Sharples Junior High School Puns

I was greeted this morning with news that the guy who betrayed me and bullied me to the brink of suicide, the guy who forced me to change schools, and the guy who then regularly egged and TPed my house for having the temerity to change schools died suddenly. This all happened 30 years ago. I'm a middle-aged dad now. My social media feed is filled with fond remembrances of the guy. I want to feel like I'm a better more high-minded person but I can't bring myself to think anything but "fuck that guy. I'm glad he's dead."

Hi all,

I was wondering if anyone who is currently an English Teacher of private JHS/SHS could share their experience leading up to getting the role.

I am currently an ALT (first year) with an initial curiosity in transitioning to teaching at a private JHS/SHS in Tokyo in the future. I don't have a degree in education. I only have previous volunteer experience teaching ESL students. Should things work out (and I'm still interested in such path), I would then like to hopefully obtain a "special license".

In particular, I'm interested in knowing:

1. What kind of work did you do prior to becoming an English teacher of a private school?
2. Are ALTs generally able obtain these jobs?
3. What can I do now to improve my chances?

I would also love to hear your story/experience in general. TIA!

I have a pretty cool connection with my teachers and I think it would be nice to give gifts.

Hi everyone! Just curious if experienced JETS could share their experience. I'd love to learn more.

I'm not very active on Reddit, so feel free to DM me on Instagram with things I should look towards before joining. (My @ is ayers61145)

Prepare yourselves for ace story time! This is one of those stories that occurred before I realized I was ace, but when looking back totally makes you go “that’s ace af”.

I once was in a ceramics class in my junior year of highschool. There was a guy I’d known since Elementary school who sat next to me (let’s call him John). Now me and him never really talked much, but we’d had a few small acquaintance-y encounters over that span of time -truly nothing to write home about. Now in this class, John was always mocking everything I said like a five year old and listening into my conversations with the other table mates. Sometimes they were funny remarks, sometimes they were nosey, many just pissed me off until I stopped giving a damn and ignoring him. When he wouldn’t stop, I started coming back with my own. Most times they did nothing, but one day…oooohhh…one day he did not take very kindly to one.

I’d been talking to some guy in our English class (let’s call him Luke). Now John and Luke were both in this class. Mind you, me and John never talked to each other in this class; we never sat at the same tables, but I sat at the same table as Luke. Luke was just some edgelord who always claimed to be having an existential crisis, and kept to himself a lot. At this somewhat cringey time in my life, I empathized with that, so I talked to him sometimes, but -again- nothing incredible.

Well, let me just preface this by saying it was getting close to junior prom, so ofc “love [was] in the air” and it was the goddamn talk of the town. I couldn’t give a shit about any of that however; I was just going with friends to have a good time.

Ofc, the topic of junior prom eventually came up in ceramics somehow. We were working on our various projects as me and my friend across from me discussed our plans, but John decided to crank it up a noch that day. He turned to me and mockingly said (albeit with an underpinning of annoyance), “let me guess, you’re gonna ask Luke out to prom?”

I didn’t even look up at him; I just kept working, and without hesitation I simply said, “No, he’s just a friend, but at least I’d have somebody that’d say yes if I did.”

A second later I heard his clay knife stab through his slab and into the table. Shocked, I looked up, and it was only then that I’d realized the silence of the table and the gravity of my statement. I’d never seen John like this, and I wasn’t sure if it was for show or what.

A deep livid grunt escaped from him. He hung his head

I want to make probably not much less than 200k a year once Im comfortable in my career.

I’m more so wanting career choices that fit with what’s going on in the world today, or where there’s a big shortage of people.

I just want to be able to get hired quite easily out of college.

I would love to hear your suggestions.

I am basically trying to find out if this sub is comprised of adults with nostalgia or teenagers who discovered this gem after getting into holland's spiderman.

If you are a teen, feel free to comment how you got to know about this show and why it is the best incarnation of spiderman ever ;-)

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Every single one of you has important and unique strengths that I’m sure schools will appreciate (and if they don’t, that’s their fault not yours). I’m impressed by y’all’s ambition, drive, and stats. I’m certain your hard work will pay off, and the results of your effort will be great. Stay positive and know it’s almost over now!

