NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (115920)
United States
Joined myLot 8 years ago
"I'm growing older but not up" --Jimmy Buffett
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (115920)
• United States
20h
If you are a teacher in New Jersey and do not have tenure then the district is legally required to give you a notice that you are not guaranteed a job for the next year. The former principal that I had in 2 schools during those...
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (115920)
• United States
21h
It was looking rough for awhile this morning. On Tuesday they ended with 7 but by mid-morning today 2 of the jurors were removed. People were surprised at how quickly the jurors were selected in the first 2 days but then today...
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (115920)
• United States
22h
I've been working at the high school for 20 years. It is the same high school that I attended so when I started there I knew like half of the staff members because they were the same ones who worked there when I was a student. I...
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (115920)
• United States
22h
What's going on the dinner table tonight? Share with us!
I had a small package of ground beef that needed to be cooked so I decided to make stuffed peppers. The filling will be a mixture of ground beef, jasmine rice, diced onion,...
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4 people
NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (115920)
• United States
22h
It was another good session this afternoon. I don't know what the district is paying these women but they deserve every dollar. They are excellent. The 2.5 hours went by pretty quickly. I learned several interesting and helpful...
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (115920)
• United States
18 Apr
Hello everyone. I hope your day is going well. It is 47 degrees F and drizzling here at the Jersey Shore. Yuck.
I’m done with work for the day and am now at the sheltered English instruction training. I’ll be here until 5....
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3 people
NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (115920)
• United States
18 Apr
Hello everyone. I hope your day is off to a good start. It is 50 degrees F and clear here at the Jersey Shore. It is going to stay about the same temperature all day today. Come on summer.
I'm about to head out to work. I have no...
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4 people
NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (115920)
• United States
17 Apr
They've been talking about this since like before COVID and I never grasped the difference in the terms. I always walked out of meetings feeling like an idiot because I didn't get the difference. Today I figured it out.
I am very...
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (115920)
• United States
17 Apr
These are students whose primary language is something else and who are not proficient in English. Over the 20+ years they've been called LEP (limited English proficient), ESL (English as a second language), ELL (English language...
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NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (115920)
• United States
17 Apr
Hello everyone. I hope your evening is going well. It is 52 degrees F and cloudy here at the Jersey Shore. It is depressing out there.
I'm done with the sheltered English instruction training for the day. It wasn't bad for 2.5...
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4 people
NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (115920)
• United States
17 Apr
Hello everyone. I hope your day is going well. It is 62 degrees F and raining here at the Jersey Shore. More rain.
I am currently sitting in a training for how to assist multilingual learners. It’s been about an hour and it’s...
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2 people
NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (115920)
• United States
17 Apr
Hello everyone. I hope your day is off to a good start. It is 44 degrees F and clear here at the Jersey Shore. I want the warmer temperatures back.
I'm about to head out to work. Another day another dollar. I have 2.5 hours of...
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4 people
NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (115920)
• United States
16 Apr
At least twice. Gee are his 88 criminal charges keeping him up at night? Should he go to bed earlier instead of spending the night watching the news and rage tweeting? Does he need to replenish his supply of Adderall? Can Don Jr....
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4 people
NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (115920)
• United States
16 Apr
Well at least compared to a usual day in my life lately. It might seem like a normal day for most people who work a 9-5 job.
The alarm goes off at 5:30am. I leave here by 6:30 and am at work before 7 am. I'm usually out of there...
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3 people
NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (115920)
• United States
16 Apr
What's going on the dinner table tonight? Share with us!
I finally assembled the salsa chicken enchiladas so that's what I'm having tonight. To go with it will be leftover Mexican red rice and corn tomalito (pudding). My freezer...
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4 people
NJ Chicaa
@NJChicaa (115920)
• United States
16 Apr
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *catches breath* HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA The House GOP members are such morons. Do they not remember what happened last fall when they ejected Kevin McCarthy? Do they not remember when it took FIFTEEN...
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