By Andrea Menzies
My life this week.
Category: Teacher News
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No Breaks
By Andrea Menzies
I was given one lunch break in a week of work this week teaching at Bird High. I had to file a supervisor complaint as a co-worker locked up my bag with no permission while giving me no breaks. In addition I was sick with an intestinal infection and asthma, and badly needed prescription medicines that needed to be taken with food to be able to work. It was in the locked away bag. I had none of it when needed. My co-worker was nurse Rachet from the Cuckoo’s Nest movie. I am transferring as of this week. This is why I am constantly applying to jobs far away from this area of Virginia, and am planning to move far away. The many sadistic people are very imaginative, and given total power without supervision.
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Early Day
By Andrea Menzies
I am glad to be back at work. Even if it does mean I have to start the day early. This door seems funny when you are sleepy. Meanwhile a camel showed up across the street from my job. Super strange!
Teacher heart. 
Work day camel.
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Last Day Summer
By Andrea Menzies
Time flies in summer for teachers. August 18 is the first day back from summer break in Chesterfield, VA schools. That makes Friday the last workday off from school before I have to wake up at 5 in the morning daily. I miss the money and the people, but I don’t miss the stress. I wrote several articles for the school newspaper in high school saying I wished all schools would have year-round school. As a grown up I also wish they would go year-round with a couple weeks of break. Students need massive schoolwork reviews after the summer break, students act bad before and after the break, teachers lack summer pay, teachers often need extra summer jobs, summer daycare is expensive for parents, and worst of all is the shock to the system of sleeping late before going back to early school. European schools only have a short break for summer then their students have better scores for University. Maybe someday a good system will become normal in the USA. Meanwhile I will soon miss sleeping.
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Video Chant
By Andrea Menzies
You know you have been teaching for a long time when the videos about classroom blood born pathogen warnings start to have dialogue you can recite and chant along with while watching. I can say the end of the video’s sentence before the video even says it. At least it helps me make all A grades on the quizzes at the end.
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Teacher Jokes
By Andrea Menzies
A quick note that I am still doing teaching work in Chesterfield, Virginia this year. I am going to be staying in Maryland part of the time, but I have relatives I visit frequently in Chesterfield. I will be doing teaching work when I visit them. I have worked at Chesterfield schools since 2019 and I was never fired, and I have gone back to night school for my master’s degree. Until I finish my master’s degree I will still keep working part of the year in Chesterfield for a while, and I am going to be doing the new identity verification identification badges they require there. I am sorry if it confuses people when my online town location changes, but cars and trains do exist on planet Earth.
I have had several people commenting online that I can’t be in the DC area if my Facebook location says Chesterfield, VA. They are probably worried they can’t rob things from my house if I am traveling around too much to leave things where they can easily grab them.
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Secret Price
By Andrea Menzies
I am applying to do an online master’s degree in education. Yet many schools are completely telling lies about the price of their program with tuition and fees. I have had to discontinue many applications and programs as they suddenly admit the price will be at least twice the amount listed on advertising. They have an advertisement price, and a secret price they really charge. Thank goodness someone passed laws saying they have to disclose the information. My undergraduate degree was from a super expensive school, and the government limits maximum amounts of lifetime student loans. What is a good affordable program?
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U Phoenix Escape
By Andrea Menzies
I escaped the nightmare that is University of Phoenix this week, and transferred schools. The flashy advertising sucked me in, but full blown con-artists run that school and they should really lose their accredited status. Google the phrase “University of Phoenix lawsuit” and the Internet explodes with examples. No the problems are not a thing of the past. I dropped a class after 4 days when I got COVID19 and they tried to charge me for 4 weeks of class. They crashed my computer on a support call. The teachers are garbage. I will not say what University I transferred to as I have physically abusive ex-boyfriends from Texas and Virginia on the Internet that try to destroy my life constantly with unproven gossip. I often have to be vague on the Internet, and never admit to happiness with anything as they target my joy for destruction as proof they hate themselves. I will just say that I am glad I got accepted to many schools, and going for the easiest school to start classes with is not the best path for anyone considering returning to school.
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Better Days
By Andrea Menzies
All the heaven saints made antibiotics, and after taking them I am much better. Thanks to all the people who wished for me to “get well soon” when I was sick. As a substitute teacher I work at the desks of the sickest teachers in the district, and this leaves me constantly extra sick. This is just one of the reasons I am going to night school online to NOT be a substitute teacher anymore. I have a million plans for summer, but being trapped in bed was not one of them.
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Bad Cold 2
By Andrea Menzies
I had to go to the emergency room I was so sick this week. This time it was not COVID even though I had COVID19 a month ago the emergency room verified. I am thinking of filing a complaint as the person sticking me for blood tests did such a bad job there were pools of blood everywhere. They did a hand sick for no reason, and kept the needle in hours longer than needed then would not give me antibiotics I requested. Doctors so fear over use of antibiotics they don’t even respect appropriate use anymore. At least they did give me the medicine I needed by the end. I know they were crowded and understaffed, but that was strange.
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