Math taks worksheets for 3rd grade
Going to be in community college for almost 4 years. Is it time that I just give up?
2024.05.19 18:27 Itz_Splashy Going to be in community college for almost 4 years. Is it time that I just give up?
Hey guys, as the title says, I’m 20 years old and graduated high school in 2021 and started community college right after so this is my 3rd year here, but I still have a ton of math classes left which will probably take until next year. Even longer if I fail some classes along the way. I’ve changed majors about 3 times already and finally decided to stick to Data Science, but it’s really really tough. It’s caused me to fail a couple of my math classes and now I just can’t seem to find the energy and motivation to keep going. Not to mention, my dad is so pushy about me leaving community college and always makes fun of me for being in it for more than 2 years. He gets really mad whenever I tell him that I need longer to graduate. Any one out there face similar stories but ended up successful in the end? I could really use some motivation right now
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2024.05.19 18:25 Itz_Splashy Going to be in community college for almost 4 years. Is it time that I just give up?
Hey guys, as the title says, I’m 20 years old and graduated high school in 2021 and started community college right after so this is my 3rd year here, but I still have a ton of math classes left which will probably take until next year. Even longer if I fail some classes along the way. I’ve changed majors about 3 times already and finally decided to stick to Data Science, but it’s really really tough. It’s caused me to fail a couple of my math classes and now I just can’t seem to find the energy and motivation to keep going. Not to mention, my dad is so pushy about me leaving community college and always makes fun of me for being in it for more than 2 years. He gets really mad whenever I tell him that I need longer to graduate. Any one out there face similar stories but ended up successful in the end? I could really use some motivation right now
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2024.05.19 18:22 Itz_Splashy Going to be in community college for almost 4 years. Is it time that I just give up?
Hey guys, as the title says, I’m 20 years old and graduated high school in 2021 and started community college right after so this is my 3rd year here, but I still have a ton of math classes left which will probably take until next year. Even longer if I fail some classes along the way. I’ve changed majors about 3 times already and finally decided to stick to Data Science, but it’s really really tough. It’s caused me to fail a couple of my math classes and now I just can’t seem to find the energy and motivation to keep going. Not to mention, my dad is so pushy about me leaving community college and always makes fun of me for being in it for more than 2 years. He gets really mad whenever I tell him that I need longer to graduate. Any one out there face similar stories but ended up successful in the end? I could really use some motivation right now
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2024.05.19 18:05 -CheesePerson- New in Igcse
Hi guys, I'm a new guy in this igcse thing... I just need advice... Basically I'm in a really really tight situation, I'm actually grade 9 (currently homeschooled) and my parents decided to make me join year 11 this year on august, and I was given the responsibility to study the subjects, Chinese, Biology, Maths, Economics, Biology, Chemistry, arts and design and English on my own (with the help with my teachers in the school). Year 11 starts this august and basically I have to study all these subjects and at least know majority of them in the span of 3 months. I'm new in this and I'm very pressured as I both have homeschool and this to study. I'm afraid that I will not be able to catch up with the rest of the class. Help and advice is much appreciated. (Sorry for bad grammar it's late and I'm really afraid)
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2024.05.19 18:04 BrightAssociation720 Switching careers, is it doable?
Hi all! I am currently an instructional coach at the elementary level, before this I was a 3rd grade teacher. I am going back to get my masters and I really want to pursue a masters in elementary counseling. What I’m worried about is the internship. I’m assuming I’ll have to quit my job to do a full year unpaid internship, during the second year of the program. I am single and don’t have a partners income to support me through that year. Was anyone in a similar situation? What did you do for income during your internship? I would love to peruse my passion but not sure if it is feasible during the internship. (I am in VA for reference.)
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2024.05.19 17:46 kalakriti24 Need advice on IVF protocol
hi, as the title says, I'm looking for some advice on protocol for next IVF cycle. The second IVF cycle was in January where I took Buserelin 0.5 ml on day 21 of previous cycle and 0.3 ml when the stimulation started, also oestrogen priming on day 21 and growth hormone priming for a month and during sims. Baseline was 10 follicles, 8 collected, 6 mature, 5 fertilised and all 5 became blastocysts. 3 fertilised normally as 2pn and they came back euploid. One fertilised as 3pn, it somehow became the best looking day 5 blastocyst but had 3 sets of chromosomes. The other was 1pn, and became an embryo on Day7, it was biopsied but came back inconclusive, embryologist said a lady at the clinic had day 7, 4cc come back euploid and got successfully pregnant, so that's why they biopsied it.
Embryologist said the embryo development was good given there are not so many embryos to work with. What I'm struggling with is that one of the day 5 embryos is 4cc, day 6 ones is 5bb and 4cb. I'm wondering if we could change the protocol in some way to get better embryo grades and more day5s. The doctor said euploid is what matters but I've read studies that says grades also matter. Sorry if I hurt anyone's feelings with my post. In the first cycle, we got 0 blastocysts, so I'm obviously very grateful for 3 euploids. I turned 38 in February, last AMH was 4.73 in Dec 2023. Had a 3rd IVF cycle in March and it was a total bust due to Prostap, Buserelin was our of stock and Prostap over suppressed me. TIA
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Embryologist said the embryo development was good given there are not so many embryos to work with. What I'm struggling with is that one of the day 5 embryos is 4cc, day 6 ones is 5bb and 4cb. I'm wondering if we could change the protocol in some way to get better embryo grades and more day5s. The doctor said euploid is what matters but I've read studies that says grades also matter. Sorry if I hurt anyone's feelings with my post. In the first cycle, we got 0 blastocysts, so I'm obviously very grateful for 3 euploids. I turned 38 in February, last AMH was 4.73 in Dec 2023. Had a 3rd IVF cycle in March and it was a total bust due to Prostap, Buserelin was our of stock and Prostap over suppressed me. TIA
2024.05.19 17:45 franknagaijr nlhe tourney notes
Low buy in live, 20m levels.
1st hand blinds 50/100 25k eff stack 3rd to act, AA - utg raise to 1200, and I reraise to 2600, 2 callers. very coordinated board (78t ds) and sb lead bets 5 k, utg flats, and I shove, 2 calls
hands sb 2 pair, utg low end oesd math: 2 pair 50%, aa 19% oesd 28% takeaway - live low stakes tourney? bet half my stack for hu, shove all flops? rebuy
Now that im watching more than playing, there is an older bearded fellow who plays literally every hand, and he is fairly predictable. I can only sit and watch for a long time, but then i get aa utg and i limp. As I hoped, he raised me, and I shoved, and he called k9s. he had an oesd by the turn, but my hand held up. he apologized for winning the hand because he misread the board.
I am moved tables and miraculously so is he. Some time later I isolate oop with aq suited and flop is qqx. action: check ch check ch all-in call and trips are fine ofc
then i am moved again to a tougher table. My worst play was failing to 3 bet or at least call in sb to a late raise with a small pair.
After many mindless all-in pres I lose open pushing qti from button @10bb and bb finds jj. shrug. 20m isnt much live.
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1st hand blinds 50/100 25k eff stack 3rd to act, AA - utg raise to 1200, and I reraise to 2600, 2 callers. very coordinated board (78t ds) and sb lead bets 5 k, utg flats, and I shove, 2 calls
hands sb 2 pair, utg low end oesd math: 2 pair 50%, aa 19% oesd 28% takeaway - live low stakes tourney? bet half my stack for hu, shove all flops? rebuy
Now that im watching more than playing, there is an older bearded fellow who plays literally every hand, and he is fairly predictable. I can only sit and watch for a long time, but then i get aa utg and i limp. As I hoped, he raised me, and I shoved, and he called k9s. he had an oesd by the turn, but my hand held up. he apologized for winning the hand because he misread the board.
I am moved tables and miraculously so is he. Some time later I isolate oop with aq suited and flop is qqx. action: check ch check ch all-in call and trips are fine ofc
then i am moved again to a tougher table. My worst play was failing to 3 bet or at least call in sb to a late raise with a small pair.
After many mindless all-in pres I lose open pushing qti from button @10bb and bb finds jj. shrug. 20m isnt much live.
2024.05.19 17:25 kaiisonreddit22 Please any advice?
my dream has always been to work with animals but i've never been sure id make it. I've been dealing with a lot of mental health issues for the majority of my life and never once planned on making it out like to my gcses or attend college but now thats changed. I kind of have a plan, i know what GCSE grades i need, what college to go to and when in university to study zoology however due to the fact i am still struggling with my issues it has caused me a great amount of memory loss, constantly being tired and overly anxious unable to concentrate i have missed YEARS of learning by not being entirely all there. I am trying to get back on medication and back into therapy, what i need to know if anyone in veterinary care understands? were you always good at school, getting amazing grades or did you struggle? feel like a massive idiot? but managed to learn and remember things? obviously you go to school for years to learn everything you need to but rn its impossible for me to pass. Without passing i wont be able to do any of that at least not any time soon. I need Grade 7 biology, physics and chemistry along with maths, english and a couple others. I have a year (im aware i could always do my GCSE's years from now but id like to get my life sorted cuz currently i feel i dont have years left of my life). I'll be doing them around May 2025, do you have any tips or advice for me? how to study, what to do to look after myself and etc? im not looking for mental health help, i js feel alone in this. Was it always easy? as a child were you amazing at science. I feel i am meant to be working with animals, id love to save them especially wild animals but it feels impossible, i need hope and motivation to get me through this. Not only for me to stay alive and fight through my struggles but so many animals need help and it'd give me purpose knowing i have a chance to save them. I hope this makes sense. Thank you !!
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2024.05.19 17:22 Making_flowers [US-MD] [H] MORE KEYS, MORE PRICE DROPS, MORE INVENTORY, including ASM, X-Men, Batman, Wolverine, DC, silver age, golden age, horror, you name it I have it. MUCH easier navigation, too! [W] PayPal
Cleaned up the inventory into folders on an easy to navigate Google Drive and added direct links on each issue below. Click on the issue to be taken directly to the folder with that issue's photos. You can scroll below the inventory list for more details on condition and key facts. I’m always open to bundle deals and reasonable offers. Let's talk, I need to make room.
I’ve also taken on a lot of random fillers as I fill inventory, so I’ll be including a random comic valued around $10 (legitimately, not junk) in each order.
These prices include shipping (Gemini mailers whenever possible). I've tried to provide condition explanations, photos of everything (even the ones below $100) and detailed photos.
Again, all images are now organized much better in individual Google drive folders.
