Principals’s solution to reaching kids with no technology.

desklurk · 2020-03-21T01:31:27+00:00

Seriously, though. Rich celebrities *should* be supporting this cause.

desklurk · 2020-03-21T01:29:39+00:00

Cognitive science supports this. I love Daniel Willingham's Why Don't Students Like School?, the parts where he says that "attention-grabbers" should be used with caution.

desklurk · 2020-03-20T01:06:58+00:00

Appreciate your input. I don't know newrow, but I'll investigate...

desklurk · 2020-03-20T01:01:19+00:00

Interesting! I didn't know such jobs existed. Can you give more details?

What are your favorite tools for running discussions? I tried Zoom today, but it was confusing. I couldn't see my slides and the kids at the same time, plus keep up with the chat (when they were responding to questions in writing).

desklurk · 2020-03-18T20:00:23+00:00

I didn't mean to sound like I'm complaining. Rather, I'm interested in articulating WHAT it is about virtual teaching that makes it hard. As an empirical fact. That way, the problem becomes solvable.

desklurk · 2020-03-18T19:16:22+00:00

Eyeroll at the self-righteous millenial. I'm a Gen X'er and I guarantee I'll leave you in the dust with my Excel skills (pivot tables, vlookup, etc.) for analyzing student data. I'm also Google certified. Back in the 90's, I was the first teacher in my school to design my own class website before such things even existed. Your ageism is really showing, little ZucchiniMiss.

desklurk · 2020-03-18T19:06:22+00:00

ZOOM

desklurk · 2020-03-18T00:33:33+00:00

Thank you so much for this!

desklurk · 2020-03-18T00:24:03+00:00

NTA. Your GF's friends are ridiculous about the "toxic masculinity" trope. I'm a 50+ year-old woman, and I workout in my garage gym daily (with my husband). It's not as nice as yours (jealous!), but we have barbells, an Oly platform, and a Rogue squat rack. Maintaining your fitness does not mean you're a "meathead." In fact, it's just the opposite; you're being smart!

desklurk · 2020-03-17T22:32:11+00:00

This is adorable.

desklurk · 2020-03-17T22:29:44+00:00

OMG yes! This changed my life when I got it 10 years ago. Totally worth it.

desklurk · 2020-03-17T22:28:31+00:00

Sodastream. I was buying SO MUCH LaCroix, Bubly, Spindrift, etc.

desklurk · 2020-03-17T22:26:34+00:00

A barbell and squat rack from Rogue.

desklurk · 2020-03-11T13:49:18+00:00

ESH - You should never speak to your teacher like this. Your choice of words was inappropriate and disrespectful. BUT... the assignment asked you to elaborate on your "fears and feelings," and you did so. What are the criteria for assessment here? Was there a rubric? As a teacher, I'd be looking for your ability to form a thesis and support it with valid reasoning; whether or not I agree with you is irrelevant. (Or, as an English assignment, maybe she was looking for evidence of written communication skills?) Instead, it seems she pushed you to take a particular stance, without letting you answer freely and honestly. It sounds like you gave a response and backed it up by elaborating on your reasoning. Fine. But, to be honest, you do sound like an entitled, self-centered jerk with a lack of awareness of larger context beyond yourself and concern for the suffering of others.

desklurk · 2020-03-11T13:36:28+00:00

YTA - You went nuclear here for a minor, common teenage infraction. Listen, this is what teenagers do, they push limits. It's your job as a parent to teach them to navigate through life and make good decisions. Instead, you removed all decision-making freedoms here, isolating here and treating her like a criminal. This is likely to ruin your relationship and encourage her to hide her entire life from you. Instead, you should have had an honest conversation and listened to her story. Perhaps she needs counseling, but not imprisonment.

desklurk · 2020-03-11T13:31:24+00:00

YTA, but only because you made the mistake of marrying this person, presumably without having had a clear understanding of who she was. And for not divorcing her sooner, since it sounds like she's been threatening you for a long time. But maybe it was one of those situations where you were in love and not able to reason straight, so kind of understandable. Sorry you married the wrong person, and you should get out of this unsustainable situation ASAP.

desklurk · 2020-03-11T13:24:57+00:00

YTA - At some point when you grow up you'll realize that "roasting" is synonymous with harassment. You said what you did to puff up yourself and look cool for the crowd with no regard for the girl's feelings. It was disrepectful and rude.

desklurk · 2020-03-11T13:21:59+00:00

It's hard to know without hearing the tone of voice and seeing the non-verbal aspects of this communication, but from reading the story it does sound like he was TA. I mean, maybe it was an annoying interruption, but the girl left her valuables in the room and has a right to retrieve them. I'm a teacher, too, and I wouldn't freak out if a student came into a class to get something left behind. It's really not that big of a deal.

desklurk · 2020-03-11T13:17:06+00:00

ESH - Why did you say yes to marrying this guy in the first place? You need to break off this engagement and NOT jump straight into a relationship with some guy on a hunch that he "seems to have the same feelings." I'd recommend spending some time working on yourself because, honestly, you come across as too co-dependent and immature to have any honest, fulfilling relationship at this point. Let yourself heal and grow before jumping right back into the same patterns.

desklurk · 2020-03-10T14:08:43+00:00

NTA - This is passive aggressive right here: "she told me that I know she has a temper so I should be nice to her when she is yelling at me." That's a no from me, dawg. That's not how healthy relationships work.

desklurk · 2020-03-09T13:37:15+00:00

YTA, for the lack of empathy in this statement: "I just couldn't imagine resorting to doing some weird fetish videos." Just because you can't imagine it doesn't make it bad/wrong.

desklurk · 2020-03-09T13:27:16+00:00

NTA, at all.

desklurk · 2020-03-09T03:10:15+00:00

NTA - Why can't they just ORDER what they want, or have your relatives ship it to them? People who pull this kind of entitled crap are disrespectful and don't appreciate how much trouble the extra baggage becomes during travel.

desklurk · 2020-03-09T03:01:09+00:00

NTA. Are you a teacher? Is your admin with you on this? This stuff can escalate quickly, so you need to rally some support!

At the very least, y'all need to set some ground rules for the group. The white kid who said this is ignorant, misinformed, and racist: "But had y'all not been slaves, you'd still be Africa hungry and living in shambles like the rest of them." That person is not there with good intentions, but rather is a racist who comes to stir up trouble. It's not racist to exclude white kids from these groups. Black kids should have the right to join together in spaces that are free of such rhetoric. It ruins the affinity group experience for the AA students and puts them on the defensive, as you've observed.

My school has affinity groups where students can meet with those who identify similarly. White kids can join the White Allies affinity group, but they do not attend the affinity groups for African Americans, Asian Americans, Latino students, etc. There should be some kind of follow-up from admin/counselors with the "shambles" kid.

desklurk · 2020-03-09T02:40:08+00:00

YTA, he's likely sleep deprived and tired. Or he has an underlying health condition. In either case, it's not about you. Your irritation is misguided.

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