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GM's Thread About Everything/GM's Thread About Nothing (13 Viewers)

El Floppo said:
once I got into college, I knew I could be absent to a certain amount of classes per class and not fail... and it was something ridiculous, like 16.

I'd bail surgically/strategically, and enjoy the beautiful spring weather with friends. What I didn't know was that the school had an automated calling system that would call your parents if you missed a class. My mom got calls every day until I graduated. gb her... didn't tell me about it until the summer- she had the whole thing memorized by sheer repetition.

other memory of that was my Chemistry teacher- who hated "senior flakes" and immediately sussed me out as his dictionary definition of one. was the only guy who knew EXACTLY when I had hit my limit... "AHA FLOPPO- YOU'RE MINE". like something out of a bad 80s movie. used to #### with me all the time- move me away from friends, sit me in the corner... all of which I found hilarious. forgot my book one day and made me go home to get it... which I did in a convertible, beautiful day... got back just as class was wrapping up (I lived in the next town over from my HS). he was a chaperone at our prom- and in spite of recognizing my blitzed out eyes, still had some nice things to say to me.... and bust my balls as well. 
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Was it Tanner?

 
El Floppo said:
once I got into college, I knew I could be absent to a certain amount of classes per class and not fail... and it was something ridiculous, like 16.

I'd bail surgically/strategically, and enjoy the beautiful spring weather with friends. What I didn't know was that the school had an automated calling system that would call your parents if you missed a class. My mom got calls every day until I graduated. gb her... didn't tell me about it until the summer- she had the whole thing memorized by sheer repetition.

other memory of that was my Chemistry teacher- who hated "senior flakes" and immediately sussed me out as his dictionary definition of one. was the only guy who knew EXACTLY when I had hit my limit... "AHA FLOPPO- YOU'RE MINE". like something out of a bad 80s movie. used to #### with me all the time- move me away from friends, sit me in the corner... all of which I found hilarious. forgot my book one day and made me go home to get it... which I did in a convertible, beautiful day... got back just as class was wrapping up (I lived in the next town over from my HS). he was a chaperone at our prom- and in spite of recognizing my blitzed out eyes, still had some nice things to say to me.... and bust my balls as well. 
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What is this fascination with truancy? What is it that gets inside of your heads? There are some teachers at this school who look the other way at truants. It's a little game you both play. They pretend they don't see you, and you pretend you don't ditch! Now, in the end, who pays the price? YOU! 

 
Missed a lot of college classes.   I lived at home and went to a satellite branch so just drove to school every day

Had a dumb psychology class as a pre-requisite and usually within 15 minutes buddy and I would just walk out and go grab breakfast.   Finally got to the point where we'd just meet at school just to go to breakfast.   I don't think our next class was until 11 or even later so I don't know why we didn't just sleep in instead 

Lots of "let's go to the bar" or "let's go to the casino" exits too

Somehow I still graduated 

 
RedmondLonghorn said:
What is this fascination with truancy? What is it that gets inside of your heads? There are some teachers at this school who look the other way at truants. It's a little game you both play. They pretend they don't see you, and you pretend you don't ditch! Now, in the end, who pays the price? YOU! 
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I know that dude.

 
i know i'm old because, like my parents before me who didn't understand how we could play Atari for hours, i can't fathom how kids now watch other people commenting (stupidly, i might add) on their actions while playing video games.

maybe if the commentary was funny. or instructional. but it's literally play by play with "funny" voices.

i'm going to burn all the cable wires in my neoghborhood

 
RedmondLonghorn said:
Yeah, I hear you. Everything is always dramatic with my kids though.

Her grades aren't exactly good.

First semester: B-, D+, B, C+, B, C.

Third quarter she managed a 3.0, but she is on track to do worse than that in the 4th quarter, with about a month of school left.
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If you put the conditions on grades you would probably get better results.  I slept through half of high school, it's boring

 
mr. furley said:
i know i'm old because, like my parents before me who didn't understand how we could play Atari for hours, i can't fathom how kids now watch other people commenting (stupidly, i might add) on their actions while playing video games.

maybe if the commentary was funny. or instructional. but it's literally play by play with "funny" voices.

i'm going to burn all the cable wires in my neoghborhood
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how about the people who open toys. my daughter used to love those.

not only are you not actually doing anything (my son used to watch these english guys play minecraft... said he was "learning")... but you get to feel ####ty about your own, toyless life.

 
RedmondLonghorn said:
What is this fascination with truancy? What is it that gets inside of your heads? There are some teachers at this school who look the other way at truants. It's a little game you both play. They pretend they don't see you, and you pretend you don't ditch! Now, in the end, who pays the price? YOU! 
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You're right mom, but.... testosterone

 
krista4 said:
I was dumbfounded when we moved to Seattle and about 5% of the houses we saw had central air.  The last one I bought had central air and I didn't even know it for a while because it hadn't been listed as a feature.  Never lived in a place like this.
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Is it wrong that upon reading the bolded I took it as "I once bought a house,  but moved out of it before I ever really moved in", then seeing as it was K4 I was just, like, "Yep.  Plausible."

 
El Floppo said:
ALOHA.

why so few? ... wait... you didnt' grow up in bako, right? because yeah- no real reason to ditch.
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Private school,that made it really hard to ditch.  I did take a few "sick days" but just stayed at home.

If I had gone to public HS I would have ditched all the time.  My older brothers and sister sure as hell did.

 
OrtonToOlsen said:
Private school,that made it really hard to ditch.  I did take a few "sick days" but just stayed at home.

