tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038815217243908035.post4380318057396445335..comments2023-07-27T07:23:11.765-07:00Comments on Yarning to Write: Greetings from Mt. St. VitriolAmy Lanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04885706951931450373noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038815217243908035.post-61435021230957786982007-06-05T06:28:00.000-07:002007-06-05T06:28:00.000-07:00Wow! Obviously to say, "What a terrible year" wou...Wow! Obviously to say, "What a terrible year" would be an understatement. Sounds like it couldn't get any worse...then I thought, "This woman teaches English...HIGH SCHOOL level English...WOW!!" I think being a teacher is a calling. Sort of like being a nun or priest. You don't just say one day, "Hey, that school is close to where I live...I think I'll go work there." And then, the older the kids get the more difficult it is to connect with them. Anyone who can survive even a semester with the heathens is amazing to me. But you also teach a subject that I personally think is one of the most difficult. As much as I love the English language it can be a real bear to master.<BR/><BR/>So, while you really do deserve every wonderful second of this break you also need to see your job and your successes in the proper context. I'm sure you are an awesome teacher and as such deserve sainthood for all of the crap you must have to put up with. You are a member of an elite profession that scares the bejesus out of the rest of us. I will never be that brave. You go girl!<BR/><BR/>And please excuse the gramatical errors...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03929485857099153805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038815217243908035.post-31836007846811375482007-06-04T14:59:00.000-07:002007-06-04T14:59:00.000-07:00What a rotten year. Aren't you glad it's in the re...What a rotten year. Aren't you glad it's in the rearview mirror?!?!<BR/><BR/>Have a great break! You've more than earned it, m'dear...Mother of Chaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12176092618150502244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038815217243908035.post-81349318139245158012007-06-04T12:23:00.000-07:002007-06-04T12:23:00.000-07:00Sorry about the year, but thank you for writing so...Sorry about the year, but thank you for writing so brilliantLY AbOut It (SORRY, 2 yR OLD on KNEE).<BR/><BR/>MUST Send My teacher sister and mother to this post> No< wait, MAYbE Not my motHer...Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17519183913166843527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038815217243908035.post-65853022843427811052007-06-04T02:48:00.000-07:002007-06-04T02:48:00.000-07:00Icksome bastard year. Glad it's over now.Icksome bastard year. Glad it's over now.Louizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05691100508790921779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038815217243908035.post-17626332049634577172007-06-03T07:11:00.000-07:002007-06-03T07:11:00.000-07:00Hangin. It's alst oer. Justa fwore days and u wi...Hangin. It's alst oer. Justa fwore days and u will have surivedthe crappiest year. You will now have a stadard against which to measure other years. Next year will be so much better because it will NOT be the crappiest year! <BR/><BR/>You make your venting and ranting entertaining. Talk about the transfomational power of the creative mind!<BR/><BR/>Ooo, and the basketball bitch and her mother - bet you could write them into a book and they would never even recognize themselves. What a way to get even! Wonder what that would do to one's karma? Nahhh - revenge is never good, no matter how non-violent. Just know the b-ball bitch and mum will be simmering in their own self-created hell-broths for the rest of their lives. As will the prick-weenie.<BR/><BR/>And hooray for the kids who are thrilled to be getting you next year. Yayyy!!roxiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14916948065233137971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038815217243908035.post-64079804557867893732007-06-02T19:37:00.000-07:002007-06-02T19:37:00.000-07:00I'm so sorry that you had the year from hell. I d...I'm so sorry that you had the year from hell. I did, however, have to read your third paragraph to my partner as an example of why one should never piss off an English teacher. :)Bunny Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13413742409863157391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038815217243908035.post-58486730485830670262007-06-02T18:32:00.000-07:002007-06-02T18:32:00.000-07:00I've always had a secret longing to be an English ...I've always had a secret longing to be an English teacher. I think, sometimes, that i'd be good at it.<BR/><BR/>Half way through that post I was thinking, 'shit, no way. If Amy struggles, I'd die.' (because I think you're tougher than I am).<BR/><BR/>Then I got to the thank yous and apart from thinking, thank God she's had some good things happen to her this year, I thought, actually, it can't be all bad.<BR/><BR/>Maybe I will.<BR/><BR/>Have a great break Amy. You seriously deserve it.Bellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01961733332080072331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038815217243908035.post-48520038649369084512007-06-02T17:03:00.000-07:002007-06-02T17:03:00.000-07:00Ok. So it's a no on the mandatory sterilization. H...Ok. So it's a no on the mandatory sterilization. How about you have to pass a competency test before you have children? There must be some way to screen out the screaming banshees.<BR/>Glad you survived another year and hope you get all gifted kids (who can't be bothered to sign up for the AP thing)next year.NeedleTarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13918009777760522295noreply@blogger.com