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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
November 28, 2016 at 10:56 am
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(November 28, 2016 at 10:41 am)pocaracas Wrote: (November 28, 2016 at 10:34 am)Excited Penguin Wrote: Be as affable as possible, Alex. Believe me, your attitude might actually have life altering consequences. Take umbridge in the fact that you are, in fact, changing their lives, whether to a smaller or greater extent.
We are talking about (high-) school here, right?
NO!!
Please!!! ALEX, don't use Umbridge as an example of anything that involves teaching!!
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Jesus Christ. My English is getting rusty.
Anyone know what I meant to say there? 
The closest thing I can find is umbrage... But that means taking offense. I was sure there was a similar word meaning comfort. What am I thinking of? Or am I really that stupid?
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
November 28, 2016 at 11:11 am
(November 28, 2016 at 10:56 am)Excited Penguin Wrote:
Jesus Christ. My English is getting rusty.
Anyone know what I meant to say there?
The closest thing I can find is umbrage... But that means taking offense. I was sure there was a similar word meaning comfort. What am I thinking of? Or am I really that stupid?
hehe... yeah, you meant to say comfort.
When you want synonyms, next time, try a thesaurus:
http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/comfort?s=t
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
November 28, 2016 at 11:25 am
(November 28, 2016 at 11:11 am)pocaracas Wrote: (November 28, 2016 at 10:56 am)Excited Penguin Wrote:
Jesus Christ. My English is getting rusty.
Anyone know what I meant to say there?
The closest thing I can find is umbrage... But that means taking offense. I was sure there was a similar word meaning comfort. What am I thinking of? Or am I really that stupid?
hehe... yeah, you meant to say comfort.
When you want synonyms, next time, try a thesaurus:
http://www.thesaurus.com/browse/comfort?s=t
I know about thesaurus. It's a good resource, and not just for non-native speakers, but I rarely find myself using it.
I don't think I meant comfort, but I might have. Thanks.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
November 28, 2016 at 11:28 am
a quantum of solace maybe?
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
November 28, 2016 at 11:34 am
Consolation.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
November 28, 2016 at 11:34 am
(November 28, 2016 at 10:34 am)Excited Penguin Wrote: (November 28, 2016 at 10:03 am)Alex K Wrote: Yep, I got that going for me. It still was a shit day... as predicted
Be as affable as possible, Alex. Believe me, your attitude might actually have life altering consequences. Take umbridge in the fact that you are, in fact, changing their lives, whether to a smaller or greater extent.
We are talking about (high-) school here, right?
Yes they are, 11th and 12th graders. And indeed I am, I'm always willing to see the person and offer to help them even when they piss me off. That's important to me, and if I didn't do that any more, I might just as well do a different job.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
November 28, 2016 at 11:39 am
I once considered going into teaching... I thought about going for the 7th~9th grades, where the kids are learning the cool core concepts in maths: equations, functions and stuff with letters.
Get this stage right, and everything that comes later becomes a breeze!
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
November 28, 2016 at 11:57 am
(November 28, 2016 at 11:34 am)Alex K Wrote: (November 28, 2016 at 10:34 am)Excited Penguin Wrote: Be as affable as possible, Alex. Believe me, your attitude might actually have life altering consequences. Take umbridge in the fact that you are, in fact, changing their lives, whether to a smaller or greater extent.
We are talking about (high-) school here, right?
Yes they are, 11th and 12th graders. And indeed I am, I'm always willing to see the person and offer to help them even when they piss me off. That's important to me, and if I didn't do that any more, I might just as well do a different job.
I wouldn't have said anything if I didn't already know you'd be doing it for them and that you get pleasure from that fact. I merely wanted to offer some insight from my own experience as a student. Sometimes teachers seem to forget about this little fact, that their behavior matters on how their students will relate to the subject, and that's especially true with such traditionally difficult and unpopular things like math. Keeping that in mind and making a genuine effort everyday to get through to everyone will get you results that you'll remember forever. And they will too. 
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
November 28, 2016 at 12:29 pm
(November 28, 2016 at 11:39 am)pocaracas Wrote: I once considered going into teaching... I thought about going for the 7th~9th grades, where the kids are learning the cool core concepts in maths: equations, functions and stuff with letters.
Get this stage right, and everything that comes later becomes a breeze!
I have the feeling they are at this"later" stage, and it's not a breeze for many of them.
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RE: What's everyone up to right now?
November 28, 2016 at 12:39 pm
My dad is trying to find the meat in his vegetarian burrito I'm sitting here waiting for him to figure it out. I love my dad. Haha.
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