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FearfulSymmetry: What kind of internship is it?
System admin/slave. :P
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omega64: System admin/slave. :P
Whahahaha. How would you feel about trading, just for a few days? I'd like to swap my two classes of thirty seventeen-year olds for a bit ...
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FearfulSymmetry: Hi! *big hug* Haven't seen you in a while. How has university been?

I'm okay, although I can't wait for the summer holiday. :P
University is really good at the moment :)
Well same here :P
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ElTerprise: University is really good at the moment :)
Well same here :P
Good to hear that! :)

Yeah, I'm basically sitting around hoping a conclusion to my thesis will magically drop from the sky or something ...
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omega64: System admin/slave. :P
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FearfulSymmetry: Whahahaha. How would you feel about trading, just for a few days? I'd like to swap my two classes of thirty seventeen-year olds for a bit ...
I'd rather not, I know how annoying kids are at that age. :P
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omega64: I'd rather not, I know how annoying kids are at that age. :P
Darn. Guess that plan failed, then. :P I don't normally mind them that much, but between them being absolute shits on Monday and me getting only a 'sufficient' rather than a 'good' or 'excellent' for a lesson visit as a result, I could do without them for a bit. :P
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FearfulSymmetry: Darn. Guess that plan failed, then. :P I don't normally mind them that much, but between them being absolute shits on Monday and me getting only a 'sufficient' rather than a 'good' or 'excellent' for a lesson visit as a result, I could do without them for a bit. :P
I get it, being absolute shit in class can be pretty fun though.
Worst is monday, probably Friday as second worst.
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FearfulSymmetry: Good to hear that! :)

Yeah, I'm basically sitting around hoping a conclusion to my thesis will magically drop from the sky or something ...
Thanks :)

Oh...well best of luck with that. :)
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omega64: I'd rather not, I know how annoying kids are at that age. :P
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FearfulSymmetry: Darn. Guess that plan failed, then. :P I don't normally mind them that much, but between them being absolute shits on Monday and me getting only a 'sufficient' rather than a 'good' or 'excellent' for a lesson visit as a result, I could do without them for a bit. :P
When I lost control of the adult classes I taught I used to drop the biggest book I could find flat on the floor.
The loud noise startled them into silence just long enough for me to get their attention again. :-)

Hello Fredland.
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omega64: I get it, being absolute shit in class can be pretty fun though.
Worst is monday, probably Friday as second worst.
Yeah, worst is Monday after a holiday. :P But the 2-4 o'clock class I have on Friday afternoon can be pretty difficult as well.

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ElTerprise: Thanks :)

Oh...well best of luck with that. :)
Thanks! I have made some progress and am now sitting at 107 words. Unfortunately, the downstairs neighbors are suffering from a leak again likely caused by our water supply, so I am now trying to write my conclusion to the musical accompaniment of drilling. :)

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EndreWhiteMane: When I lost control of the adult classes I taught I used to drop the biggest book I could find flat on the floor.
The loud noise startled them into silence just long enough for me to get their attention again. :-)

Hello Fredland.
That's a pretty good one, I could try startling them like that. :)

Hi Endre, how are you?
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EndreWhiteMane: When I lost control of the adult classes I taught I used to drop the biggest book I could find flat on the floor.
The loud noise startled them into silence just long enough for me to get their attention again. :-)

Hello Fredland.
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FearfulSymmetry: That's a pretty good one, I could try startling them like that. :)

Hi Endre, how are you?
Doing OK here today, preparing for my new teaching job, 30 6th graders learning how to garden. :-)
We'll see how that goes, I've never (formally) taught kids before.
*big energizing thesis writing hug*
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FearfulSymmetry: Hey Owl! I'm about to start working on the conclusion of my thesis ... I may need a rescue team to extract me in a few hours. :P

How are you doing? And wow, tea? It's much too warm for tea. :P I think I'll go for an iced coffee instead. :)
Ho wow :-D almost the end !!
We'll have to celebrate this...
Just yell when you're done, and we come to rescue you with champagne and confetti \o/
(and, it's never too warm for tea !) ;-p
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EndreWhiteMane: When I lost control of the adult classes I taught I used to drop the biggest book I could find flat on the floor.
The loud noise startled them into silence just long enough for me to get their attention again. :-)

Hello Fredland.
Haha, I had a teacher who were used to do that too... :-D
Hello, Endre !!
**Big owl hug**
Post edited May 11, 2016 by Empress_Owl
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FearfulSymmetry: Thanks! I have made some progress and am now sitting at 107 words. Unfortunately, the downstairs neighbors are suffering from a leak again likely caused by our water supply, so I am now trying to write my conclusion to the musical accompaniment of drilling. :)
Oh -.-
That sounds fantastic...hope the "music" will stop soon. But at least you're nearly done \o/
Good afternoon, lovely people of Fred!

I hope you are all having a lovely day? And I see GOG is breaking again. Poor GOG, I wonder if they will ever have him in tip top condition.

*exhausted hugs and waves*


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FearfulSymmetry: That's a pretty good one, I could try startling them like that. :)
On the few occasions that I have had to teach students, I often find cutting open the chest and ripping out the heart and slamming it on the scales to be a nice way to keep them quite. But I am not sure you could do that, well, maybe with one of the more annoying ones, that way no one will miss them. :-)
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ddickinson: On the few occasions that I have had to teach students, I often find cutting open the chest and ripping out the heart and slamming it on the scales to be a nice way to keep them quite. But I am not sure you could do that, well, maybe with one of the more annoying ones, that way no one will miss them. :-)
So on a related note, how was prison?