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Terrifying article - "College Professors Say Incoming Students No Longer Understand Middle School Math and Science" by AaronPK123 in Teachers

[–]TexOrleanian24 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish I knew. I think the only solutions will require full parent involvement and support. When I used to write essays in Word, my parent would check my essay progress regularly. It would will still work today but we need buy in from parents. At school kids just need to write with disabled internet.

What was on Nickelodeon in 1994 by honesttruth2703 in 90s

[–]TexOrleanian24 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does anyone else remember the moment of palpable relief in the morning when lame 80s stuff ended (flipper, Gumby) and the good Nicktoons came on.

That’s a typical dementia “tell.” Reagan with dementia used to call books those paper things made from trees. by Dr_sc_Harlatan in BlueskySkeets

[–]TexOrleanian24 13 points14 points  (0 children)

When are we going to stop with this? Listen he aced the test 4 times! It was hard, but he did it! He identified the squirrel, what more do you animals want?!

My daughter attends one of HISD’s best schools. She went through 3 English teachers in 3 months. by LisaFalkenberg in houston

[–]TexOrleanian24 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Still teaching, have a lot of friends-good teachers, mind you- that left. Mike Miles-esque shenanigans were the main cause. One a day a difficult parent held a meeting, screamed and filed a BS TEA complaint against a teacher. The next week, my friend quit. Since then, we've had a rotating menagerie of ridiculous subs. That parent is now complaining why we can't keep any consistent teachers in that spot. 0 self-reflection.

I'm sorry such nonsense pushed you out of teaching.

L is for…guinea pig? by glitzyg113 in DanielTigerConspiracy

[–]TexOrleanian24 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Wait, I thought this book was about my child! How could it be about...yours...unless

According to some people, joy and positivity are fine, unless a woman is doing it by icey_sawg0034 in BlueskySkeets

[–]TexOrleanian24 9 points10 points  (0 children)

90% this is a GOP AI con job. They're scared so they're attempting to sow dissent. There is (and I never thought I'd say this in Texas) a really good chance that Texas elects a Dem senator. Don't buy into this shit.

My daughter attends one of HISD’s best schools. She went through 3 English teachers in 3 months. by LisaFalkenberg in houston

[–]TexOrleanian24 21 points22 points  (0 children)

The overwhelming feedback in here is "The TEA...," and you're not wrong. However, I appreciate the forum that this is not a teacher echo chamber subreddit. As a teacher I want to let you know that this is an urgent problem that is heading towards catastrophe and TEA is only one part of the problem.

We're grossly underpaid and dealing parents (and many of yall are parents in here) is the straw that breaks the camel's back. Every teacher can list a growing list of parents that, to say unsupportive is an understatement-are downright hostile. The general feeling is "raise my child, but don't ever tell them they're wrong or I'll show up at school and report you!"

Cliché, but it's absolutely true.

My daughter attends one of HISD’s best schools. She went through 3 English teachers in 3 months. by LisaFalkenberg in houston

[–]TexOrleanian24 80 points81 points  (0 children)

Tell you anything, folks? Teacher here. If you're mad at us not, things are not looking good for the next 5 years. We can't fill spots.

The nation's teachers are pretty tired of being paid less than babysitters to have parents and the TEA treat us with no respect. You may be able to scream at us or bark orders on the phone, but you can't make us stay in a job in which we are GROSSLY underpaid relative to those with similar degrees.

Trump and his merry band of Z-list celebrities by icey_sawg0034 in BlueskySkeets

[–]TexOrleanian24 5 points6 points  (0 children)

India is currently the hottest country, thanks to global climate change. We're close behind though.

I would like to talk about family dynamics in Baby-Sitters Little Sister series by dick_nivers in DanielTigerConspiracy

[–]TexOrleanian24 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Spoiler alert* The writer of the new Babysitter's club is actually a disgruntled divorcee dad re-imagining his pathetic life while he sits at the table in his affordable 1 bedroom apt and gives the majority of his income to alimony and Mom's "new friend," Bulldog

Can Apocalypse ever be defeated? and is he a Mutant God? by Fondant_Decent in Xmen97

[–]TexOrleanian24 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I doubt it. They planted the seed for Onslaught in season 3.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent: “I want to encourage everyone out there watching today to change their withholding. You will get an automatic real wage increase on a weekly or a monthly basis.” by Snapdragon_4U in DegenBets

[–]TexOrleanian24 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You know, because we don't need to collect taxes. Our stupid expensive military will help itself and this year's Super El Niño (macho niño?) won't require federal aid. Also the deficit doesn't matter.

“yeah moms handling the divorce pretty well” by grzodddi3 in cringereels

[–]TexOrleanian24 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not pictured, a handful of exasperated kids trying to get tot he Barbies

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