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math team woes

sometimes i wonder if its all worth it.
i spend afternoons prepping the kids for the math meets and then they go and get 0's on all their events.
I mean..yeah, at least we didn't come in last, but really, what is that saying about us...and me as their coach?
i have some kids who come in...say they know what they're doing when they obviously don't.
then i have my president who is so openly gay and tactless.
I've never coached anything, but now i'm starting to think that maybe i'm being too easy on them. actually, i'm a lot more structured this year than before, but maybe i also need to be heavy handed as well.
*sigh*
being near the bottom sucks.
but at least we're not last?
=(

QotD: That's Just Cruel

What's the weirdest baby name you've ever heard (or considered)?

Abcde.

"Ab-sih-dee"

I wonder if they would have trouble learning the rest of the alphabet.

QotD: Deal Breakers

What are your deal breakers in a relationship?

Not having a job or goals.
Because really, what's the point?

QotD: Tune In, Turn On

How many TVs do you have in your house?

Sadly, only one.
I wish we had one more...a small one for the office or even the bedroom, only because there are times when G is watching some show and I really don't want to watch what he's watching.  I can only take away the remote so many times before it seems like I'm being a hog. and really, its half his anyway.
Boo. =(

QotD: One Month Left!

When do you file your taxes?  Do you do it yourself or get outside help?

I try to file as soon as possible.  i get my papers together starting beginning of February and then I give it to my dad to do...sometime at the end of Feb to mid March.

Last year we ended up oweing Uncle Sam so i waited to mail it until the deadline.  But then i got a letter saying our taxes were late so we owed a penalty fee. Bastards. Luckily I had sent the forms with Registered Mail or something and I had proof that it was postmarked before April 15th so they cancelled the interest penalty they were trying to charge us. Such a scam!

This year we're getting a heckovalot back so I'm trying to double check some figures before i mail it in (I always double check so that one day maybe I'll be able to do my own taxes). 

And yes, my daddy does my taxes. He's (almost) a CPA and he has Turbo Tax. In fact, he does the taxes for my whole family. and then sometimes he'll do the taxes of some employees at his company for a nominal fee.  My daddy is so smart. =)

board

i'm currently at a loss for what to do with this vox page.

i feel like I should update it, but then I have enough trouble updating my regular site.

maybe i'll just do the QOTD...but that seems a little lame. =/

how about this..

does anyone have any questions they want to ask me?

anything at all?

can you tell I'm bored? (i just typed 'board' lol)

help!

School Drama

I hate school drama. 

I always tell my students that in 5 years it really won't matter.

But of course they don't listen. 

They're 16 year olds with raging hormones.

A couple of different things are going on at school.

- This week there have been multiple fights, most stemming from the foolowing story: Girl gets pregnant from Boy. Girl gives birth. Boy then ditches her for Girl's sister's friend. So all the fights started with this drama and have spread like wildfires.  Therefore, the administration has decided to elliminate study hall for the rest of the quarter and final exams are next week! grrrr.

- My student became addicted to drugs (not sure what kind) and started ditching class or sleeping thru class. He was hanging out with the bunch that was just a really bad influence. So then the mom finds out from my emails about his absences and it snowballs from there. He was going to go on leave to get back in shape and come back after spring break for a fresh start. Then he tells some therapist who supplied him with drugs and didn't sign a confidentiality agreement and the therapist tells the police and now the drug dealers have made death threats against my student, his parents, and his friends (one of whom is also my student). This is the story anyway. So since these students are military dependents (from the mainland) they get shipped off to whatever state for their safety. SO. SAD.  So I wrote a letter of recommendation for my student that went thru all this for a boarding school he wanted to attend because he really was a good kid who just made the wrong decisions. I hope it works out for him.  My other student (the first boy's friend), since he was in the group of making the same wrong choices, gets shipped off to California for his safety as well.  Well, he still has my book! So I was hoping to get it back from the mom when she came to pick up his grades, but since i didn't fill out the textbook bill forms she refused to pay for it and claimed that her son never even got a book. So she's being this super bitch to the school since we "aren't protecting her son." Whatever. You never called me back or inquired why your son was failing before hand and now you want to be all bitchy about how we treat your son? He got into this mess on his own. grrr. I better get my book back...or at least the $65.52!

Too much drama!

QotD: First Celebrity Crush

Who was your first celebrity crush?
Submitted by Glory.

Jon Knight of NKOTB. 
Its insane how much i crushed on him in 6th grade.
Everyone liked Jordan or Joey, but I prefer the quiet types
lol

QotD: Repeat After Me...

How have people mispronounced your name?  How is it supposed to sound? 
Submitted by Lorie.   

oooh this drives me nuts...
ever since 7th grade I've despised being called Marie.  Blame it on my science teacher who took it upon himself to make up another name for me because there were two Marias in our class (having a best friend with the same name is cool and all, but sometimes it kinda sucks).  So instead of asking us what we'd each like to be called, he called my friend Maria and me Marie.  Now every time I someone calls me Marie, I have this urge to go "...AH!" Finish my damn name, geez.

That and how people always used to insert an L into the middle of my last name (maiden). It rhymes with KIMCHEE and there is no L remotely in kimchi.  So why should there be an L in my maiden name? grr.

QotD: Next On My Itinerary

What's the next country you want to visit? 
Submitted by Schomer.

• Korea
• Japan
• Hong Kong
• China
  
• England
• Ireland
• Scotland
• France
• Italy
  
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Brazil
  

I wonder if I'll ever get a chance to. Maybe when I retire? =/