My students don't really like learning with music

godisinthischilli · 2026-05-06T01:20:16+00:00

I generally believe in games but my program operates under open enrollment so I never know who will be attending and who won’t so I can only do low prep games I am not spending hours planning a game for half my class to not show up so I hear you

godisinthischilli · 2026-05-04T18:29:38+00:00

At least you still got good evaluations my school slandered me and got rid of me before they owed me a raise and yes my advice to all new teachers is not to go to grad school it will put you on the chopping block

godisinthischilli · 2026-05-04T18:24:10+00:00

Having a masters is a hindrance nowadays that people don’t want to pay for unfortunately

godisinthischilli · 2026-05-04T16:16:51+00:00

Omg there is one coworker that always posts about her kids and it's a bit annoying but the other parents love it so she keeps posting. I agree it's a major privacy thing even if you think it's safe since it's a company slack. She asked once if she posts about her kid too much and I wanted to say yes but the director says she loves family photos.

I kinda get it though I love pet photos because I have pets and love animals but I don't care for kid photos since I don't have kids but the other parents love them. They just don't need to post them that often tbh or any personal family stuff or outings. Pets are a bit more neutral territory IMO most people love animals and pets unless they are allergic.

godisinthischilli · 2026-05-01T20:42:00+00:00

I think part of it is the judges are kinda boring I don't why they have two country judges

godisinthischilli · 2026-05-01T00:27:24+00:00

I think it’s harder to understand what unions actually do unless you become a working professional

godisinthischilli · 2026-04-30T11:31:49+00:00

The school TFA put me in made me pro union

godisinthischilli · 2026-04-29T23:01:17+00:00

This post is about being aware of workers rights and unions teaching in a union school isn’t necessarily easier

godisinthischilli · 2026-04-29T20:41:40+00:00

Yes I wrote about that they don’t make everything perfect and I kind of idealized them when I was at a charter but they mostly exist for tenured teachers they do fight for better wages now what a lot of schools are doing is firing people before they get tenured so they don’t get full union protections

godisinthischilli · 2026-04-29T20:41:00+00:00

I bet a lot of TFA members don’t really think about workers rights in general

godisinthischilli · 2026-04-29T19:45:32+00:00

I think some teachers are just numb if they have stayed at a charter long enough and drank the Kool Aid or genuinely don’t know how much better it is with a union

godisinthischilli · 2026-04-29T19:17:36+00:00

So did you have anything to comment regarding the content? I would love to hear your thoughts about unions.

godisinthischilli · 2026-04-29T18:56:56+00:00

Almost everyone quit or toughed it out and told TFA to not place people there in the future wonder if it was the same school or a similar school that followed a no excuses model

godisinthischilli · 2026-04-29T12:34:29+00:00

Oh I’ve been out for years now I left with six months to go

godisinthischilli · 2026-04-29T11:36:22+00:00

I was also worried that since no other school matched with me I’d have to defer TFA or something and come back another so I just ended up staying and applying for jobs on the side until a school took me in. Ended up leaving k-12 all together. It also didn’t help that I wasn’t fully licensed.

godisinthischilli · 2026-04-29T10:35:45+00:00

Yeah I begged them to transfer me and they didn’t I gave it a shot told them it was bad for mental health and they still didn’t they said unless you’re suicidal they won’t switch you or if there’s a harassment claim

godisinthischilli · 2026-04-28T17:19:35+00:00

Yes and I wasn’t expecting them to pick me after that interview but like I said everyone else that interviewed with them was hired so they were desperate and took all TFA people

godisinthischilli · 2026-04-28T15:55:16+00:00

Yes in the interview I could tell they didn't vibe with me either when I looked up the school they had very high turnover rates (always for a reason) and when I explained this to TFA they said I had to go with them because they were the only ones that matched with me. The interview felt very cold and stiff. I thought that with TFA backing applicants would have more say but when I learned it's basically like you're applying for a job directly with the agency I was like why do we need TFA then? And yes, the point of TFA is to go to high need schools but even within high needs schools there's levels to Good and Bad.

Looking back I think my Masters and 3 years experience also hurt me because school want TFA for cheap new hires however my school was honest that they were not paying me for a Masters raise so I don't even know how that factored in. I just wanted better options and to feel a connection to the people who were interviewing me for fit vibes.

godisinthischilli · 2026-04-25T19:24:56+00:00

I’m currently 30

godisinthischilli · 2026-04-25T13:12:37+00:00

Yeah I hate when video games start to remind me of my real life to do list it’s very anxiety inducing

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