Cancer Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 One wonders what was happening that caused him to smile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 Probably something nice, like a kitteh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 Or opium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 Or his wedding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 Was Lovecraft on opium at his wedding? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 I know nothing about Lovecraft, but that circumstance would explain a number of others' situations... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted November 30, 2015 Report Share Posted November 30, 2015 I wish I were. I wish I had that an as excuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 An explanation is not necessarily an excuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 You sound just like her. Only with less profanity and hate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 *hug* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 It's past time to have a conversation with a counselor and an attorney. Quietly, no commitment, but have those conversations ASAP. I have knowingly been acquainted with someone undergoing domestic abuse ... and there does NOT need to be violence for it to be abuse, though getting a criminal conviction against a woman without evidence of violence is damnnear impossible ... only once, back in the terminal 1980s. The woman in the situation took the kids, moved across the country to get into a more favorable more regressive jurisdiction, swore out false complaints and got arrest warrants issued, and played the legal and social services systems -- which were more so then, but still are grossly stacked against men -- like a maestro. He committed suicide. I think I could find the memorial to him on the 'net somewhere if I tried. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 Thanks guys. That's already happened, though I should probably touch base again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 Ya. It doesn't sound like your situation is getting better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 Change of topic... Student email sent last night about how he's likely to miss class because of illness. His closing line is: "See you Thursday unless I get really lucky overnight!" Ummm ... sounds like TMI to me .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 Is it illness, or "illness"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 I have already considered the question, and decided I really don't want to know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 Well, more happiness for everyone, that's what I say! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 Last week, as students were correcting their homework assignments, I observed one student writing furiously. I made my way, as subtly as I could, to an area behind his desk, and watched him copy answers from the answer key. I made a mental note of this and went on with my lesson. At the end of the period, when I gathered the papers to enter the grades, I found his on top of the stack, hastily written and unscored. I scored it for him--zero, because that's what you get for academic dishonesty in my class--and wrote him a short note to that effect. I then entered his grade along with all the other papers and filed them away. Today he came up to me at the beginning of class and asked about his grade on the assignment. I directed him to the graded papers file and began today's lesson.I could tell by the look on his face during class that he had found his paper and read my note. He was shocked, and clearly unhappy. So at the end of class, he came up to me, assignment in hand, and asked bluntly, "What is this?" "I saw you copying answers last time, so I gave you a zero." "I wasn't copying answers!" "I watched you do it." "I was doing my math homework." "No, you weren't. You were copying answers." "No, I wasn't! I was..." "I know what I saw." "Do you?!" "Yes, I do. Enjoy your lunch." I'm gonna get a nasty e-mail from a parent this evening, I can feel it already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 Should have taken a photo or video for proof. Subtlety of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 Also, begs the question why is he doing maths homework during a chemistry assignment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 Clearly, we are dealing with a future CEO here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 It's best if you interrupt them while they are doing the dirty, but you can't always do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 Who -- the parents? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 1, 2015 Report Share Posted December 1, 2015 The student in the act of cheating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 2, 2015 Report Share Posted December 2, 2015 How To Draw Golden Ratio Spirals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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