Been a while...
Sep. 8th, 2005 09:54 pmI'm doing prac teaching at a local pre-school now too - oh joy! I get to spend hours and hours writing up observations, making conclusions regarding developmental milestones, and programming learning schedules, classroom organisation, and individual learning experiences weeks in advance! Plus I get to wipe the snotty noses of poor kids who have had the flu for three weeks, yet their idiot parents still send them to pre-school in addition to not taking them to the doctor, with the end result that I am now sick too, whilst trying to do all this work. Sweet.
And while I'm ranting - what is up with the weird-ass names parents are calling their kids these days? I've taught kids named Taj, Angus, Alister, Ted (that's his full name - Ted), Kai, Hunter, Karne, Griffin, Reily, Banjo, Impi, Koen, Murion (that's a boy), Millicent, Tully, Bijou, Pippa, Cashel, Jed, Estelle, Ireland, Ellie-Tiarne (no, I'm not fucking kidding), and so on. Then there's the kre8tyv spelling names, which I really love - like Oskar, Alysha, Jazmin, Jorja, Kayleigh, Jodi, Lili, Izak, Kaitlyn, and Taylah (yes, that would be 'Taylor' spelled phonetically, at least the way we Aussies pronounce it). Then there's the parents who decide to give all their children names that sound weird when grouped together, like siblings named Liam and Lachlan, Hugo and Rohan, Hugo and Miles (what's up with 'Hugo'?), Ruby and Ophelia, and, best for last - I shit you not - Hawke and Knox. *is still bowled over by that one*. Seriously, Hawke and Knox. And those parents will probably be mystified as to why their children will grow up to despise them.
And I thought I had it rough being named after the chick who played Joanie in Happy Days.
(Incidentally, how I got my name is perfect anecdotal evidence for why a woman should never let hubby name the children. Although it's not like my mother did a spectacular job with naming either - this being a woman who named two of her other daughters Narelle and Michelle. *sigh*)
On the plus side, I did manage to write some drabbles for
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And if anyone feels like vomiting at the level of ignorance, bigotry, and sheer stupidity there is in this world, go read The American Taliban. Just be sure to take a spew bucket and a pillow to pummel the shit out of.