I have too. That's why that one is off the sub. list.


Thank you.

 

Go up to one of those idiots that wears their hat either cocked to the side or sideways and tell them their hat is on crooked. It's funny.

Another thing is going up to the wanna-be ghetto kids that wear the straight-brimmed hats with all the stickers on them and telling them they forgot to take the stickers off their new hats.


And in all seriousness you probably wouldn't want to have me in your class if you were a teacher. I just screw around. Especially in history.

Half the time in history class I end up having to correct the facts or pronunciation of my history teacher.

EG: He said Blackhawk down was in like Serbia or something. After class I had to tell him it was Somalia.

 

Alright, can everyone help me out with something? I'm looking for honest answers so feel free to let loose.

My 10 year old boy feels that he should be able to watch anything he wants and play any games he wants. I feel, as the parent I have the final say on what is watched/played in our home. My wife thinks I'm too hard on him about this stuff.

One case in point Manage Your Anger Safely
I saw him palying this on the computer tonight. It was shut off immediately.

Also, WWE smackdown, and any other "wrestiling" , kid friendly or not. I don't allow him to watch it, but he snuck out and DVR'd it last night after I went to bed and was watching it this AM. It got erased of the DVR menu.

Any and all opinions/advice/critisism are welcomed.

 

That's REALLY sad....

 

Pretty sad from a "History" teacher.

 

He's a pretty sad history teacher.

We're doing a WW1 chapter right now. He's like "Why did the US side with the Allies?"

Never once did the Zimmermann note come up in his explanation. When he does stuff like that I just raise my hand and I'm like, "Didn't the Zimmermann note, which was a note sent by Germany to Mexico promising them United States land if they helped Germany in the war, have a lot to do with it as well?"

"Well. Yea that too."

He's a pretty cool guy, but he just sucks at teaching.

 

Heya all.

Speaking of wrestling, my grandpa used to watch it with me when I was really young. He would cheer for the opponent of who I would cheer for, just to get me going haha. After he died I kept on watching it.

To this day I still turn it on now and then, just to keep that going on. It sure isnt what it used to be though when I was little!

 

That's a tough one Mike. I have 2 stepsons and my daughter. The oldest boy Jeff is married now and expecting his 1st. He was no probem growing up, if he screwed up I'd talk to him and that was it. My youngest stepson Matt (17) is a tough one. He wants to be an "adult" and do adult stuff but at the sae time still be a kid. He is a very argumentitive kid and cannot take no for an answer. I just set rules for him, I won't argue or get into any type of yelling match with him. He knows the rules and if he breaks them then he knows what the punishent will be. I have taken the phone away from him to find him sneaking it out in the middle of the night. So I add more time to the punisment and then the phones get put into my nightstand when I go to bed.

This may work with your son. Don't tell or argure. Tell him the rules and then if broken follow through with the punishment, one that he knows is coming if he breaks the rules. One night with Matt he was yelling that I wasn't his father, (I have raised him since he was 5) and throwing a fit, I told him to go to his roo and he did making a ruckus all the way, He continued to yell and stuff in his room and was disturbing his sister who was doing home work. I went up stairs and asked him to kindly be quiet so that Jaymi-Lyn could do her home work, he replied shut up. I Looked at him and every time he said something to me I told him to shut up. This went on for a good 45 minutes and he finally realized that he was'nt going to get the last word in and finally shut his mouth. I have found that if you stay consistant and not let the rules be flexible then it makes a wotld of difference.

 

Mike you are doing a good job. Personaly I think the WWE is full of pansies. REAL wrestling is more extreme and not as fake. Another thing is he will hate your decisions now but he will thank you later. I hated my dads decisions sometimes when I was younger, but I thank him for it now.

 

I believe you. I went to the bookstore today in fact. Bought two books, couldn't find one I was looking for. Ended up getting it online.

Wow no kidding. And I have never had kids! I hear its real hard on your body and changes everything. Good luck to her she sounds like an amazing lady.

Wouldn't bother me too much as long as you knew the information.

Please accept the humble opinion of someone with no children.

I definitely agree that you, as the parent, has a final say in what goes on in the house.

Your house, your rules. Period. Exclamation point. He needs to understand that the next time he disobeys those rules and TVOs something he knows he is not supposed to watch, his TV privileges will be taken away. Kids, especially at that age, need to know their boundaries are definate and that you won't budge in enforcement of said boundaries. Or they will try to cross them. If he does something he isn't supposed to do, and there are no negative consequences (ie being grounded from TV) he'll keep breaking the rules. Its human nature.

He also deserves a good explanation of why those boundaries exist. Kids often have lots of rules and never really understand why they are expected to follow them. At 10 he is curious about things, and very influenced by what he sees his friends do, what games they are playing and what things they watch on TV....

Your wife should also understand that she needs to back you up on this stuff. You two should be in agreement of what the rules should be, and stick to them.

That's unfortunate. Just like anything else, people are either good at it or they aren't. I haven't had the chance to see if I am any good or not, I guess I am going to find out.

 

I think you'll do a good job, Lisa.

You're the kind of person that will take that extra time to explain something again rather than telling the kid "You should have been paying attention" even though they were paying attention and just don't get it. That happened to me more than a few times in 5th grade.

Oh and my 6th grade teacher told me I had the handwriting of a 1st grader. That killed my self-confidence for the rest of that year til I had my 7th grade math/history teacher. She was an awesome teacher. She's teaching my Geometry class now. If I saw my 6th grade teacher broken down on the highway I think I'd wave as I drove past.

 

Thanks Pete.

Its amazing how a good (or bad) teacher can really affect someone's life. In high school, I had an amazing algebra teacher who really made the difference when it came to understanding math. He set the stage for learning that impacted the rest of my life. Without that, I may not have finished college.

I had a few substandard teachers too, and something like that can really take a toll on your self confidence. Heck, especially in the 6th-7th grade years when kids are just sort of figuring out who they are. Its a confusing time in life. The last thing you need is someone who is SUPPOSED to be helping you turn on you and put you down.

There are teachers who want to do it because they believe it is their calling, and others who do it for the wrong reasons, which I am sure are numerous.

 

One thing that helps and is pretty cool is my current Geometry teacher who was my 7th grade math/history teacher was actually friends with my mom in college. And my crappy history teacher's wife was friends with my mom during college.

 

So what does that mean exactly, other than that your mom may have dirt on this teacher and teacher's wife? hehehe

"SO, Mrs. Smith...my mom tells me she saw you at a frat party one time. So what's this I see about this 68% I got on the midterm?"

 

No. It's more like "You're so frustrating I could hit you! And I know I'd have your mother's permission to!"

It means she's nice to me and jokes around because she knows my mom really well.

Edit: I don't really need to threaten her with stories about frat parties either.

I got a 92.5 on my Geometry midterm and 101/110 on my History midterm.