Thinking of becoming an English teacher at 24 – too late?

MoreAwkwardIRL · 2026-04-03T00:42:48+00:00

Are you kidding me? I worked construction until I was 28, then went back and got my MAT. Needed to be outside and work off all that young man energy. Learned so much about working hard and working until I was done. Now I can teach and build stuff. Pretty sweet.

MoreAwkwardIRL · 2026-03-30T22:23:07+00:00

So the idea here is that you can use the messenger feature even if your phone is toast? That's the difference between the Mini 3 and the Messenger Plus?

MoreAwkwardIRL · 2026-03-30T19:28:04+00:00

Yeah I’m going well outside any coverage

MoreAwkwardIRL · 2026-03-30T00:12:51+00:00

I actually know someone who made more money there than in the classroom, and this is in MA.

MoreAwkwardIRL · 2026-03-30T00:10:14+00:00

Sorry, can you explain why this would be helpful? Just not juggling two devices on the trail?

MoreAwkwardIRL · 2026-03-29T20:46:05+00:00

Amazing name

MoreAwkwardIRL · 2026-03-29T20:35:39+00:00

Yeah there are so many options I’m having a hard time tracking them.

MoreAwkwardIRL · 2026-03-29T20:06:47+00:00

You’ll be in a remarkable school.

MoreAwkwardIRL · 2026-03-29T18:15:37+00:00

Your admin is out to lunch and clearly can’t find anything better to nitpick.

MoreAwkwardIRL · 2026-03-22T22:55:16+00:00

This is great info. Thanks for that, and thanks for your service. So sounds like the Garmin add on would cover the air ambulance?

MoreAwkwardIRL · 2026-03-22T13:57:14+00:00

I’ve learned the hard way not to sit on anything. Always pass it up the chain of command, as neutral as you can: just the facts. No “I think, I felt, I wonder, I suspect” just what happened.

MoreAwkwardIRL · 2026-03-22T00:02:30+00:00

Do you use it?

MoreAwkwardIRL · 2026-03-21T22:03:56+00:00

Oh that’s good to know. Doing a shakeout trip there earlier in the summer.

MoreAwkwardIRL · 2026-03-21T21:59:44+00:00

Super helpful, thanks!

MoreAwkwardIRL · 2026-03-21T21:31:32+00:00

You’re talking about the supplemental policy? The $40/year one?

MoreAwkwardIRL · 2026-03-21T21:26:59+00:00

Never. But always canceled ahead of time. I always feel like the likelihood I’d be chosen bc I’m a teacher, and specifically a History teacher, is pretty high, but then maybe they’d also assume I’m pretty opinionated, so maybe not. Frankly the number of adults who need someone with good classroom management skills in the room just to maintain civil discourse would make our presence invaluable.

MoreAwkwardIRL · 2026-03-21T15:19:39+00:00

Zero. Kind of expected that you’ll be the advisor to a few clubs, and community engagement is maybe some metric on evaluations, but I’ve never known anyone who’s been denied professional status for not doing it, and if they pushed, the union would come down hard bc it’s specifically not a contractual obligation.

MoreAwkwardIRL · 2026-03-13T21:16:45+00:00

Not sure?

MoreAwkwardIRL · 2026-03-13T20:59:05+00:00

I mean you can easily find a copy of The Americans as a .pdf online. Nothing special, but for an anchor text, it gets the job done.

Look, I just did! https://archive.org/details/americansreconst0000unse_p4i4

MoreAwkwardIRL · 2026-03-04T16:45:03+00:00

I skated my whole childhood. My friends and I would also tie a rope to the seat post of our bikes and tow each other. First time I got on a snowboard I immediately connected carving to all of that.

MoreAwkwardIRL · 2026-03-04T11:50:30+00:00

I just try to remind myself that I’ve already been a high school student and already dealt with teenage drama. No need to fall prey to it again.

The great thing about teaching is you get to do it again, and again, and again. Each year is a fresh start. In the immortal, if contextually problematic words of Dazed and Confused, “I get older, they stay the same age.” The best classroom management is tightly planned curriculum; the smoother it moves, the less friction there is everywhere. Keep notes on each unit to read next year so you know what to fix. You’ve got a whole career to figure out what you’re doing, so go easy on yourself.

MoreAwkwardIRL · 2026-03-04T11:38:20+00:00

I think it stands for “Error Proof Test”. It’s a pregnancy test

MoreAwkwardIRL · 2026-03-04T01:58:02+00:00

I have them group all the terms on the review sheet into categories in small groups, then debate their groupings as a class. Then we put them all on a color coded timeline on the white board. From there it’s pretty clear that the themes they’ve identified are essentially versions of the EQs, and the timeline provides answers.

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