VIllanous Vampires Team Thread (Page 79)

bondgirl - 2008-10-28 5:07 PM

 Actually some place give you the Monday off as well, cos whats the point of going to work?

Slugger - 2008-10-28 1:19 AM Since we've had some crappy-school stories lately, I'm gonna share a good-school story, k? My BFF has two daughters. The oldest is 8, in third grade. She goes to this ULTRA crunchy school, they are vegan, all out in the woods, super liberal, do ultra fun stuff. PLUS, they are wicked hard, very good educational experience. Definitely NOT a softie school, their kids come out of there light years ahead of others, go on to do amazing things (like, say, Ambassador of the US, among others...). Oh yeah, and there are 161 kids. Total. K-12. Third grade is one of the largest, with about 12-15 kids. One of the reasons G is at the school is for their liberal values. See, my BFF and G's father got divorced last year when my BFF came out. Knowing the public school system, everyone knew that the safest place - both emotionally and physically - would be at a small school with strong values of taking care of each other and respecting everyone. One where the teachers are extremely involved in every thing that goes on. One where they don't let bullying or taunting or any such slide. Well, they got their first test. G came home all out of sorts, and her father finally got out of her that her best friend, one of the most popular girls in third grade, had said in front of everyone, "Your mom is GAY" and gotten everyone laughing. They all laughed along with her because, well, she's popular, and they're kids, and it's what happens. G, of course, was completely humiliated, and devastated that this girl she THOUGHT was her best friend would do this. Kids - it's what they do. Well, my BFF heard about all of this and was on the phone at 10 pm that night (when she heard about it) to the teacher. She couldn't get through to him, but called the school ASAP the next morning. She didn't get to the teacher, but to the school counselor/psychologist/emotion-watching-person. Turns out, lo and behold, third grade had their class meeting that morning, and this would be an excellent learning opportunity. The whole class talked openly about what had happened, and how things should go down in the future (i.e., laughing NOT COOL, taunting NOT COOL). Then, G and the other girl met one-on-one with the counselor lady to talk over what had happened, and she helped G say how hurt she was by the comments. By the end of the day, everything was back to normal, all feelings restored, and they were off to the playground. Kids - it's what they do. How freaking cool is that? Here's a situation that, in a larger school, would go entirely unnoticed, or worse yet, noticed and ignored by the teachers. I suffered through an enormous amount of bullying for every reason possible, far too often at the hands of the teachers. Even when the teachers weren't actively participating, they were watching and letting it happen. And yet, these kids learned that it's okay to stand up for yourself and say, "Hey, that hurt my feelings, you need to apologize." And they learned that it's okay to apologize. And they learned that it's okay to make mistakes. Kids push the boundaries of what is acceptable. They are working out their social pecking order. They are trying to figure out where they stand in the world and where everyone else does, too. Maybe the other girl has heard from somewhere that being gay is bad. But I'm just guessing that having to look her friend in the tear-filled eyes taught her that, no matter how you feel about gay people, taunting is never okay. Go crunchy school!

joemac3 - 2008-10-27 11:42 PM I can't believe I am saying this but I just got a new PR on my 5k run. 22:02

starrlinda - 2008-10-27 10:47 PM The forecast looks like rain through tomorrow!  

starrlinda - 2008-10-27 8:39 PM

oooh...you should come and do it....then we would have 3 of us doing the race!  I love this race....it is always fabulous weather....the course is beautiful and the size of the race is perfect.  They gave a windbreaker last year.  I wear it all the time.  I was so excited last year to break 2hrs (1:58) in this race!  Did I convince you yet?

starrlinda - 2008-10-27 8:39 PM

oooh...you should come and do it....then we would have 3 of us doing the race!  I love this race....it is always fabulous weather....the course is beautiful and the size of the race is perfect.  They gave a windbreaker last year.  I wear it all the time.  I was so excited last year to break 2hrs (1:58) in this race!  Did I convince you yet?

starrlinda - 2008-10-27 9:34 PM

Anyone doing the November challenge?

eurydice79 - 2008-10-28 2:49 AM

 

Wow, you just keep getting better and better! Well done!

eurydice79 - 2008-10-28 2:55 AM

We shared a bottle of wine and an icecream sundae at the cinema. I woke up this morning really grumpy and I had bad dreams. I think eating bad food and drinking really can affect your moods.

bondgirl - 2008-10-28 5:02 AM

My hubby used to be like that. I was supposed to at home swooning over him, I think. He soon figured out that he was never going to win that game and I was alot easier to live with if I got my training in. now he just rolls his eyes at my adventures. He thinks I'm quite mad. Could he be right?

Offthegrid - 2008-10-28 1:00 PM I got paged out of my yoga class by work after only 10 minutes and had to leave. Not cool.

ebshot - 2008-10-28 11:06 AM

Bummer!  Don't they know that yoga is way more important than work????

ebshot - 2008-10-28 8:48 PM 700!!!!

Offthegrid - 2008-10-28 10:38 PM Are you talking about the peach challenge, or is there something else?

Offthegrid - 2008-10-28 10:43 PMYou can have WINE at the movies? Waaah! I wanna move to Australia!

Offthegrid - 2008-10-28 10:52 PM Also, found out today there is a master's group that swims on Tuesdays and Thursdays. There were 3 women and then about 6-7 guys. I asked the one woman in the locker room about it and asked a few questions, but she gave one word answers even though she was all chatty with her friends. So I take it they are not very welcoming to new women. Maybe they just don't want another woman there. But I think once I get a little faster and master the flip turns that I will look into it further. The guys in the group are very nice -- one moved to give me a lane, and another was talking to me on a non-Master's day and asked if I wanted to do his workout (but I had to leave for work).

eurydice79 - 2008-10-28 8:40 PM

 

Theres another challenge where you commit to training 5-6 days a week for 30 mins minimum. Its run by tlnewman30.