Apologies for any formatting errors as I am writing this on mobile. There are multiple reasons I am so confident this is the least know US school shooting, there are only three places I have found information on it online, there are no results on this subreddit, and most of all I used to go this very school where the incident occured and I didn't know about it. Not just that but mom went to this school and my grandma taught there.

The incident happened on January 20th, 1983 at Parkway South Junior High, a middle school in a affluent suburb of Saint Louis Missouri. The perpetrator, 14 year old and 8th grade student David Lawler, entered the school with a blue duffle bag with a three page suicide note, two .22 caliber pistols, a knife, and over 100 rounds of ammunition inside. His suicide note stated that he wished to kill the next people that spoke ill of his older brother Ken. Approximately 10 minutes before lunch the student entered room 110 which was being used as a study hall and was full of students.

Lawler pulled both handguns in the room and opened fire. He first shot Greg Palmer non-fatally. Greg's best friend Randy Koher dived towards Lawler to attempt to stop him and was shot fatally through the heart killing him instantly. Lawler fired multiple more shots hitting nobody and reportedly said "No one will ever call my brother a pussy again." He then turned the gun on himself and shot himself through the temple instantly ending his life.

Sources:

Interviews/Talks with parents https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/as-nation-debates-school-safety-man-relives-1983-parkway-junior-high-school-shooting/63-520750652 https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1999-05-02-9905040373-story.html https://www.k12academics.com/school-shootings/history-school-shootings-united-states

It's as the title says. I'm currently A high school junior with about 3 semesters left of school to graduate and I already have a handful of schools picked. I haven't taken the SAT yet and was planning to do so sometime this year I was wondering when I should start applying to colleges for their 2023 fall semester.

and I’m wondering what are the perks for being in it? Does it help with scholarships? Acceptance? Etc?

Hey guys, I’m 16 and junior in high school. Just moved to NC from Jersey, and moving in the middle of high school obviously isn’t ideal. I know absolutely no one and have been at this school since August. I’m not an introverted person, nor do I have social anxiety. I always try to talk to people and spark up conversations with anyone close by. In my old friend group, I was always the one who organized the plans and also usually asked if anyone wanted to hop on cod. But now I’m just burnt out. I drift from class to class with my AirPods in. I probably don’t speak to more than 5 people in a given day, 4 of which being my teachers. Lunch is the most stressful though. The way our seats work is there are a bunch of tables with like 5 built in seats, so you can’t pull any chairs over. Everyday I walk in and all the chairs are instantly full, and one time I tried sitting down at one, but they asked me to leave because I was taking someone’s spot. Now I usually fake a headache so I can sit in the nurses office, do random things on my computer in the library to kill the time, or sit outside on the patio with my head down. I never used to kind school, actually enjoyed it. I had a lot of friends so I would talk to kids in the hall, and in all of my classes I had a lot of friends to talk too. Now, my days are repetitive and boring, with the same thing to expect each and every day. I still talk to my friends though, If I didn’t I wouldn’t know how to manage. It is really sad though when all of them call me on a Friday night at the mall, or movies, and I’m just here. Lying on my bed and listening to mac miller. Every night, it’s the same deal. Some times I cry, sometimes i sleep, and other times I watch Netflix. I’m lost. I joined my local soccer team to attempt to meet people, but still haven’t. I played soccer for about 14 years and looking to play in college. I never labeled myself as depressed because everytime I hear that word I associate it with middle schoolers who want attention. I know it’s not true, but it’s how I look at it. But I do think I am at this point. In addition to all of this, we moved down with my grandma. She was everything to me and had the brightest personality. She was my rock. She always laughed at my jokes, no matter how inappropriate they were. On September 10th, she was walking early in the morning and got hit by a car. She died. This made everything worse. I know it’s a horrible thought, but I put some of the blame on my parents for movin

I saw a post about elementary school band schedule to compare to and I thought it would be cool to do for junior high/middle school band too. So leave it below, maybe with as much context/demographics as you feel comfortable giving.

