The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

[MySmallWorldof4]

If Guardians is off your list, I think Iron Man should be as well. It's very intense at the begining. Then Tony Stark is...not exactly a good role model to begin with. He's a genius playboy billionaire, by his own admission. Mphasis on the playboy.

If you want to pick a Marvel movie but are worried about content, start with Spider-Man: Homecoming. Great movie, you don't need a lot of background to get the premise, and there's not really a lot of objectionable content (some language, but it's infrequent and comes and goes). Not super intense violence wise either. The fact that Peter's still in high school probably helps.

Guess I don't remember Iron Man too well. We did see it edited. I forgot about Spider-Man. Saw that one as well, on TV again. Don't get to theaters too much.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Don't know about @figmentfan423 but.....

Because it was like this...and not the promised 60 degrees

Strawberry Cream Cheese french toast
and I went traditional

Then onto....
Spaghetti and Ravioli Pie

Change of plans often work out nicely.

Looks delicious, but hopefully all that wasn't at the same time. Sorry about the weather. It is supposed to be over 70 today and I promised the kids I would take them to Sweet Frog. After today it is supposed to rain every day. Well, it is better than snow.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

Blah! I get the state hour requirements for classroom instruction. Not much anyone can do about that beyond extenuating circumstances that the state grants. As far as make up of petty hours of staff I am in that Come On folks.

The board before me drew the line in the sand only once, a learning curve for professional staff in pushing too far. The demand that contract was for 4 additional inservice days. More than anyone in the state. A major contract sticking point.

It was an awful winter, snow and beyond below zero days, so many school days closed. The students went the minimum, the state waved several days. The board made 100% of the professional staff make up the extra days for extra inservice and the extra school days. 3 of the inservice days were moved by the board to the end of the student school year. The balance of the staff had been released. That board believed if the staff felt so strongly about the need for extra inservice they should not mind spending an extra week and half in school during summer break. And so administration scheduled 'special' all day inservices for the staff after the school year for the students had ended. Oddly the extra inservice days went away the next contract as a concession. We have never had a strike in our union district but sometimes both sides want to beat their heads into a wall.

Making up the extra hours is actually better then adding on inservice days. Especially since we can count the time we spend working at home or the time we come in early or stay late. I will end up getting my hours quickly.

 

[DryerLintFan]

@donaldtoo polio is definitely still a thing, especially in countries like Pakistan and Afghanistan where the distrust of doctors runs really high. I believe also in Africa.... I want to say Nigeria?

There's a really fascinating documentary on Netflix called Every Last Child about their attempts to eradicate in Pakistan. It's really really good but also very heartbreaking.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

I hope it didn't come to that.

I did get a sub plan ready but I'm not going to need it. Right now I feel slightly better. And our district is under a 2 hour delay because of ice.

 

[ajrwdwgirl]

It's supposed to get into the 70s today. It snowed two days ago, and it's going to be almost pool weather today.

Enjoy we have snow and ice.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Dropped my kid off at Zoo Camp this morning.. thought I’d share these photos with you all.
I wouldn’t mind a sloth outside of my classroom

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Adorable.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

You didn't have President's Day off? I know some school's here had kids go to school as a make-up day for all the snow days.

We were off Friday and Monday.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

Enjoy we have snow and ice.

Sympathy like. At least you are feeling better.

 

[FutureCEO]

Albertsons wants to buy the rest of Rite Aid. Which Albertsons a supermarket chain who owns Shaws (in New England).

I start my new job which im iffy on. Not because I can't do the work but because boringness. I go in at 10 because my boss is going in then. But I want my day to start at 7.

And then on the flip side, I will probably be submitting my uni application today. I still think my essay should be longer (225 words) but the topic was only say up to 500 word support your application

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Our last day of school is June 7th. If we didn't have Spring break it would have been earlier and the calendar committee was going to scrap Spring Break in favor of getting out earlier but our board president was insistent on a Spring Break.

We have the week before Easter through April 3 off for Spring Break. Because we start so early in August we have a lot of extra days off built in. If they didn't we could get out the second week of May.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

World SciFi be scary for a three year old?

It's dark (not that you can't see) but the novelty of dining in a car might appeal to her. Mixed in the movie rotation are a few cartoons. My daughter loved it and she was 3 when we first went there. I think it depends on an individual child if they can handle it.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Elvis liked mexican food?

I think in his later life Elvis liked to eat everything. It was probably the munchies.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

We have the week before Easter through April 3 off for Spring Break. Because we start so early in August we have a lot of extra days off built in. If they didn't we could get out the second week of May.

I don't know if I would like that schedule. I would rather have less days off. I can start a new school year on July 1 so I can spread out my school year if I want.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

I think in his later life Elvis liked to eat everything. It was probably the munchies.

 

[MOXOMUMD]

They are very correct. Thats why some have complained.. Batman was gritty and it did fit the character, but they ruined superman because hes not gritty and "dark".

Thats why Marvel is winning, excellent balance between dark and fun.

The Batman Lego Movie was awesome.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

@figmentfan423 Crocs extended its 25% off sale to today.

 

[21stamps]

It is often about the college students. They are in part the summer camp staff, the lifeguards. Their schedules release earlier and start back earlier in most states and college students are not necessarily educated in their own states, they cross borders. So if there isn't staff to open pools, staff day camps then what? Even in high school, the sports generally start several weeks before the regular school year. These are the other students that do the daycamps for the younger and the lifeguards for the pools. With so many parents being dual working families most depend on camps and pools to fill those working day times. That is the push to align all, from elementary through college calendars so there is staff for the younger ones. Jobs for the older ones.

This is true. Our amusement park is closed on week days a couple of weeks before school starts. I’ve also had a problem the past couple of years because the summer camps all end a full 2 weeks before we start school.

Enjoy we have snow and ice.

We had freezing weather this past weekend, and jacket weather yesterday (for some, i was still in a winter coat). It’s warmer again today.. but we have serious floods. Took these photos last night. The river is so high!

 

[MOXOMUMD]

Or they could do what my parents did when I was 8 and they sat me down to watch Back to the Future...

"Now there are some words in this movie that they say that we don't say, so don't go to school and repeat it."

My daughter was 8 when we saw GOTG in the theater and the one scene where they are in the prison when Quill flips off the camera she is laughing and tells me "that is not nice....but it's funny".

 

[21stamps]

To show a comparison, here is what the area in the top photo normally looks like-
It’s all under water. The river is up to the wall now.