Twatwaffle Tuesday

izza2

@penelope4612 - I'm so tempted to send her an email like you mentioned, haha. Like "Hey, Dr. Douche didn't tell me to put references for the test corrections and now he's being more of a douche to me; any suggestions for dealing with this?"
Like.. hey... she offered to help... I just need some advice. *cough cough*

But, in all likelihood, I'll go to his office tomorrow and he'll be like "Well, you should know this by now, and I'll give you ten minutes to find the page numbers in your book and I'll apply the corrected grade".
Because he's already in hot water for failing 90% of our Patho class last semester. So many people had to do the J-Term class online, and others were kicked out of the nursing program for weeks or permanently because of it, and the nursing department was not happy with how he was handling things. They literally had 2 professors and the head of the nursing department that sat in on his lectures to see what he was doing and what the barrier was for us to learn things.
And, of course, he promptly changed how he taught (started using videos instead of 150-slide presentations each class that no one could follow) that exact day that they sat in on his lectures, but... I digress.


Anyway. I have another however many weeks until this semester is over, and I'm going to pass his class and never have to take another class with him again.
The sad thing about it all this semester, is that I'm honestly enjoying the material that we're going over. So far, I love Microbiology. I love the textbook, I love the extra reading, I love the lab, I love everything. I enjoy the homework we get. I just don't enjoy his teaching style (all lecture; no discussion, no examples, no case studies, nothing else; all cut and dry presentation slide show lecture in monotone) and it's really making it difficult to keep up in the class itself.
Hopefully, tutoring fixes that, though.

mrsdaddario

Long rant! 

Didn't have a TW all day until DH royally pissed me off/hurt my feelings. He has the next three days off from work. I mentioned he should consider calling his GP and seeing if he needs a referral from my doctor to get an SA, or if it's something he can just go do. (Not even schedule it just ASK). He then huffs loudly and gets all annoyed and tells me when I get something in my head that I want to do, I go overboard. I cried for all of two minutes before my hurt feelings turned into blind rage. I told him that was the most insensitive/meanest thing he's ever said to me. So it's okay that I go through all the trials and tribulations to get KU for US, but then I ask you to jerk it into a cup and suddenly I'm going overboard?! I had to stop and ask if he was even ON board (which of course he is or else we wouldn't be actively TTC). He's a mechanic by trade and he literally said to me, well we need to do diagnostics first to find out what's wrong. I said I'm not a car!! And I tried to calmly explain that we could get to the bottom of all of my problems but it wouldn't mean crap if in the end he also had sperm issues. Now we are sitting in separate rooms and I need to cold shoulder him for a day I think. I just found it odd because last week when I got the PCOS dx and I told him he'd eventually need an SA he didn't even flinch. I don't get it! Though we're both gemini's so that probably counts for something. Ooooofph. 

Pookieson

DH is a TW for annoying the crap out of my the last week.  He has a sinus infection...so logically he is planning his funeral and whining about everything.  I love him, but suck it up man!  Also I'm 10 dpo and either KU and hormonal or pre-AF and hormonal and either way, I have no patience. 

Also my profile pic is a TW because it decided to just randomly delete.  That's cool. 

pretzel2plus1

Hugs to all of you with DH TW-iness going on today! 

My TW is the water main that broke a few streets up from our neighborhood. A crew has been trying to fix it for hours now, and we haven't had any water all afternoon/evening. Of course we have no bottled water in the house (we usually use the filter in the refrigerator), so I am irrationally thirsty. Ugh.

CoonMom

*loss briefly mentioned and KU coworker rant*

My TW is my KU coworker.  She got KU her second month of trying and therefore is an expert at it.  She knows I've been trying 14 months now and miscarried but doesn't care. She got lucky;  didn't try to get KU. Didn't temp,  just BDed. She criticizes me for temping and everything else I do.  She is three weeks further along than I would have been.  I sit right next to her and already don't know how I'm going to make it another 20 weeks.  

I know I've posted a lot about this topic.  I'm sorry for repeating myself but you are the only people who gets my struggle with this. Thanks for reading again. 

WinchesterGirl

**** TW Loss****

@dogmomwantinghuman I'm sorry about your coworker TW. I had one of those, who knew about my loss and everything - yet still wanted to pester me repeatedly with baby talk. She is a week behind where I was supposed to be.  After repeatedly telling her I was fine and didn't want to talk about it,  I had to literally say,  "I do not want to talk about this anymore.  Please leave me alone and do not bring it up again."

I felt kind of bad being so blunt about it, but she finally got the message. 

furbabymom2007

penelope4612 said:

@Ratspj - I HATE flossing, but my dentist introduced me to dental flosser picks and they are sooo much better than floss.  You just slide the pointy end between your teeth back and forth 3 times for each space.  My dentist said that my gums looked great after using them and it's so easy (and feels kind of nice, like a little gum massage).  They look like this:
 
@lindzrunz - you definitely don't have to tell the dentist if you're TTC, only if you're pregnant.

I actually keep a pack of flossers in my car. It's such a mindless thing to do that i floss while I drive to and from work.  They look like these below and also have a variety for tight specs teeth.  ... I actually like flossing now and have gotten good reviews at the dentist since I started this method a few years back. 


Also... I told my dental hygienist I was no longer On birth control (she asked for my records).  Being the friendly sort she is... Naturally she asks about kids.  So I ended up telling my dentist without really planning to .

meilay

Being let go when you're a teacher is a TW. It is so incredibly challenging to go into work every day knowing 1. I'm not coming back to that school next year 2. I can't go to any other school either and 3. It's all happening because I'm a pawn in a game of political chess. 

princesslockness

meilay said:

Being let go when you're a teacher is a TW. It is so incredibly challenging to go into work every day knowing 1. I'm not coming back to that school next year 2. I can't go to any other school either and 3. It's all happening because I'm a pawn in a game of political chess. 

What happened? Why can't you go to another school, or district? How is your administration/super/school board able to use you for politics?

meilay

@Kate08Young It's a rule that any teacher considered probationary (not tenured) can be let go for any reason or no reason. My principal doesn't have to give a solid reason why although typically the notices are used to let go of teachers who aren't showing promise or improvement. However, I received no support last year and conflicting/con I can teach in other districts but I feel really passionately about teaching in my home community. The comment around politics is admittedly steeped in my frustration  and not based on solid proof. It's a really long story but I just have a gut feeling based on recent interactions with my principal that the decision isn't solely based on my teaching ability. 

princesslockness

@meilay that is awful. I'm sorry that your principal isn't standing up for you.

meilay

@Kate08Young thank you. I've been getting a lot of support to find another job so I'm trying to keep my head up. Had a pre-AF hormonal meltdown yesterday but I feel stronger today.