Do I have it in me for a proper entry?

[apple_pathways]

Not quite, so here are some random entry-ideas that I couldn't quite flesh out into a coherent narrative:

Job-related

• I never know what to say to parents who are unwilling to accept Bs from their children. Especially when the child is working their ass off to get that B.
  
• An unofficial part of my job appears to be giving people the brush off over the phone. It isn't really surprising that the task often falls to me: Howard is bad at saying 'no', and Kathy is...crazy. I'm still trying to figure out how I can list this very important job skill on my resume.
  
• It's May, which means that it's time for all the parents whose children are about to fail their math class to call us in a desperate attempt to save their child's grade. They had the entire year to fail, and you're giving us 4 weeks to fix it? Yeah, no pressure.

Family-related

• Uncles are weird. (Or at least all of mine are...)
  
• We had my only living grandparent, my father's mother, over on Sunday for a Mother's Day BBQ. Several members of my dad's family came to visit. My cousin Scott invited me to "shotgun" a beer with him. I used to change his diapers.

Gardening-related

• I've been scouring the net for plans to build trellises for my pumpkins and melons. EXCITING!
  
• This Sunday is Flower Day at Eastern Market in Detroit, so my mom and I will be going up Saturday. I ♥ Eastern Market, and I can't wait to see what fun herb varieties I can find this year.
  
• Friday we'll be making a trip to Block's, a flower nursery with the cheapest prices and best selection on flats of annuals and vegetables. Again: I AM EXCITE!
  
• I've spent the last few mornings weeding and getting the perennial beds cleaned up. God, I missed dirt!

Life-related

• MUST PLAN GRADUATION BBQ FOR FRIEND! *slaps wrist* GET ON IT, AMY!
  
• Bell X1 in June!
  
• Also in June: Shakespeare in the Arb! They're doing 'A Winter's Tale'. I can't wait!
  
• Still have no Meaningful Job. ARRGHGHHH! *fist shake of existential life-angst*

Ok. So. What's new with everybody else?

Comments

[ladylovelace.livejournal.com]

Parents are incapable of understanding that a C is average and nothing to be ashamed of. It's a fact of the universe. The idea that their kid is not cut out to be a rocket scientist is incomprehensible and fairly offensive, too. (This wouldn't be terrible if it lead to productively helping their kid instead of pushing them with no knowledge of what they're actually supposed to be achieving.)

What would qualify as meaningful? Do you want to save orphans, or work in a chocolate factory? Maybe save orphans in a chocolate factory? That would basically be ideal, huh?

[apple-pathways.livejournal.com]

The more I think about letter grades, the more it irritates me: especially when most of the "All A Students" seem to be the ones whose parents are willing to pay the most for the grades. And you're right: not every kid is exceptional and deserving of an A, and that is fine. Especially when the child is trying their hardest.

I'm just impressed that these kids try at all! I was a major slacker as a student.

'Meaningful' would be, at this moment, a job in my field. (Social Work.) I would love for it to be full time, and it would be aces if I could get medical insurance. But I'm not aiming too high!

Some sort of Wonka-esque orphan refuge would be ideal! I feel like it's a difficult field to get into, though. :P