If I had gone to public HS I would have ditched all the time.  My older brothers and sister sure as hell did.
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Truancy was the second most enforced issue at my Marin public school. #1? Shoes. You had to wear shoes.

 
Having an awesome email exchange with my ex-wife right now on this topic.

When I asked how daughter seemed last night and made the point that her attendance is appalling and I have no idea how she can condone it, here was her reply:

I'm not going to get into an argument over her absences. I agree it's been too many but there were also legitimate reasons.  She was upset but I had told her to expect that as she didn't hold up her part of the bargain. 
 
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The bolded is classic BS, IMO.

 
El Floppo said:
you ****.
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:lmao:

Just yesterday the Film Production class came to my room to film a bit they're throwing together to show to the incoming students next year.  They wanted to spoof "MTV Cribs".  So I took the "viewer" on a quick tour of my classroom.  When I pointed out the globe I said "...and there's a globe...that's how you can tell it's a history class."

 
OrtonToOlsen said:
:lmao:

Just yesterday the Film Production class came to my room to film a bit they're throwing together to show to the incoming students next year.  They wanted to spoof "MTV Cribs".  So I took the "viewer" on a quick tour of my classroom.  When I pointed out the globe I said "...and there's a globe...that's how you can tell it's a history class."
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I think it's important that we see this film.  

ETA:  Why couldn't the globe also represent social studies - and man's inhumanity to man?

 
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My buddy heads up the film/media department at his school. A few years ago they did a video of teachers and administrators reading mean tweets from students about them. 

One of the tweets read was something like "I saw Mrs. So-and-So yelling at her kids at the grocery store. If she was my mom, I'd kill myself." 

Especially funny since Mrs. So-and-So is an ex-girlfriend of mine.

(Situation extra weird/funny since my buddy and ex-girlfriend both live hundreds of miles from where we grew up).

 
General Malaise said:
Good luck parents going through tough times.  It's never easy.  I can't sleep...taking Cooper to the doctor tomorrow for a blood draw to see if there are any abnormalities that might require further screening of his pancreas for the big C.  He's had some concerning episodes that may or may not be related to his diabetes.  It's never easy.
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####.  Gllll buddy.

 
OrtonToOlsen said:
:lmao:

Just yesterday the Film Production class came to my room to film a bit they're throwing together to show to the incoming students next year.  They wanted to spoof "MTV Cribs".  So I took the "viewer" on a quick tour of my classroom.  When I pointed out the globe I said "...and there's a globe...that's how you can tell it's a history class."
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Beyond disappointed you didn't work in a "this is where the magic happens" reference somehow.  That's, like, textbook.

 
OrtonToOlsen said:
I ditched exactly one day of HS.
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I had a chemistry class that wasn't "self directed study": the chemistry teacher was doing the sort of chemical experimenting popular in the day and basically said "you individually come to me and tell me when you're ready for each chapter test and you take it pass fail.  The more chapters you pass the better your grade."

I had chemistry right before lunch. 

First month I passed every chapter, one test per day.  Never went back. 

 
I had a physics teacher that kept Budweiser in a minifridge in his "office" which was really just a space between his classroom and the classroom next door where the teachers had a couple chairs and could hide out while they showed movies.  Anyway, we knew about the beer and would steal it and also replenish it.  One week his car needed work and each class consisted of learning about internal combustion while he fixed his car in the parking lot.

He wasn't even the worst.

I caught one teacher doing lines of coke, and he couldn't really do anything but offer me some.  My English teacher bought me beer and took us surfing.  My calculus teacher made a deal with me that he'd give me an A if I took tests for the math team but never came back to class because I was disruptive.

I missed a lot of classes in high school.  

 
Coop's Dr. ran several tests and doesn't think there is anything systemic going on; normal weight gain, clear neurological tests, no inflammation internal...

However, he's been suffering from migraines, as often as 4 times a week.  His mom has crushing, debilitating migraines so this isn't a surprise.  Asked him why he never complained, he said we had too much on our plate and with his diabetes felt like he was already too much of a burden.  Ooooof.  

Anyhow, starting a trial run of meds and a journal to see if this helps.  Thanks for all the tpws.

 
General Malaise said:
Coop's Dr. ran several tests and doesn't think there is anything systemic going on; normal weight gain, clear neurological tests, no inflammation internal...

However, he's been suffering from migraines, as often as 4 times a week.  His mom has crushing, debilitating migraines so this isn't a surprise.  Asked him why he never complained, he said we had too much on our plate and with his diabetes felt like he was already too much of a burden.  Ooooof.  

Anyhow, starting a trial run of meds and a journal to see if this helps.  Thanks for all the tpws.
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nothing systemic is good.

sorry to hear he's suffering (in silence)... hope the new course of treatment helps him out, poor guy.

 
General Malaise said:
Coop's Dr. ran several tests and doesn't think there is anything systemic going on; normal weight gain, clear neurological tests, no inflammation internal...

However, he's been suffering from migraines, as often as 4 times a week.  His mom has crushing, debilitating migraines so this isn't a surprise.  Asked him why he never complained, he said we had too much on our plate and with his diabetes felt like he was already too much of a burden.  Ooooof.  

Anyhow, starting a trial run of meds and a journal to see if this helps.  Thanks for all the tpws.
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Best news I've seen today, even with a touch of "sorry for the headaches"  Hope the new course works.  Make sure to tell him OFTEN that he is not a burden and that you love him.

 
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