Inventory with pictures (new items since last post in bold, scroll below list for details on each):
X-Men
X-Men
X-Men #39 - 1967 - Debut of the new X-Men costumes: $85
This is an awesome book. It’s absolutely beautiful with just a little bit of wear to the outside edges in spots. Great colors, solidly attached. I love this one. Another one I’m only selling because I have it in a higher grade now in my PC.
X-Men #221 - 1987 - First Appearance of Mister Sinister: $70
Awesome condition. Just a couple of minor spine ticks. Other than that, beautiful. See photos.
X-Men #4 - 1992 - First Appearance of Omega Red: $20
Awesome condition. Not even any spine ticks. See photos
Wolverine (1988) #1 - 1988 - Can’t have the 1982? Take this instead!: $65
Also in awesome, gorgeous condition. Very, very clean. See photos.
Amazing Adventures #11 - 1972 - First furry beast: $100
In awesome condition. Minor, tiny blemish (possibly a tape pull?) on the bottom of the A on cover. See photo, but very tiny blemish.
Amazing Adventures #13, #16 & #17 - $42
Good to great condition on these Beast issues, including the Juggernaut vs Beast cover. Bundle with Amazing Adventures #11 (first furred Beast) and I'll give you a great deal.
Spider-Man
Amazing Spider-Man #29 - 1965 - SLAB CGC 4.5 - Second Scorpion: $135
Slabbed. See photos.
Amazing Spider-Man #33 - 1966 - Classic story and iconic cover. You know it, I know it.: $180
This iconic book is in good to great shape, see the photos for the details. Solidly attached and great colors. Needs a press.
Amazing Spider-Man #40 - 1966 - Origin of the Green Goblin, Iconic Cover: $175
Looks great, clean, bright colors. Complete and solidly attached. See photos
Amazing Spider-Man #64- 1968 - Romita Spider-Man vs. Vulture Cover: $84
Great condition. Bright awesome colors.
Amazing Spider-Man #72 - 1969 - Shocker cover: $35
Is worn and the centerfold is detached (see photos). But it is complete and still has good colors on the interior.
Amazing Spider-Man #121 -1973 - Death of Gwen Stacy: $190
Lower grade since the cover is worn, has some holes but despite that the staples are attached, colors are good, and everything is attached and complete. The inside looks good, too. See photos for details.
Amazing Spider-Man #136 -1974 - First appearance of Harry Osborn at the Green Goblin: $48
Great looking book. Has some non-staining dirt on the back cover that can be easily cleaned. Solid, beautiful colors especially on that cover. Love this story and cover
Amazing Spider-Man #361 9.4 Slab - 1992 - First full appearance of Carnage: $110
High grade slab.
Amazing Spider-Man #361 Newsstand - 1992 - First appearance of Carnage - Slice at top, $38
Here's a tragedy. This otherwise beautiful high grade major key book has a clean scissor cut at the top through the whole book. Included photos and closeups.
Spider-Man vs. Wolverine #1 - 1987 - Death of First Hobgoblin: $19
Awesome condition. Pressable non-color breaking crease on back cover. See photos
Marvel Team-Up Annual #2 - 1978 - Spider-Man & The Hulk team-up: $25
In awesome condition. No spine ticks, creases, color breaks or bends.
Batman
Batman #191 - 1967 - Much like this post, Bat-Auction! Everything Must Go!: $18
Good shape, some wear. Clean exteriors.
Batman #209 - 1968 - KITTY!: $18
Good shape, minor wear, clean but worn.
Batman #217 - 1969 - Iconic cover art by Neal Adams: $38
Great shape, some wear on the cover. Solid book, great art and interiors.
Batman #357 - 1983 - First cameo of Jason Todd, 1st full appearance of Killer Croc: $62
Controversial 1sts aside, CGC counts it that way so who am I to quibble? Anyway, this one is in great shape. Back needs a press and thee is some minor wear to the edges but its a solid book with great interiors.
Batman Annual #14 - 1990 - Iconic Neal Adams Two-Face Cover, Origin of Two-Face: $15
Amazing condition, almost unused. See photos.
Detective Comics #259 - 1958 - First Appearance of Calendar Man: $175
Worn but expected for its age. Solid staples and fully attached. Great colors.
Detective Comics #324 (1964) and Batman #410 (1987) - $32
324 in good condition but could use a clean and press. Batman 410 is in awesome condition, but considering the prices of these I figured I’d just throw them together.
Detective Comics #355 and 2 copies of #375 - $25
Some classic old Batman. Good but a cleaning is needed on 355, two copies of 375 one clean and great condition one worn in but complete and attached.
Marvel Heroes
Incredible Hulk #250 (Newsstand) - 1980 - Iconic Hulk vs. Silver Surfer cover: $38
Awesome condition. See photos.
Marvel Feature #1 - 1971 - Origin & First Defenders: $49
I good condition with fantastic colors throughout. Has tape pull on cover, subscription crease color break (see photos)
Tales of Suspense #94 - 1967 - First appearance of M.O.D.O.K.: $55
In pretty good condition, with a little edge wear and marks on the cover in places. Other than that it has bright clean pages and good colors.
Captain America #110 - 1969 - Rick Jones dons Bucky Costume, first appearance of Madame Hydra: $50
Iconic Jim Steranko cover and art. In OK condition, a bit worn, could definitely use a cleaning. See photos.
Journey into Mystery #125 - 1966 - Iconic cover and last Journey into Mystery before Thor title change: $49
Very good condition, has a small chip out of the bottom left cover but other than some cover wear it’s just a solid book with great colors.
Invaders #31 - 1978 - Frankenstein is a Nazi. Come on: $17
In awesome condition. Also did I mention Captain America fights Nazi Frankenstein?
Daredevil #157 (Newsstand) - 1979: $15
Awesome condition. No spine ticks, creases, color breaks or bends.
Daredevil #164 (Newsstand) - 1980 - Iconic Cover: $50
In awesome condition. Great colors on cover despite all the white. No spine ticks, creases, color breaks or bends.
Daredevil #184 Newsstand - 1982 - Iconic cover: $22
In fantastic condition. Newsstand variant that has been very well kept.
Astonishing Tales featuring Dr. Doom & Kazar #1 - 1970 - First issue in series: $15
In great condition. Great colors and quality. Doctor Doom.
Sub-Mariner #15 and #31 - Silver Age Namor bundle: $22
Great colors and interiors. Fading on spine cover on #15, #31 in great condition, see photos.
Fantastic Four #150 - 1974 - Wedding of Crystal and Quicksilver: $25
In awesome condition. No spine ticks, creases, color breaks or bends.
Tales to Astonish #58 - 1964 - Silver age Giant Man: $19
Worn condition but complete and attached. See photos.
DC
Green Lantern #59 - 1968 - First appearance of Guy Gardner: $115
Worn but complete. Attached at top staple, bottom staple detached.
Flash #113 - 1960 - First appearance and origin of the Trickster: $75
This one looks good until you realize it has tape up the spine holding the loose staples on. Included pictures of the staples and tape. It is complete and has good colors otherwise, but still low grade because of the tape/staple issue.
Flash #129 - 1962 - First team-up of golden age Flash and silver age Flash; first appearance of golden age Green Lantern and JSA in silver age: $90
Good condition! Very solid, great colors, complete and attached.
Flash #147 - 1964 - Second appearance of Professor Zoom: $90
Good condition! Very solid, great colors, complete and attached.
Aquaman #11 - 1963 - First appearance of Mera: $90
Worn condition but solid, complete and attached.
Action Comics #263 - 1960 - Last appearance of Bizarro world. End of Bizarro world not told. Not good deal.: $33
Cover has pen on it and is worn but interiors are good, complete and attached and colors are great.
Horror
Frankenstein #1, Marvel - 1973 - Fist appearance and origin of Frankenstein in Marvel comics: $35
Worn but complete, attached, and cool as all hell. See photos for condition. Could definitely use a cleaning. A hard to find book at this price.
Werewolf by Night #4 - 1972 - Introduction of the Darkhold: $20
Low grade, heavy wear on the cover front and back. Get a key at a steal!
Werewolf by Night #8 - 1973 - Has Mark Jewelers insert included: $26
Is in great shape and includes a Mark Jewelers insert making this regular issue a little more rare.
Werewolf by Night #18 - 1974 - $22
Worn condition but great colors. See photos.
Tomb of Dracula #18 -1974 - First battle of Dracula & Werewolf by Night: $32
Nice shape. Needs a press but is solid and colors are good.
Tomb of Dracula #27 and #63 - $23
Non-key issues in great condition, just throwing together to move.
Strange Tales #73 - 1960 - First appearance of Grottu, first appearance of ‘Frank’ who later becomes Ulysses Bloodstone. Great old horror in low grade: $20
Book is beat, see photos. But it’s an awesome piece of Marvel monster history. I’m only selling because I recently got a high grade copy and I’m selling at this price in hopes someone wants to give it a home in their PC.
Beware! #1 - 1973 - First issue reprints horror stories from Menace, Spellbound and Tales of Suspense: $25
Overall good shape. Solid book, some wear on the cover. But firmly intact and a great 1st issue.
Early Man-Thing lot: Astonishing Tales #13, Adventure into Fear #11-13: $80 (willing to split this lot up)
First cover appearance of Man-Thing, and 3rd appearance overall in awesome condition. The Fear 11-13 are in good condition, but a little more worn than the Astonishing.
House of Secrets #91 - 1971 - Iconic Neal Adams cover: $32
Book is in great condition. There is some minor chipping on a portion of the bottom edge of the cover but other than the wear on the cover it is a beautiful book.
Giant Size Chillers #1 - 1975 - John Romita art: $20
Not the more valuable 1974 with Drac but this is in awesome condition and still some great classic horror.
Tower of Shadows Annual #1 - 1971 - Romita cover and Neal Adams art: $25
Great condition. Good colors, solid book.
Dead of Night #1 - 1973 - Romita art: $35
Really great condition, with a minor color rub or stain or something (can’t tell what) to a spot on the bottom of the front cover and top of the back. Fantastic colors, white pages.
SCI-FI
Mystery in Space #68 - 1961 - 10c Comic Goodness: $25
Cover is detached, but hey, it’s a 10c comic. Otherwise good colors and pages.
Strange Adventures #138 - 1962: $18
Good condition, good colors.
Golden and Silver Age Lot of 12- $85
Came into a lot of worn golden and silver books I know little about. Would like to offload them all together, so take a look at the album. Includes Little Lulu, Cheyenne Kid, the Flintstones, Tarzan, some other Gold Key and Dell stuff and an Adventures book from 1945. Did some research to get prices, take a look.
