What things bother you the most?

bmwracer wrote:
Yup.

In my college days, I worked in the camera section of a department store and found some customers to be demanding, incredibly stupid, and irritating...

Ahh....... the public........ :banghead:

Well, at least in the end she just said thanks and gave me the cash. Think she is very afraid I'll quit and I'm the only one who can get her horse to listen to her.. :hehe:

Ender's Girl wrote::lol: Profile updated accordingly. :mrgreen: Okay, well maybe not AIDS, lol... (That was just the hypochondriac in me speaking. :sweat:) But our friendly neighborhood microbes lurking in the tap--they're real alright. Living in the tropics and all. :hehe:

Yow... :sweat:

You should relocate.

Ender's Girl wrote:
I'm like, come back when you've developed your higher-level motor skills and can tell me who Mahatma Gandhi was.)

:lol:

Actually I like them from about 5 and up best. When they want to be part of things and have opinions about everything. :D

Ender's Girl wrote:
:lol: Profile updated accordingly. :mrgreen: Okay, well maybe not AIDS, lol ... (That was just the hypochondriac in me speaking. :sweat:) But our friendly neighborhood microbes lurking in the tap--they're real alright. Living in the tropics and all. :hehe:

Ah, I see! So, you have internet, but also dangerous water. :sweat:

Ender's Girl wrote:

Well, I hope she gets a nice good foot rub from El Hubby on a regular basis (:naughty:), because I've observed that teaching kindergarten actually entails a heckuva lot more work than teaching any other grade level. :bow: The pre-school teachers where I used to work stayed after class the longest just to prepare cut-outs and puppets and that sorta stuff for the next day. (Hmmm... must got summat to do with them tots' 2-second attention spans and. :shakehead: Never had much patience for humans under the age of ten, anyway. I'm like, come back when you've developed your higher-level motor skills and can tell me who Mahatma Gandhi was.)

You could never pay me enough to teach kindergarten (well, teach anything lol) but I think it takes a certain type of person to teach really young kids. The Mrs is rather stressed at the moment, because she is filling in as school principal in addition to teaching kindy. So yeah, foot-rubs, back-rubs, etc ;)

Anime Dad wrote:You could never pay me enough to teach kindergarten (well, teach anything lol) but I think it takes a certain type of person to teach really young kids.

A person with incredible tolerance. :sweat:

Ender's Girl wrote:

:mrgreen: I get you completely. Taught for five years before going back to my environmentalist roots. There were moments of toil and drudgery, but also some funny, uplifting ones as well. And those eureka! looks on their faces after hurdling a particularly tough problem = priceless. There were bound to be a few who pushed all your wrong buttons, but at the end of the day, minor misdemeanors and criminal tendencies (lol) notwithstanding, they were... good kids. Which is more than I could say for the crazies (i.e. Biochemical Terrorists and Human Poop Bombers) from my time, heh. :shakehead: And the Special Ed students were really sweet. :)

I hear ya. I love the variety I get at my job. It's not the same ol' office space day after day. Sure, it has its problems, but it's fitting for me. Especially when you convince the kids that you really are God of the Classroom. :beaten:

Why did you love the profession?

Eve wrote:
:lol:

Actually I like them from about 5 and up best. When they want to be part of things and have opinions about everything. :D

...AND are still young enough to get away with it!!!! :cursing: (Bloody little critters, lol...)

Wynter wrote:

I hear ya. I love the variety I get at my job. It's not the same ol' office space day after day. Sure, it has its problems, but it's fitting for me. Especially when you convince the kids that you really are God of the Classroom. :beaten:

Why did you love the profession?

That a rhetorical question? :mrgreen: You've actually pretty much said it all. The flexibility + variety + respite from Cubicleland + playing God without them even knowing it + their looks of awe and gratitude, rising up like incense every single day hahaha = Why We Do What We Do. :mwahaha: Heh heh heh, rather self-centered reasons, if you think about it. :ashamed:

Eve wrote:Actually I like them from about 5 and up best.

Not me... They're only tolerable when they're in their late teens or early adulthood.

My two nephews and niece drove me insane when they were young (Guess that's because I'm a juvenile myself): now I have a great rapport with them. :victory:

^ Because they had finally caught up with your mental age, or you had just regressed to theirs? :beaten: ("Eye yam Saaaam....") :hehe:

Ender's Girl wrote:^ Because they had finally caught up with your mental age, or you had just regressed to theirs? :beaten: ("Eye yam Saaaam....") :hehe:

I think we met halfway. :mrgreen: :rofl:

Ender's Girl wrote:^ Because they had finally caught up with your mental age, or you had just regressed to theirs? :beaten: ("Eye yam Saaaam....") :hehe:

Beem's like most guys. Our mental age stops once we hit puberty ;)

Anime Dad wrote:Beem's like most guys. Our mental age stops once we hit puberty ;)

Awwww.... Another long-held secret exposed. :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Awwww.... Another long-held secret exposed. :sweat:

Not so secret, i'm guessing. My wife has known this for a long time :sweat:

Ender's Girl wrote:

That a rhetorical question? :mrgreen: You've actually pretty much said it all. The flexibility + variety + respite from Cubicleland + playing God without them even knowing it + their looks of awe and gratitude, rising up like incense every single day hahaha = Why We Do What We Do. :mwahaha: Heh heh heh, rather self-centered reasons, if you think about it. :ashamed:

GOMEN NE! Another clumsy mistake by me. I meant "leave", not "love". :doh:

Gotta leave... er, love Wyn-chan's typos ;)

Wynter wrote:GOMEN NE! Another clumsy mistake by me. I meant "leave", not "love". :doh:

I was gonna say something, but I wasn't sure.... :hehe:

Anime Dad wrote:Gotta leave... er, love Wyn-chan's typos ;)

:shamefulcry:

bmwracer wrote:
I was gonna say something, but I wasn't sure.... :hehe:

:shamefulcry:

And I was doing SO GOOD for a while there. :banghead:

On Topic: Starting to feel the pressure to prepare lessons again. :sweat:

Wynter wrote:

:shamefulcry:

And I was doing SO GOOD for a while there. :banghead:

You're not alone, I will be ALWAYS with when it comes to typos or forgotten words and mixing up Wings and Earth Wind and Fire.

EstherM wrote:mixing up Wings and Earth Wind and Fire.

LOL, those are two totally different music acts... :hehe:

^ EstherM, that was really funny. :rofl:

Anime Dad wrote:

Beem's like most guys. Our mental age stops once we hit puberty ;)

Fo' real??? Hard to tell... :rolleyes:

I think it's essentially the same with the female of the species, we're just... better at hiding it, I guess? :beaten: Anyway, I'm sure you've heard the age-old (:hehe:) aphorism that goes, "Adults are just kids who owe money." :dielaughing: The older I get, the more convinced I am of the truth in it. :say_yes:

Wynter wrote:

GOMEN NE! Another clumsy mistake by me. I meant "leave", not "love". :doh:

Lol, that's okay. :mrgreen: (Aha! What have we here--a Freudian slip, hmmm? So when you... love someone, you're already thinking of... leaving them, too? Heh heh heh. :naughty: *dodges flaming Molotov cocktails made from empty sake bottles*) Peace, Wyn! :victory:

Hmmm... (back to your question)... I think I needed a change of scenery. Do something else, y'know? Those five years were a richly rewarding experience and I learned so much, but towards the end of my 4th year I was feeling a bit restless. I guess I just needed to... find myself.... lollllllll. :mwahaha: (Sorry, I never thought I'd see the day when I'd actually use that in a sentence. :rolly:)