Mostly the skin is OK, though there are a few outbreaks of lumps on the forehead now and again. As for the Giant Mutant Ninja Sulk - he just didn't want me interrupting a computer game for a photo session! :D He often grins, and has me in stitches. Still has those dimples... ;)
The dreaded teenage hormones. Yes. Teenage boys are............um........interesting...yeah, that's the ticket.
Exam stress, hormones, and trainers the size of Mount Etna!
It's ok, I know what to do. I used to teach his kind, after all... It wasn't the kids that ended my teaching career.
Stock up on the Fabreze and Oust (or the local equivalent thereof.) Those boys are fragrant. ;-)
We have some of these for the trainers and walking boots: >
Those clothes are adorable!!!! My favorite is the purple jacket :):):):) Why did they act disgusted? Maybe it was jealousy. If their moms had only been able to make pretty clothes for them........
Happy birthday to your little girl, she's so cute!!! :):):)
Hugs, Lory
What is it with teachers and self-made garments?
Last year I was subbing at one of the local grade schools and one of the teachers complimented me on my outfit - a salwar kameez sort of thing made up in lightweight cotton in shades of green. I thanked her, then she asked where I'd gotten it. I told her I'd made it and she said, "Oh no you didn't", so vehemently that I was actually startled.
Now, I know that kids these days use that phrase ironically but that was not the tone she took with me. She proceeded to pull the back of the neck out to check for a tag, then inspected the hem and side seams of the tunic (all neatly finished with my serger to prevent fraying) and I was so taken aback that I allowed it.
I believe that from here on out if a teacher asks me where I got something I made that I'm just going to say it was a gift, and refrain mentioning that it was from me, to me.
I wonder where they are comming from with that? Uusally the response to 'I made it myself' is Wow! Aren't you taented! Do you make things for anyone esle? I look modest and had them my card. :D
Yes, Kathleen, sometimes it's necessary to just say that. I'd had that happen to me a few times over the years I taught, till finally I posted a note in the teacher's break room that said, "Sign up for sewing lessons." with my name and class room. Later, two asked me to teach them, so they could dress smart. I bought all my Christmas gifts with the profits that year & I enjoyed it. We did the sewing in my classroom after school hours. Emily
That's one way to handle it. The other is to see it as an opportunity to educate the educator. ;-) Since home ec is no longer a required course for girls, many younger women just don't realize their capability. It was wrong to exclude boys from home ec, and exclude girls from shop, but the end result is that neither boys nor girls know how to do things for themselves. This is not an improvement.
Some very famous Gifted people were premature born ,,, i once read an article about that !!! mirjam
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