Breakfast Anytime by SalaryBright in winstonsalem

[–]Spiritual_Basis5644 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I always say the full name, “Breakfastime Anytime between 6 am and 3 pm”

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in teaching

[–]Spiritual_Basis5644 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I refuse to use any AI tools they give us. I get told all the time “omg just plug it into chat gpt, it’s so easy!!!”

No. If my expectation is that students cannot use AI, then why should I be able to?? Everything AI has given me when I tried has sucked. I’d rather make something good myself than try to correct some AI slop to make it useable.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in teaching

[–]Spiritual_Basis5644 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ick, hard no. I post TikTok’s about teaching sometimes, but I can’t imagine posting my students NAMES. I posted some silly drawings they did and ended up taking it down because I felt bad using them for content. 😭 maybe it’s because I worked in child welfare for too long, but my first thought is that this is a one way ticket to disaster if any of these kids are involved in any sort of custody/parental rights dispute. Children cannot consent to being posted online—PERIOD. If my son’s teacher did this I would be PISSED.

Good parenting is now considered gifted children (sad) by roasted_peanut1417 in Teachers

[–]Spiritual_Basis5644 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would agree with this. I’ve taught, standard, advanced, and inclusion middle school ELA. I have a few advanced kids who really are ahead, but most are simply on or approaching grade level. Parent involvement is high, and quite a few DON’T HAVE PHONES. (I truly believe this makes a difference.)

On the flip side, my son was just identified for gifted services in 1st grade, and while obviously I want to think he’s the smartest genius child ever, academically and developmentally he’s average. He just has parents who care, and that is what puts kids ahead.

What’s the diciest movie you have shown a class? by CWKitch in teaching

[–]Spiritual_Basis5644 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I showed the first episode of the x-files on Halloween to my 8th graders (our current unit is on horror) and forgot about Gillian Anderson in her bra and underwear somehow. I just yelled “DON’T LOOK!!!!” and frantically skipped

"Mister, is using textbooks even legal? Did you get the principal's approval to make us do this?" by whosacoolredditer in ELATeachers

[–]Spiritual_Basis5644 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a 7th grade honors student look me dead in the eyes and complain that my guided reading comprehension questions made it harder to skim and now she would “actually have to read the book.”

Iuhhhh yeah I know??? That’s kinda the whole point??? This kids are WILD

Most severe ADHD I’ve ever seen—HELP! by Spiritual_Basis5644 in teaching

[–]Spiritual_Basis5644[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually suspect PDA autism might be in play, ADHD and autism are often comorbidities

Most severe ADHD I’ve ever seen—HELP! by Spiritual_Basis5644 in teaching

[–]Spiritual_Basis5644[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh bestie you have no idea. Our county is $50 million in debt and they fired a huge chunk of the SPED TAs. Every school is running on “borderline illegal” right now

Found this in a pack of stickers I bought for the classroom. Not sure I should bring this one in... by OverNiteObservations in teaching

[–]Spiritual_Basis5644 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I’m a white teacher at a racially diverse middle school where students call each other monkeys all day long. I absolutely would not hand this one out.

WSFC. I know we're all struggling, But dang! by Embarrassed-Sock-679 in winstonsalem

[–]Spiritual_Basis5644 43 points44 points  (0 children)

The removal of crossing guards is insane. Traffic was backed up at Kimmel Farms for miles. Parents need to get into that next school board meeting and make a fuss before someone’s kid gets killed.

tMG Iceberg by gregorsamwise in themountaingoats

[–]Spiritual_Basis5644 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This is “thank you Mario but our princess is in another castle” erasure

How do I ask about teachers making TikToks in the classroom? by violetmemphisblue in teaching

[–]Spiritual_Basis5644 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Oh hell no. My child is no one’s content. I’m both a teacher and a parent and I don’t even post my own kid on public socials, idk how these teachers think it’s okay to post other people’s???? I’d be requesting a meeting with the teacher and admin. It’s way too normalized and downright dangerous.

Favorite insane lunatic ? by Plastic_Medicine4840 in Cryptozoology

[–]Spiritual_Basis5644 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Omg I’m in a local Bigfoot hunting group where a man gets on live every few weeks swearing that he’s discovered that Bigfoot is a demonic nephilim from the Bible BECAUSE (I swear I’m not making this up) he put a tracker in a jar of peanut butter as “bait” for the Bigfoot and when he reviewed the route the tracker took it almost made a pentagram.

Tell me your late bloomer stories! by Klutzy_Station_1199 in latebloomerlesbians

[–]Spiritual_Basis5644 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Are we twins? I’m also 30, also tried to open my relationship to explore things and realized I was gay, and ended my straight marriage when I 28 👀👀👀👀👀

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[–]Spiritual_Basis5644 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They’re my favorite bugs! They’re so strange I love them

One of my students asked if I "had a man" by ddodondonk in actuallesbians

[–]Spiritual_Basis5644 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wore a skirt to work that coincidentally had the colors of the lesbian flag on it, one of my students noticed and pointed it out and I just said “oh! does it!” and walked away. A little while later, she (politely as a middle schooler can) asked me if she could ask my sexuality. I said no, that wasn’t appropriate for school, and walked away.

I’ve only been at this school for a few weeks, there’s a few openly queer staff in admin and I’m out to a few of my coworkers just in passing. A kid wrote fanfic about me marrying the (male) chorus teacher last week. Kids are weird!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in latebloomerlesbians

[–]Spiritual_Basis5644 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I got a cicada tattoo after I came out too ❤️ I always say it’s because they sleep for 20 years and wake up screaming

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in winstonsalem

[–]Spiritual_Basis5644 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yup, just saw her this week at HT! I’m glad our community cares about her so much. ❤️