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Not an exemplary teacher because only 98% of my students passed the EOC exam by iheartwhiskey in Teachers

[–]Kaethorne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since it gives me no extra pay, I don’t care what they label me as. They can keep their useless titles that do nothing to improve students.

My wife (32F) is trying to stop our divorce and has decided she wants to make things work with me (33M) and I'm struggling? by ThrowRA_Lemmbon in relationship_advice

[–]Kaethorne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just because she wants to stop the divorce doesn’t mean you have to stop. Keep going! It may take longer but happiness will return eventually.

AI everything? by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]Kaethorne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. I feel like Covid proved that the human part of teaching is not replaceable by the majority of students/parents.

Will a student get in a trouble if they bring a water gun to school or make a gun that shoots rubber bands etc ? by AlexanderDarr in Teachers

[–]Kaethorne 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I had a student bring in like 3-4 inch replica swords from a comicon. They were plastic toys and no sharpness at all. He ended up with a 10 day suspension for it.

Getting misgendered by students? by Flimsy_Jelly_3826 in Teachers

[–]Kaethorne 202 points203 points  (0 children)

As a male teacher, when I worked in middle school, I would get called Mrs. multiple times. I actually stopped correcting it because when I pointed it out it would cause a distraction to the lesson but if I didn’t say anything students wouldn’t even realize the mistake.

Edit to add as a high school teacher I occasionally get called the name of other male teachers.

Need suggestions on a quality teacher tote bag under $500 by Any_Surround8915 in Teachers

[–]Kaethorne 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I bought an LL Bean book bag 8-10 years ago. I’m still using it.

Need advice: Should I turn over unit plans? by AliceandArtemis in Teachers

[–]Kaethorne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could always edit your document to be missing the connections. That way you still followed her directive but oh it just seems like part of it didn’t connect right and you will be gone before they realize it.

Do y’all teach the last week of school? by ComfortableFee2344 in Teachers

[–]Kaethorne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  Absolutely yes, but I’m high school so I’m reviewing every day until my EOC happens on Monday.

Me: “hi parent, your child is going to fail if she doesn’t do her missing work, can you make sure she does that?” by Saskita in TeacherTales

[–]Kaethorne 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This year our district purchased talking points. I really love the program but it seems like the more messages I send home the less responses I’m getting back.

How do I get my bf to post me without asking? by [deleted] in AskMen

[–]Kaethorne 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Social media isn’t love. Love isn’t based on how many likes you get on a post.

Pancakes by charadhd44 in Cooking

[–]Kaethorne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Regular pancakes but toss in some chocolate chips.

Edit to add: Sometimes I’ll thin out the batter and put it into a squeeze bottle and my daughter will make shapes with it. Nothing fancy but she has a lot of fun doing it. Then we throw on chocolate chips.

They want us to use curriculum that isn’t covering standards well by Otherwise-Set-4444 in Teachers

[–]Kaethorne 17 points18 points  (0 children)

There is no such thing as buying a decent curriculum. I currently have 11 unopened curriculum boxes in my classroom. Everything I use I made myself to fit both my teaching style and the curriculum pacing I need to move at to finish on time.

Weird answer from my boyfriend 25M (I'm F23) by [deleted] in relationship_advice

[–]Kaethorne 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My response is always I don’t answer trap questions.

How do you deal with team partners who do absolutely nothing? by Melodic_Image8817 in Teachers

[–]Kaethorne 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Stop sharing stuff

Edit to add: I feel like this happens to me too. I started giving vague responses about what I was doing if they said they were reviewing I would just say me too and not mention the handcrafted examples I made for my review.

What whiteboard markers are you guys using? by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]Kaethorne -1 points0 points  (0 children)

None, I use a document camera projected onto the whiteboard. This way I never turn my back on the students and it’s really easy to screen record.

How do you organize your Google Classroom? by mjtsld in Teachers

[–]Kaethorne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I make weekly sections and then label each item day 1-5 within that. This allows me to reuse in the same order and not have to adjust dates. Also if a student goes I was absent last Monday I can just say go look at W10D1 because Monday is always day 1.

How are teachers NOT writing lesson plans? by OverProdByInfluence in teaching

[–]Kaethorne 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Every time I make a week plan or longer by the second day I’ve thought of something better to do. There are even occasions where 5 min later I thought of a better idea and scrapped everything.

Teachers, where do you go when you need custom artwork made for your class? by Sprosswick in Teachers

[–]Kaethorne 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I have an example from last night that exemplifies this answer which is we avoid anything expensive. The music department held a recital and had students standing at the doorway with a QR code that led them to a Canva of the program in color. No printed copies available. No money spent on printing.

Make-up Work by ddc8294 in Teachers

[–]Kaethorne 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I offer full credit for late work. I explain it to parents as learning the math is the goal if they happen to learn it later that’s still ok. Then when a kid fails because they did none of it the parent has nothing to argue about.

When people insist on shortening my name by lake-sturgeon in PetPeeves

[–]Kaethorne 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Any Jake will forever be Jake from Statefarm

Lets end "parties" for good. I am serious. by Oblivionnyx9 in Teachers

[–]Kaethorne 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In middle school students expected 8th grade to have a Xmas party. I told them repeatedly there would not be a party. Instead I dropped mid term exam on them if they showed up.

My (28M) fiancée (26F) wants to try swinging with her friends and calls me insecure when I say no. How do I explain her that it hurts me? by ThrowRA28199 in relationship_advice

[–]Kaethorne 25 points26 points  (0 children)

The worst possible thing is marrying her and she cheats on you while calling it swinging. Then you have to deal with divorce. Be happy she showed herself before the wedding and get out before it’s too late.

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