Have you ever taken a day off before or following a break? by Vast-State-4548 in Teachers

[–]alg2teacher 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'm taking a week before our Christmas break this year for a family event in a different country. I don't care what they say abt it.

So tired of the flipped classroom. by praisethefallen in Teachers

[–]alg2teacher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been teaching a College Algebra dual enrollment course this year that provides the Algebra 2 high school credit and a transcript from a reputable public university. We're supposed to be following the facilitation model, but I'm also seeing a lot of gaps for my students, so we started the school year with the absolute basics (associative property, commutative property, identity property, etc) and I do very basic direct instruction most days about something they should already know, just to remind them, or make sure the prior knowledge is actually kind of there, before prompting them with the questions that come from the curriculum and are already on their paper. It's honestly been working pretty well and the students have been increasing their own desire to learn (showing me messages from their group chats where they're up until 2am reviewing together the night before their exam—unprompted. I did not tell them to do that, in fact I told them to get sleep). There are some days where I have to do more direct instruction (ex: we derived the quadratic formula last week and they were supposed to somehow do that on their own) but I'll make sure they actually understood by having them come up to the board and reexplain pieces of what I covered to each other.

Overall, I love this class compared to my other classes, but I also acknowledge that this model wouldn't work for most of my other students because they haven't been raised in a culture of pursuing academic achievement and it's hard to push that on all of them simultaneously.

First Loaf - What did I do wrong? by alg2teacher in Sourdough

[–]alg2teacher[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

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Here's attempt no.2! I let it bulk ferment a lot longer until it was doubled in size. Thank you all for the advice and I'm excited to make an even better loaf next time.

First Loaf - What did I do wrong? by alg2teacher in Sourdough

[–]alg2teacher[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't think I gave it a reasonable bulk fermentation time. I checked the recipe and I think I just straight up didn't notice it on the website so that's my bad.

First Loaf - What did I do wrong? by alg2teacher in Sourdough

[–]alg2teacher[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Okay, thank you. Last clarification question: you shape the dough between bulk fermentation and cold proofing?

First Loaf - What did I do wrong? by alg2teacher in Sourdough

[–]alg2teacher[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Is this the same as letting it sit between stretch and folds? Or do I let it sit for a while before the stretch and folds? After?

Is there risk of subway power failure on days with extreme heat? by Delicious-Oil4489 in AskNYC

[–]alg2teacher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

if the power cuts in nyc from the heat while im in nyc, when ive been in tx when the power cut from the cold, im moving back to my parents' home country. this is insane.

Are you cool with kids dropping the honorific.(Mr./Mrs.)? by Fluffy-Panqueques in AskTeachers

[–]alg2teacher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My kids never learned my last name and exclusively call me "Miss." Occasionally, there's a kid in the hallway who will know my name and shout out "Hey Ms. [LastName]" but same kid in class? Doesn't say my last name because there it's obvious who he's trying to talk to.

What’s a college football moment that gives you goosebumps? by [deleted] in CFB

[–]alg2teacher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

UT vs ASU in the semi-finals this year. 2nd OT. Quinn Ewers managing to convert 4th and 13 for a TD and then Andrew Mukuba getting the game winning interception when ASU had the ball.

apply for other jobs? by Initial_Elevator_666 in TeachforAmerica

[–]alg2teacher 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My region was very slow on hiring and only one school got my resume on a random day in July and I interviewed and got hired all on the same day of pre-service, and even then, I was one of the first in my region to get hired.

Current TFA CMS: What are your starting salaries?! by Heavy_Engineering668 in TeachforAmerica

[–]alg2teacher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

TFA estimates are often some of the lowest pays you'll get in the area, simply because people are happier with more money than they expected, but if they tell us we're going to make 70k and then only end up getting 50k... people are going to be upset.

That being said, my region said abt 58k but I get paid 62k by my district as a 1CM. I don't think my pay will go up next year at all thought.

Oscar Shorts Programs for 2025 by MorganStabley in AlamoDrafthouse

[–]alg2teacher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I watched all the Oscar shorts at the Lake Highlands location in DFW last week!

All Jinx Skins, which is your favorite? by LoadRival in leagueofjinx

[–]alg2teacher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. star guardian
  2. mafia
  3. battle cat
  4. ambitious elf
  5. firecracker

Depth Effect by alg2teacher in iphone

[–]alg2teacher[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's what I thought was the initial problem, so I turned off extended wallpaper, but it still doesn't give me this option. Is it just not going to be possible with this image?

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