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Trying not to be too bitter and cynical here on the eve of the New Year, but I've spent 40 hours scoring on line in my side hustle over my relatively short Christmas Break since I need, you know, my second (and third) part-time jobs to bolster my full-time job earnings. So a big fuck you all as I finish my eight hour shift to all of the haters out there talking mad smack about teachers. Cuz I am not trying to hear that.

Teachers Quit at Highest Rate on Record in 2018

Current Mood: bitchy

Tomorrow is out last half-day before break. Then after the kids are gone I'll spend the rest of the day cleaning up the late work pile and filing and getting ready for the day we come back. In my fantasies, I spend time sitting in a comfy chair reading something that isn't student work, something that I don't slap a score and feedback on, something that makes me feel civilized and human. Something that isn't Republican fascism or the death of democracy, that isn't children in cages and no one having healthcare. Something that does't involve starving, hurting, tormented animals or people. Fandom is the best I can do right now. I have a ton of books in my to-read pile, but fandom is the friend you can call up anywhere you have a device and internet. And fanfic makes me happy. I can pick and choose authors and story lines and characters I like. Which is a vast improvement over the 48 hours of online scoring I have waiting for me over break.