The Syndicate

way to go Sockbro. So very proud of you.

SVS - we need a "Drunken Mafia Aunties" banner.

Epignosis wrote:

MovingPictures07 wrote:I'm now officially finished with all coursework... forever. Can't believe it. Definitely hasn't fully sunk in yet, but I've been waiting for this moment way too long.

Now onto the next portion of the PhD program -- 2nd year paper, then studying for comprehensive exams! 2 years down, hopefully 2 to go (perhaps 3).

You should have some bean dip to celebrate.

LOL, I should have.

I just got a 3% raise on my yearly salary. It's not a OMG ASSTON of money, but raises at my level of employment are rare as I have a job that get's raises by making a bonus check. This is every bit "You're doing great, we want to keep you happy because we want to get you ready for other things."

Also - with my raise, my boss told me more things I shouldn't know about my fellow GM's. Specifically people who are being fired and WHO he wants to put in their place. Because everything has to go through channels - I told him - "tell those kids to get ahold of me. I just did the interview a year ago - what everyone else is looking for is fresh in my head. I can help them with the paperwork they need to do. I will prep them and it's one less thing you have to worry about."

It was pointed out to me that maybe I'm being cut into the things I shouldn't know about because I'm being groomed for the job. I agree with that. And will add that I'm being cut into the info because also I've proven I'm on team my area. Because I've been told things before I don't talk about. And because I've made it known I don't want to stay where I am. I want to move up - I want to do better.

TBH - my boss would be a fool to put anyone else where I'm sitting in the role I'm doing.

6 years ago, when I was alone and living in Ohio - I didn't think my life would be anything more than the day to day things I did. Things that in hindsite I learned were noticed and appreciated but for whatever reason both in my own head and in the heads of the hometown - just weren't recognized. In a small town, you have your role - you play it - and YOU learn it early and YOU hold you back more than anyone. 6 years ago, I NEVER thought I'd be running basicly my own business. I'd have laughed in your face if you told me I was aspiring to learn how to run more than one business at a time.

It's amazing what the love of a good man, (and yes he is MY big damn hero ),a change of sceenary, long talks with a HR rep who is a freind and helps you learn how to evaluate yourself fairly and several well placed kicks in the ass from SVS can do for a gal!

Oooo Congratulations Bea!
Remember to donate to my political campaign when you're a multi millionaire okay?

Freaking awesome news, bea! You definitely deserved that raise long ago, glad you've got it now at least.

I always enjoy hearing stories about kicks connecting <3

MovingPictures07 wrote:I'm now officially finished with all coursework... forever. Can't believe it. Definitely hasn't fully sunk in yet, but I've been waiting for this moment way too long.

Now onto the next portion of the PhD program -- 2nd year paper, then studying for comprehensive exams! 2 years down, hopefully 2 to go (perhaps 3).

Nice!!

nutella wrote:Last Monday I turned in my senior thesis and "earned my laurels" (they give you a plastic laurels headband it's like a big deal here), and this weekend (after the deadline on Friday) was the big campus-wide three-day party and it was so much fun!!! Today I passed my oral defense, and graduation is in two weeks D:

WE'RE DONE~~~!!!!!



I graduated college yesterday! BAS in Secondary Education and Mathematics. I'm currently applying for my licensure in the state of NH. SO PUMPED! Going to work on job apps tomorrow.

Well done. Now you get to learn how much of what you learned in college about teaching was BS.

Congrats, Dom!!!!!

Thanks!

Congrats Dom and MP, those are great accomplishments. Well well done.

Bea! Congrats on the raise, well deserved! It is interesting that our lives take us in directions we never thought they would go, isn't it?

Yay Dom! So proud of you!!!!


It really is illy. Sometimes I just look around go "wow, how did all that happen??!!"

So... I finally got a job! And in my field, which is even better (Aeronautical Engineering). Now I can go and learn it the practical way instead of just staying at my parents' home all the time playing mafia.

Congrats!

We still have a game to play, though.

Yeah, don't let work get in the way of internet games. Srsly.

Ricochet wrote:Congrats!

We still have a game to play, though.

That's still happening. Though it's possible that later phases might get delayed as I move to a new city.

S~V~S wrote:Yeah, don't let work get in the way of internet games. Srsly.

I won't forget this piece of wisdom.

I could have used it a year and a half ago, myself.

Got my official assessment results in the mail today, and it is officially official. I graduate in June.

Dragon D. Luffy wrote:

S~V~S wrote:Yeah, don't let work get in the way of internet games. Srsly.

I won't forget this piece of wisdom.

I was at work when I said it

And Congrats Illy

Congrats DDL and Illy!!!!

