're high
on the list to get in trouble at the best of times and seem to reserve their worst behaviour for others. I just don't overreact to the relatively
minor stuff, so things are less likely to escalate to the more major stuff. Mind you, it can be a bit trying at times. |
Still staying in what I'm calling the 'positivist' frame, not reacting to the more minor stuff is just what my brother did for years as the only
teacher in several districts that had any success at all with the behavioral disorderly kids. Just not react. The kids know the rules and if they
want to diverge from that then they could do that, it just had to be elsewhere. And they weren't gonna get the reaction they expected from him. That
was his whole deal. Most of those kids had troubled homes and were used to getting reactions for disruptions. That's how they normally got any
attention at all.
In any event, it's an interesting topic.
He'd get hammered by authoritarian bosses who'd be upset because he wasn't consistently following policy that policed student's language. He didn't
care about that. People get excited and say stuff but if they were on topic, following along and engaging with the material, he didn't see a big
problem. for example. Some might say he was lenient, but he could show the students learned stuff and respected him to a degree because he was all
about the topic.
I like how you put that: 'meeting them half way.'
Glad your recovery seems so swift.
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Philmore
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Man, that other forum is turning extremely nasty.
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BBP
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I should bring back the "lyrics that describe JPFunk" thread.
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polydigm
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Wow, Bonny, looks like you did that ... <cough> ...
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The forum's down now, so it seems.
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