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As of January 1, 2019, we have closed our forums. This is a decision we did not come to lightly, but it is necessary. The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk. The server software itself must be updated, and it cannot be without removing the forums.
So it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our long-running forums. They came online in 2000 and brought together so many wonderful Disney fans. We had friendships form, careers launch, couples marry, children born ... all because of this amazing community.
Thank you to each of you who were a part of this community. You made it possible.
And a very special thank you to our Guides (moderators), past and present, who kept our forums a happy place to be. You are the glue that held everything together, and we are forever grateful to you. Thank you aliceinwdw, Caldercup, MrsM, WillCAD, Fortissimo, GingerJ, HiddenMickey, CRCrazy, Eeyoresmom, disneyknut, disneydani, Cam22, chezp, WDWfan, Luvsun, KMB733, rescuesk, OhToodles!, Colexis Mom, lfredsbo, HiddenMickey, DrDolphin, DopeyGirl, duck addict, Disneybine, PixieMichele, Sandra Bostwick, Eeyore Tattoo, DyanKJ130, Suzy Q'Disney, LilMarcieMouse, AllisonG, Belle*, Chrissi, Brant, DawnDenise, Crystalloubear, Disneymom9092, FanOfMickey, Goofy4Goofy, GoofyMom, Home4us123, iamgrumpy, ilovedisney247, Jennifer2003, Jenny Pooh, KrisLuvsDisney, Ladyt, Laughaholic88, LauraBelle Hime, Lilianna, LizardCop, Loobyoxlip, lukeandbrooksmom, marisag, michnash, MickeyMAC, OffKilter_Lynn, PamelaK, Poor_Eeyore, ripkensnana, RobDVC, SHEANA1226, Shell of the South, snoozin, Statelady01, Tara O'Hara, tigger22, Tink and Co., Tinkerbelz, WDWJAMBA, wdwlovers, Wendyismyname, whoSEZ, WildforWD, and WvuGrrrl. You made the magic.
We want to personally thank Sara Varney, who coordinated our community for many years (among so many other things she did for us), and Cheryl Pendry, our Message Board Manager who helped train our Guides, and Ginger Jabour, who helped us with the PassPorter-specific forums and Live! Guides. Thank you for your time, energy, and enthusiasm. You made it all happen.
There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
So we are retiring this newsletter, as we simply cannot keep up with it. Many thanks to Mouse Fan Travel who supported it all these years, to All Ears and MousePlanet who helped us with news, to our many article contributors, and -- most importantly -- to Sara Varney who edited our newsletter so wonderfully for years and years.
And we are no longer charging for the Live Guides. If you have a subscription, it's yours to keep for the lifetime of the Live Guides at no additional cost. The Live Guides will stay online, barring server issues and technical problems, for all of 2019.
That said, PassPorter is not going away. Most of the resources will remain online for as long as we can support them, and after that we will find ways to make whatever we can available. PassPorter means a great deal to us, and to many of you, and we will do our best to keep it alive in whatever way we can. Our server costs are high, and they'll need to come out of our pockets, so in the future you can expect some changes so we can bring those costs down.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your amazing support over the years. Without you, there's no way us little guys could have made something like this happen and given the "big guys" a run for their money. PassPorter was consistently the #3 guidebook after the Unofficial and Official guides, which was really unheard of for such a small company to do. We ROCKED it thanks to you and your support and love!
If you miss us, you can still find some of us online. Sara started a new blog at DisneyParkPrincess.com -- I strongly urge you to visit and get on her mailing list. She IS the Disney park princess and knows Disney backward and forward. And I am blogging as well at JenniferMaker.com, which is a little craft blog I started a couple of years ago to make ends meet. You can see and hear me in my craft show at https://www.youtube.com/c/jennifermaker . Many PassPorter readers and fans are on Facebook, in groups they formed like the PassPorter Trip Reports and PassPorter Crafting Challenge (if you join, just let them know you read about it in the newsletter). And some of our most devoted community members started a forum of their own at Pixie Dust Lane and all are invited over.
So we encourage you to stay in touch with us and your fellow community members wherever works best for you!
Best wishes for a wonderful and magical new year!
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09-18-2003, 09:10 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
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So I turned in my resignation, and my boss said...
Well, okay, first she said that she was sorry I'd decided to leave b/c she thinks I'm a really good teacher and the school really needed me (it also needs a couple of full time social workers and maybe a parole officer or two) and then she said, "and I'm sorry for you because I think this could have been a chance for you to grow personally."
Excuse me?????
I'm sorry, but I've had enough "growth experiences" (or as my former minister at the Unitarian Church called them "AFGE's" -- Another "Darn" Growth Experience) in my life for five people in addition to myself. When you're 25, "growth experiences" help build your character. At my age, they just translate to wrinkles and gray hair. No thanks! Had enough "AFGE's". Ready to be shallow and stagnant, thank you very much!
The countdown is on - 10 days with kids, 1 parent-teacher conference day, 2 weekends, and it's "hello unemployment!" Looking forward to it!
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09-18-2003, 10:07 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
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Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
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Re: So I turned in my resignation, and my boss said...
I would hardly call what you were going through "a growth experience"- the whole thing was very frightening and very disconcerting. Give me a break!
Good for you- I hope it all works out and you find yourself "home" in Orlando soon!
Continued pixie dust for you and Dennis..
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09-18-2003, 11:06 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
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Re: So I turned in my resignation, and my boss said...
