Yeah, Lobbyists. Now that’s something I’d be ashamed about.

I grew up in a foreign service family and attended international schools and college in the UK. I teach math and physics at one of the supplemental schools. My neighbors were surprised that I didn’t teach at a public school but they didn’t offer courses I wanted to teach. They thought I was a snob until the pandemic when many asked me to help with their children’s math and science classes.

The enrollment has also increased dramatically at our center, so the neighbors now understand the importance of what I do

I work on an issue that’s incredibly divisive. I never get into specifics here because it’s very niche and it wouldn’t be difficult to track down my org. In real life when I tell people what I do, it’s fun to watch their reactions. You can immediately tell which side of the fence they fall on.

Anonymous wrote:My kids are almost all grown, I don’t work amy my husband supports us.

I love my life.

Same! Love it too!

Anonymous wrote:I teach teachers how to incorporate culturally responsive teaching. I also teach teachers how to create welcoming and affirming spaces for LGBTQ+ students. I cannot even bother with most of the threads on DCUM about these topics.

Thank you for what you do. I work in a school (as a specialist, not a classroom teacher) and I grew up in a diverse area with diverse friends, so I thought I knew what I needed to to deal with my students' wide variety of backgrounds. Of course I was wrong, and I would catch myself not knowing how to respond, or responding from my own perspective. I find these trainigs valuable when choosing materials, and taking to families, and working with coworkers, and knowing how and when to speak up.

Anonymous wrote:My kids are almost all grown, I don’t work amy my husband supports us.

I love my life.

You don’t work, so no need to respond.

Anonymous wrote:I’m a nurse. I get the sense lots of DCUM think of nurses as blue collar workers who are not very smart. Nursing is a second career for me. I make more now than I did with a graduate degree in another field but will never make what this forum considers good enough. I think nurses-as well as lots of other professions-are not attacked on this forum so much as they are invisible. Yes DCUM, there’s lots of people with degrees making less than 100k/year, even in this area.

I respect the H out of nurses.

Anonymous wrote:My H is a cop so yes but he mostly agrees with abolishing most of what police do or getting rid of 1/2.

My friends H is a sleazy lobbyist and he doesn’t hide the fact he literally pays off politicians to pass laws in his favor.

As someone from another country, Ill never understand how this is even allowed.

My H is a cop so yes but he mostly agrees with abolishing most of what police do or getting rid of 1/2.

My friends H is a sleazy lobbyist and he doesn’t hide the fact he literally pays off politicians to pass laws in his favor.

I am a full-time Nanny.

Which according to many, is not even a “real” job by any means.
If it isn’t real work > then why do I come home every day exhausted?? 🤔

I'm a fed. But I don't avoid mentioning it.

I’m a nurse. I get the sense lots of DCUM think of nurses as blue collar workers who are not very smart. Nursing is a second career for me. I make more now than I did with a graduate degree in another field but will never make what this forum considers good enough. I think nurses-as well as lots of other professions-are not attacked on this forum so much as they are invisible. Yes DCUM, there’s lots of people with degrees making less than 100k/year, even in this area.

My kids are almost all grown, I don’t work amy my husband supports us.

I love my life.

I teach teachers how to incorporate culturally responsive teaching. I also teach teachers how to create welcoming and affirming spaces for LGBTQ+ students. I cannot even bother with most of the threads on DCUM about these topics.

I'm a government historian, so a) I'm a lazy drain on taxpayer resources and b) everyone thinks they know my job better anyway because they read this book/watched this documentary/took a class in college one time.

But guess what? I DID study critical race theory, I DO think it's an accurate framework for looking at some aspects of US history, and even though I can't use the words in this political environment, it absolutely shapes how I do my job.