I'm keeping an eye on this one. Teacher Ramblings
This reminds me of when I used to be in credential school. I was trying to balance student-teaching and a part-time job, university work for my own credentials and high school work from kids. Then, when I got my first teaching job... oh the hell and stress!!!! Suddenly, credential school seemed easier.
I'm so glad I'm done with credential school, but the experience was exhilarating. I would never do it again though. (^_^)I'm glad I'm a teacher now who is getting more experience as I keep teaching.
Wednesday, October 29, 2003
Thursday, October 23, 2003
Testing Friendships
Once in a while, I get these chain emails from people I haven't heard from in years. It's great to get emails from people you think you lost contact with, but a chain email??? Why a chain email? Why not something of a personal touch to let people know that you thought of them? Instead, I get this chain email with tons of >>>>> marks, which gives me an idea of how many times that email was sent around. It's like getting a "used" email. Do I feel special? No.
The chain emails I hate the most are the ones where you have to send it back to the person who sent it to you. That's someone's cheap way of testing if you are a friend or not. I think people like that are just insecure about losing their friends. Sometimes I think they are still stuck in this high school mentality, where the more friends you have, the more popular you feel because you know that many people. They want to find their email's INBOX full of replies from all the people they sent that email to and feel loved because so many people do care about them.
Not.
Don't get me wrong. There are some of those emails I do actually reply to because they are from people who I keep regular contact with: via email, via phone, via letters, by hanging out, by having lunch, by working. When I get emails from those people, I do reply. But emails from old friends who have become strangers to me, I automatically click on DELETE. I'm not here to provide a brief "self-esteem" fix. Get a life.
Once in a while, I get these chain emails from people I haven't heard from in years. It's great to get emails from people you think you lost contact with, but a chain email??? Why a chain email? Why not something of a personal touch to let people know that you thought of them? Instead, I get this chain email with tons of >>>>> marks, which gives me an idea of how many times that email was sent around. It's like getting a "used" email. Do I feel special? No.
The chain emails I hate the most are the ones where you have to send it back to the person who sent it to you. That's someone's cheap way of testing if you are a friend or not. I think people like that are just insecure about losing their friends. Sometimes I think they are still stuck in this high school mentality, where the more friends you have, the more popular you feel because you know that many people. They want to find their email's INBOX full of replies from all the people they sent that email to and feel loved because so many people do care about them.
Not.
Don't get me wrong. There are some of those emails I do actually reply to because they are from people who I keep regular contact with: via email, via phone, via letters, by hanging out, by having lunch, by working. When I get emails from those people, I do reply. But emails from old friends who have become strangers to me, I automatically click on DELETE. I'm not here to provide a brief "self-esteem" fix. Get a life.
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