Dr A

It took me an hour and a half to cancel a GODADDY account. They auto renewed. I had to call, then text, put in codes four times and it took almost two hours. This is a tech company.

Happy Mothers Day!

The bluebird carries the sky on his back. - Henry David Thoreau

📷: Eastern Bluebird

Spent a couple of years in the #PeaceCorps in the late 80s. Collaborated with USAID on several projects including reforestations (seeds and soil to plant 5000 fast growing acacia trees.) The community came together to plant and care for this venture that protected valuable topsoil from eroding.

So I was making chicken parmigiana last night and I didn't have a couple of eggs for the breading stations. I used about half a cup of mayo--which is egg and oil. I might pick up an extra jar for this purpose.

Curriculum Night! My Cambridge display- okay, I'm kind of proud of it. Talked to tons of great folks and potential Cambridge students! To the left, Matt the engineer turned engineering teacher flies a drone across the gym from his display to mine.

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

James Baldwin

This is so kind! I lost my home in 2017 in Georgia to a lightening strike. My husband and I - both English teachers- lost our book collection from the next school year. The Reddit community from across the country sent me books that went right into my classroom. I was so grateful.

“My faith demands - this is not optional - my faith demands that I do whatever I can, wherever I can, whenever I can, for as long as I can with whatever I have to try to make a difference.” - Jimmy Carter

I still have the shoes. Thank your mom, Lilian Carter, for her #PeaceCorps service as a senior when you hang out in Heaven this evening. She inspired me to serve. To your lifetime of public service! RIP.

Jimmy Carter sloshed a wheelbarrow and cement globbed onto my shoe at a #HabitatforHumanity build in the 1990's in Miami. I had reached for a handshake. It's one of my treasured moments as the man was authentic, funny and humble, building along side of my group and chatting kindly with everyone.

Living the dream. Really. Two teachers moved away from a red state for teaching jobs in a blue state with a raise, a union, and a state focus that aligns with our values. No banned books and truthful US history. Now luring our adult children here.

#ChatGPT win! Students prompted Dalle to create the room in "The Yellow Wallpaper" according to their prompts and regenerate until the image meets their specs.

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Read "The Yellow Wallpaper" today. Previous reading was in 2002. Last time I read it as a mom with small kids. PPD was a recent memory. I read it differently now esp with Gen Zs focus on mental health, Dobbs, andthe recent election. #booksky

Can President Biden pardon everyone's remaining student loans?

Apt for today and the winter gray months.

A book that I gave a 25 page college try and I didn't get into it until page 24. It has become a book I think about often, one of my most recommended, and best loved. Time for a reread! #booksky

Make art that you think is fuckin sick as hell. Make the shit you never thought you could that you always wanted to see. Beat your insecurity to death and fight to become your own favorite artist.

Thanksgiving break! Here's a #ChatGPT success I can share. Prompt the chat to write 100 Trivia questions and answers. I used my syllabus, thanksgiving, civics, science, geography, sports, pop culture- make your own trivial pursuit. Students love it.

Abandoned T* in 22 with the Leon drama after 13 years and cultivated lists of Edu and Academic experts I learned from. Many invaluable ideas brought into classroom. The vibe here is like early T*. Yay! Excited to learn and grow in the last part of my career!

I am enticing these neighborhood cats to become my friends. Here they are outside the window.

Happy to be here! I'm interested in engaging secondary learners with contemporary resources despite obstacles.