Star Spangled War Stories #113 - 1964 -Bruh, they’re fighting pterodactyls: $17
In good shape. Some wear to the back cover and minor wear on the front. Great story and art.
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I’ve also taken on a lot of random fillers as I fill inventory, so I’ll be including a random comic valued around $10 (legitimately, not junk) in each order.
These prices include shipping (Gemini mailers whenever possible). I've tried to provide condition explanations, photos of everything (even the ones below $100) and detailed photos.
Again, all images are now organized much better in individual Google drive folders.
Inventory with pictures (new items since last post in bold, scroll below list for details on each):
X-Men
- X-Men #39 - $80
- Wolverine (1988) #1 - $65
- X-Men #221 - $70
- X-Men #4 (1992) - $20
- Amazing Adventures #11 - $100
- Amazing Adventures #13, #16 & #17 - $42
- Bundle with Amazing Adventures #11 for $120
- Amazing Spider-Man #29 - $135
- Amazing Spider-Man #33 - $180
- Amazing Spider-Man #40 - $175
- Amazing Spider-Man #64 - $84
- Amazing Spider-Man #72 - $35
- Amazing Spider-Man #121 - $190
- Amazing Spider-Man #136 - $48
- Amazing Spider-Man #361 9.4 Slab - $110
- Amazing Spider-Man #361 Newsstand (slice damage) - $38
- Spider-Man vs. Wolverine #1 - $19
- Marvel Team-Up Annual #2 - $25
- Batman #191 - $18
- Batman #209 - $18
- Batman #217 - $38
- Batman #357 - $62
- Batman Annual #14 - $15
- Detective Comics #259 - $175
- Detective Comics #324 and Batman #410 - $32
- Detective Comics #355 and 2 copies of #375 - $25
- Incredible Hulk #250 (Newsstand) - $38
- Marvel Feature #1 - $49
- Tales of Suspense #94 - $55
- Captain America #110 - $50
- Journey into Mystery #125 - $49
- Invaders #31 (Nazi Frankenstein) - $17
- Daredevil #184 Newsstand - $22
- Daredevil #157 - $15
- Daredevil #164 (Newsstand) - $50
- Astonishing Tales featuring Dr. Doom & Kazar #1 - $15
- Sub-Mariner #15 and #31 - $22
- Fantastic Four #150 - $25
- Tales to Astonish #58 - $19
- Green Lantern #59 - $115
- Flash #113 - $75
- Flash #129 - $90
- Flash #147 - $90
- Aquaman #11 - $90
- Action Comics #263 - $33
- Frankenstein #1 Marvel - $37
- Werewolf by Night #4 (low grade) - $20
- Werewolf by Night #8 Mark Jewelers Insert - $26
- Werewolf by Night #18 - $22
- Tomb of Dracula #18 - $32
- Tomb of Dracula #27 and #63 - $23
- Strange Tales #73 (low grade) - $22
- Beware! #1 - $25
- Early Man-Thing lot: Astonishing Tales #13, Adventure into Fear #11-13: $80 (willing to split this lot up)
- House of Secrets #91 - $32
- Giant Size Chillers #1 (1975 not 1974) - $20
- Tower of Shadows Annual #1 - $25
- Dead of Night #1 - $35
- Mystery in Space #68 - $25
- Strange Adventures #138 - $18
- Golden and Silver Age Lot of 12- $85
- Star Spangled War Stories #113 - $17
X-Men
X-Men #39 - 1967 - Debut of the new X-Men costumes: $85
This is an awesome book. It’s absolutely beautiful with just a little bit of wear to the outside edges in spots. Great colors, solidly attached. I love this one. Another one I’m only selling because I have it in a higher grade now in my PC.
X-Men #221 - 1987 - First Appearance of Mister Sinister: $70
Awesome condition. Just a couple of minor spine ticks. Other than that, beautiful. See photos.
X-Men #4 - 1992 - First Appearance of Omega Red: $20
Awesome condition. Not even any spine ticks. See photos
Wolverine (1988) #1 - 1988 - Can’t have the 1982? Take this instead!: $65
Also in awesome, gorgeous condition. Very, very clean. See photos.
Amazing Adventures #11 - 1972 - First furry beast: $100
In awesome condition. Minor, tiny blemish (possibly a tape pull?) on the bottom of the A on cover. See photo, but very tiny blemish.
Amazing Adventures #13, #16 & #17 - $42
Good to great condition on these Beast issues, including the Juggernaut vs Beast cover. Bundle with Amazing Adventures #11 (first furred Beast) and I'll give you a great deal.
Spider-Man
Amazing Spider-Man #29 - 1965 - SLAB CGC 4.5 - Second Scorpion: $135
Slabbed. See photos.
Amazing Spider-Man #33 - 1966 - Classic story and iconic cover. You know it, I know it.: $180
This iconic book is in good to great shape, see the photos for the details. Solidly attached and great colors. Needs a press.
Amazing Spider-Man #40 - 1966 - Origin of the Green Goblin, Iconic Cover: $175
Looks great, clean, bright colors. Complete and solidly attached. See photos
Amazing Spider-Man #64- 1968 - Romita Spider-Man vs. Vulture Cover: $84
Great condition. Bright awesome colors.
Amazing Spider-Man #72 - 1969 - Shocker cover: $35
Is worn and the centerfold is detached (see photos). But it is complete and still has good colors on the interior.
Amazing Spider-Man #121 -1973 - Death of Gwen Stacy: $190
Lower grade since the cover is worn, has some holes but despite that the staples are attached, colors are good, and everything is attached and complete. The inside looks good, too. See photos for details.
Amazing Spider-Man #136 -1974 - First appearance of Harry Osborn at the Green Goblin: $48
Great looking book. Has some non-staining dirt on the back cover that can be easily cleaned. Solid, beautiful colors especially on that cover. Love this story and cover
Amazing Spider-Man #361 9.4 Slab - 1992 - First full appearance of Carnage: $110
High grade slab.
Amazing Spider-Man #361 Newsstand - 1992 - First appearance of Carnage - Slice at top, $38
Here's a tragedy. This otherwise beautiful high grade major key book has a clean scissor cut at the top through the whole book. Included photos and closeups.
Spider-Man vs. Wolverine #1 - 1987 - Death of First Hobgoblin: $19
Awesome condition. Pressable non-color breaking crease on back cover. See photos
Marvel Team-Up Annual #2 - 1978 - Spider-Man & The Hulk team-up: $25
In awesome condition. No spine ticks, creases, color breaks or bends.
Batman
Batman #191 - 1967 - Much like this post, Bat-Auction! Everything Must Go!: $18
Good shape, some wear. Clean exteriors.
Batman #209 - 1968 - KITTY!: $18
Good shape, minor wear, clean but worn.
Batman #217 - 1969 - Iconic cover art by Neal Adams: $38
Great shape, some wear on the cover. Solid book, great art and interiors.
Batman #357 - 1983 - First cameo of Jason Todd, 1st full appearance of Killer Croc: $62
Controversial 1sts aside, CGC counts it that way so who am I to quibble? Anyway, this one is in great shape. Back needs a press and thee is some minor wear to the edges but its a solid book with great interiors.
Batman Annual #14 - 1990 - Iconic Neal Adams Two-Face Cover, Origin of Two-Face: $15
Amazing condition, almost unused. See photos.
Detective Comics #259 - 1958 - First Appearance of Calendar Man: $175
Worn but expected for its age. Solid staples and fully attached. Great colors.
Detective Comics #324 (1964) and Batman #410 (1987) - $32
324 in good condition but could use a clean and press. Batman 410 is in awesome condition, but considering the prices of these I figured I’d just throw them together.
Detective Comics #355 and 2 copies of #375 - $25
Some classic old Batman. Good but a cleaning is needed on 355, two copies of 375 one clean and great condition one worn in but complete and attached.
Marvel Heroes
Incredible Hulk #250 (Newsstand) - 1980 - Iconic Hulk vs. Silver Surfer cover: $38
Awesome condition. See photos.
Marvel Feature #1 - 1971 - Origin & First Defenders: $49
I good condition with fantastic colors throughout. Has tape pull on cover, subscription crease color break (see photos)
Tales of Suspense #94 - 1967 - First appearance of M.O.D.O.K.: $55
In pretty good condition, with a little edge wear and marks on the cover in places. Other than that it has bright clean pages and good colors.
Captain America #110 - 1969 - Rick Jones dons Bucky Costume, first appearance of Madame Hydra: $50
Iconic Jim Steranko cover and art. In OK condition, a bit worn, could definitely use a cleaning. See photos.
Journey into Mystery #125 - 1966 - Iconic cover and last Journey into Mystery before Thor title change: $49
Very good condition, has a small chip out of the bottom left cover but other than some cover wear it’s just a solid book with great colors.
Invaders #31 - 1978 - Frankenstein is a Nazi. Come on: $17
In awesome condition. Also did I mention Captain America fights Nazi Frankenstein?
Daredevil #157 (Newsstand) - 1979: $15
Awesome condition. No spine ticks, creases, color breaks or bends.
Daredevil #164 (Newsstand) - 1980 - Iconic Cover: $50
In awesome condition. Great colors on cover despite all the white. No spine ticks, creases, color breaks or bends.
Daredevil #184 Newsstand - 1982 - Iconic cover: $22
In fantastic condition. Newsstand variant that has been very well kept.
Astonishing Tales featuring Dr. Doom & Kazar #1 - 1970 - First issue in series: $15
In great condition. Great colors and quality. Doctor Doom.
Sub-Mariner #15 and #31 - Silver Age Namor bundle: $22
Great colors and interiors. Fading on spine cover on #15, #31 in great condition, see photos.
Fantastic Four #150 - 1974 - Wedding of Crystal and Quicksilver: $25
In awesome condition. No spine ticks, creases, color breaks or bends.
Tales to Astonish #58 - 1964 - Silver age Giant Man: $19
Worn condition but complete and attached. See photos.
DC
Green Lantern #59 - 1968 - First appearance of Guy Gardner: $115
Worn but complete. Attached at top staple, bottom staple detached.
Flash #113 - 1960 - First appearance and origin of the Trickster: $75
This one looks good until you realize it has tape up the spine holding the loose staples on. Included pictures of the staples and tape. It is complete and has good colors otherwise, but still low grade because of the tape/staple issue.
Flash #129 - 1962 - First team-up of golden age Flash and silver age Flash; first appearance of golden age Green Lantern and JSA in silver age: $90
Good condition! Very solid, great colors, complete and attached.
