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donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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Gabe1 said:
Yeah our staff hates field trips. They always want inhouse field trips. :rolleyes: When you are a volunteer and the staff is looking for any reason never to have to leave the building I quickly found other ways to support learning.

I laughed, literally at a teacher I genuinely adore when she asked me to chaperone the WDC week long trip. Still laughing all these years later.
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Yea, not sure what that's about.
We always had plenty of staff/all the teachers on those trips, as well as plenty of parent volunteers.
As I've posted many times before, we too always found many other ways to support learning, but, we also enjoyed all those trips. :)
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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betty rose said:
Have fun, and may you get to Disney safely.
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Thanks!! We were EXHAUSTED by the time we made it to our lodging in Wyoming last night. We had been traveling for over 48 hours straight. We got up at 4:30 Sunday morning to fly to Chicago, then had a connecting flight to Orlando. It had been 25 hours once we got to our hotel. We slept for about 6 hours and then got up again to fly from Orlando to Denver, then we rented a car and made the 6 hour drive up to Gillette, Wyoming. We got in at about 10:20 pm, which is 6:20 Dutch time...so we got in and went straight to bed. My ds, who is usually the first one up in the morning, usually at 6, slept in the car, then went to bed as soon as we got to our lodging, and he was the last one up this morning, probably around 9. TIRED!
 
Songbird76

Songbird76

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StarWarsGirl said:
We had the services for my step-grandpa today. What a day. My little nephew, who is 19 months old, slipped and fell on the grass this morning. He broke his leg and now is in a splint. They are leaving tonight to get him home and to a specialist.

Other than that, everything else went well. We had the service by the grave first, then went back to my grandma's for a while. I caught up with my cousins and my cousin-in-law (nephew's mom). I played with my nephew for a bit, which meant picking up toys he dropped on the ground. I somehow was making him laugh, though, so we continued.

We had the memorial service afterward. Lots of crying during that. It was a great turnout. Everyone loved my grandfather so much. He was so sweet and dear. Everyone talked about how they adored him.

We then went to my grandfather's daughter's house. His family is really sweet as well. So many of his relatives have offered to keep a check on my grandma and help her as needed. I'm thinking I will probably need to go up and spend next weekend with my grandma. We're concerned about her. My aunt says she's basically cried the day he died and has barely gotten emotional since then. We're really worried about how she'll do emotionally after everyone leaves tonight and tomorrow. Going to call her this week and make the decision. I had a previous commitment that weekend, but if she needs me, family first.
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I'm glad it mostly went well. Hope the nephew is ok! I hope your grandma is ok too!
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

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donaldtoo said:
Yea, not sure what that's about.
We always had plenty of staff/all the teachers on those trips, as well as plenty of parent volunteers.
As I've posted many times before, we too always found many other ways to support learning, but, we also enjoyed all those trips. :)
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We have some great educators under our belt in our district. Paid in the upper 10% of the state. They are mostly mastered which we 100% fund and we rate A+ in our state. They educate our students well. Still they have their quirks.
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Professionals will do nothing beyond the physical classroom without drama. Don't attend science fairs, art or music assemblies. Lots of drama, always in our boardroom with issues. All of us on the board do not work in education and know the above and beyond the job description so it is difficult to relate to all the 'issues' that we all cope with in our careers. Field trips are beyond their coping skills. My kids being 5 grades apart my DS with the old school staff was afforded so many educational experiences from museums to plays along with visiting a working farm. My DD had a new influx of staff got to see films and slides of the same for her in school field trips. So not the same.

Our staff will not greet students at door or walk a classroom to the bus without an additional stipend. Will not go to the library with their classroom. It is a trade off. They do their jobs well in the classroom but refuse to step out of that sole responsibility. We hire additional staff to release the students and greet them etc. There is only X amount of dollars in the budget. It comes out of the extras the classrooms use to be supplied and the extras for sports, art and music.We always have a balanced budget. Ultimately it is the balanced budget and well educated students that prevails. The outside the classroom experiences have mostly disappeared and when they do it isn't pleasant and very moody. I chose to avoid. I can do without the quips all day long.
 
Figgy1

Figgy1

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betty rose said:
Okay, I'm doing a rain dance. The air is now in the horrible category. I've had serious breathing issues today. And a sick to my stomach feeling, along with a headache. Which, do I treat first? The upset stomach, so I can take a headache pill. Then the breathing.... Just so you all know, I have a story about Nederland , that's where they keep the "dead" man. Seems his wife put her husband on ice, really, and kept him in the freezer for a year. They celebrate, dead man's day, every year.:eek::rolleyes: Foot note he got a proper burial.
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Sympathy like. I hope you get some rain soon so your breathing improves.
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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Gabe1 said:
@BuddyThomas I wholeheartedly agree. I've done three solo trips too in the parks. They are an adventure unto themselves.
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Adding to that, @BuddyThomas , I've gone solo many times and always had fun! Plus, you're a lot more outgoing than I am, and I think it would be easier for you to engage other park guests in conversation--either at park attractions, or in one of the many lounges and bars at WDW. You'd be the life of the party! GO!!!!!!!!!!! :joyfull:
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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figmentfan423 said:
More of an addition. I'll pick them up Friday when the car goes in for a pre-trip oil change:) Even the car has a list:D
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@Mr Ferret 88 , you asked Figgy if she had forgotten something on the lists. Notice how skillfully she weasled out of that by saying (above) that it was more of an "addition" . . . :rolleyes: C'mon now Figgy--you actually forgot ONE thing on the lists. You can't fool us. Busted! ;)
 

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