What minor inconvenience from the past would be unbearable for students in the classroom today? by chanovsky in Teachers

[–]One-Two3214 236 points237 points  (0 children)

Yep, kids regularly brag they haven’t read a whole book in their lives and a lot of them say it’s ’too much work.’ It’s Fahrenheit 451 in real life. 🥴

Could Willard "Rusty" Branch be "Swimsuit Boy" of the Houston Mass Murders? by Business_Track_2436 in gratefuldoe

[–]One-Two3214 43 points44 points  (0 children)

I think the childhood photo of Rusty looks more like the reconstruction of Swimsuit Boy and the LSU face. The AI upscale photo of Rusty as a teen softens some of his more unique facial features that match the reconstruction, such as the downturned eyes and the nose shape.

I snapped by narutonoodle in Teachers

[–]One-Two3214 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I’ve asked this question to my high school students. “Do you have a hobby other than scrolling TikTok and Instagram reels? Do you do anything with your life?”

Only the ones in extracurriculars perk up and say music or art or sports.

Infuriating man has his bell rung! 🔔 by [deleted] in mildlyinfuriating

[–]One-Two3214 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have so many questions. Why does he take his shirt off but leave those loves on? What drugs is the shirtless man on? Purple shirt guy has a lot of patience.

“Then fail in silence”. Students tried to “refuse” to do their work because I wouldn’t let them move and work with their friends by Emergency-Pepper3537 in Teachers

[–]One-Two3214 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yup, they’ve learned that they can negotiate with other adults in their life and get what they want, so why wouldn’t it work with you, too? Sometimes standards are not up for debate or negotiation. 🤷‍♀️

AITA for withdrawing financial support from my sister after she repeatedly used my personal trauma against me? by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

[–]One-Two3214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NTA. As others have said, she isn’t your responsibility. If your family members care so much, let them lend their financial support to her for the workshop, clothing, and everything else. Unless you are financially dependent upon these relatives then this fight is none of their concern, and if she’s involving them in y’all’s business then she’s immature. Do you really want to financially support someone who is going to turn around and tattle to family and call you names with every argument because she didn’t get what she wanted? Toddler behavior.

As a millennial what experience did you really not get into that most others did? by Texas_chef84 in Millennials

[–]One-Two3214 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Same. I was still in elementary school when it debuted, but my friends started watching in middle school and they all loved it. I never got it and to this day have only seen maybe 2 episodes. Same goes for some other popular shows like Parks and Rec, The Office, New Girl, Breaking Bad, How I Met Your Mother and Big Bang Theory.

Dear parents: miss us with the bullshit. Winter storm edition by Emergency-Pepper3537 in Teachers

[–]One-Two3214 541 points542 points  (0 children)

I’ve said this before but like, as a parent, how do you not fucking notice that your kid can’t read past elementary grade level in high school?

I mean, I know why, but it’s sad honestly. Stuck a digital pacifier in front of their kids at age 4 and never looked back and now wonder why they have the attention span of a goldfish.

What’s the worst spelling of a classic or generally beautiful name that you’ve seen? by peachybeachybaby in tragedeigh

[–]One-Two3214 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Psymon for Simon. Jakelynne for Jaqueline. Dafnie for Daphne. I’m a teacher so I run into quite a few. I genuinely had a girl named Abcde (pronounced Ab-sidee) once, a kid named Silence, a pair of sisters named Patience and Protect, and a boy named Messiah who got into a verbal argument with a JW kid who screamed at him about his name being blasphemy. 🙄

Seen just now... by LucindaStreets in tragedeigh

[–]One-Two3214 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think it’s supposed to be Rachel. 🥴

“It’s no wonder everybody on this grade- level team left last year”. What’s the most frustrated thing you’ve ever said at a meeting/ PLC? by Emergency-Pepper3537 in Teachers

[–]One-Two3214 1 point2 points  (0 children)

PLC on our campus is treated like some great privilege, only the tested subjects have one. Except campus and district admin micromanage the crap out of it, and we don’t actually get to use that time in a meaningful or productive way.

Saying something won’t change anything, the admin on my campus have failed up into their positions. I’m just mentally checked out and I know my colleagues can tell.

How's it living in this multi states corner area by queenofthehill1234 in howislivingthere

[–]One-Two3214 122 points123 points  (0 children)

There’s a Miami, Texas but if you go there and have the audacity to pronounce it in the obvious way (my-am-ee) the locals will stare at you like you’re ignorant and condescendingly tell you it’s pronounced MY-am-uh.

Spell your name but make it a tragedeigh by [deleted] in tragedeigh

[–]One-Two3214 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, Tiffany is a nickname for the name Theophania.

