December 2011
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Quit whining, a little bullying is good for you →
the-ironing-is-delicious:
At least the comments are in disagreement?
But seriously, how can ANYONE think bullying is ok?
I’ve listened in on twenty-minute long discussion between two parents at a concession window about bullying. One mother, who said her daughter had never been bullied because she raised her to be an alpha, claimed that children who were bullied did something to bring...
November 2011
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Teachography: “When I first began teaching, one of... →
interactivechalkboard:
“When I first began teaching, one of my students asked me a great question. “I’m not sure,” I said. “I’ll go home tonight and do some research. Why don’t you go home and look too. Tomorrow we’ll compare notes and see if we can find the answer”. My more experienced co-teacher was horrified; she…
I’m currently being taught to do exactly what you outlined.
I think it’s...
ohmissalys asked: Hi(: I just wanted to let you know that those are the questions that the professor assigned.. I'm just trying to work with them the best I can.
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Trying to figure out how to best post these...
Would people prefer linked if I linked to the google docs, or pasted the full text after a “read more” break?
writing a paper.. could use your help!
monasequeda:
alyssamarie91:
6-10 page paper on..
Should person’s with cognitive disabilities be allowed to and/or encouraged to have intimate relationships?
Should person’s with cognitive disabilities be allowed to and/or encouraged to get married?
Should person’s with cognitive disabilities be allowed to and/or encouraged to have children?
Should person’s with cognitive disabilities be...
someday-loves-gonna-destroy-me asked: Hey, I seen that you did City Year. I want to do it as well, but would you mind telling me how the interview process was?
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[Winter Holiday] Gifts
I have a feeling when I realize I can’t help everybody I’m going to be sad, but here goes.
I very rarely want much of anything for things like Christmases and birthdays anymore. Putting yourself in situations where you don’t have things makes you extremely appreciative of what you do, and also teaches you what you really don’t need. So aside from a few specific items my...
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I just don't understand why I have to defend being...
positivelypersistentteach:
jbizzle329:
It just makes —— for sense.
You want me to talk to her, or do you need that What Teachers Make video by Taylor Mali?
Before they recognized that the situation for teachers in their immediate area was not the national norm, I had to defend being a teacher to my parents constantly.
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Today I am thankful for you all, for accepting me as part of such a great community.
After break
I’m going to post some lesson plans that are laying around in here. A couple have dittos to go with them; some are projects from other places. I have to check to see if I’ve done full posts on them yet or not. The grade range varies wildly as does the subject matter (social skills and literary connections, an introduction to science experiments, a math bulletin board, an...
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I'm A PFLAG Mom: Gay educators struggle with... →
MARY B. PASCIAK - THE BUFFALO NEWS October 17th, 2011
BUFFALO, N.Y. — It’s no surprise that kids like Jamey Rodemeyer find themselves tormented at school because of their sexual orientation, some say.
Many gay and lesbian teachers say that too often, schools are unwelcoming, unsafe —…
Highly relevant to the last post. Also, PFLAG is a wonderful organization, and a great resource for...
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Ohmuffins and I are planning a summer picnic.
ohmuffins:
positivelypersistentteach:
On the guest list so far are GWALP and World-Shaker.
All other Tumblr Teacher / Education related tumblrs that may be able to travel to Ohio this summer, please message me.
But: no talking about school in the summer, right?!
[Seriously though: this is happening.]
…where in Ohio? I might be out there to see my daughter, this is completely...
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In 48 hours, political leaders in Russia will vote... →
kstipetic:
megafunch:
krillyouridols:
im-not-o-fucking-hungry:
PLEASE REBLOG - IT ONLY TAKES 5 MINUTES
Do it do it reblog
20,000 more to go
You shouldn’t underestimate the power of international disapproval. People will do terrible things when they think no one is looking. Let’s show Russia we’re looking.
I’m hesitant to say that this will be effective against a country like...
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The Snarky Sub: My Plan →
thesnarkysub:
I contact a local restorative justice organization and present them with my case.
“Oh!” they say, delighted. “We never have victims contact us! Normally we work through the police after charges have been filed! How did you find out about us?”
“I don’t know,” I say. “I just did.”
This is…
This is the kind of person that makes me feel like the world still has hope. ...
