No, it's not a protest

[cherydactyl]

The Fairydoor 5k and Treetown 10k are on Sunday. Anybody in for a walk on Sunday?

Edited to add: Even though I posted this, I may not be up for a walk tomorrow. My sinus cold from yesterday is with me with a vengeance. I'm hopeful that the neti pot and some rest today will help, but please don't count on me. I may send illyaa out with the girls, though, as they would enjoy the fairy doors.

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[ka-crow.livejournal.com]

OT: I thought of you yesterday when I was in Borders -- they have a teachers' discount going on this weekend -- and saw a card with a lovely photo of a pink Nymphaea (sp?) water lily.

It occurred to me, as I went to check out, that what I had on me was not proof of being an educator so much as merely proof of being on the faculty. It's just that gushy former students are so hard to carry in a purse. ;)

[cherydactyl.livejournal.com]

Hehehe.

I, on the other hand, don't have proof of being an educator, unless either my child's birth certificate qualifies (maybe it should) or a paystub from the school where I am in charge of morning care does (I teach games, help with homework if needed, and provide educational/interesting crafts and activities). I suppose eventually I might have a testimonial from a tutoring client I could bring along.

The ways we formally define who's a teacher for this purpose are certainly narrow and short-sighted, aren't they?

[ka-crow.livejournal.com]

God yes. My sister is currently homeschooling, in part because the experiences we had as gifted kids in public school (where we lived, homeschooling was not legal at the time -- your kids were in a certain building, or truant, simple as that) absolutely sucked. Perhaps the fact that my nephew, who will be six in June, reads chapter books without help would aid her in making her case.

[pattimst3k.livejournal.com]

I did the 5k fairydoor walk last year and it was really cool! Hope you feel better, Cheryl.
And I think that your paystub from a school would count for the discount. Or do you have an ID? I have a picture ID that just says DPS in the corner, and it's always been accepted.

[cherydactyl.livejournal.com]

Nope, SK has never had IDs. We're only four homerooms and about 40 students this year, and it's never been bigger than 80 students ever. Full time employees number fewer than 10.

I did use my paystub last year (just after I had actually been let go at the end of the 06-07 school year) as proof of being an educator to get into Origins Game Fair for free through their 'teacher's hall pass' program. I got grumbles that I was supposed to present a teaching credential, and implications that only actual teachers qualified. I guess as an administrator/office person I was actually bending the rules but, *screw them*, because as morning care and lunch supervisor I had more student contact than some of the specials teachers. And I bought supplies and stuff for morning care on my own dime too, just like a 'regular' teacher.

Have a chip on my shoulder about teacher credentialling hoops? Why do you ask?

[pattimst3k.livejournal.com]

I hear ya. When I was teaching adult ed, I got crap from people saying how "easy" it was. Um, no. I was completely on my own and had no "office" to send people to. I never had a problem, because I kept them so involved that they couldn't goof off. As long as you are in a school, I don't see the problem. Hell, the lunch ladies take care of my kids at lunch, and they make a heck of a lot less money than I do!