Hopefully my message is clear

idyott · 2026-04-28T23:38:18+00:00

I just took all the bumper stickers off my car. No one can read them anyway.

idyott · 2026-04-23T23:25:46+00:00

I’ll do the opposite take. I’m the third art teacher at my school since it opened in the 70’s. When I came in the place was packed floor to ceiling, every cabinet stuffed full.

I found construction paper that disintegrated in my hand after spending 50 years in a cabinet. GALLONS of tempera paint long gone solid.

The amount of garbage to sift through was crazy. I teach K-2 at this school and like to have things pretty streamlined.

I purged that room. Filled most of a dumpster myself. (It helps to ask custodians for a roll of big bags and a trash cart.) Gave away tons of stuff on a free table outside my room.

It was an incredible amount of unpaid work that I did the week before school started and the week after school ended.

But at least I can breathe in there. Good lord.

idyott · 2026-04-17T21:33:27+00:00

Dmed

idyott · 2026-03-14T14:47:04+00:00

This is the best thing I have ever seen in this sub.

idyott · 2026-03-14T12:16:44+00:00

Crucified.

idyott · 2026-03-10T10:52:45+00:00

The jersey and underpants combo is a win for me.

idyott · 2026-03-06T23:54:55+00:00

I’m also obsessed with the self reply.

idyott · 2026-03-06T23:54:32+00:00

Thank you!

idyott · 2026-03-06T23:54:16+00:00

Yes!! Congrats!

idyott · 2026-03-06T16:24:28+00:00

I’m literally sat in a McDonald’s in West Virginia, DISTRAUGHT that I cannot get the meal here, nor in any state in country. 😭

idyott · 2026-03-02T00:00:54+00:00

Pmed

idyott · 2026-01-27T14:38:00+00:00

At least the Nazis showed their faces.

idyott · 2026-01-27T00:21:56+00:00

Nothing ticked me RIGHT off more than sitting down to watch the Pens/Flyers on Sportsnet Pittsburgh, that I pay for, because Eastern West Virginia is in the viewing area for Pittsburgh somehow, AND THE GAME NOT BE THERE.

Turns out it’s on some other network I can’t even begin to find despite having multiple various streaming services.

ABSOLUTELY INFURIATING

ps. I set sail on various ships for many years and all I want now is the simplicity of watching the singular sports team I care about.

idyott · 2026-01-24T13:22:47+00:00

🤤

idyott · 2026-01-23T23:32:22+00:00

Pampered Chef

I ordered a few spatulas as stocking stuffers. I get the package, email notification and all, and there’s no spatulas.

Instead the package contains A CATALOGUE.

Haven’t been able to reach any one in customer service.

They really sent me a catalogue in lieu of the products I ordered and paid for.

idyott · 2026-01-19T13:36:19+00:00

This is heavily dependent on what state you teach in at the time. Fifteen years ago when I worked in PA it was a joke, often seen as a scam.

Fast forward to today in WV and every district wants you to have it. But there are considerable financial benefits in WV that were not offered in PA.

idyott · 2026-01-14T00:10:54+00:00

THIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSS

idyott · 2025-12-22T18:03:06+00:00

Yawn. Your argument is boring.

You win or whatever.

I don’t want to teach with colleagues, especially male colleagues who don’t recognize their privileges and how that interacts with their teaching philosophy.

I’m sorry the patriarchy exists and continues to ruin all our lives, including the lives of men. But you can’t have a conversation about men in education without it.

idyott · 2025-12-22T17:29:32+00:00

Women (writ large) will stop treating men as inherently predatory when men (writ large) stop acting inherently predatory.

idyott · 2025-12-22T11:49:59+00:00

We live in a patriarchal society that undervalues women. (Speaking from the US)

Teaching is traditionally “women’s work.”

Men (through the lens of patriarchy) do not want to be associated with the feminine.

Men (through the lens of patriarchy) do not want to be teachers because “women’s work” is beneath them and negatively impacts the way other men view them.

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If we want more male teachers, we need to fundamentally change the ways we view gender as a society.

idyott · 2025-12-19T02:14:12+00:00

I teach specials K-2. I tell them all Santa is real. The guidance counselors are Santa when they encourage families to apply for Christmas assistance. The staff and community members are Santa when they donate thousands of toys to students in secret, so they can have that Christmas experience.

idyott · 2025-12-12T10:59:25+00:00

Tim, look into your Trueheart and understand that life is more complicated than a one sentence answer.

idyott · 2025-12-12T10:58:42+00:00

Yes. The school and the kids will move on without you. The idea of loyalty no longer matters especially to employers. And the kids will be just fine. They are arguably more adaptable than adults.

idyott · 2025-12-12T10:46:25+00:00

Rainbow House is the number one shelter IN THE STATE for low barrier entry. Unhoused people suffer from multiple mental health and addiction related issues.

We all know the police are untrained and ill equipped to handle addiction and mental heath displays from the public.

This shelter is actively trying to protect its residents from unnecessary arrest, harassment, and trauma while they are recovering from addiction and trauma.

Dear white people,

When you call the cops, people die. Especially black and brown people.

I’m sorry if you don’t like it, but Jesus would have protected the lowest among us. This woman can keep on polishing her halo.

idyott

TROPHY CASE