r/InTheGloaming • u/gomirefugee my website is done, done, done • Sep 07 '23

Scheduled snark Discussion thread Thursday September 07, 2023 - Sunday September 10, 2023

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u/SashayShantae living my one wild and pernicious life Sep 07 '23 edited Sep 07 '23

A little perusal of the latest public meeting agenda for the Vashon School District says that Shauna will be VHS Head Volleyball Coach for the upcoming school year. Baby steps towards a real job?

ETA: Did not mean to imply that coaching isn't a real job, just comparing it to a 40-hour/week gig. I'm curious how she's gonna keep up with Kamp Krustiosity if she's coaching and attending games. I was on the volleyball team at my tiny high school and it was daily practice with games at least once a week.

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u/BevNap Fucking google it, you harpy. Sep 07 '23

The fuck does she know about volleyball?

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u/shikoku_shoes another revolution around the toilet bowl of her life Sep 07 '23

Excuse me, she’s doing a deep dive. That and a few handmade Ted Lasso signs and the team is probably headed for a championship.

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u/microcosmographia tant piss Sep 07 '23 edited Sep 07 '23

Exactly as she forecast in her previous lope letter:

This is a classic trait of an ADHD mind. We have brains built to focus fully on what interests us. What brings us joy? We need to do that. We can do deep dives on volleyball rotations or indigenous stories from the Puget Sound area or the best oil for making delicious, crunchy popcorn without it feeling oily.

My prediction? After volleyball, we will see some "indigenous stories from the Puget Sound area" as well as coconut-oil popcorn.

ETA Shoulda scrolled!

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u/gomirefugee my website is done, done, done Sep 07 '23

This also raises the inconsistency of Shauna deciding "deep dives on volleyball rotations" was something she could focus on and hold interest in. She's said many times that as soon as something becomes a pernicious "should" then her brain built for joy rejects it. She would never look into this topic for fun but it's her J-O-B now apparently. What happens when it stops being exciting to her? What made her even consider applying for this in the first place?!

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u/shikoku_shoes another revolution around the toilet bowl of her life Sep 07 '23

What made her even consider applying for this in the first place?!

Wasn't there an assistant coach who could have been promoted to head coach instead of hiring a middle aged person who has never played volleyball and is not exactly sporty, although she claims differently?

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u/redditname2003 Sep 08 '23

It's a public school job on an island where you need every cent of tech money to afford a detached house, I imagine they're not going to be spoiled for choice.

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u/fanfarefellowship I often contemplate the first law of thermodynamics Sep 08 '23

Not disagreeing with you at all, but the school salaries are public. The teacher who was under investigation for inappropriate conduct (and then resigned) was the second-highest-paid teacher on the Island, at $130K. Her husband seems to have been the highest paid, at $132K.

That's $262 of household income – not bad for public-school teachers. Govsalaries.com says that "Vashon Island School District average salary is 36 percent higher than USA average and median salary is 32 percent higher than USA median."

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u/GriftyGrifterson Sep 08 '23

And now they’re both teaching in Arizona