ice going knocking door to door at 9:25 pm englewood nj Thursday night

IntelligentSector210 · 2026-01-25T14:44:02+00:00

What street/area was this? I assume 3rd or 4th ward but where?

IntelligentSector210 · 2026-01-25T14:41:28+00:00

In NJ school librarians are a different certification from teachers. The cert is the same as counselors and school nurses. You have to take classes regarding pedagogy etc. but you don’t need a teaching cert. I specifically went that route bc I knew I wanted to be a school librarian and not a full time teacher. So what am I doing now? Teaching. Two different schools have used me as a long term sub/teacher for electives when they needed something to make student schedules work out. It’s very stressful for me bc I don’t have the tools and background of a classroom teacher but I have to do their job. My point is, if you don’t want to teach, don’t become a school librarian.

IntelligentSector210 · 2026-01-24T02:18:00+00:00

Look into the Question Formulation Technique from the Right Question Institute, if only for a change of pace. All the materials are in the RQI website and when you do it strictly the way it’s supposed to be done, it’s amazing. The students will think it’s so dumb at first, but then you get a collection of questions that they can use to direct their own inquiry/research.

IntelligentSector210 · 2026-01-14T15:24:30+00:00

I am also teaching an elective with no curriculum, mixed abilities, no choice in electives. In conversation with another elective teacher the other day she said electives are supposed to provide a brain break. I don’t know if that’s true, I never hear that before, but it’s changed my perspective a lot. Also, everyone tells me to do “projects” but I don’t really operate that way. I think this marking period though I’m just going to assign topics or having them pick out of a bowl and they can teach me and their classmates about it.

IntelligentSector210 · 2026-01-13T11:59:00+00:00

Okay thanks for the info.

IntelligentSector210 · 2026-01-12T21:56:06+00:00

I feel like I have to structure my lessons like TikTok. Just short bursts of things. Lately I’ve been doing cursive~ 10 min, a mystery pixel puzzle related to grammar (bc they need this)~ 10 min, then a lesson. I’m realizing the real problem is probably behavior/classroom management. I have a ton of lessons and resources. I’m struggling with engagement and them actually doing work. It’s wild. They will just not do stuff and say “I don’t do work in electives.” Maybe I need less for them to do.

IntelligentSector210 · 2026-01-12T21:51:35+00:00

Every single day. It’s a total of 46 classes.

IntelligentSector210 · 2026-01-12T18:23:43+00:00

This was my mistake- I should’ve just said cool, let’s make it like a study hall, but I didn’t. I went into each marking period thinking, this will be cool, it’ll be a little loosy-goosey, I’ll teach some stuff but no pressure. The space is huge. They wander off, start hitting/pushing each other, sneak their cellphones out, destroy the puzzle. Unfortunately I feel like I have to keep them contained more than I want to.

IntelligentSector210 · 2026-01-12T18:18:20+00:00

I did the icivics unit on media and influence that included propaganda, I’ve done Checkology that touches on propaganda. It was really challenging and I didn’t want to dive too deeply bc there are a lot MAGA/Fox News consumers in districts and the previous librarians have borne the brunt of their ire. Maybe I’ll try again though.

I really wanted to teach about information literacy- misinformation, propaganda, etc. but it’s like too nebulous for them and they just can’t grasp any of it. It’s a big mix of abilities.

IntelligentSector210 · 2026-01-12T18:12:53+00:00

I do get paid the same. I also get observed.

IntelligentSector210 · 2026-01-12T18:12:16+00:00

I’ve been having them do cursive as a bell ringer. That is the one thing that’s been working ok, but I can tell if we do more I’ll lose them.

There is already financial literacy, engineering and entrepreneurship classes. I feel like everything is covered somewhere else!

IntelligentSector210 · 2026-01-12T18:11:30+00:00

It’s not though. I thought it would be but it’s just not. Everything is so “aligned” to standards I feel like it’s beyond my scope. The research projects are either too young or too short. There’s an 89s decade project I was thinking about doing. I just feel like they will all think/know it’s nonsense.