Good for you!! I am glad you spoke out for yourself. Good luck in your next move. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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09-18-2003, 11:48 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
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Re: So I turned in my resignation, and my boss said...
Way to go Pat! Good for you! Hope everything works out the way you'd like it to. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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09-19-2003, 02:10 AM
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Mrs. Jack Sparrow
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Re: So I turned in my resignation, and my boss said...
Nothing like a complement and an insult in one sentence. Hope you didn't let it get you down.
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09-19-2003, 02:29 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Re: So I turned in my resignation, and my boss said...
You've done the right thing for you and that's the most important thing, no matter what your boss thinks or says. Best of luck with your next move.
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09-19-2003, 07:02 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
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Re: So I turned in my resignation, and my boss said...
Well ... at least you got another confirmation that you made the right decision! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] I cannot believe she'd say that, and I'd love to hear how you responded. I think I would have laughed out loud.
Continued prayers and pixie dust coming your way.
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09-19-2003, 07:41 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
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Re: So I turned in my resignation, and my boss said...
Wow Pat, maybe if a kid drew a picture of her hanging from a flagpole she wouldn't see it as a "growth" experience either [img]images/icons/mad.gif[/img] Well, great for you for telling her what you though! Enjoy your last few days [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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09-19-2003, 09:09 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
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Location: Clio, MI, USA
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Re: So I turned in my resignation, and my boss said...
I can't believe she said that to you! That is crazy! I'm glad that you got yourself out of that situation and followed your heart!
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09-19-2003, 02:10 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
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Re: So I turned in my resignation, and my boss said...
Pat, good grief! I hope the principal is at least older than you!!! I'm with you on this one! Sheila
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09-19-2003, 08:08 PM
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Recovering VMK Addict!
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Re: So I turned in my resignation, and my boss said...
I'm sorry Pat, but I have to agree with your principal on this one. If you were to stay in this position you would have grown an ulcer, a severe nervous tick, and a very hefty therapy bill. I wonder if that is what she meant by growth?
Personally I would use the rest of my sick days. If the principal questions the use of these sick days just explain your "growth" spurt is causing severe pain. You can also tell her she is causing you pain in your, well never mind - I'll be nice. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Don't you wonder where they find administrators like these? [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]
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09-19-2003, 10:46 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
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Re: So I turned in my resignation, and my boss said...
Ugh, Pat, I'm sorry you had to deal with that. I don't know all that has happened, but I pieced some together...glad you made the decision to get out of there [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
Sending lots of pixie dust your way, although I doubt you need it [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] Sounds like you took care of it all on your own!
Congratulations on making the move and doing what you needed to do for yourself!
Carol
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09-20-2003, 12:41 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
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Re: So I turned in my resignation, and my boss said...
Quote:
Originally posted by Fortissimo:
If you were to stay in this position you would have grown an ulcer, a severe nervous tick, and a very hefty therapy bill.
Yeah, I got my GP to prescribe some anti-depressant/anti-anxiety meds just to get me through the next 2 weeks.
Personally I would use the rest of my sick days.
I would, but I haven't been there long enough to accrue more than one or two. Besides, I'd have to get a substitute, and no one on the sub list wants to work at this school!
Don't you wonder where they find administrators like these? [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]
Yep. The "Peter Principle" in action.
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09-20-2003, 10:53 AM
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Recovering VMK Addict!
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Re: So I turned in my resignation, and my boss said...
Pat, I think you are teaching in h-e-double-hockey sticks. I am so glad for you that you are getting out. This is a dangerous environment for you and everyone else in that building.
My friend taught in a school like this in Houston. It was her first year and it was a huge shock. When she interviewed for the postition they took her on a tour of a school that was, as they said, "just like the one she was going to teach in." Her school was being remodled so she couldn't actually see it. Her first day of school she walks into her kindergarten room and it has padded walls. She turned to the principal who smiled and told her that she would understand when the kids got there. In her first month she had a knife pulled on her by a 6-year-old, found $800 on another who had taken it out of his mom's purse so she couldn't buy drugs, and was almost run over in the parking lot by a mother who didn't like her telling her precious son he couldn't hit people with bats. At the end of September my friend's parents drove to Houston and made her come home. She never taught again.
I will be sending pixie dust for you everyday in hopes that it will help you make it through the next 10 school days.
Robin
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09-20-2003, 11:21 AM
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Re: So I turned in my resignation, and my boss said...
Jeez, Robin, how horrible for your friend! I can't imagine being 20-ish and facing that. I wouldn't have waited for my parents to come and get me -- I'd've run home screaming! As it is, I've made a lot of tearful phone calls to my mom (who, God bless her, has been incredibly supportive -- Dad too, in his "guy" way).
The county I'm in is having a real problem with recruiting and keeping teachers, b/c of the discipline problems and lack of support for teachers. Although my principal was a bit thoughtless with what she said to me, I feel sort of sorry for her. She was told by the powers-that-be at the Board of Ed that she's suspending too many kids (all of whom deserve what they've received). B/c of "no child left behind" the school can end up on the "needs improvement" list for having too many absences. Unfortunately, discipline problems are being blamed on teachers (e.g., "why can't you control these kids?") instead of on the kids and/or parents.
I've heard that the next county to the north has a four-year waiting list for teachers. Everyone wants to work there. And it's not a "rich" area. In fact, it's fairly rural -- lots of "farm kids", I guess. Likewise, the county that has the Air Force base also has a great reputation with teachers. Different demographics, true, but also much more effective discipline policies.
[ 09-20-2003, 12:51 PM: Message edited by: pflamingo ]
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