Flash #147 - 1964 - Second appearance of Professor Zoom: $90
Good condition! Very solid, great colors, complete and attached.
Aquaman #11 - 1963 - First appearance of Mera: $90
Worn condition but solid, complete and attached.
Action Comics #263 - 1960 - Last appearance of Bizarro world. End of Bizarro world not told. Not good deal.: $33
Cover has pen on it and is worn but interiors are good, complete and attached and colors are great.
Horror
Frankenstein #1, Marvel - 1973 - Fist appearance and origin of Frankenstein in Marvel comics: $35
Worn but complete, attached, and cool as all hell. See photos for condition. Could definitely use a cleaning. A hard to find book at this price.
Werewolf by Night #4 - 1972 - Introduction of the Darkhold: $20
Low grade, heavy wear on the cover front and back. Get a key at a steal!
Werewolf by Night #8 - 1973 - Has Mark Jewelers insert included: $26
Is in great shape and includes a Mark Jewelers insert making this regular issue a little more rare.
Werewolf by Night #18 - 1974 - $22
Worn condition but great colors. See photos.
Tomb of Dracula #18 -1974 - First battle of Dracula & Werewolf by Night: $32
Nice shape. Needs a press but is solid and colors are good.
Tomb of Dracula #27 and #63 - $23
Non-key issues in great condition, just throwing together to move.
Strange Tales #73 - 1960 - First appearance of Grottu, first appearance of ‘Frank’ who later becomes Ulysses Bloodstone. Great old horror in low grade: $20
Book is beat, see photos. But it’s an awesome piece of Marvel monster history. I’m only selling because I recently got a high grade copy and I’m selling at this price in hopes someone wants to give it a home in their PC.
Beware! #1 - 1973 - First issue reprints horror stories from Menace, Spellbound and Tales of Suspense: $25
Overall good shape. Solid book, some wear on the cover. But firmly intact and a great 1st issue.
Early Man-Thing lot: Astonishing Tales #13, Adventure into Fear #11-13: $80 (willing to split this lot up)
First cover appearance of Man-Thing, and 3rd appearance overall in awesome condition. The Fear 11-13 are in good condition, but a little more worn than the Astonishing.
House of Secrets #91 - 1971 - Iconic Neal Adams cover: $32
Book is in great condition. There is some minor chipping on a portion of the bottom edge of the cover but other than the wear on the cover it is a beautiful book.
Giant Size Chillers #1 - 1975 - John Romita art: $20
Not the more valuable 1974 with Drac but this is in awesome condition and still some great classic horror.
Tower of Shadows Annual #1 - 1971 - Romita cover and Neal Adams art: $25
Great condition. Good colors, solid book.
Dead of Night #1 - 1973 - Romita art: $35
Really great condition, with a minor color rub or stain or something (can’t tell what) to a spot on the bottom of the front cover and top of the back. Fantastic colors, white pages.
SCI-FI
Mystery in Space #68 - 1961 - 10c Comic Goodness: $25
Cover is detached, but hey, it’s a 10c comic. Otherwise good colors and pages.
Strange Adventures #138 - 1962: $18
Good condition, good colors.
Golden and Silver Age Lot of 12- $85
Came into a lot of worn golden and silver books I know little about. Would like to offload them all together, so take a look at the album. Includes Little Lulu, Cheyenne Kid, the Flintstones, Tarzan, some other Gold Key and Dell stuff and an Adventures book from 1945. Did some research to get prices, take a look.
Star Spangled War Stories #113 - 1964 -Bruh, they’re fighting pterodactyls: $17
In good shape. Some wear to the back cover and minor wear on the front. Great story and art.
2024.05.19 17:19 EncelBread Can job experience substitute bad GPA?
Hello! I am python developer with 3 years of experience, good github & company, finished associate degree for programming on excellent grades (top 1%), but want to switch into bioinformatics. I am currently studying a 2 year of a 4 years bachelor in bioinformatics, it is mostly applied math with some biology classes and no wet lab. I have very bad discrete math, calculus, algebra and physics grades, but my overall GPA might be okay due to high grades on biology, bioinformatics and programming (including algorithims) classes.
I really would like to get into bioinformatics master degree, but seems that I might have almost zero chances with such a low GPA for math subjects - yet it doesn't mean I don't know math, I was trying to survive job & studing. What could help me?
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I really would like to get into bioinformatics master degree, but seems that I might have almost zero chances with such a low GPA for math subjects - yet it doesn't mean I don't know math, I was trying to survive job & studing. What could help me?
2024.05.19 17:16 chrisdub84 Software for making good notes/materials? (Math especially)
I teach high school math and I tend to be pretty picky about my materials, to the point where I like to make my own. But I absolutely hate using most word processors, even with plug-ins, for writing out equations, tables, or graphs (if you even have the option). So I end up making and copying some hand-written notes and materials because I can make them exactly the way I want without spending as much time.
I would like to make some things that are a bit more polished though and don't look so homemade. I have seen what other teachers have created, so I know there must be a way.
Teachers who make great worksheets or notes, how do you do it? Are there software packages or sites you find both efficient to use and look nice? Copying and pasting a graph from Desmos looks very sad, for example. I'm teaching up to Calculus, so I need something that handles all of the math symbols.
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I would like to make some things that are a bit more polished though and don't look so homemade. I have seen what other teachers have created, so I know there must be a way.
Teachers who make great worksheets or notes, how do you do it? Are there software packages or sites you find both efficient to use and look nice? Copying and pasting a graph from Desmos looks very sad, for example. I'm teaching up to Calculus, so I need something that handles all of the math symbols.
2024.05.19 17:16 _WolfSlayer MAJOR RANT (B.A - FINANCE)
Hi, This is more of a cry for help rather than a rant. I am Indian (its imp for the lore), just completed my senior year and got accepted into ASU on the basis of my 2nd choice of degree - B.A in Global Logs. My first choice was Finance, so when i got my acceptance offer. Not being admitted for Finance was a bit of a shock, upon inspecting ASU told me that i don't meet the requirements. What requirements you ask? even i had no clue back then. After more digging, I found out that they have a criteria that I should have completed 4 years of maths and 3 years of lab science ( lab science for finance, nice...) . From where I come from, u have the option to not opt for maths in the last 2 years of your senior years which is what i did. I took the subjects -: Economics - Accountancy - Marketing - Business Studies. And for some reason people at ASU don't want to understand that INDIA isn't the same as the U.S when it comes to education system. I tried telling them that i completed these requirements back when I was in 7th grade but unfortunately they only consider transcripts starting from 9th grade. So basically I'm f'ed and cant study either finance or accountancy cz I completed the requirements long before I was supposed to.
What i wanna know at the end of the day from you fellow Sundevils is whether i can talk my way into finance or accountancy, AFTER I reach uni and meet with an admission officer irl. Cz emailing isn't cutting it. It might not sound like it in this rant, But I've been at this little game for close to 2 months now.
CHEERS
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What i wanna know at the end of the day from you fellow Sundevils is whether i can talk my way into finance or accountancy, AFTER I reach uni and meet with an admission officer irl. Cz emailing isn't cutting it. It might not sound like it in this rant, But I've been at this little game for close to 2 months now.
CHEERS
2024.05.19 17:06 SwanAccomplished9870 I'm going to fail my undergrad uni maths degree and I don't know what to do
Title - I'm in my final year of university doing a maths degree. I'm at a very prestigious university, think like top in the world, and I'm feeling so discouraged.
I love maths - hell, I had to, to survive 3 years here - the level of work is unbelievable. And I worked hard throughout the entire time here, my tutors and supervisors and the like have always said nice things about how hard I work. I can't say I haven't tried.
But now my exams are in two weeks, and I've been trying the past papers, and, I just. Can't. Do any of them. I'm able to half-do questions in certain topics I find "nice", for some things, like galois theory, I have no idea how to even begin on most of the questions. I don't know what went wrong, everything seemed ok until now with my worksheets and the like.
It's really getting me down because I'm worried I'll fail, or if I pass, I'll get a third. A 2.2 seems only possible by some combination of the examiners being generous, and a miracle. I'm really worried that I'll have ended up wasting my time here - all I did was study, I didn't do much fun stuff at uni or networking either, I'm a very socially awkward person, so I don't know what to do. I thought everything was going okay as I had a 2.1 in first year and a 2.2 just below a 2.1 in second year, and thought that with enough work I could get things up again this year (only the final year counts here)
All I want to do with my life is just learn more and more maths, maybe even contribute to it one day by working on researching something, but it just seems like I'm so doomed, and idk what to do. Does anyone have any advice?
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I love maths - hell, I had to, to survive 3 years here - the level of work is unbelievable. And I worked hard throughout the entire time here, my tutors and supervisors and the like have always said nice things about how hard I work. I can't say I haven't tried.
But now my exams are in two weeks, and I've been trying the past papers, and, I just. Can't. Do any of them. I'm able to half-do questions in certain topics I find "nice", for some things, like galois theory, I have no idea how to even begin on most of the questions. I don't know what went wrong, everything seemed ok until now with my worksheets and the like.
It's really getting me down because I'm worried I'll fail, or if I pass, I'll get a third. A 2.2 seems only possible by some combination of the examiners being generous, and a miracle. I'm really worried that I'll have ended up wasting my time here - all I did was study, I didn't do much fun stuff at uni or networking either, I'm a very socially awkward person, so I don't know what to do. I thought everything was going okay as I had a 2.1 in first year and a 2.2 just below a 2.1 in second year, and thought that with enough work I could get things up again this year (only the final year counts here)
All I want to do with my life is just learn more and more maths, maybe even contribute to it one day by working on researching something, but it just seems like I'm so doomed, and idk what to do. Does anyone have any advice?
2024.05.19 16:58 lawstandaloan Does anyone else remember way too much Little House on the Prairie lore?
My 3rd grade teacher was kind of obsessed with the Little House on the Prairie universe and that was just when the TV pilot was aired so we got extra credit for reading all the books. Then the series hit it pretty big and it seemed like Laura Ingalls & Nellie Olson were everywhere.
I know now there's lots of discussions about embellishments, rough drafts, glossing over Pa being a draft dodger, etc but at the time, I really felt a connection with the Ingalls family.
Even now, I remember things like due to the use of corsets, Pa could put his hands around Ma's waist when they first married or that a potato exploded in the fire and burned Almanzo's eye in Farmer Boy or that the Ingalls thought they caught Fever N Ague from eating wild grown watermelons but it was really malaria.
I can't remember why I came into a room but I can remember details about a 50 year old TV show. This is what getting old is really like
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I know now there's lots of discussions about embellishments, rough drafts, glossing over Pa being a draft dodger, etc but at the time, I really felt a connection with the Ingalls family.
