Dear Staff...

So to vent out my frustration about the staff I work with at one of my jobs, I've jotted down some of my pet peeves that if I had the power to confront them with , I would. ( I am a site facilitator, I oversee 4 staff members and an average of 125 kids daily at an after school program, and might I add we are restricted to using only the cafeteria on most day.s  you do the math....)




Dear #1,
Must I remind you, of the age group you oversee? Keep your dirty comments to yourself. Also, yes, I know.. child 1 is infested with lice, you've only mentioned it 50 times in the past week!  I've addressed it. Please don't repeat it in front of other children much less parents. please be more attentive, your kiddos tend to do as they please during homework time. I am also bothered by the fact that I've told you several times to make sure you can see ALL of your kiddos when playing outside at all times... please work on this. Clearly you can see why I stress this so.

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Dear #2,
Reconsider ever working with kids. I know you didn't have any , and i also know that you didn't take this job seeking to be around children. To you this is just job number 3. Please reflect on the fact that the little ones you look after, are sweet kids. Most of them are great. What is it with the little boys? why are you so mean to them. I wish you could see yourself when you are talking to them, maybe you'd see what i see, ant that might change you. I also wish you'd understand that little Chubbs is going through a lot of issues.You would know if you got to know him a bit. HE is a bright boy who needs a lot of attention and will try anything to get it. You yelling at him the minute he walks in the door does nothing to help the situation. Please note that he has improved. Put your pride aside and admit that i am right, he is trying very hard to be a good boy.


Dear #3,

I don't like the fact that it seems like I look after your group and that I am doing everything you are supposed to be doing just because you say the kids don't listen to you. Grow some back bone! I loathe when you tadle-tale on kids you do it more than they do . . I'd really like to know how two boys can start a fight,while you are inches away from them. I also still don't know how you can go on denying that you offended a students grandmother by justifying an educators inappropriate behavior towards that student. Oh and you need to not hold grudges on these kids. One day they may love you, and the next they say they hate you, deal with it and don't take anything personal, oh one last thing... please don't interrupt me when I am speaking to a parent just to tell me you are leaving, or going to the restroom, or to ask me if I could blow the whistle so that the kids can settle down.


Dear #4,

I'd really like to tell you to watch what you say to these kids. There are different way to handle certain things that wont make half of your group cry (day of the dead). Also, try to eliminate words like stupid and mojado from your vocabulary. And please, please accept the fact that some boys don't mean anything when they just sit and choose not to participate in the discussions you hold in the group. This is not a reason to send them out of the room. be more physically active when watching the kids on the playground, and don't cut their playtime just because it is too hot or too cold for you. I'd also would like  a heads up when you are calling in. I know that you notify our superiors but sometimes they forget to let me know and since I run this site, id really appreciate it. You should understand how hectic it can be, especially because you used to run this site in the past.





Sincerely,

Miss Rodriguez.

Almost but not quite ....

I attended a graduation ceremony yesterday. She is one of my dear friends, who has accomplished so much despite many obstacles. Shes also one of my followers!! Congratulations again Alicia! I am really proud of you.


I was so glad that ALL of your family was able to be there for you!


My experience at the ceremony was interesting. LOL I ended up getting all emotional because I knew how much this meant to you!

Also, because it made me realize what I will be missing. If you call from a previous post, I will not be walking the stage when I graduate. I figured that if I put it in my head, that I didn't want to walk the stage I wouldn't do it and that I would be fine with it. As I sat there, hearing the speakers, witnessing the graduates walk the stage, and the joy and celebrations afterward, I realized how much I do want it despite my constant denial of it.

Sad to say that it wasn't enough to convince me to decide to walk the stage when that day comes. Al most but not quite. Although that is what I think today, tomorrow I may change my mind. If I do walk, then I'll probably do it alone. No invites, no announcements, nada. My friends tell me that they would be there. No offense but no thanks. My family means the world to me. I'd be more hurt to see my friends there than my family.

Maybe that is what I need to work on. I need to emotionally detached myself from them. I fear that if this occurs, then who can I  call family? If only they hadn't raised me to believe that in the end Family is all you got. OR if only i thought and saw the world like they see it. Maybe I wouldn't be fretting with this  today. If this would've have been the case then I would be a totally different person. So I would just conform to life the way they have. There is nothing wrong with conforming in my opinion, but you also have to be accepting of others if they choose NOT to conform, especially if they are family. That's it, that is all I am asking, for support and understanding of my dreams and ambitions. Am I making any sense?


Happy Sunday! Finals 1 will be over and done with my the end of today.

Sweet niblets!

  So, I am ecstatic about this particular blog. Why? Well it i am in my pajamas. At home, (my apt) sitting on my couch. Yes, after having so much trouble with obtaining internet access. I am finally connected!



WOO HOO!


I am a bit COLD! I really need a heater in here. I am tempted to turn n my stove and let the place warm up with the oven. Its an electrical stove so, I wouldn't be inhaling toxic fumes but I wonder if there are any other issues.


doot doot doot. I know I have a blog pending... and its in the works, but still unfinished.

ok.. time for reading...

