Too much to catch up, so I'll just drop in and say "Hello!".
It's still snowless here, for all intent and purpose. We got a light dusting, but that was all. We're back to normal temps for this time of year, although the wind was up last week and the wind-chill factor made life at work extremely unpleasant. Couldn't use a ladder to service oil without a second hand to hold the ladder. Otherwise, you'd blow away on the ladder. I've been watching what's going on back East, weather-wise. What a mess!
My classes have been interesting. Half my students are from a cohort we've nicknamed the "Teflon" class. No matter what you throw their way, or how you throw it, it just slides right off. Add to that, one of my students is a mega-whiner who wants to fight about every point counted off on his assignments. What a pest!!
Otherwise, like is good here. My "foster family" arrives Sunday. This couple are "besties" with my daughter and SIL and they've been assigned up here. I'll get them started but fully expect they'll find friends their own age to spend time with once they get settled. I do look forward to having "family" around, though.
The whiner is probably a millennial.......
Print this out and post it in your class room;
~ Rule 1 ~
Life is not fair—get used to it!
~ Rule 2 ~
The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.
~ Rule 3 ~
You will not make $50,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
~ Rule 4 ~
If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
~ Rule 5 ~
Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping. They called it opportunity.
~ Rule 6 ~
If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault. So don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
~ Rule 7 ~
Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes, and listening to you talk about how cool you are. So before you save the rain forests from the parasites of your parents' generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
~ Rule 8 ~
Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as many times as you need to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to anything in the real world.
~ Rule 9 ~
Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself. Do that on your own time.
~ Rule 10 ~
Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
~ Rule 11 ~
Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
