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A revelation that hit me during my conversation w/ @pernille.bsky.social is the tension & pressure of training American teachers to be superheroes needed to rescue kids from failing economic systems while ignoring those systemic failures. The demand to be superhuman is ultimately dehumanizing.

If I send out an email to parents and students at 7pm, that means I have just completed 3 hours of unpaid work. It would be so nice if, every now and then, some of the almost immediate responses were of gratitude for how hard I work for their kids instead of demands that I do more.

Everyone knows that a male teacher telling a female student that she should smile more is the epitome of creepy, right? Am I missing something?

I'm starting to think Trump is just trying to see what all he can get away with. So far, the answer is ANYTHING.

Is anyone else struggling with extreme immaturity in the freshmen this year? I've been teaching 9th grade for 4 years, and this year is particularly bad. I'm wondering if it's just my school, or if it's a universal problem, maybe due to their age when COVID hit? Ideas or thoughts?

Just so we’re clear -
Any party telling you who you can love, what gender you are, which medicine you can take, which books you can read, which history you can learn, what prayers you should pray and what you can and cannot do with your own body, doesn’t give a fuck about freedom.

I'd say he's using the paper bag test with his choices, but I know his selection process is even more sinister.

I did NOT do the approximately 6 hours of work i had planned this weekend. I actually took this weekend off, and the students will be fine tomorrow.

Thank you!

I am mortified & questioning my attitude with these classes. I'm miserable, so I'm definitely showing them my ass, so they're getting worse. This is unsustainable. I feel like a terrible teacher when I have almost ALWAYS been confident in my teaching. This year is sapping my joy and killing my Why.

And was in the middle of something. I looked to her questioningly, and she said, "I'm your sub." I said, "OH, you're not mine, you're my co-teachers's. Give me a sec." She called me out later for seeming rude when she came in. Dear readers, I had no idea I had given her an attitude. (2)

The teachers are not alright, y'all.
My co-teacher is out today. This is my rough day because 5th and 7th period both give me fits for various reasons. they dont always get a sub for co-teachers (to be fair, they honestly try), so when she came in 10 minutes into class, I'd stopped expecting a sub🧵

We need to get back to reading and critical thinking Because 2024 feels different from 2016.

Feels like I'm just posting to the void since I'm just getting started here, but why not. I write a weekly newsletter, and this week I write about how far away from reading and critical thinking we’ve come. It's lacking in our education, COVID learning loss, social media attention spans, all of it.

Hahahaha! "I dont know her!" Ded.
Side note, juxtaposition was my favorite word when I was in college. I think my favorite professor got tired of me saying it 😆

Me! I teach English I in Texas

@heymrsbond.bsky.social just made my profile, and you're my first follow 💖