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Post by christine58 on Jan 6, 2021 17:41:06 GMT
You need to find some joy every day. Every teacher I know is tired and sad and frustrated. I get it...I do. BUT find a way to be kind to yourself. Wow. You telling someone else to find some joy is pretty rich. I get that you're going through some stuff, but you've been a real turd to a lot of people over the last few months. You aren't teaching now. You never taught in a pandemic. Maybe keep the judgment to yourself. You know what?? You are right.. my apologies. I was truly just trying to help her. This is a crazy ass time. |
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Post by inkedup on Jan 6, 2021 17:55:18 GMT
Wow. You telling someone else to find some joy is pretty rich. I get that you're going through some stuff, but you've been a real turd to a lot of people over the last few months. You aren't teaching now. You never taught in a pandemic. Maybe keep the judgment to yourself. You know what?? You are right.. my apologies. I was truly just trying to help her. This is a crazy ass time. I'm sorry I was harsh. I know you've been through a lot and I'm not minimizing that. A few months after my mom died, a pea made a similar comment to me and it snapped me out of my own head. I was definitely more angry and mean than usual and it took that comment to help me see it. Grief is a monster and I know you are fighting it. And then, with everything else, including the anniversary of your father's death...it's just too much. I'm sorry. I'm sending hugs. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2021 18:37:34 GMT
Teen anxiety, depression and suicide are skyrocketing. Kids are in crisis. If you don't see it, frankly you're not looking. I get that the majority of people on this board just want to hear about how everyone should be happy to do anything to protect them with their high risk factors, but damn - I've read 4 pages of selfishness and it's not the children. My kids have sacrificed so much - and to read a bunch of bullshit about how they should be more resilient. , thank you. I don't want to get into anything on this thread, I am not in the headspace to do so. Your words here said everything I wanted to say. My DS's friend (17 years old) passed away by suicide December 12th, 2020. We are heartbroken. I didn't want to make a post about it on the board-it's just too much-and my heart is breaking for my DS and all his friends. They are shattered and flailing and everyone is screaming (including his family) "Why?? Why??" |
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Post by inkedup on Jan 6, 2021 18:38:23 GMT
I live in a conservative area of Southern California. Half the houses around us proudly display Trump gear. People are angry about Biden, leftists and SOCIALISM. They scream about personal responsibility, the tyranny of masks and "Commiefornia". The anti-masking, pro-school opening parents are insufferable on our school district's FB page. Suddenly, the personal responsibility crowd wants to pin the responsibility for their children's emotional well being solely on the educators that our socialist school system pays for. The ignorance, hypocrisy and entitlement are off the charts. Is this where they are storming malls and grocery stores without masks, looking like absolute idiots screaming at masked folks? oh, yes. We have it all. Trump rallies (STILL), anti-maskers with their pretend ADA exemptions, and a bunch of Google MD's that are taking a break from practicing medicine and epidemiology on social media to focus on their other specialties, constitutional law and election fraud. |
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Post by christine58 on Jan 6, 2021 19:05:19 GMT
You know what?? You are right.. my apologies. I was truly just trying to help her. This is a crazy ass time. I'm sorry I was harsh. I know you've been through a lot and I'm not minimizing that. A few months after my mom died, a pea made a similar comment to me and it snapped me out of my own head. I was definitely more angry and mean than usual and it took that comment to help me see it. Grief is a monster and I know you are fighting it. And then, with everything else, including the anniversary of your father's death...it's just too much. I'm sorry. I'm sending hugs. Thanks. I truly was trying to help her. Fucking Covid fucking grief. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 6, 2021 19:08:19 GMT
Fucking Covid fucking grief. Amen. |
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Post by Mystie on Jan 6, 2021 19:15:02 GMT
I think these pandemic topics go south and cause hurt feelings because we are all suffering and we all are trying to care about a hundred different problems all at once and each of us prioritizes those problems according to our own situations. So when one aspect comes up, then those of us dealing with a different aspect feel minimized, unheard, condescended to, or ignored.
Add in an era when just the general tone of conversation has become harsh and combative, or is perceived as harsh and combative because we're so used to it now, and we end up with these conversations I see here over and over where people get hurt or at least bruised both intentionally and unintentionally. It makes me sad because I know how hard every single one of us has it right now, in our own individual ways. We're all worried and scared, we're all grieving.
I just wanted to say that.
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Post by inkedup on Jan 6, 2021 20:46:40 GMT
I'm sorry I was harsh. I know you've been through a lot and I'm not minimizing that. A few months after my mom died, a pea made a similar comment to me and it snapped me out of my own head. I was definitely more angry and mean than usual and it took that comment to help me see it. Grief is a monster and I know you are fighting it. And then, with everything else, including the anniversary of your father's death...it's just too much. I'm sorry. I'm sending hugs. Thanks. I truly was trying to help her. Fucking Covid fucking grief. Yes, yes, yes. Preach. Fucking fuck. |
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