Even now, I remember things like due to the use of corsets, Pa could put his hands around Ma's waist when they first married or that a potato exploded in the fire and burned Almanzo's eye in Farmer Boy or that the Ingalls thought they caught Fever N Ague from eating wild grown watermelons but it was really malaria.
I can't remember why I came into a room but I can remember details about a 50 year old TV show. This is what getting old is really like
2024.05.19 16:56 SwanAccomplished9870 I'm going to fail my undergrad maths degree and I don't know what to do
Title - I'm in my final year of university doing a maths degree. I'm at a very prestigious university, think like top in the world, and I'm feeling so discouraged.
I love maths - hell, I had to, to survive 3 years here - the level of work is unbelievable. And I worked hard throughout the entire time here, my tutors and supervisors and the like have always said nice things about how hard I work. I can't say I haven't tried.
But now my exams are in two weeks, and I've been trying the past papers, and, I just. Can't. Do any of them. I'm able to half-do questions in certain topics I find "nice", for some things, like galois theory, I have no idea how to even begin on most of the questions. I don't know what went wrong, everything seemed ok until now with my worksheets and the like.
It's really getting me down because I'm worried I'll fail, or if I pass, I'll get a third. A 2.2 seems only possible by some combination of the examiners being generous, and a miracle. I'm really worried that I'll have ended up wasting my time here - all I did was study, I didn't do much fun stuff at uni or networking either, I'm a very socially awkward person, so I don't know what to do. I thought everything was going okay as I had a 2.1 in first year and a 2.2 just below a 2.1 in second year, and thought that with enough work I could get things up again this year (only the final year counts here)
All I want to do with my life is just learn more and more maths, maybe even contribute to it one day by working on researching something, but it just seems like I'm so doomed, and idk what to do. Does anyone have any advice?
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I love maths - hell, I had to, to survive 3 years here - the level of work is unbelievable. And I worked hard throughout the entire time here, my tutors and supervisors and the like have always said nice things about how hard I work. I can't say I haven't tried.
But now my exams are in two weeks, and I've been trying the past papers, and, I just. Can't. Do any of them. I'm able to half-do questions in certain topics I find "nice", for some things, like galois theory, I have no idea how to even begin on most of the questions. I don't know what went wrong, everything seemed ok until now with my worksheets and the like.
It's really getting me down because I'm worried I'll fail, or if I pass, I'll get a third. A 2.2 seems only possible by some combination of the examiners being generous, and a miracle. I'm really worried that I'll have ended up wasting my time here - all I did was study, I didn't do much fun stuff at uni or networking either, I'm a very socially awkward person, so I don't know what to do. I thought everything was going okay as I had a 2.1 in first year and a 2.2 just below a 2.1 in second year, and thought that with enough work I could get things up again this year (only the final year counts here)
All I want to do with my life is just learn more and more maths, maybe even contribute to it one day by working on researching something, but it just seems like I'm so doomed, and idk what to do. Does anyone have any advice?
2024.05.19 16:56 SwanAccomplished9870 I'm going to fail my uni maths degree and I don't know what to do
Title - I'm in my final year of university doing a maths degree. I'm at a very prestigious university, think like top in the world, and I'm feeling so discouraged.
I love maths - hell, I had to, to survive 3 years here - the level of work is unbelievable. And I worked hard throughout the entire time here, my tutors and supervisors and the like have always said nice things about how hard I work. I can't say I haven't tried.
But now my exams are in two weeks, and I've been trying the past papers, and, I just. Can't. Do any of them. I'm able to half-do questions in certain topics I find "nice", for some things, like galois theory, I have no idea how to even begin on most of the questions. I don't know what went wrong, everything seemed ok until now with my worksheets and the like.
It's really getting me down because I'm worried I'll fail, or if I pass, I'll get a third. A 2.2 seems only possible by some combination of the examiners being generous, and a miracle. I'm really worried that I'll have ended up wasting my time here - all I did was study, I didn't do much fun stuff at uni or networking either, I'm a very socially awkward person, so I don't know what to do. I thought everything was going okay as I had a 2.1 in first year and a 2.2 just below a 2.1 in second year, and thought that with enough work I could get things up again this year (only the final year counts here)
All I want to do with my life is just learn more and more maths, maybe even contribute to it one day by working on researching something, but it just seems like I'm so doomed, and idk what to do. Does anyone have any advice?
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I love maths - hell, I had to, to survive 3 years here - the level of work is unbelievable. And I worked hard throughout the entire time here, my tutors and supervisors and the like have always said nice things about how hard I work. I can't say I haven't tried.
But now my exams are in two weeks, and I've been trying the past papers, and, I just. Can't. Do any of them. I'm able to half-do questions in certain topics I find "nice", for some things, like galois theory, I have no idea how to even begin on most of the questions. I don't know what went wrong, everything seemed ok until now with my worksheets and the like.
It's really getting me down because I'm worried I'll fail, or if I pass, I'll get a third. A 2.2 seems only possible by some combination of the examiners being generous, and a miracle. I'm really worried that I'll have ended up wasting my time here - all I did was study, I didn't do much fun stuff at uni or networking either, I'm a very socially awkward person, so I don't know what to do. I thought everything was going okay as I had a 2.1 in first year and a 2.2 just below a 2.1 in second year, and thought that with enough work I could get things up again this year (only the final year counts here)
All I want to do with my life is just learn more and more maths, maybe even contribute to it one day by working on researching something, but it just seems like I'm so doomed, and idk what to do. Does anyone have any advice?
2024.05.19 16:54 Fastspacewriter Customized Help
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2024.05.19 16:52 kaiisonreddit22 Please help/give advice if you can?
ive posted this on many places so it may mention things that wont make sense
I am 15 years old in year 10 (9th grade), my dream has always been to work with animals but i've never been sure id make it. I've been depressed, dealing with selective mutism and a lot of mental health issues including suicidal ideation for the majority of my life. I never planned on getting better, ever doing my GCSE's/attending college but now thats changed. I kind of have a plan, i know what GCSE grades i need, what college to go to and when in university to study zoology however due to the fact i am still struggling with my issues it has caused me a great amount of memory loss, constantly being tired and overly anxious unable to concentrate i have missed YEARS of learning by not being entirely there mentally. I am trying to get back on medication and back into therapy, what i need to know if anyone in veterinary care understands? were you always good at school, getting amazing grades or did you struggle? feel like a massive idiot? but managed to learn and remember things? obviously you go to school for years to learn everything you need to but rn its impossible for me to pass. I need Grade 7 biology, physics and chemistry along with maths, english and a couple others. I have a year (im aware i could always do my GCSE's years from now but id like to get my life sorted cuz currently i feel i dont have years left of my life). I'll be doing them around May 2025, do you have any tips or advice for me? how to study, what to do to look after myself and etc? im not looking for mental health help, i js feel alone in this. Was it always easy? as a child were you amazing at science. I feel i am meant to be working with animals, id love to save them especially wild animals but it feels impossible, i need hope and motivation to get me through this. Not only for me to stay alive and fight through my struggles but so many animals need help and it'd give me purpose knowing i have a chance to save them. I hope this makes sense. Thank you !!
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I am 15 years old in year 10 (9th grade), my dream has always been to work with animals but i've never been sure id make it. I've been depressed, dealing with selective mutism and a lot of mental health issues including suicidal ideation for the majority of my life. I never planned on getting better, ever doing my GCSE's/attending college but now thats changed. I kind of have a plan, i know what GCSE grades i need, what college to go to and when in university to study zoology however due to the fact i am still struggling with my issues it has caused me a great amount of memory loss, constantly being tired and overly anxious unable to concentrate i have missed YEARS of learning by not being entirely there mentally. I am trying to get back on medication and back into therapy, what i need to know if anyone in veterinary care understands? were you always good at school, getting amazing grades or did you struggle? feel like a massive idiot? but managed to learn and remember things? obviously you go to school for years to learn everything you need to but rn its impossible for me to pass. I need Grade 7 biology, physics and chemistry along with maths, english and a couple others. I have a year (im aware i could always do my GCSE's years from now but id like to get my life sorted cuz currently i feel i dont have years left of my life). I'll be doing them around May 2025, do you have any tips or advice for me? how to study, what to do to look after myself and etc? im not looking for mental health help, i js feel alone in this. Was it always easy? as a child were you amazing at science. I feel i am meant to be working with animals, id love to save them especially wild animals but it feels impossible, i need hope and motivation to get me through this. Not only for me to stay alive and fight through my struggles but so many animals need help and it'd give me purpose knowing i have a chance to save them. I hope this makes sense. Thank you !!
2024.05.19 16:35 Just-world_fallacy Joining solid granny squares and solid granny pentagon ?
Hello !
I would like to make granny square shorts following a pattern which uses a pentagon, squares and triangles. These need to be joined at the end.
Someone on this sub pointed out that it would be very revealing. Therefore, I would like to use solid granny squares/pentagons/triangles instead of the original ones. Plus, the size of my squares is constrained, I am obtaining the size I want by making 4 rounds of double crochets + 1 round of single crochets. It gives me 18 chains + 2 on the corner trebles on the edge of the square.
The problem I have is that I am not managing to match the amount of stitches on one side of the pentagon to the number of stitches on the side of a square, and I could probably compensate it in the joining process, but what if not ?
For the squares, the recipe seems to be always the same, starting with the 1st round being 3 dc - 1tr 4 times to make 4 sides. Next rounds will have dc-dc-tr-dc-dc in each corner stitch.
For the pentagon, I have tried 2 things.
1- following instructions which told me to start with the 1st row being a circle. It then becomes a pentagon by doing dc-tr-dc in the same stitch then a dc increase in the next one on the 2nd and 3rd rounds, then only dc-tr-dc in the corners for the 4th round and following.
2- Making a pentagon since the 1st round by including 4 trebles every 3 double crochets in the magic circle. 3 double crochets and 1 treble for a corner was the recipe for the 1st round of my solid square. Therefore I thought I would simply add one side to the pentagon.
With this method, I have the feeling that if I add the extra double crochet increase in the 3rd round, it gets pretty wobbly.
Except that of course the number of increases are not the same on the sides of the pentagon than on the sides of the square, the pentagon increases of 3 per side on 2 rounds, and then only by 2...
-> Now that I write this, I realize that after 4 rounds, my pentagon has 12 chains on one side including corner trebles. It should theoretically match my square if I do 3 rounds more. But would I be correct if I did this ? Or should I find a trick to match the number of rows AND final stitches on one side of the pentagon and squares ?