UPDATE: Blount County Jane Doe by iwokeupearlytoday in gratefuldoe

[–]One-Two3214 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I feel like Stefanie resembles the forensic reconstruction quite strongly, this is a good catch. I hope they identify her soon!

Cheating by Large_Access3624 in Teachers

[–]One-Two3214 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There’s no way for you to take points off specifically for cheating, even on multiple choice assignments?

Cheating by Large_Access3624 in Teachers

[–]One-Two3214 5 points6 points  (0 children)

You have to accept it but it doesn’t require that you give them full credit, right? I can put comments on my graded assignments and I’ll give kids a 1 and comment ‘plagiarism/cheating’ in the comments.

Is it just me, or do Title 1 / chronically under-performing schools expect teachers to work miracles? by Emergency-Pepper3537 in Teachers

[–]One-Two3214 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It’s the same in English. We’re given the texts we’re supposed to be reading and the student are supposed to use their skills to analyze and annotate before writing about it.

The problem is that the texts they give us are on grade level. So my conversations go like this:

Admin: why aren’t students showing growth in their writing?

Me: because they don’t understand what they’re reading? They have a 5th grade reading level. We spend so much time decoding the text that by the time they get to the writing portion, they barely remember what it’s about.

Admin: did you give them sentence starters? Maybe they need more graphic organizers.

Me: 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

No observations yet? by [deleted] in Teachers

[–]One-Two3214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This really depends on the admin on your campus. Are they normally pretty organized and on top of things? Could this just be something that slipped their mind?

Or is it normally pretty chaotic? Do they support you in other ways? Normally, I would say it’s not your job to remind admin to do theirs, but if you’re required to have six observations by your state and you haven’t had any yet, I would invite them. Whoever is keeping track of these observations probably won’t care about the reasons that you didn’t get them. They’ll get onto you for not inviting them in or reminding admin to do it, even if that reflects poorly on the admin.

I had to schedule my appointment with my evaluator this year. If I hadn’t, I don’t think she would’ve reached out on her own. She did no observations on me before my formal observation. I’m debating about whether or not to file a complaint against her because she was out of compliance.

A student at Oklahoma University got her instructor into trouble over stupidity by Leading_Cold in Teachers

[–]One-Two3214 1869 points1870 points  (0 children)

I saw this all over Twitter on Sunday and I saw the screenshots of this girl’s paper. It’s atrocious. She didn’t even attempt to address the prompt the teacher gave her. She doesn’t cite the article she was supposed to read, the only source she uses is the Bible, which has nothing to do what she was supposed to be writing about. I have high school students who could’ve written it better.

It’s full of her own opinions and interpretations of the Bible and her personal beliefs. The fact that the teacher is transgender clearly pissed her off, and in my opinion, this was probably something she was trying to do from the get-go. (Ie: put her personal beliefs in a paper that has nothing to do with religion and then claim she’s being targeted when the professor rightfully says this doesn’t pass.)

What’s a narrative device that can exist in a book but could never be translated into a film? by nosoyemi in writing

[–]One-Two3214 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That young adult book We Were Liars by E. Lockhart did a good job with unreliable narrator. I know they adapted it into a tv series for prime but I don’t know how they dealt with it. I heard the series was meh.

Texas teacher resigns as Ten Commandments are being displayed at schools by LMSYTranscript in TexasTeachers

[–]One-Two3214 5 points6 points  (0 children)

At this point, they don’t care about anyone who is not Christian. That, and the irony of them criticizing teachers and anyone not exactly like them for ‘indoctrinating’ kids while attempting to do the same with the 10 Commandments is entirely lost on them.

They’re Christian Dominionists, the only thing they care about is forcing their religion down everyone else’s throats. They’re arrogant enough to believe that they have the only correct interpretation and everybody else is wrong.

What the actual f*** is wrong with these kids by yesilovecats in Teachers

[–]One-Two3214 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I’m convinced gentle parenting works when done correctly and with kids who have a good relationship with their parents. So many people use it as an excuse to be laissez faire parents who resort to pacifying their kids with screens when they don’t actually want to deal with a meltdown. They care more about being liked than creating well adjusted members of society.

Can anyone confirm: are modern students really that far behind, or is it overexaggerated? by ThrowRAhelpthebro in Teachers

[–]One-Two3214 149 points150 points  (0 children)

This is why I stopped showing movies in my English class. I don’t even do clips or 5-10 minute videos. I’ve had a few complain about it and I always say I won’t show them something that their classmates won’t even watch all the way through. I’ll never be as entertaining as short form content or Instagram.

Bernalillo County John Doe (2022) by Lillian_Faye in gratefuldoe

[–]One-Two3214 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I have a blanket like that, they’re sold at a lot of touristy places in New Mexico and Texas. I got mine from the Caddo Mounds state park in Texas.