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Soup: Open Letter to Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi →
soupsoup:
18 November 2011
Linda P.B. Katehi,
I am a junior faculty member at UC Davis. I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of English, and I teach in the Program in Critical Theory and in Science & Technology Studies. I have a strong record of research, teaching, and service. I am currently…
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November 20th is Transgender Day of Remembrance. →
Too often, people overlook the T in LGBTQ. Even within the LGBTQ community there can still be a lack of acceptance, a lack of knowledge or acknowledgment of trans issues, and a great deal of transphobia.
November 20th is a day on which we remember the many transgender and gender-variant individual whose lives were taken by others because of who they were. This is the 12th or 13th year. We...
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“Don’t be lulled by your kid’s good academic performance to think that they are...”
– Glen Oaks, N.Y., substance abuse official Bruce Goldman • Discussing a study that shows a connection between high childhood IQ and drug abuse. The study of 8,000 people showed that those who had high IQ scores when they were younger were more likely to use some illegal drugs at age 16 and at age 30....
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nybloomer asked: WHERE ARE YOU LOCATED? IF PEOPLE WANT TO DONATE BOOKS THEY DONT KNOW WHERE???
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Letter to Tumblr
novicephoenix:
Dear Tumblr,
I’m posting this letter to anyone who might be able to help. I realize that I have no right to ask, but please bear with this letter for now.
I am in the process of creating a classroom library for my kids. I work in a high needs district where over 80% of my kids are living at or below the poverty line. Most of the students in my district get free lunch, and...
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Sorry for not participating in PDD this time...
I’m pretty sick this week/end.
I’ll catch the next one, promise. It always makes for fun and informative bonding.
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Classroom Thanksgiving as a Cultural Exchange
Before my first student-teaching experience, if you had asked me what a pupusa was, I would have thought you were referring to a Native American child carrier. (That’s a papoose.)
I grew up with a very prescribed Thanksgiving meal. Whether at home or in class, on our table, the television, or coloring sheets, the pictures involved a turkey, corn, some kind of potatoes, the cranberry sauce...
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Watchmisterjmasters:
yousurethatsenoughweapon:
pinkshortshorts:
longhairandpinkunicorns:
everyone needs to watch this.
i swear yesterday this had like 567 notes
I just want everyone to remember that you’re all beautiful wonderful human beings
I have some anon questions I could add to this…
I usually try to avoid posting things with strong language, but I was curious as to your thoughts...
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Half personal excitement, half looking to help...
This is some of the concept art that she’s finished, although she’s decided to go with a modern and not retro look so the clothes will change. The first book that will go out will be My Dad Can Fight Dragons, which is a really sweet tall tale borne from the fact that Miki is the only student in her class that lives only with her dad, and no Mom or siblings. Clearly, she explains to...
Middle-Income Neighborhoods Shrinking, Report... →
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NY Times: As New Graduates Return to Nest, Economy... →
The explanation of why and how this works is very interesting. One would think, then, that it would be prudent to make more investments in alleviating student loan debt or making new jobs for young people, when the returning-to-the-nest situation is based on need and could be relieved by assistance.
But I’m particularly interested on hearing your thoughts in regard to situations like Mr....
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How many of you have paid for classroom supplies... →
I kept in touch with my first grade teacher until I graduated high school. She had by then moved to second, third, back to first, and then to kindergarten, where she stayed. By then, she had been spending so much out of her not particularly grand paycheck on school supplies for her students — some of whose parents claimed that it was the school’s job to pay for pencils and notebooks,...
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Grant Wrangler is a free grant listing service... →
I stumbled upon it through a YSA link. It’s easy to navigate, has a wealth of opportunities, and the nearest have November 30th deadlines. So go, go, go!
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kissandthetell asked: hey there. I reblogged your post about TFA. I recently applied there and got to the interview and was rejected. I'm about to get my bachelors in Language Arts Education with a minor in History and I still didn't get it. I was so upset. Am still so upset. I'm really upset actually. If they only recruit the best and brightest, what does that say about me? I LOVE kids. I LOVE teaching....
Taking a step back from the internet
because the bombardment of messages I’ve been getting in regards to the race thing on the personal blog is starting to feel a little bit like middle/high school cyberbullying all over again.