FALL randomness...

Where to start?

I have so much on my mind that I have no idea how to sort my thoughts out.

First, I stayed up and went to go see Love and Other Drugs Want a review? Well, I was a little disappointed. I was expecting to see this GREAT movie. Instead, I stayed up for an OK movie. I had a hint of disappointment when I saw the line to TANGLED. (which consisted of a bunch of little girls....) By the end of the movie I realized I would have probably been better off standing in line with a bunch of little girls. Love and Other Drugs, was had too much sexual content for my taste. I thought it contained too much sex scenes and nudity that the movie could have done with out. But maybe this is just my conservative side speaking. Other than, that it was humorous and it was a well inspired movie.


Let's see, what else. Oh I have been such a bum this week off. I feel like I did nothing. Homework wise... I am still trying to pace myself and I basically gave up on my online class. I might just have to take it all over again. This not having Internet thing at home was just not good. As it is I already spent more than half of the semester living at the library and I still needed more time on line. But Its no excuse.. its my responsibility and I am owning up to it. Oh well.

Thanksgiving was, rather quiet. Could it be that my family is finally realizing that there is no need to bring anyone else's family over for dinner??? That all we need is US. That with US is enough to have a good time?? Of course, there were others that weren't related to us but its an improvement and i cant expect them to just change from one year to the next. And because I am a realist, I too will not expect this come Christmas time, much less next year. I'm gonna say I got lucky this year with Thanksgiving Day.

Black Friday. Yup I took part in the madness.. I went to the outlets, and it was crazy! I drove, to and from, and I spent money that was not mine. (with permission of course LOL) So while my SIL was shopping with my brothers (her husbands) money, and my sis shopping with money my soon to be BIL gave her, I shopped with my older Brothers money. I guess it was OK. I just wish I would've had enough money to spend on myself. :sigh: oh well. maybe next year. Being back in SM brought back so many memories... While others where busy looking for a certain size, I occasionally found myself with flashbacks of the year i spent there. These flashbacks were filled with good and bad memories. I mostly enjoyed the good memories.

I got home and slept for most of the following day, When i would wake up, id think about the nostalgia I experienced. I ended up feeling depressed. I started to think if the unknown numbers I have recently been receiving were HIM. The thought still gives me the chills. Maybe a change in phone numbers would do the trick.

Also, yesterday I received the most unusual call. Someone from my old job calls me. I remember him because he asked me if i was selling the vehicle that I was driving at the time. It so happen that my dad was selling it, I was just using it until my truck got fixed up. The call took me by surprised, but the guy ended up asking me out! Stupid man. He probably doesn't even remember who I am. HE was old enough to be my dad... that Jerk! the nerve!  It was a reminder of how good of a decision I made to leave that wretched place. And now he insists on calling me... and he can keep calling because I am not answering. HMPH!

I don't know what it is, but at times I feel like I have a huge sign on my forehead that says "looking to get set up." I am not now nor will I be looking to get set up with anyone. I am capable of finding guys to date. I just choose not to. I have a stubborn heart that just wont budge and if I haven't been able to change that neither will anyone else.

"The heart wants what the heart wants...."

This is probably the start of a new blog.... So I'll just ended it here.

adulthood... ignorance???

Where have I been?

Did I miss out on an important college course??

At times, I feel like it. So I laugh about it. I go along and play along (as much as i can) when people talk about things i have no clue about.

Lately, it's been more frequent.

The whole, "that's what she said" was finally revealed to me... and I didn't find it THAT funny. lol... .

The "adult" party with "toys", is something I don't wish to be a part of.

Seriously, sometimes it seems as if SEX or anything that deals with the subject is all anyone really talks about.


 When the topic arises, I tend to just sit and listen...listen if i have to. IF i don't have to sit there, I make an excuse, any excuse to leave. This is not because the topic makes me uncomfortable - -  no, not at all. I am capable of talking about it and even thinking about it but I don't think it is something to be discussed so freely and with just anybody. I am an adult and I am neither ashamed nor does it make me uncomfortable. But when girls talk about it, most of the time, its not proper.  Maybe these feelings come from lack of experience but i guess I wont know anytime soon. I don't want to be the punchline to a joke, but if my decision to not partake in a "romance party" due to my beliefs, then i don't mind being the punch line.

Movies I'd Love to go see!

Here is a list of the Movies I'd like to go see sometime soon...

theres a lot more to the list but here are the ones I found..

Betty white... lets see what the big deal is.. lol

one word.... SHIA!!!

I just happen to liek one of the songs on this soundtrack... Secrets by One republic.. lol.

Something different never hurt anyone... besides..



Not a Jolie fan but the previews looked awesome..

Heigl.. nuff said.. lol.. plus I like anything with babies in it!

Drew Barrymore... need i say more??

lol.. the previews were funny...

and this is my first pick.. hopefully i get to see at least ONE of these soon.. yes... ONE is all i ask for. :D

Have a good day!

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Kiddos art work