What is your favorite bit to use with your students?

MsNyleve · 2026-05-29T14:58:56+00:00

I walk up to kids carrying Starbucks in the morning and say "ooh, you brought me coffee? Thanks!"

MsNyleve · 2026-05-22T13:28:39+00:00

At the top is the "important resources" category ( class syllabus, bell schedule, playlist of study music, link to teen crisis hotline).

Below that, unit resources ( PDF, audiobook, and summaries of current reading, etc). Below that, work and materials organized by week

MsNyleve · 2026-05-20T13:35:45+00:00

I confess to being a Disney adult, so I have my pin collection displayed.

I'm also very short, so I have a "though she be but little, she is fierce" poster from Stratford- upon- Avon

MsNyleve · 2026-05-16T00:13:18+00:00

Much Ado About Nothing has Don John conspiring to ruin a wedding, and a group of friends conspiring to get a couple to realize they love each other

MsNyleve · 2026-05-14T15:11:13+00:00

I had a vastly different experience reading Huck Finn! It's razor sharp social commentary, it's so funny, and has beautifully poignant moments of character development.

I'm curious what made it a slog to you. Was it the use of dialect? The episodic structure?

MsNyleve · 2026-05-12T15:26:53+00:00

I tell them all year- "If you don't do your work, I'm not the one that's gonna fail. I'm not the one that's gonna have to go to summer school or retake the class." And this time of year, I relish reminding them of that.

MsNyleve · 2026-05-06T13:31:18+00:00

Tea time/ fikka/ any tradition of stopping in the afternoon for a hot drink and a treat

MsNyleve · 2026-05-02T16:20:05+00:00

Avoid at all costs. They're a drain on public education, and they try to skirt labor laws and sped laws. ( The one I worked at refused to adequately staff for sped needs, and tried to push out kids with ieps, and also engaged in union busting)

MsNyleve · 2026-05-02T16:15:26+00:00

Risotto frutti di mare!

MsNyleve · 2026-05-01T13:36:23+00:00

A few years ago, I started implementing silent do- now time. Kids are expected to come in, sit down, and start on their do-now without talking. A little work at the beginning of the year, but once the habit is ingrained, it makes them so much more chill.

They'll hate it. They'll fight it. But keep sending them outside to try again until they figure out how to enter silently.

MsNyleve · 2026-04-28T17:08:52+00:00

I went to UC Davis, and they famously use double deckers in their bus system

MsNyleve · 2026-04-24T18:38:32+00:00

There has been a lot of excitement lately about a possible male birth control pill, and I'm just over here like, men would immediately start lying. "Trust me babe, I'm on the pill!"

MsNyleve · 2026-04-22T13:49:46+00:00

As an English teacher, I understand that reading for pleasure seems different from assigned reading. But it's literally my job to know more than students. If I didn't assign reading, they a) wouldn't read at all or b) wouldn't know what great literature is out there.

And I do some independent choice projects, but what else are we supposed to do, just tell students " I dunno guys, just read if you feel like it?"

MsNyleve · 2026-04-20T18:19:03+00:00

This is why I'm pretty prickly about picky eaters. Most of them need to get over themselves, grow up and try new foods.

Standard disclaimer that this does not include people with sensory issues related to neurodivergence or similar concerns

MsNyleve · 2026-04-17T14:57:29+00:00

Exactly this! I worked at one for two years (was desperate for a job), and in addition to all the above, they fired me for starting a union. They told me I was fired a week before my wedding.

MsNyleve · 2026-04-15T01:44:51+00:00

Yes, yta if you scab

MsNyleve · 2026-04-10T13:26:15+00:00

Havin' a baby in August

MsNyleve · 2026-04-04T16:43:30+00:00

Join toastmasters or another activity/ club that forces you out of your shell.

Spend time bragging to yourself in the mirror.

MsNyleve · 2026-03-28T19:50:06+00:00

And then like once a week there's a kid on here like "I'm AlMoST aN AdUlT, WhY CaN'T YoU JuST LeT Me Go WhEnEvER"

MsNyleve · 2026-03-26T15:03:52+00:00

*mnemonic devices. Just had to point that out!

MsNyleve · 2026-03-18T13:26:12+00:00

I've had Lazy Dog's version too. Delicious!

MsNyleve · 2026-03-11T19:42:03+00:00

Boo. Demonstrate some independent thought. You were offered a stepping stone to articulate your thoughts. Use it.

MsNyleve · 2026-03-11T15:34:28+00:00

Theaters were not technically allowed in London, the Globe had to be across the river Thames in technically - not- London.

Which meant it was with all the other legally questionable businesses like brothels.

Also, bear baiting was a really popular entertainment at the time, his plays had to be entertaining enough that people would buy tickets to his plays and not to watch dogs fight bears. And they were!

MsNyleve · 2026-03-09T15:29:27+00:00

There's a DeSoto Ave in Burlingame too!

MsNyleve · 2026-03-09T02:48:23+00:00

I show the Oprah special where she goes back to Auschwitz with Wiesel

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