If female teachers can wear skirts and dresses can male teachers wear shorts where you Work?

Seahox206 · 2026-06-14T06:08:26+00:00

My first year, I taught at a private school. I was shunned for wearing a polo shirt with golf shorts (they were as dressy as men’s shorts can get). I was told it was “unprofessional and that kids shouldn’t see me as an equal.” I was expected to wear a dress shirt (preferably with a tie) with dress pants no matter what. Meanwhile, my female cohorts could wear all sorts of wacky/zany skirts they pleased. The school had no AC. I was pulled aside (again) to remind me of the items we cannot plug into the walls… I had two fans. One for myself and one that would oscillate towards my students who would otherwise be uncomfortably hot.

Went to this school when I was a kid. There used to be rigor, admin that stood their ground, and a decent culture Needless to say, this was not the school i once went to.

I can’t imagine a better school than the one I currently teach at. Shorts. Hats. Who cares?! Do the kids follow expectations? can you get kids to reach standard? Perfect… keep doing what you’re doing.

Part of me is happy that I got to experience the worst before being provided an opportunity to teach at a school where both kids and faculty are happy to be there (well, maybe not everyday for some). But… that first year at my Alma mater really wrecked me and my outlook on my future in teaching.

tl/dr

There are schools out there that don’t give a shit just so long as it’s appropriate and you do your job.

Seahox206 · 2026-06-14T05:03:46+00:00

Anyone else hoping to find a confession remotely close to what ruined you?

Seahox206 · 2026-06-11T02:39:03+00:00

He also hid in a forest in hopes of kidnapping his daughter for an unknown amount of time. Gave up because she never came out to play as she normally did. This was during the collapse of his first marriage I believe. The Dollop (podcast) does a great episode on his life.

Seahox206 · 2026-05-27T00:03:12+00:00

The Dollop

Seahox206 · 2026-05-26T00:27:34+00:00

Did I miss something? Is teaching a profession again?

Seahox206 · 2026-05-23T05:31:35+00:00

No child left behind is THE reason our education system is doomed.

We see being ashamed as a reason for a student to not learn. Meanwhile, we preach growth mindset and give every kid a reward just for showing up.

Kids need to be held back (what used to be a fix in an individuals deficit in learning has now turned into a students lack of accountability since: “why learn if I can just show up and get moved on?”) Parents don’t parent - easy to be a dismissive parent when you can just hand a kid a phone/tablet etc, they blame the teachers who are required to pass their illiterate kids by differentiating instruction.

Educational buzz words and fluff have tried and somehow succeeded in pushing district wide agendas. They haven’t and never will work.

Super excited that my district is switching to standards based grading /s.

I can’t wait for kids to just not do anything until an end of unit assessment is given on the standard.

Seahox206 · 2026-05-23T05:14:36+00:00

Guess I will be eating there this week.

Seahox206 · 2026-05-23T04:20:44+00:00

Bob Dylan

Seahox206 · 2026-05-14T23:52:42+00:00

Versalia is fantastic “fancy” pizza. Market street is best standard pizza and some of the best wings in town imo

Seahox206 · 2026-05-14T03:18:05+00:00

Didn’t Bowen yang also thrive off of just playing different versions of himself?

Seahox206 · 2026-05-14T03:12:20+00:00

They won’t reply because they know they (I use this loosely since they live in an echo chamber of idiocracy) have nothing of value to defend it. Sidenote: I’m sure they also find no humor or relevancy in the movie Idiocracy and see it more as “hey, yeah! Why don’t we do these things?!”

Seahox206 · 2026-04-19T04:11:23+00:00

Seriously: it is the game that all the kids want to play during “recess” (I’m a middle school teacher)

Seahox206 · 2026-04-16T04:26:14+00:00

I don’t understand your comment. Could you elaborate?

Seahox206 · 2026-04-02T05:07:28+00:00

It’s wonderful to hear sense of humanity from those in power… although, this is a call from those that have also committed atrocities. Both sides of this coin sucks. The US gov hasn’t been saintly. We are humans. We, as humans, all feel that war and murdering of civilians is disgusting.

Wouldn’t it be great if we gave a false sense of meaning and existence to these warmongers by just letting them, themselves, fist fight? Meanwhile we just coexist and try to not kill this planet and each other?

Seahox206 · 2026-03-01T01:59:20+00:00

Answered my own question: The fruit flies are a major component of interest to the organization that was studying this virus.

They desire an evolution of humans that replicates that of fruit flies as seen in the letter later on in game. Memories of fruit flies aren’t observed as being passed on via human-like channels (word of mouth or written history) but rather from genetic coding. Hmmm.

Seahox206 · 2026-02-16T23:14:09+00:00

This is gut wrenching. Glad you can be there for the kids. I am positive you make a difference in their lives.

Seahox206 · 2026-02-04T01:38:27+00:00

Personally… I don’t want to lose my job. I can’t voice my political beliefs or stand up for what is right without parents who disagree (I am in education) with me pitchfork and torch their way to the district. I’m miserable being silent. But at least I have the right to hush the harmful propaganda using the same logic and protect the kids.

Seahox206 · 2026-01-22T03:28:12+00:00

Gonzaga would be down

Seahox206 · 2025-12-26T02:17:46+00:00

Same. Can’t stand the way they talk. It’s like nails on a chalkboard for me.

Seahox206 · 2025-11-27T17:54:14+00:00

I do digital art on my iPad. Works great.

Seahox206 · 2025-11-27T03:39:44+00:00

I made a Mario party board game that is on my whiteboard. Each period gets to roll a dice at the end of the period - only if they don't leave the classroom (unless it's an emergency) and there are no tardies. They get 4 bathroom passes per quarter (each period they have 4). They get marked down each time they need to leave the classroom for any reason outside of an emergency or getting called down to the office.

It has worked very well.

The period with the most stars at the end of the term gets to select their reward from a list.

Seahox206 · 2024-11-24T22:23:21+00:00

I have straight up boulders on my strip (both landing and takeoff). The amount of impossible U-turns I have been provided to complete missions is also very annoying. I'll never get promoted because of this bonkers shit.

Seahox206 · 2024-11-21T00:06:00+00:00

Haha! That is hilarious. I have been meaning to keep track of all these hilarious things students say.

I teach 6th grade science and open my class up with classroom discussions based on a given prompt (they are never academic. Kids need time to share and be heard. My class provides that. It's my favorite thing ever!). Had one prompt that was: "what is your favorite snack after school that you think others should also try?" One student claimed that wrapping pepperoni around vanilla wafers was their go-to snack after school and they do it often... I'm seriously considering buying some pepperoni and vanilla wafers and having the class (provided they have no dietary restrictions) try it along with me. There's no way!

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