I suppose that in order to do this I would need to put more double crochets in the magic ring in the 1st row between the corner trebles.
I have some math to do, but if someone had an easy recipe for the length of one side of the pentagon to match the length of one side of the square, it would be perfect !
Thanks in advance for your help !
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I would like to make granny square shorts following a pattern which uses a pentagon, squares and triangles. These need to be joined at the end.
Someone on this sub pointed out that it would be very revealing. Therefore, I would like to use solid granny squares/pentagons/triangles instead of the original ones. Plus, the size of my squares is constrained, I am obtaining the size I want by making 4 rounds of double crochets + 1 round of single crochets. It gives me 18 chains + 2 on the corner trebles on the edge of the square.
The problem I have is that I am not managing to match the amount of stitches on one side of the pentagon to the number of stitches on the side of a square, and I could probably compensate it in the joining process, but what if not ?
For the squares, the recipe seems to be always the same, starting with the 1st round being 3 dc - 1tr 4 times to make 4 sides. Next rounds will have dc-dc-tr-dc-dc in each corner stitch.
For the pentagon, I have tried 2 things.
1- following instructions which told me to start with the 1st row being a circle. It then becomes a pentagon by doing dc-tr-dc in the same stitch then a dc increase in the next one on the 2nd and 3rd rounds, then only dc-tr-dc in the corners for the 4th round and following.
2- Making a pentagon since the 1st round by including 4 trebles every 3 double crochets in the magic circle. 3 double crochets and 1 treble for a corner was the recipe for the 1st round of my solid square. Therefore I thought I would simply add one side to the pentagon.
With this method, I have the feeling that if I add the extra double crochet increase in the 3rd round, it gets pretty wobbly.
Except that of course the number of increases are not the same on the sides of the pentagon than on the sides of the square, the pentagon increases of 3 per side on 2 rounds, and then only by 2...
-> Now that I write this, I realize that after 4 rounds, my pentagon has 12 chains on one side including corner trebles. It should theoretically match my square if I do 3 rounds more. But would I be correct if I did this ? Or should I find a trick to match the number of rows AND final stitches on one side of the pentagon and squares ?
I suppose that in order to do this I would need to put more double crochets in the magic ring in the 1st row between the corner trebles.
I have some math to do, but if someone had an easy recipe for the length of one side of the pentagon to match the length of one side of the square, it would be perfect !
Thanks in advance for your help !
2024.05.19 16:31 realchadd Moving to Texas. Apply for a credential
Hi. My wife and I are looking at moving to Texas for my work. She is a 1 year teacher and has preliminary credential and she’s looking to teach between 1st and 3rd grade. If move this summer she won’t have cleared her credential. Does anybody know how long it would take for her to apply for and get a credential in Texas? Also would her masters degree credits apply to her credential?
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2024.05.19 16:17 LoganWY How I self-advocated (Long story no TL:DR)
Today I want to tell my story of how I self-advocated and what I did to achieve that goal. I'm telling my story to help those who are in a similar position to what I was in and to inspire those to self-advocate.
To recap from my earlier posts. I have ADHD and fell under the "multiple disabilities" characterization. My high school teacher claimed that I have autism (Not diagnosed). I personally don't believe I have autism or at the very least I have a high functioning autism. Throughout most of my school career, I was in a self-contained classroom with kids with severe disabilities. Even if I was in the general population I had a paraprofessional or peer tutor. I never believed that I should have been in that position. As a consequence, I never really learned any social skills, I was segregated, and felt like that people didn't want anything to do with me because I was sped. The reason why I ended up in this position was probably a combination of me having the "multiple disabilities'' characterization and me testing low in three year revaluation tests. If you want more info on this then feel free to search my profile. This is an alt account and is primarily used to ask questions about special ed so It's really easy to find stuff about me.
Before I get into my story I just want to make it clear that I'm not against special ed. There's good and bad people in every profession. I believed I was in danger for myself and for my future. I don't believe that my teacher was evil and had the best of intentions but he was putting me in a position that was hurting me and I had to act. If you have any questions or feedback feel free to let me know in the comments. Another thing is that this post has been really hard to make. It opened up some old wounds and as a result took several days to write.
Here's my story: So in late middle school I was tired of the placement that I was in. I was tired of not having friends, Not being able to socialize with my peers, not being able to date. I also was thinking about what my life will look like after high school, I was concerned that I was going to never have friends, Never be in a relationship, and not have the social skills to make those friends. I was generally very concerned for my future. So I decided that for my 8th grade year (2017-2018) I would do my absolute best for both my behavior and academics. Throughout the year nothing changed. I was hoping that me doing well would show that I didn't need any support but at the end of the year I still had paraprofessionals in most of my classes and was being pulled out for tests. In the summer between middle school and high school all I can think about is I want high school to be different. I wanted friends, I wanted a relationship, and I had dreams of me in the student council. When I got into high school I had peer tutors along with paraprofessionals (Peer Tutors are general ed students who sign up as an elective to help special needs kids. They basically serve the role as paraprofessionals with less responsibility). I did everything again and had the exact same result. In January of 2019 (freshmen year) I decided that my current strategy wasn't working. They also started making the peer tutors fill out behavioral checklists for their student(s) by grading them on how well they behaved/followed directions and gave them badges that say "peer tutor" which made me feel singled out. Because of that the peer tutors felt more like babysitters then someone that is an equal. So I went to my special ed teacher and asked him to remove the paraprofessional and the peer tutors. He told me no and said that I needed them. I changed my strategy again and I was going to ask for the Peer Tutors to be gone first, then focus on removing the paraprofessionals. I was more concerned about the peer tutors over the paraprofessionals because I was concerned that since they were part of the student body that this was going to affect me when I was running for the student council. I was worried that they'd tell others I was special needs then people would think I was incompetent. So every 2 weeks I would ask him again to remove them and each time he would give me a different excuse on why I couldn't be alone. Here's some of the excuses he gave me: "The peer tutors need to be there to collect data", "You need to prove that you can do the work yourself", "It's not up to me. It's the general education teacher that decides if you need a peer tutor or an aide", "Peer Tutors are supposed to represent a trainer for a job. If you refuse training then you're going to get fired". I brought it up again during my yearly IEP which took place in March. Once again my teacher said no, bringing up another excuse. As far as I can remember, my parents were neutral about the aide situation. Later one peer tutor was removed, what happened is that the peer tutor moved to a different town and they didn't bother on sending a substitute. A win is a win so I celebrated it. At the end of my freshman year I was pretty much defeated and didn't achieve the goal of being 100% independent. Over the summer I took a look at my situation and decided that my current plan is not working. I knew that when my sophomore year of high school starts I will have aides and peer tutors in classes. I knew that if I wanted to get what I wanted I would have to do something big. I knew that I would have to put up a fight, and put in a lot more effort. Over the summer I developed a war mindset inspired by two quotes from Sun Tzu:
"Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win”
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
I knew that I can't be going into sophomore year blind, so I started drafting a plan. I created a Google doc outlining my goals and what I wanted to accomplish. I knew that I won't be able to win every battle and that I need to choose which fight is worth fighting for. I thought to myself, “Well the peer tutors we're given training on the first day of school and probably have strategies to deal with poor behavior but what about planned well organized protests?” So I began researching strategies on how paraprofessionals/peer tutors dealt with negative behavior and reverse engineered those tactics. I read forms, I Watched YouTube videos and found as much information that I could find. For the peer tutors I didn't know too much about them. I didn't know if it was something that only my school did or if other schools did it. I did some research and found out that other schools had a peer tutor program and some have uploaded training videos on YouTube. Some peer tutors told me that they did babysitting and did nanny work so I looked up babysitting tips. I reverse engineered all of those tactics and came up with strategies to counter those techniques and put all that information that I learned into a google doc that I can use for future reference. During this time I also researched how to become a better negotiator and started learning a little bit of psychology. The plan was to first negotiate and if that doesn't work I will protest and make demands and negotiate. Over the summer I got really good at negotiating and practiced a lot on my father and my sister (they were totally oblivious). To this day I use those negotiating tactics. After I created my document and was satisfied with all the information, I went to bed that night and knew that I have already won and that my sophomore year will be my last year that I 1-1 peer tutor or aide.
Fast forward to the first day of school, as expected I had peer tutors and aides assigned to me in classes. My sped teacher had a chalkboard On the back wall full of sticky notes that had everyone's schedules and a name of someone was assigned to that student for each class. This time around I only had one peer tutor outside of the special ed classes. This is a big improvement over the three I had before but I still have my original goal of having none. For the paraprofessionals I had 2 in Gen classes.The goal was to first remove the peer tutors then the paraprofessionals. Even though this seems to be an improvement I continued with the plan. Since this was the first day, the peer tutors were in another classroom learning policies and other stuff they needed to know so I was alone for the day. I walked over to my special ed teacher and ask him one final time to remove the peer tutor he says no and then I asked him to let me be alone for 2 weeks so I can prove I don't need help and he still denies me. I then tell him that I will allow the peer tutor for 2 weeks and after that she needs to go. My teacher doesn't respond. (To add context the peer tutor that I had, she was a peer tutor in my math class in the prior semester so I already know who she was. We used to talk a lot and was surprised when I saw that she was assigned to me.)
For 2 weeks she mostly left me alone with her occasionally checking up on me. For those 2 weeks I purposely close my self off and adopted a body language that would subconsciously discourage her from approaching me. I did this by keeping my head low and staying as focused as possible. The only thing she did was confront me when I start packing up 2 minutes before the bell rings. She tells me that I shouldn't be packing up and to pull my stuff out again. I tell her no and hold my ground. She writes in my planner that I packed my stuff up early and refuse to pull it out. That happened like 2 or 3 times. On Thursday on the second week my class was tasked to create a PowerPoint. FYI this was a mythology class, while I was doing this PowerPoint I decided instead of manually trying to type in the locations and people from this mythology which the names were very long and complicated. I decided would be easier just to copy and paste them in. My peer tutor sees me doing this and doesn't say anything. At the end of class she writes that I plagiarized in my planner and tells my special ed teacher in person what happened. My sped teacher pulls me out of class (I had his math class right after mythology) and starts telling me that my peer tutor has seen me copy and pasting paragraphs and goes on this lecturing on why plagiarizing is bad. I explained to him that I wasn't copying paragraphs It was only copying names and locations and explain my reason for it. He didn't believe me but he didn't make me retake the assignment. After that I was pissed off and the next day I confronted her about it. I forgot what her reasoning for not telling me was but I told her that she needs to look into things before she makes false reports. After that incident, I decided to wait a week before I ask my teacher to remove her. Also during those first 3 weeks I turned down help from peer tutors and paras if possible In the special ed classroom. I did this to prevent sending any mix signals. I personally didn't mind if I had to work with a peer tutopara or not In the actual sped classroom. I only cared if it was in any of the general education classes. I just thought it would look contradictory if I was accepting help in the sped class and then requesting peer tutors to be removed from my gen classes.
