1) that is one of my FAVORITE internet things of all time. H and I quote it relatively often. For those who haven't seen it, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZMwKPmsbWE you're welcome.
2) WTF people who create a new thread, disregarding all other threads, then come back the next day and post ANOTHER new thread without bothering to first check the first one. I can't.
WTF UPS? I had three packages delivered by them today. Two arrived normally, the third did not arrive, and was marked "undeliverable because address does not exists." Um...all three packages had the same address.
ANDPLUSALSO someone in my neighborhood hacked another neighbor's wifi and printed a creepy message on their printer about how their kid goes like 5 mph over and how they are watching them...yep that happened today
WTF, parents in a huge hurry to move down here all of the sudden. The plan had been that they would move sometime next year. Now they want yo buy a house immediately and be moved in by August. So, I'm meeting their realtor every night because they don't live locally.
My wtf is to the woman at work who asked me if I believe in all that car seat safety crap.. Like no coats or rear facing. Ummm yeah I kinda do want to keep my child as safe as possible. I hope you are never allowed to drive your grandchildren around lady!
My WTF is my mom. I mentioned baby's middle name will likely be for one of DH's grandparents, and she seemed super-insulted that it wouldn't be for someone on our side of the family. Bear in mind for Jewish babies, we are naming after relatives who've passed away so we can't just pick ANYONE on my side of the fam... my niece is already named after my mom's mom (same initials and exact same middle name), so idk why my mom is so upset about this. Her mom's name was with an H and her brother was with an I. We did not like any H or I names when we looked at our giant book o' names last night.
My WTF is to whatever being or force chewed, burned, or caused corrosion to the wires going from the AC unit to my house. We have no AC and tomorrow it's going to be 97! 97. WTF. And then Saturday, when I'm off work and we'll most likely have this fixed, it'll be in the 70s. Seriously. Why.
Kid has been failing since January (up until that point we read all tests to them, starting mid January they have to read on their own). Mom was all "Yeah, I wondered if he should have stayed in kindergarten... repeating may be the best thing for him." But now... middle of May.. last week of grades, she's going to start emailing my principal asking if it's mathematically possible for him to pass and questioning if the computer is averaging his grade correctly. WTAF?!?
Just for some context here, our goal is to be reading 60 words a minute by now. My class averages about 80 words a minute each week, so 60 is very attainable. This kid reads between 15-20. I'm not saying that to be mean or make fun... he's a very smart kid, but throwing him in 2nd grade without his reading improving would be mean. COME ON MOM!
@bridge-and-wall that's a good idea! Did you have to do anything permanent to get it in there? And ugh. So maybe I'm wishful thinking it'll be fixed by this weekend. I'm hoping that it's not going to require a whole bunch of new wiring and going under the house. I normally like things on the warmer side, but this is just ridiculous.
@HollyGolightly09 It's strange that all of a sudden at the end of the year she is concerned about him continuing on to the second grade. I wonder where the concern was for his grades all throughout the rest of the year? I find it weird that she is emailing the principal and instead of speaking with you directly.
My daughter almost didnt make it to second grade because of her reading comprehension. But they chose to pass her anyway. This year she has struggled even more. She's still going to "pass" but we are putting her through summer school for reading anyway because I feel like she's going to be completely unprepared if we don't do this.
I truly have the utmost respect for teachers and everything they have to do.
@HollyGolightly09. I feel your pain. Last year I had a mom call me crying and begging me to allow her daughter to walk in our high school graduation ceremony. Keep in mind that her daughter was at least a semester behind in credits. I had been contacting Mom all year with a warning that this would happen, but she waited until two weeks prior to gown ordering to pay attention. And since this student just graduated this week I think I made the right call.
Note: I work at a non-traditional independent study school, so students graduate all the time but we only have one ceremony in June.
WTF to my beautiful toddler. Everything is a battle on days like these. I ask you if you want a waffle for breakfast. You say no, you want eggs. I make you eggs, you eat them and then two minutes before we have to leave for daycare you want a waffle. And proceed to throw a tantrum when you can't get one. This continues after daycare when I forget the right toy to put in your stroller for the walk home, when I have the audacity to clean your dirty bum, and when I tell you that dumping all the green glitter paint out on the table is a no-no.
Days like this I: 1. Am thankful I work outside the home for 6 hours a day. 2. Think I may be crazy for intentionally having baby #2.
@HollyGolightly09 It's strange that all of a sudden at the end of the year she is concerned about him continuing on to the second grade. I wonder where the concern was for his grades all throughout the rest of the year? I find it weird that she is emailing the principal and instead of speaking with you directly.
My daughter almost didnt make it to second grade because of her reading comprehension. But they chose to pass her anyway. This year she has struggled even more. She's still going to "pass" but we are putting her through summer school for reading anyway because I feel like she's going to be completely unprepared if we don't do this.
I truly have the utmost respect for teachers and everything they have to do.
I love that you're giving her this opportunity to grow! My husband and I both stayed back in the first grade (I wasn't mature enough at barely five and he had some reading issues). It was a hard call for our respective parents to make, but 100% the correct one for each of us.
@jena333-2 I love that video so much. We quote it constantly! "But I am le tired!"
@HollyGolightly09 My stepson was held back in first grade and it was definitely the right choice for him. He was at his mom's for school at that time so I don't know If it was anything else, but reading was a huge factor. I know he would have struggled and not gotten as much out of 2nd grade.
Okay, I have one now. My wtf... My DH' s boss asked him to go and oversee the installation of a new computer system last night. Mind, DH is not a manager but does end up in charge. It was supposed to take a two or three hours. He went on at 8:30 last night and didn't get home until after 3am! And he has an opening shift today. I'm pretty sure that's against labor laws.
Re: WTF Wednesday 5/10
you're welcome.
2) WTF people who create a new thread, disregarding all other threads, then come back the next day and post ANOTHER new thread without bothering to first check the first one. I can't.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Me 34 DH 34
PCOS
Baby number 2 due 4/11/20
Kid has been failing since January (up until that point we read all tests to them, starting mid January they have to read on their own). Mom was all "Yeah, I wondered if he should have stayed in kindergarten... repeating may be the best thing for him." But now... middle of May.. last week of grades, she's going to start emailing my principal asking if it's mathematically possible for him to pass and questioning if the computer is averaging his grade correctly.
WTAF?!?
Just for some context here, our goal is to be reading 60 words a minute by now. My class averages about 80 words a minute each week, so 60 is very attainable. This kid reads between 15-20. I'm not saying that to be mean or make fun... he's a very smart kid, but throwing him in 2nd grade without his reading improving would be mean. COME ON MOM!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Me 34 DH 34
PCOS
Baby number 2 due 4/11/20
My daughter almost didnt make it to second grade because of her reading comprehension. But they chose to pass her anyway. This year she has struggled even more. She's still going to "pass" but we are putting her through summer school for reading anyway because I feel like she's going to be completely unprepared if we don't do this.
I truly have the utmost respect for teachers and everything they have to do.
Note: I work at a non-traditional independent study school, so students graduate all the time but we only have one ceremony in June.
Days like this I: 1. Am thankful I work outside the home for 6 hours a day. 2. Think I may be crazy for intentionally having baby #2.
@HollyGolightly09 My stepson was held back in first grade and it was definitely the right choice for him. He was at his mom's for school at that time so I don't know If it was anything else, but reading was a huge factor. I know he would have struggled and not gotten as much out of 2nd grade.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Me 34 DH 34
PCOS
Baby number 2 due 4/11/20