From the Washington Post (emphasis, as usual, is mine)– GOP leaders portray the tax bills — for the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast, affluent investors, U.S. troops serving in Iraq and taxpayers who otherwise would be hit by the alternative minimum tax — as vital to keeping the economy rolling. “Our economic policies have done the trick,” […]
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What went wrong, you ask? Oh, pretty much everything that was supposed to make the day a good one. Let’s see. Sat all day waiting for Hope’s computer to come, (I bought a secondhand Dell on eBay) because UPS said it would be here today. Guess what. It’s 1900, and no computer. Tried to start
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Why am I the one to call about “is there basketball practice today?” Do I look like the coach? (who is, btw, an extremely organized person whom I’m sure sent home a schedule of practices and his phone number.) Do I care that your kid is getting picked on at lunch? Well, yes, I do,
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Another day they didn’t show, and people just don’t get how very much I have to do. My principal came in today to ask why these kids who have been absent, have these holes in their attendance record. Well, gee, ma’am, that would be because I’ve been locked up in my office doing filing and
Nope, they didn’t show. A day of reprieve, I just might make it. Maybe. Halfway through…umm…the seventh grade, and most of the eighth is filed. Sixth isn’t even started. And today’s the fortieth day, which means all kinds of fun report-type stuff… Sigh. To bed!!
Today as I was working on the “first priority,” getting kids enrolled (with the three I’m expecting tomorrow, fourteen this week) my principal stopped in to tell me we’re expecting to get audited next week. Yes, that’s audited. Not by the district, by the state. What are they looking for? Umm–papers in files. Certain papers,
Okay, barring reports with due dates and the first week of school, this is the week I cannot miss any time. With all the trainings this week (surely I’ve kvetched myself blue about them? Monday the office manager, leaving us at 2/3 strength or worse, the same Tuesday, Wednesday any of us, and Thursday ALL