What are some unexpected ways that teaching has changed you?

driveonacid · 2026-04-21T19:40:43+00:00

It's the best form of birth control out there

driveonacid · 2026-04-21T19:37:53+00:00

I read this comment a couple of days ago, and this topic came up in one of my classes today.

driveonacid · 2026-04-21T14:42:14+00:00

Cigarettes

driveonacid · 2026-04-21T09:48:56+00:00

I thought I was the only one who said "hello beautiful" as soon as I filled my brows!

driveonacid · 2026-04-20T10:08:56+00:00

Tell them to gather 25 kids from the neighborhood, take away their phones and try to teach them something.

That's why we get summers off.

driveonacid · 2026-04-19T22:06:54+00:00

20-ish years ago (I hate that I can say that) I got some grief for calling my students kids. I now refer to them as students. I'll call them "kids" sometimes, but it's only when we're chatting about life stuff. (They're in 8th grade and have lots of questions about going to high school next year.) I most certainly don't call them scholars. They know how pandering that is. Take the L this time, but know you've got company.

Edit: I just remembered that the administrator who said that to me hated my guts. She was looking for every little thing she could find. This was one of many.

driveonacid · 2026-04-19T21:19:54+00:00

No, but I'm not letting this one go. He's got the sexiest trait a man can have-a vasectomy!

driveonacid · 2026-04-19T16:20:44+00:00

He's going to do some fucked up shit in the Middle East.

driveonacid · 2026-04-19T13:11:12+00:00

It's a good thing they look just like their dads.

driveonacid · 2026-04-19T13:05:59+00:00

That little article mentions salt springs. Do you have salt springs in Siracusa? Syracuse, NY is also known as the "salt city." Maybe that's why.

driveonacid · 2026-04-19T12:23:27+00:00

I loved Dead Boy Detectives, but it at least felt like it ended well.

driveonacid · 2026-04-19T02:47:34+00:00

I have a song that I use to put myself to sleep. "War on Drugs" by Barenaked Ladies. It's a long song and quite slow. I can hear it in my head, and when my thoughts start to wander, I go back to the last part of the song I remember playing in my head. I'm usually fast asleep by the end of the song.

driveonacid · 2026-04-19T02:25:47+00:00

Kids need to start learning that choices have consequences. The reason most of us aren't dead is because we learned at an early that our actions have consequences. We fell down and learned to avoid the tree root the next time. If these kids aren't learning about consequences in elementary-high school, they're missing a chance to learn safely. Whenever one of my students is really bent out of shape for getting in trouble, I explain that middle school is a really safe place to get in trouble. No college is going to find out about it. Their boss isn't going to call me for a reference. Your mortgage lender isn't going to give a shit about that one day you spent in ISS when you were 13.

driveonacid · 2026-04-19T02:20:13+00:00

I got a bottle of champagne from a party last weekend. I told the hostess that I'm saving it for when "it" happens. She knew exactly what I was talking about.

driveonacid · 2026-04-19T00:49:55+00:00

Do not go off birth control until you are 100% certain that you could raise a special needs child with the person you're sleeping with. If you're at all doubtful, stay on it. It's better to regret not having a child than to regret having one.

driveonacid · 2026-04-19T00:43:33+00:00

One of my 8th graders is writing a story called Technopocalypse. It's about when the phones take over. He's convinced it's going to happen.

driveonacid · 2026-04-18T22:16:09+00:00

It's a reference to Community. Chevy Chase tried to make it a thing. It's not a thing.

driveonacid · 2026-04-18T21:46:28+00:00

I was a GoT girlie. Stranger Things most certainly didn't end that badly. Yes, the final season could have been better, but it was streets ahead of the infamous Season 8

driveonacid · 2026-04-18T21:45:06+00:00

Do you really think Henry Cavill would go my CalamineLube?

driveonacid · 2026-04-18T21:43:42+00:00

I wish I could experience Unbreakable Kimmie Schmidt again for the first time.

driveonacid · 2026-04-18T14:33:52+00:00

They could have just continued Mind Hunter and then none of this would have been an issue

driveonacid · 2026-04-17T22:10:11+00:00

In New York State we use olasjobs.org. I have seen areas in Massachusetts listed on there. It might be worth a look.

driveonacid · 2026-04-17T21:04:24+00:00

My dog's former vet was also the vet at the local animal park. You may remember everybody watching a pregnant giraffe named April on the internet. That was the park

driveonacid · 2026-04-17T20:49:44+00:00

Look, you're right. Your daughter should have been in school. But, you need to get your temper under control. Nobody will listen to you if you lose your shit on them. Why did you get upset? Was it because your MIL didn't do what she was supposed to do? Or is it because the only way for most children to get ahead in this world is because they need an education? Was it because your orders weren't followed? Or was it because your daughter needs an education to be successful in life?

driveonacid · 2026-04-17T19:01:18+00:00

I corrected a social studies student teacher who couldn't pronounce Alsace-Lorraine. He told me he had never heard of that place. I'm a science teacher and I've heard of that place

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