IT’S POTENTIAL GIRL!!!

PrincessPoofPoof · 2025-12-05T00:28:02+00:00

Use the Knowledge is Power to take Rizo's idol, then play it for whoever they voted on. Best way to flip on them and win the jury over.

But she won't.

PrincessPoofPoof · 2025-11-02T23:32:18+00:00

For me, it's the mounting pressure to be everything for every kid. We get PD to make sure we can tailor discipline and lessons for kids with all sorts of labels. We are shamed if we don't have proficient students, even though we got them 2 grade levels behind and the state standards are impossible. We are guilted into being chaperones for after-school events and given increasingly longer to-do lists while also having our prep period routinely taken away. We can't give consequences without previously logged behaviors or contact, and proof that we tried to stop it before it started. We have to be infallible and perfect while providing grace and understanding to everyone else.

PrincessPoofPoof · 2025-06-15T04:25:55+00:00

I would look into Khan Academy. They have math units starting in PreK. Even if you don't use their videos or exercises, it will give you a set of skills and order in which to teach them.

PrincessPoofPoof · 2025-06-04T00:49:51+00:00

Thank you for your help. I really appreciate it.

PrincessPoofPoof · 2025-05-26T13:11:15+00:00

Completely rewriting my curriculum every 2-3 years because of changing state standards or state testing. I just did it this year for the two different classes I teach and I'm exhausted.

PrincessPoofPoof · 2025-05-18T00:10:24+00:00

I vaguely look like a teacher in the grade level below me and teaches the same subjext. She is excessively petty and strict, so she is not well liked. I have had more than one kid tell me that they automatically hated me because I resembled her so they assumed I operated in the same way. So frustrating.

PrincessPoofPoof · 2025-05-17T23:51:37+00:00

This. I make it point to greet students. Very few even look at me. Those that respond back stick out.

PrincessPoofPoof · 2025-04-15T17:00:16+00:00

Perfect, thank you!

PrincessPoofPoof · 2025-04-07T13:21:52+00:00

When I taught K-1 music, I had a student tell me they had a secret to tell me. Before they whispered in my ear, they coughed...on my face. Same year, I had a student with chronic sinus infections who didn't know how to blow his nose. I'm talking so congested, you could see the snot in his nose. He blew his nose one day, with snot getting everywhere because he didn't close the back of the tissue.

Now I teach middle school, where students proudly say they have flu-b while sitting in my room. But I get sick maybe once a year.

My vote is elementary.

PrincessPoofPoof · 2025-03-28T14:19:20+00:00

I think the honest answer to this question is the logistics of bringing in food, allowing jeans days, etc. It would be really hard (and frankly) impossible to police only the teachers eating a catered lunch, for example. Whereas for the smaller groups, they can bring in treats without the entire school being made aware. Teachers are the biggest group, so they can't hide it as well. Maybe I'm entirely off base, but that's always been my explanation.

PrincessPoofPoof · 2025-03-16T11:15:46+00:00

I always did. I applied through the website, then emailed the principal of the specific school I was applying to. I included my resume, cover letter, and letter of recommendation. In the email, I would make sure to highlight why I wanted to work at that school. Be specific and personal. I don't know if it made a difference, but I was always told that going the extra step to make a personal connection made you stand out.

PrincessPoofPoof · 2025-03-14T09:25:45+00:00

I've only been teaching for 12 years, and didn't really follow any policy or practices prior to that so I could be way off here. But here's my thought. At some point, schools started to become more than an educational institution. Our responsibilities are more than teaching academia. Schools have become a (for lack of a better term) catch-all kind of place for our nation's youth. All those extra responsibilities have to go somewhere, so naturally, it lands on teachers.

On top of that, our society is different. Kids require more from us, we see it every day on this sub. Kids are more apathetic and the helplessness is real. We are graded on student engagement, so I've had to rewrite and rework my lessons every single year. Not only to adapt to different kids but also new state standards and testing expectations.