What do I do if a customer asks me a question, and the words are just not coming out of my mouth. Do I tell him I have a stutter, or do I just pretend to cough and then speak normally? I really do not want to just get this job and hide in a corner all day away from customers and then get paid my minimum wage. I actually want to open up, and speak freely to the customers and people. But I fear my stutter making the situation really awkward and bad.

I have the SAT in March and 5 AP exams in May that I haven't even started studying for. I have so much homework every night and daily band practices/weekly ballet classes that take up time. I struggle with focusing and concentrating on my work so everything takes so much longer than it should. Think I might have ADHD and I feel like I don't have any time to myslef. I don't want to drop ballet or band (and I'm also literally unable to), it's just schoolwork that's overwhelming me. I can't seem to get motivated to get anything done. I don't know why it's so hard for my brain to process information, but nothing sticks. I'm always lost and confused.

I'm particularly interested in any personal anecdotes and how it was handled by school and staff.
Please be mindful to omit any information that would comprise your anonymity!

Here are my stats: 1510 SAT(I plan on retaking it to get at least a 1560), 3.84 UW GPA(this will be higher by the end of junior year), 5s on all AP exams-World History, Human Geography, Environmental Science, European History,

I’m also a bit confused about the application process for American students. Any tips or advice would be much appreciated.

I'm currently struggling to think of any ECs i could put on an application and i'm very late to understanding that i need ECs to apply to college. Trying to get a job soon, I have interests in music and politics. Current home situation is that my parents have partial custody of me which is why i've procrastinated work and volunteering (i don't know how to make it work if i'm 2 hours away for 1/3 of the year). plssss help. I have some work/volunteering experience from the past summer and I wrestled in 9th grade and went to the national conference for Business Professionals of America in 8th grade if that even counts. While I'm with my father I take care of my younger siblings. If anyone can offer any ideas or advice for ECs I'd appreciate it

(edit: my largest skills are math and science, currently in calculus and I've gone through biology, physical science, and chemistry, if that helps)

i’m a junior in one of the top high schools in the country. my ACT scores and extra curricular are pretty good except my grades are atrocious. I’ve gotten a C freshman year and sophomore year and now as a junior i’ve gotten 3 C’s in my first semester. I am positive i can get almost straight A’s second semester (or close to at least), but has that messed up my chances into getting into a good college?

Hey guys, I’m 16 and junior in high school. Just moved to NC from Jersey, and moving in the middle of high school obviously isn’t ideal. I know absolutely no one and have been at this school since August. I’m not an introverted person, nor do I have social anxiety. I always try to talk to people and spark up conversations with anyone close by. In my old friend group, I was always the one who organized the plans and also usually asked if anyone wanted to hop on cod. But now I’m just burnt out. I drift from class to class with my AirPods in. I probably don’t speak to more than 5 people in a given day, 4 of which being my teachers. Lunch is the most stressful though. The way our seats work is there are a bunch of tables with like 5 built in seats, so you can’t pull any chairs over. Everyday I walk in and all the chairs are instantly full, and one time I tried sitting down at one, but they asked me to leave because I was taking someone’s spot. Now I usually fake a headache so I can sit in the nurses office, do random things on my computer in the library to kill the time, or sit outside on the patio with my head down. I never used to kind school, actually enjoyed it. I had a lot of friends so I would talk to kids in the hall, and in all of my classes I had a lot of friends to talk too. Now, my days are repetitive and boring, with the same thing to expect each and every day. I still talk to my friends though, If I didn’t I wouldn’t know how to manage. It is really sad though when all of them call me on a Friday night at the mall, or movies, and I’m just here. Lying on my bed and listening to mac miller. Every night, it’s the same deal. Some times I cry, sometimes i sleep, and other times I watch Netflix. I’m lost. I joined my local soccer team to attempt to meet people, but still haven’t. I played soccer for about 14 years and looking to play in college. I never labeled myself as depressed because everytime I hear that word I associate it with middle schoolers who want attention. I know it’s not true, but it’s how I look at it. But I do think I am at this point. In addition to all of this, we moved down with my grandma. She was everything to me and had the brightest personality. She was my rock. She always laughed at my jokes, no matter how inappropriate they were. On September 10th, she was walking early in the morning and got hit by a car. She died. This made everything worse. I know it’s a horrible thought, but I put some of the blame on my parents for movin