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It would be really interesting if the walls were actually painted annually and kept clean throughout the academic year.

Veteran teachers know that some of those posters and decorations are artfully placed over poorly drawn symbols that don’t reflect our vibes.

This is a great thread and the entire topic is one that I am incredibly and irrationally passionate about!

Dr. Antonovich‬'s final question is likely rhetorical but there is an answer! Teachers used to hold schoolmarm showers for new teachers! It was a whole thing!

It’s the same thing as my friend’s toys/movies/games always being better than mine: it doesn’t matter that I have Caribou malted mocha if I hear about Toasted Marshmallow cold brew at Tim’s . . .

Then the W113 Pagoda will best take the sting off the compromise.

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How much parallel parking will be required in your life? That could significantly change my response here.

Please watch this in its entirety

Trump has installed dozens of men who follow this ideology into the highest levels of his administration, including Pete Hegseth, who leads the Department of Defense.

This is the doctrine Republicans want all Americans to live by.
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2. Emotionally Limited Parents Misread Neurodivergence as Defiance Neurocomplex traits often get pathologized in emotionally rigid households. Curiosity becomes backtalk. Sensory sensitivity is framed as overreacting. Executive dysfunction gets labeled as laziness. These misinterpretations aren't just invalidating— they're identity-shaping. Over time, kids absorb the belief that being different equals being difficult.

This is also about school.

Uhm. Me too.

I overthink it. I try to schedule it. That never works.

But if I start with something small, it can sometimes lead to a “maze” or a “puzzle” where I get more than nothing done.

A fun mental math trick: Mentally calculating cube roots

ESPECIALLY during the summer. I need external routines . . . And they can’t be faked.

I lean into the chaos cleaning bc otherwise I want a perfect system and nothing gets done.

Your color choices are gorgeous and great job with the weaving tension!

The one I’ve read is very specific to my hometown: Unending Struggle: The Long Road to Equal Education in St. Louis
A book by Judge Gerald W. Heaney and Dr. Susan Uchitelle

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Anyone have a book they read that takes a sociological look at urban education? I got some in mind, but I'd appreciate non-gen-AI ideas. Thank you!

Wow! It’s already 1pm?

Wouldn’t dramatic irony require author intent?

There is a tension when watching R&J and Titanic of Hope vs hopelessness knowing that they are tragedies. On the other hand, the foreshadowing in The Sixth Sense gives an uncanny feeling while still letting the twist simmer underneath (until spoilers)

My district also requires approval for Donors Choose.

Are there any Black educators that have a classroom wishlist?

If so, please drop it in the comments!

Please help share, donate, do whatever you can!

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This interview is so clear & quietly devastating. Public media as we understand it is over.

This is not about the end of NPR & PBS. They might be able to find ways to continue to make programs. Instead of content, this is about the capacity to broadcast at all - antennae, transmitters, licenses. 🧵

I make it a point to discuss period pain, period products, and menstruation facts with my students and niblings as it comes up.

All humans need to know about the biological processes that impact 51% of the world.

It’s so normal, so I continue to normalize it.

Yes! This is the reason for seniority on pay scales.

Why does that feel like another set of pipes that could freeze? 🥸

At least I know that the auger works. I thought I was just gonna need to caution-tape off the room and use the woods.

Unfortunately, I do not have luxury toilet paper either!!! Any thinner and it would just be water itself!

We also talk on the phone more than we text - like during the summers when I’m off, and he is driving from place to place during his work day.

Our relationship started before he texted at all . . .guaranteed I fell in love with his voice.

Ended up getting a toilet auger from Menards. It took a lot of work, but the physical intervention finally got things flowing.

It was awful.

My partner and I do not have each other’s location, and it simply does not compute for my 4yo niece that I cannot tell her precisely where he is.

Erosion of trust?

I am losing my mind over a clogged toilet that will just not be unclogged.

Forgot I had tonal music on the sound machine. I’ve been trying to figure out if that is the tornado siren for two whole minutes.

Good news, it’s just coming from my speaker, not outside.