Except now I know what I didn’t then — that sometimes the best thing to do in that situation is to take a step away and remember that a stranger on the internet is a stranger on the internet...
I am apparently “disingenuous and disgusting” for using a Martin Luther King, Jr. quote in regards to an increasingly attack-based discussion on the semantics of the word “racism.”
Never gotten that response before.
“Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night...”
– excerpted from Strength to Love, by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
(I highly suggest reading through this book — a collection of sermons that have incredible meaning and weight whether or not a person belongs to the Christian church — at least once. At least, I found great meaning in it,...
Report this page, please? →
titotito:
reallifedocumentarian:
juthikakijawani:
It’s Islamophobic and downright disgusting, can we please just troll them or get the message out?
signal boosting. f—- these islamophobes. ugh. report page? spam? counter post? sometimes i wonder if i really live in the same place as these religious bigots, racists and xenophobes… then i remember i live a half hour away from Renee...
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Because Caitology's photo reminded me with its...
I know that if you use hand sanitizer too much your hands tend to feel dry. And if you’re teaching, it’s getting to that season where you’re using hand sanitizer constantly. So I just thought I’d let you know that Bath and Body Works makes a combo hand sanitizer-moisturizer that somehow got me through the cold season in a first grade classroom with fewer instances of...
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“Ironically, I suspect that the gay character that most closely reflects reality...”
– Charlie Condou
Why is school such a hard place to be gay?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/nov/10/school-hard-place-gay-bullying
(via englishteacheronline)
I knew one person who was like Kurt through all of high school, when it was still so difficult to be LGBTQ and out. He was lucky to...
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Every time an Abilify commercial comes on, I go a...
When your antidepressant isn’t working, especially if it was prescribed by a general doctor and you’re not seeing a therapist, counselor, psychologist, psychiatrist, social worker — some kind of individual trained in psychological and/or emotional disorders — the answer is never to just add another medication.
The human brain, and the way that we use it, is incredibly...
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Tumblr Sourcing
monasequeda:
Hi fellow Tumblr frayans. I am writing a reference list and need to create the references for various web documents in APA format. Halp?
For example: http://www.ncld.org/es/at-school/general-topics/accommodations/accommodations-vs-modifications-whats-the-difference
Crawford, L. (2010, December 31). Acomodaciones vs modificaciones: ¿Cuál es la differencia? National Center for...
Reality TV Goes Where Football Meets the Hijab →
A very interesting, incredibly well-written article that my mind is still processing. I wanted to share it both because I thought it was important, and because I’m curious as to what your thoughts are.
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Upcoming activities for my Youth Commission...
Is that something anyone might be interested in hearing more about? I don’t mean in an Elementary sense, finding things and drawing them on a map, but in the slightly higher-level civics sense, “These are the resources in our area.”
It’s something I wanted to do because I’m unfamiliar with the area that the organization is in, but then it was suggested that I take...
There are suddenly far more people watching what I...
…that’s both very exciting and a little unnerving, especially when I now can’t think of anything original to say at all.
The last popular post, about teachers and hours, etc., was born of a few different ideas: for one, I was getting increasingly frustrated with the surge in articles and posts reminding us all that people involved in education in any way, shape, or form are...
“[Indiana Attorney General] Zoeller issued his opinion at the request of two...”
– Zoeller: Bus fee violates constitution
Ahhh…..I was waiting for this lawsuit. Go get ‘em.
(via girlwithalessonplan)
I don’t understand where the argument is here. This seems like a very clear case of violating an entitlement to an education in a roundabout way in hopes to escape being...
“I committed to this program with the understanding that people would have their...”
– Sasha Grey, Porn Star, Reads To Elementary School, Parents Outraged
Go you, Sasha.
(via girlwithalessonplan)
Once again I say: Good for her. There are parents and politicians who aren’t this invested in education. Maybe we should be inviting more people who are interested and active...
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U.S. Teachers Spend, On Average, Approximately... →
homeworkandheartbreak:
shapefutures:
That means approximately 7,663 hours in the year are left unaccounted for.
Let’s assume parents don’t see their kids until 5pm. This might not be a proper assumption in a world where so many parents have to work two jobs just to make ends meet, but let’s assume. So, two hours a day, for 6 days a week, for 52 weeks. That leaves 7,039 hours.
And we’ll be...