At the beginning of the fourth week I went to school early and went to my sped teacher's class before first hour starts and then I again asked him to remove the peer tutor and the paraprofessionals. He says no again and brings up that I was being academically dishonest by plagiarizing. I tell my side of the story once again on what happened and he still doesn't believe me. At this point I leave and more pissed off. At this point negotiations didn't work so I started small protests by preventing the peer tutors from filling out my planer and the behavioral checklist. Most of them didn't care since there was other students they can fill out and they only need to fill out one to be graded for the day. One peer tutor gave me the puppy dog eye treatment and I eventually cave and let her fill it out. I still let the one peer tutor that was assigned to me in the gen class due to me being the only student and my intention wasn't to ruin, her grade. During the fourth week I began brainstorming ideas on how I can do a massive protest.
On Thursday of the fourth week of school, a walk into the mythology class and it started out like any other day. Class started and my teacher starts talking. I pull up my phone to respond to some messages and my peer tutor sees me. She asks me to hand my phone over to her and I tell her no. She tells me that I can't be on my phone and I tell her okay but I'm still not giving it to you. She then pulls out her phone and puts it on the table. She then tells me to put my phone on the table. I tell her no again. A few minutes past and the teacher finishes up talking. She passes the assignment and immediately my peer tutor begins to try and help by reading the questions. I slide the packet over closer to me and start ignoring her. I was hoping that she will get the hint and leave me alone. She doesn't so put on my hoodie and tried to mentally block her out. I don't remember what she said during all this since I was blocking it out but I do remember her touching me and the general ed teacher coming over and start assisting the peer tutor. It was a lot of pressure and I was actually about to give up because it was too much. But they both gaved up before I did and I was very relieved. After that, the class was pretty much quiet. The peer tutor wrote an entire paragraph on what happened. I walked to my math class and sat down. I then see my peer tutor walking into class and ask for my sped teacher. I already knew it was about me. I see them talk for 2 minutes and sure enough I see my teacher calling me over. I walked outside the classroom and me and the teacher begin to go at it. We end up saying the same things we have said before. However, my teacher this time mentioned that if I keep up my behavior that he's going to call in a meeting with my parents. The rest of math class was pretty much the same. However, my English class with the same teacher he went on a rant about using accommodations seeing that he had a disability growing up which was tourette's and he were love to have a peer tutor. I was quiet for the whole class since I was already exhausted because of everything else that had already happened. For the rest of the weekend, I've been coming up with plans on how I would be able to pull off a massive protest.
Now for the good news. On the fifth week of school, I noticed that my peer tutor was missing. My teacher pulled me aside again and told me that he decided that he was going to pull her for 2 weeks to see how well I would do without her. I told him thank you, that's what I wanted since the beginning of the school year. After those 2 weeks he didn't reinstate her and I didn't have a peer tutor or paraprofessionals in gen classes since. The deal moving forward was as long as I had a D or better he wasn't going to send any support unless I asked for it. My relationship with that sped teacher also had improved significantly. Later in my Junior year of high school I ran in my school's election and won. I was given the social media position.
In hindsight, I'm glad I didn't have to pull off a big protest. But the same time I wish that this situation could have ended in a different way.
Everything that I just told you is only the tip of the iceberg. There's so much detail that I had to leave out just to make this story shorter. Lot of it I'm still processing even though I found great strength in myself fighting back against a system that I believe was ruining my life. That war mindset hasn't left my mentality yet. I'm still dealing with the consequences of me being in special ed. Everything I told you happened 5 years ago and I'm still living through it like it just happened. I'm mentally recovering and eventually I will recover. Right now I'm in therapy and I'm writing down everything I can in a Google doc to process everything emotionally. Maybe one day I'll give that story to a writer and make a book out of it.
If you have any questions feel free ask them, I would love to answer them.
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To recap from my earlier posts. I have ADHD and fell under the "multiple disabilities" characterization. My high school teacher claimed that I have autism (Not diagnosed). I personally don't believe I have autism or at the very least I have a high functioning autism. Throughout most of my school career, I was in a self-contained classroom with kids with severe disabilities. Even if I was in the general population I had a paraprofessional or peer tutor. I never believed that I should have been in that position. As a consequence, I never really learned any social skills, I was segregated, and felt like that people didn't want anything to do with me because I was sped. The reason why I ended up in this position was probably a combination of me having the "multiple disabilities'' characterization and me testing low in three year revaluation tests. If you want more info on this then feel free to search my profile. This is an alt account and is primarily used to ask questions about special ed so It's really easy to find stuff about me.
Before I get into my story I just want to make it clear that I'm not against special ed. There's good and bad people in every profession. I believed I was in danger for myself and for my future. I don't believe that my teacher was evil and had the best of intentions but he was putting me in a position that was hurting me and I had to act. If you have any questions or feedback feel free to let me know in the comments. Another thing is that this post has been really hard to make. It opened up some old wounds and as a result took several days to write.
Here's my story: So in late middle school I was tired of the placement that I was in. I was tired of not having friends, Not being able to socialize with my peers, not being able to date. I also was thinking about what my life will look like after high school, I was concerned that I was going to never have friends, Never be in a relationship, and not have the social skills to make those friends. I was generally very concerned for my future. So I decided that for my 8th grade year (2017-2018) I would do my absolute best for both my behavior and academics. Throughout the year nothing changed. I was hoping that me doing well would show that I didn't need any support but at the end of the year I still had paraprofessionals in most of my classes and was being pulled out for tests. In the summer between middle school and high school all I can think about is I want high school to be different. I wanted friends, I wanted a relationship, and I had dreams of me in the student council. When I got into high school I had peer tutors along with paraprofessionals (Peer Tutors are general ed students who sign up as an elective to help special needs kids. They basically serve the role as paraprofessionals with less responsibility). I did everything again and had the exact same result. In January of 2019 (freshmen year) I decided that my current strategy wasn't working. They also started making the peer tutors fill out behavioral checklists for their student(s) by grading them on how well they behaved/followed directions and gave them badges that say "peer tutor" which made me feel singled out. Because of that the peer tutors felt more like babysitters then someone that is an equal. So I went to my special ed teacher and asked him to remove the paraprofessional and the peer tutors. He told me no and said that I needed them. I changed my strategy again and I was going to ask for the Peer Tutors to be gone first, then focus on removing the paraprofessionals. I was more concerned about the peer tutors over the paraprofessionals because I was concerned that since they were part of the student body that this was going to affect me when I was running for the student council. I was worried that they'd tell others I was special needs then people would think I was incompetent. So every 2 weeks I would ask him again to remove them and each time he would give me a different excuse on why I couldn't be alone. Here's some of the excuses he gave me: "The peer tutors need to be there to collect data", "You need to prove that you can do the work yourself", "It's not up to me. It's the general education teacher that decides if you need a peer tutor or an aide", "Peer Tutors are supposed to represent a trainer for a job. If you refuse training then you're going to get fired". I brought it up again during my yearly IEP which took place in March. Once again my teacher said no, bringing up another excuse. As far as I can remember, my parents were neutral about the aide situation. Later one peer tutor was removed, what happened is that the peer tutor moved to a different town and they didn't bother on sending a substitute. A win is a win so I celebrated it. At the end of my freshman year I was pretty much defeated and didn't achieve the goal of being 100% independent. Over the summer I took a look at my situation and decided that my current plan is not working. I knew that when my sophomore year of high school starts I will have aides and peer tutors in classes. I knew that if I wanted to get what I wanted I would have to do something big. I knew that I would have to put up a fight, and put in a lot more effort. Over the summer I developed a war mindset inspired by two quotes from Sun Tzu:
"Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win”
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
I knew that I can't be going into sophomore year blind, so I started drafting a plan. I created a Google doc outlining my goals and what I wanted to accomplish. I knew that I won't be able to win every battle and that I need to choose which fight is worth fighting for. I thought to myself, “Well the peer tutors we're given training on the first day of school and probably have strategies to deal with poor behavior but what about planned well organized protests?” So I began researching strategies on how paraprofessionals/peer tutors dealt with negative behavior and reverse engineered those tactics. I read forms, I Watched YouTube videos and found as much information that I could find. For the peer tutors I didn't know too much about them. I didn't know if it was something that only my school did or if other schools did it. I did some research and found out that other schools had a peer tutor program and some have uploaded training videos on YouTube. Some peer tutors told me that they did babysitting and did nanny work so I looked up babysitting tips. I reverse engineered all of those tactics and came up with strategies to counter those techniques and put all that information that I learned into a google doc that I can use for future reference. During this time I also researched how to become a better negotiator and started learning a little bit of psychology. The plan was to first negotiate and if that doesn't work I will protest and make demands and negotiate. Over the summer I got really good at negotiating and practiced a lot on my father and my sister (they were totally oblivious). To this day I use those negotiating tactics. After I created my document and was satisfied with all the information, I went to bed that night and knew that I have already won and that my sophomore year will be my last year that I 1-1 peer tutor or aide.
Fast forward to the first day of school, as expected I had peer tutors and aides assigned to me in classes. My sped teacher had a chalkboard On the back wall full of sticky notes that had everyone's schedules and a name of someone was assigned to that student for each class. This time around I only had one peer tutor outside of the special ed classes. This is a big improvement over the three I had before but I still have my original goal of having none. For the paraprofessionals I had 2 in Gen classes.The goal was to first remove the peer tutors then the paraprofessionals. Even though this seems to be an improvement I continued with the plan. Since this was the first day, the peer tutors were in another classroom learning policies and other stuff they needed to know so I was alone for the day. I walked over to my special ed teacher and ask him one final time to remove the peer tutor he says no and then I asked him to let me be alone for 2 weeks so I can prove I don't need help and he still denies me. I then tell him that I will allow the peer tutor for 2 weeks and after that she needs to go. My teacher doesn't respond. (To add context the peer tutor that I had, she was a peer tutor in my math class in the prior semester so I already know who she was. We used to talk a lot and was surprised when I saw that she was assigned to me.)