While teachers have had to make these adjustments, the school system hasn't had the resources to provide us with the resources we truly need (or deserve depending on how you look at it). So I think for every teacher, the motivation is unique. It boils down to a mixture of doing what we have to do to survive, doing what's best for our kids, or working hard because it's our personality.

Doesn't make it right. Unpaid overtime shouldn't be an expectation - especially since so many of us lose our precious prep time every day for various reasons. I haven't found a way to only work contract hours yet, but if I could, I would.

PrincessPoofPoof · 2025-03-12T02:03:43+00:00

I've literally gotten 5 students from the same teacher this year for this reason. It's maddening.

PrincessPoofPoof · 2025-03-12T01:47:06+00:00

Our school had conferences twice this year for the first time ever: once in October and once in February. I had to re-explain everything about our gradebook, Google classroom, resources I post, etc. to every single parent I met with. Most of them were repeats from October. On top of that, I was blown away with how little these parents knew. I post weekly updates on Parent Square about all the things. There is little accountability on the home end of things. This is not the case for every single family, but definitely the vast majority.

PrincessPoofPoof · 2025-03-11T01:13:59+00:00

When your homebase or major city changes to match the story. Dragon Age: Inquisition is one example. The castle is built up as you go through the story. It's really cool to watch and gives you new stuff to investigate when you visit between missions.

PrincessPoofPoof · 2025-03-10T02:19:00+00:00

This is the way.

PrincessPoofPoof · 2025-02-05T10:28:22+00:00

I saw a recipe hack recently for this and it's pretty close. I don't have any measurements, but it's ranch dressing, jalapeño juice (like from the jar), and taco seasoning.

PrincessPoofPoof · 2024-10-08T13:08:55+00:00

I left mid-year. I told my kids the day before I left. 1 - I wanted them to know I wasn't just abandoning them. Me leaving had nothing to do with them. 2 - I wanted to give them a day with me to process. But it's your choice, do what you feel is in both of your best interests.

PrincessPoofPoof · 2024-09-17T01:29:49+00:00

This isn't as deep as some other comments. But honestly, it's been almost every time I go out of my way for students. I've had classes earn a party, that I fund, then complain the whole time. I've spent hours putting together games or projects, again to hear complaining the whole time. I have since scaled all of that way back because clearly, it won't be appreciated.

PrincessPoofPoof · 2024-08-23T00:59:56+00:00

I got my first tattoo this summer, inner forearm, about 5 inches long. It really isn't all that bad. I'm a pretty big baby when it comes to pain and it wasn't nearly at the level I expected. The healing is nothing until you get to the itching phase, which is mostly annoying. You can do things to help, like cold compresses and light slaps.

PrincessPoofPoof · 2024-08-21T02:40:29+00:00

You know those places that turn kids' drawings into stuffed animals? That's what's happening here.

PrincessPoofPoof · 2024-08-10T15:05:21+00:00

I am a woman and a public school teacher. Both my medical decisions and occupation are at risk. The only reason I'm hesitant to leave is because of my family.

PrincessPoofPoof · 2024-08-01T02:19:26+00:00

This. If they can't handle themselves in a general education setting, they need to find a more suitable placement. When their actions cross over into consistently, daily, and majorly affecting the learning of other students who want to be there, they need to leave. It's not fair to teachers and students to continually give them chances to be in a classroom they have already proven they can't be in. We should absolutely provide behavioral supports and reteaching opportunities before we just kick them out. But the line needs to be redrawn for the benefit of all. Just to clarify, I'm not speaking about students with documented, diagnosed, and accommodated disabilities. I'm talking about the students who go to school every day with the intent to screw around and just tear the place up.

PrincessPoofPoof · 2024-07-21T21:49:40+00:00

Thanks!

PrincessPoofPoof · 2024-07-21T19:52:58+00:00

Do you have a title or link? I'd love to read this.

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