Hooray for all you good news havers!! Super happy for each of you - it is so nice to see/hear good things happening to people I care about!!

Well, as some of you may or may not know, I have been renting from one of my brothers for several years, then he had to sell his house due to divorce. So having to worry about having to move to probably a more affordable area further from my job, keeping the house perfect for real estate,etc., has been a huge stress on me. So the house finally just sold, but the new owners want to keep me at a VERY reasonable rent (all that housekeeping paid off) for the area I live. My brother will get enough out of it that even after splitting it with the evil witch ex wife, he can afford to get a decent condo also not far from HIS job. So I am enjoying house hunting for him since *I* don't have to move

So yay for all that being over, and for it resolving well in the end

That's awesome news svs!!

SVS, I know that has be a real load off! Hooray!

Great news SVS!

Sounds like everything worked out to the best of all parties! How often does that happen (not often enough!).

I know, right? The past year and a half while the house was on sale, I tried super hard to always have my apartment be perfect for buyers because it was for my brother, but it was hard too cause him getting the closure he needed by selling the house meant I would have to move and apartments are even more expensive in New York than Finaldn. Plus dog & cat plus I work in a ritzy town.

So yeah, everyone won,and that never happens

Thanks all

SVS-- I'm so glad that worked out for you!


I got a job! I sign the contract on Thursday.

Yay! Well done Dom.

Awesome Dom!! Can't wait to hear all about it!

Thank you, guys! It was worth all the time I DIDN't Spend on this site.

It's the large high school in NH and I'll be teaching 5 sections of Geometry.

Dom wrote:SVS-- I'm so glad that worked out for you!


I got a job! I sign the contract on Thursday.

omg! cONGRATS!!

Welcome to adulthood

We will send someone over to teach you the secret handshake

Dom this is great! I had no idea you were a math guy. I thought of you more as theatre and the arts. I can't believe you've already been through school and are ready to teach. How time flies.

John Cavil wrote:

Dom wrote:SVS-- I'm so glad that worked out for you!


I got a job! I sign the contract on Thursday.

omg! cONGRATS!!

Welcome to adulthood

We will send someone over to teach you the secret handshake

I have returned victorious from my first game on Naruto Forums.

...oh wait... this thread is for real life achievements...

Dom! I'm so proud of you!! Enjoy your time before school starts!!!

good job Rico!

@Dom - what is a 'section' of geometry?

Have fun in the world of jobs - it can be really rewarding. And remember that ninja and epi are there for you!

Awesome Dom! I hope it goes well for you and that you enjoy it!

thank you everyone! I'm very excited!


Golden, a "section" is a single class. There is 8 in the school day, and of those 8-- I will teach 5 classes of geometry and have 3 split between planning and "duties" like study hall or lunch.

Oh, right. We'd probably call that a preiod. But then, we call . a full stop. You funny Americans!

Just be sure to tell all of your pupils about this site, Dom. Build this sucker up any way we can.

Golden, we called them "periods" when I was in school too. Of course, I have no idea what the teachers called them! And that was... more than a few years ago.

indiglo wrote:Golden, we called them "periods" when I was in school too. Of course, I have no idea what the teachers called them! And that was... more than a few years ago.

I've heard people use the terms interchangeably.


Juliets, I am very into the arts, and I'd love to someday get to work in them, but this is my big passion. My best friend is hoping to become a director, so I have an in.

Golden wrote:Oh, right. We'd probably call that a preiod. But then, we call . a full stop. You funny Americans!

Oi!
Shu'up ye kiwi!

G-Man wrote:Just be sure to tell all of your pupils about this site, Dom. Build this sucker up any way we can.

LOL Maybe when they're seniors. Maybe it's best they don't know my internet persona.

I think calling them sections sounds more professional and fancy-like.

I don't understand being passionate about Geometry, but I respect you for it! I think such subjects (STEM) really need more instructors who are passionate about them. It's how you reach hearts, and encourage young minds to go for it!

It's increasingly difficult to ask a teenager to buy-in to a class where the concepts seem so abstract and unapplicable to their everyday life. I mean, I know most students will not remember most of the material in years to come. But it's the skills that I hope they retain (problem solving, planning, justifying their answers).

Here goes nothing, folks!

Congrats, Dom! You earned it.

I think there's a slight difference between the meanings of "period" and "section" but I'm not quite sure how to articulate it. It's like, "period" is the chunk of time on your schedule, so it's when you have a certain class/section, while "section" is the division of that particular class into different groups of students for each period. So like, students have each class in a different period, and are each in a particular section of each class, while teachers of one subject teach multiple sections of the same class. If that made any sense.

Happy Anniversary, you two!!!!!!!!!