For 2 weeks she mostly left me alone with her occasionally checking up on me. For those 2 weeks I purposely close my self off and adopted a body language that would subconsciously discourage her from approaching me. I did this by keeping my head low and staying as focused as possible. The only thing she did was confront me when I start packing up 2 minutes before the bell rings. She tells me that I shouldn't be packing up and to pull my stuff out again. I tell her no and hold my ground. She writes in my planner that I packed my stuff up early and refuse to pull it out. That happened like 2 or 3 times. On Thursday on the second week my class was tasked to create a PowerPoint. FYI this was a mythology class, while I was doing this PowerPoint I decided instead of manually trying to type in the locations and people from this mythology which the names were very long and complicated. I decided would be easier just to copy and paste them in. My peer tutor sees me doing this and doesn't say anything. At the end of class she writes that I plagiarized in my planner and tells my special ed teacher in person what happened. My sped teacher pulls me out of class (I had his math class right after mythology) and starts telling me that my peer tutor has seen me copy and pasting paragraphs and goes on this lecturing on why plagiarizing is bad. I explained to him that I wasn't copying paragraphs It was only copying names and locations and explain my reason for it. He didn't believe me but he didn't make me retake the assignment. After that I was pissed off and the next day I confronted her about it. I forgot what her reasoning for not telling me was but I told her that she needs to look into things before she makes false reports. After that incident, I decided to wait a week before I ask my teacher to remove her. Also during those first 3 weeks I turned down help from peer tutors and paras if possible In the special ed classroom. I did this to prevent sending any mix signals. I personally didn't mind if I had to work with a peer tutopara or not In the actual sped classroom. I only cared if it was in any of the general education classes. I just thought it would look contradictory if I was accepting help in the sped class and then requesting peer tutors to be removed from my gen classes.
At the beginning of the fourth week I went to school early and went to my sped teacher's class before first hour starts and then I again asked him to remove the peer tutor and the paraprofessionals. He says no again and brings up that I was being academically dishonest by plagiarizing. I tell my side of the story once again on what happened and he still doesn't believe me. At this point I leave and more pissed off. At this point negotiations didn't work so I started small protests by preventing the peer tutors from filling out my planer and the behavioral checklist. Most of them didn't care since there was other students they can fill out and they only need to fill out one to be graded for the day. One peer tutor gave me the puppy dog eye treatment and I eventually cave and let her fill it out. I still let the one peer tutor that was assigned to me in the gen class due to me being the only student and my intention wasn't to ruin, her grade. During the fourth week I began brainstorming ideas on how I can do a massive protest.
On Thursday of the fourth week of school, a walk into the mythology class and it started out like any other day. Class started and my teacher starts talking. I pull up my phone to respond to some messages and my peer tutor sees me. She asks me to hand my phone over to her and I tell her no. She tells me that I can't be on my phone and I tell her okay but I'm still not giving it to you. She then pulls out her phone and puts it on the table. She then tells me to put my phone on the table. I tell her no again. A few minutes past and the teacher finishes up talking. She passes the assignment and immediately my peer tutor begins to try and help by reading the questions. I slide the packet over closer to me and start ignoring her. I was hoping that she will get the hint and leave me alone. She doesn't so put on my hoodie and tried to mentally block her out. I don't remember what she said during all this since I was blocking it out but I do remember her touching me and the general ed teacher coming over and start assisting the peer tutor. It was a lot of pressure and I was actually about to give up because it was too much. But they both gaved up before I did and I was very relieved. After that, the class was pretty much quiet. The peer tutor wrote an entire paragraph on what happened. I walked to my math class and sat down. I then see my peer tutor walking into class and ask for my sped teacher. I already knew it was about me. I see them talk for 2 minutes and sure enough I see my teacher calling me over. I walked outside the classroom and me and the teacher begin to go at it. We end up saying the same things we have said before. However, my teacher this time mentioned that if I keep up my behavior that he's going to call in a meeting with my parents. The rest of math class was pretty much the same. However, my English class with the same teacher he went on a rant about using accommodations seeing that he had a disability growing up which was tourette's and he were love to have a peer tutor. I was quiet for the whole class since I was already exhausted because of everything else that had already happened. For the rest of the weekend, I've been coming up with plans on how I would be able to pull off a massive protest.
Now for the good news. On the fifth week of school, I noticed that my peer tutor was missing. My teacher pulled me aside again and told me that he decided that he was going to pull her for 2 weeks to see how well I would do without her. I told him thank you, that's what I wanted since the beginning of the school year. After those 2 weeks he didn't reinstate her and I didn't have a peer tutor or paraprofessionals in gen classes since. The deal moving forward was as long as I had a D or better he wasn't going to send any support unless I asked for it. My relationship with that sped teacher also had improved significantly. Later in my Junior year of high school I ran in my school's election and won. I was given the social media position.
In hindsight, I'm glad I didn't have to pull off a big protest. But the same time I wish that this situation could have ended in a different way.
Everything that I just told you is only the tip of the iceberg. There's so much detail that I had to leave out just to make this story shorter. Lot of it I'm still processing even though I found great strength in myself fighting back against a system that I believe was ruining my life. That war mindset hasn't left my mentality yet. I'm still dealing with the consequences of me being in special ed. Everything I told you happened 5 years ago and I'm still living through it like it just happened. I'm mentally recovering and eventually I will recover. Right now I'm in therapy and I'm writing down everything I can in a Google doc to process everything emotionally. Maybe one day I'll give that story to a writer and make a book out of it.
If you have any questions feel free ask them, I would love to answer them.
2024.05.19 16:16 ssburglarsquad Found out something I shouldn't know
Long read but I'll keep it as simple and summarized as possible.
I manage at a private owned place, which is opening another location by the end of summer and I'll be going there to gm. Currently I clock in as a pure hourly manager 3 days a week and as a server or bartender (at those rates) another 2 days a week. Recently we switched our pos system. Our former provider sucked and this is a huge upgrade. The owners have always kept payroll very close to the chest and not even the gm has ever had access to see it. The owners did payroll through a 3rd party system when we had the old pos so there was never any chance we'd see it anyway. Now that we have the new system, they did away with the 3rd party payroll and do it through the new one. Of course they took the proper steps and limited the managers access so we can't see everyones rates, we already knew that. I make the schedule for the foh, and we use the scheduling program that is partnered with our new pos. There were some problems when I first started using the app to make schedules because I lacked access to use certain features. The owners gave me admin status (on the scheduling app only, not the pos system) and that was several months ago. The other night I was making the schedule and was just clicking around the app and I can basically see what everyone makes, EVERYONE. I know all of the numbers I saw are true because my numbers were correct. For me. As an hourly manager, more than half our line cooks make more than me per hour im at $19 hour, alot of them are at $20. Our km clears 90k annual salary, our gm is only at 65k annual salary, another manager literally makes $15 an hour when we pay our dishwashers $15 an hour too. How the fuck does that make any sense? There's 2 servers that literally have a fucking annual salary at $13 and $15 so when they clock in and make tips they're getting paid way more than everyone else, me included when I clock in as bartender or server at $5 an hour. I even asked months ago if I could clock in at a rate similar to how they are (and I didn't even know they already were) and got shot down. Us managers were told we can't get raises atm bc "slow season" but I can see that the entire kitchen has gotten raises since April.
Now, moving on the the new location. Im in that building almost every morning talking to a dozen reps, contractors, electricians, plumbers, coordinating with tech guys and mapping out everything, all shit thats way above my pay grade. Me and the owner sat down a few months ago to talk my numbers. I said I wanted to be in the 70s range preferably 75k-80k. I think he thought I was gonna ask for more but honestly I'd be comfortable with that. He said that can most likely be done. Fast forward to now and they're back pedaling hard af. They want me to come down to around 60k and have a "bonus incentive" salary to keep me honest and working hard to achieve goals.
I'm ready to quit. Do I show my hand and tell them I know everything? Do I threaten them to air this shit out and watch how many people quit or demand instant raises? As it stands right now in my mind I WILL NOT be their underpaid "gm" at this new place for anything under 80k now. Infact I might up it to 90k just like our shitty km who can't manage the kitchen and does a shitty job.
What would you do?
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I manage at a private owned place, which is opening another location by the end of summer and I'll be going there to gm. Currently I clock in as a pure hourly manager 3 days a week and as a server or bartender (at those rates) another 2 days a week. Recently we switched our pos system. Our former provider sucked and this is a huge upgrade. The owners have always kept payroll very close to the chest and not even the gm has ever had access to see it. The owners did payroll through a 3rd party system when we had the old pos so there was never any chance we'd see it anyway. Now that we have the new system, they did away with the 3rd party payroll and do it through the new one. Of course they took the proper steps and limited the managers access so we can't see everyones rates, we already knew that. I make the schedule for the foh, and we use the scheduling program that is partnered with our new pos. There were some problems when I first started using the app to make schedules because I lacked access to use certain features. The owners gave me admin status (on the scheduling app only, not the pos system) and that was several months ago. The other night I was making the schedule and was just clicking around the app and I can basically see what everyone makes, EVERYONE. I know all of the numbers I saw are true because my numbers were correct. For me. As an hourly manager, more than half our line cooks make more than me per hour im at $19 hour, alot of them are at $20. Our km clears 90k annual salary, our gm is only at 65k annual salary, another manager literally makes $15 an hour when we pay our dishwashers $15 an hour too. How the fuck does that make any sense? There's 2 servers that literally have a fucking annual salary at $13 and $15 so when they clock in and make tips they're getting paid way more than everyone else, me included when I clock in as bartender or server at $5 an hour. I even asked months ago if I could clock in at a rate similar to how they are (and I didn't even know they already were) and got shot down. Us managers were told we can't get raises atm bc "slow season" but I can see that the entire kitchen has gotten raises since April.
Now, moving on the the new location. Im in that building almost every morning talking to a dozen reps, contractors, electricians, plumbers, coordinating with tech guys and mapping out everything, all shit thats way above my pay grade. Me and the owner sat down a few months ago to talk my numbers. I said I wanted to be in the 70s range preferably 75k-80k. I think he thought I was gonna ask for more but honestly I'd be comfortable with that. He said that can most likely be done. Fast forward to now and they're back pedaling hard af. They want me to come down to around 60k and have a "bonus incentive" salary to keep me honest and working hard to achieve goals.
I'm ready to quit. Do I show my hand and tell them I know everything? Do I threaten them to air this shit out and watch how many people quit or demand instant raises? As it stands right now in my mind I WILL NOT be their underpaid "gm" at this new place for anything under 80k now. Infact I might up it to 90k just like our shitty km who can't manage the kitchen and does a shitty job.
What would you do?