Stef smiling with a gray cat laying on her shoulder, paws over like she's on a damn throne.

I love this goofy cat.

Sitting in a meeting with a charter school that felt so predatory that I wanted to vomit.

Who advocates for the teachers who are burned out from advocating for their students?
Asking for a friend.

Illinois State University is hiring scabs from Go Green in Chicago at a rate higher than striking workers hourly pay.

#ISU admin think scabs will fix their gaping wound.

#AFSCME1110 #Solidarity #UnionStrike #Redbirds

I loved research and I loved writing.

But I also realize that most of what I managed to get published wasn't even used. What was the point?

The last time I watched #Orion launch was December 2015.
I was pregnant with my now 10 year old.

I'm so excited to watch this launch with her as women go to the moon for the first time! #Artemis

Teacher truths not in text books:

The start of 5th grade and the end of 5th grade SMELLS very different. #PubertyStinks

The Supreme Court has ruled that torturing queer people into being straight is allowed.

It's international day of visibility.

This is intentional.

8-1 vote. The UN bans this "therapy."

The US continues its eugenic past.

I've lost hope in deaf ed.
The prep programs are dying.
LRE is wrongly defined.
We have deaf schools that pick what type of deaf kid they want.

I can't find a resolution.

My articulated 5 yr goal was to set up a satellite program for a Dhh program. My chair said it was impossible/ not feasible.

I left for other reasons.

My plans have happened, with someone else getting credit, but also in a way that isn't deaf-centric.

I wonder if the anguish will ever stop.

W: I noticed you signing to your daughter. Is she deaf?
Me: no. I am. She might be in the future based on genetics.
W: oh I'm so sorry for you.
Me: I'm not sorry about passing on deafness. It's who we are and we have a gift of language. I AM annoyed I didn't pass on my red hair.
W: 😶

When an interpreting agency is sending less than qualified educational interpreters because "real interpreters don't need to work with low-language or young children"...
#DeafEducation #Interpreters

Having multiple degrees in education is a hostage situation.

There is no escape.

The amount of time I've spent disassociating on break instead of getting a break is depressing.

I literally got yelled at by a white family member because of saying I loved the Greensboro Civil Rights museum.

As an FYI: she has informed me that her grandparents had it worse than black people and it's 2 generations out, so there is no impact left for black people.

I can't.

First year undergrad isn't this level of skill. They are still learning how to consume research. It's more of a producer of research challenge.

Lit review as a consumer vs producer are two different skills.

The amount of times I've gotten hit this week is the reason we have teacher shortages.

Absolutely. I always depend on alt text to help me figure out people. I struggle to identify faces. Sorry I couldn't be more detailed on that.

I don't know who the celebrity is that is pictured or context of photo... But:

It is a black woman in a formal green/blue dress on stage at a microphone. Everything is blurry except her face which has a wide-mouth surprise or yelling expression.

It's such a major factor in medical research.

The left out demographic is what completely changed course for my dissertation.

Using just the alt text, I have no idea what is in the image. So it wasn't inclusive. Maybe it was witty. But it wasn't both inclusive and witty.

Please don't make image access even harder for blind users by promoting using alt text predominantly for entertainment.

I am so tired of doctors insisting everything in a woman's body is weight only.

WW3pstein

I love that you keep track!!

I had a professor have us write a lit review on what WASN'T researched in our field. It took forever to realize that the more I read the more a specific demographic had been left out. Hardest thing I did in grad school, but it totally changed my thinking. Lit reviews are the best.

When trying to leave the field of education, everyone suggests the field of education.

It's a constant reminder how useless I am in anything other than education.

Eugenics has never gone away. It was just disguised as "soft" forms

It's criminal to have ADHD.

Every time I get my meds, I feel like I'm being judged as some type of junkie.
I literally need no anti-depressants, anti-anxieties, etc when taking ADHD meds... AND I can get my work done efficiently. Sigh.

My insurance doesn't approve ADHD medication for people over 18. Like that birthday made the ADHD magically go away.

🫩

I made the mistake of doing the math on how many hours of #IEP writing I will have done, based on averages so far, excluding new IEPs, and excluding progress reports. Assuming 1 per student.

325 hours (~9 weeks of school hours)

Literally 1/4 of a school year.