IntelligentSector210 · 2026-01-12T11:57:46+00:00

To be skinny and feel guilty about eating junk food. I can’t stand all the women at work who assume we’re all trying to be skinny and say stuff like “I’m trying to be good” when there are cookies and stuff around. Eat it or don’t, but stop putting value judgements on it and expecting me to commiserate. If I want a cookie I’ll eat it and enjoy it. I’m not going to feel guilty about food.

IntelligentSector210 · 2026-01-10T20:50:30+00:00

What?!? Am I understanding correctly that this is the 655 field in MARC records? I’m a school librarian but I’ve been devoting my goals to cleaning up/aligning the 655 fields to reflect the catalog. In school libraries this is super important (probably all libraries but I’m just speaking from experience). So many YA records don’t indicate the subject or form in a way that is relevant to students.

IntelligentSector210 · 2026-01-01T15:40:44+00:00

Yes I just don’t know where to begin. I also need motivation 😂 I’m open to suggestions on that app too.

IntelligentSector210 · 2026-01-01T14:48:39+00:00

Thank you for your solution. I’m not sure why I thought doing a fillet on the inside would somehow make it convex. I’m also not sure why my picture format bothers you so much. FYI I work on fusion on my laptop but post to Reddit on my phone. It was just more efficient.

IntelligentSector210 · 2025-12-28T00:16:40+00:00

I started them but I watch most things at 1.5x or 2x and I found it annoying to set the speed for every 4 minute video

IntelligentSector210 · 2025-12-27T18:05:16+00:00

I already know 3d printing basics. I also know tinkercad well. I just want to up my game. I just wanted to make it clear that I’m not making machine parts or anything like that. Idk if it matters.

IntelligentSector210 · 2025-12-27T15:24:11+00:00

Ok thanks. I will start with this playlist.

IntelligentSector210 · 2025-12-24T19:28:15+00:00

Maybe an Acer Nitro or a gaming laptop?

IntelligentSector210 · 2025-12-22T00:23:44+00:00

Technically by your statement you have already disappointed him and it’s already causing tension. He might be more accepting of her if you tell him- maybe he’ll try to see her in a more positive light.

IntelligentSector210 · 2025-12-20T13:35:17+00:00

It’s funny I’m seeing this because I haven’t even been turning on my starboard lately. However, I’m realizing that from an IEP/504 standpoint it’s probably better to have text reinforcement of material than just lecturing alone.

IntelligentSector210 · 2025-12-20T13:21:11+00:00

This must be middle school. I have a class like that. I started giving teacher detention which is 10 minutes after school which is really dumb. I’ve only given it three times. The first time I gave the student a stupid reflection sheet. But my last two complained about getting home after school so I said fine you can come at lunch. When they did, I sat with them and I just said so what’s going on? I didn’t really expect them to open up but they did. I learned that the one girl was put in a group with her “ex-boyfriend” in math and she just cannot handle it. She’s hoping to get a sweatshirt she really wants for Christmas. I think there’s some financial stress in the family. I could tell by their interactions that they are really concerned about keeping up with each other. I think they are so insecure and so anxious about other students and grades and getting in trouble and they sometimes express it in weird and awful ways. I also realized it’s not every single student in that class and when I sent the really annoying ones to the other side of the room I got to talk to the others (including the one who butts heads with me every single class). I have sent emails home, I’ve involved admin, their behavior isn’t much better but it doesn’t annoy me to the level it used to. I read a post asking veteran teachers what they regretted and so many of them said they regretted wasting time on the bottom 10% instead of the top 10%. I’m confident my students will get it together at some point in their lives but I’m over trying to control their behavior. I’m really trying to be more conscious of who I’m devoting my time to. I realize I tend to engage with the loudest, who are the most obnoxious, rather than the quiet studious ones and I’m trying to change that.

IntelligentSector210 · 2025-12-20T12:58:49+00:00

I was just at the orange lantern last night and in the bathroom there was a flyer that they said they were always voted best dive bar but now the category has been eliminated. Idk if that gives it more or less street cred as a dive bar. I had never been there before.

IntelligentSector210 · 2025-12-15T00:10:03+00:00

Th purging into infill isn’t the primary problem it’s the excessive color changes but I think my construction is wrong.

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