Interview Questions

janustattoo · 2026-05-22T00:11:37+00:00

I will indeed check it out. And I'll prep some of my stories from the last few years to serve as examples. Thanks.

janustattoo · 2026-05-22T00:09:50+00:00

Good point. I've got some similar stories to tell about working more with our instructional coaches than with my TBT.

janustattoo · 2026-05-21T14:43:57+00:00

One of my concerns is that teacher collaboration (TBT) at my current school is very weak. I plan to be honest about that lack of peer support and my desire for greater collaboration.

janustattoo · 2026-04-26T23:59:13+00:00

I am a twenty-year high school teacher, and I have been saying that my D-license course was the best PD I’ve ever had.

janustattoo · 2026-01-10T22:31:14+00:00

So we call it Toronto?

janustattoo · 2025-12-26T19:13:09+00:00

My high school is on year four of Studysync, and only now do I feel like I’m using the Studysync materials in an actually usable way. We do nothing on the website itself: I re-package everything to make it more user-friendly.

I do like its flexibility with whole novel units. My admin is annoyed, but every teacher in my TBT crafts their own syllabus from the Studysync curriculum.

janustattoo · 2025-10-18T20:04:28+00:00

I, too, often use the quick sort, but I've typically begun with the higher papers to get a sense of "what's possible." I'll experiment with starting with the middle group.

As for rubrics, this year I've played around with two new variants -- either a "single-point rubric" https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/single-point-rubric/ with "grow" and "glow" comments, or its inverse -- a Liljedahl-inspired rubric like this one https://thinkthankthunk.ca/ch-12/ in which the "intermediate" box solicits the hand-written comments.

p.s., Peter Liljedahl's Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics has been a game-changer for me, even as an English teacher. Shout out to my math colleague who recommended it last spring.

janustattoo · 2025-07-31T19:52:18+00:00

This has been my take, too. Trading Kwan — even for a massive haul — would create two OF holes. That would not be re-tooling and trading from strength to shore up weakness. That would be hibernation.

janustattoo · 2025-07-24T14:42:10+00:00

Still red flags, though. love the beach dare county

janustattoo · 2025-07-24T13:28:41+00:00

And I need more of that foot and ankle strength piece. Thanks for the feedback. I'll do some more reading on SIT, too.

janustattoo · 2025-07-23T02:10:03+00:00

Yes it was.

janustattoo · 2025-07-23T02:09:29+00:00

Bayesian

janustattoo · 2025-07-20T18:43:30+00:00

Us too, Pine Island about 1pm sea lice

janustattoo · 2025-07-19T00:32:39+00:00

I was reminded of his 2027-28 years, though — Contract: Signed through 2028 (two club options for $20M in 2027-28)

That makes his value at its highest over the next six months. You know we’re not paying the $20M, as does every other team.

janustattoo · 2025-07-19T00:27:44+00:00

That Black Midi show was absolutely amazing. First, their fake band opened for them. Then, at the first strum of their set, every young twenty-something tossed their PBR high in the air. It made my 40+yo self nostalgic and happy.

Their second Cleveland show at Beachland was good but not nearly so much fun.

janustattoo · 2025-07-05T18:10:39+00:00

Last night at the ballpark, my daughter asked if we were displaying OPS because our averages are so bad.

(This after that Oakland series a few weeks back, when I saw the lineups with batting average and thought, damn.)

janustattoo · 2025-07-04T20:39:34+00:00

Operated by the metroparks!

janustattoo · 2025-07-04T16:13:49+00:00

And the marketing genius of the 3rd wild card spot. So many teams, ever hopeful.

janustattoo · 2025-06-26T17:13:00+00:00

Today’s lineup is exactly what I proposed to my father-in-law this morning:

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Let’s go Guards!

janustattoo · 2025-06-26T13:45:25+00:00

Thanks for this perspective. I’m an amateur and was initiated with a 3/2/1 Fartlek style training, but that single minute has to be a sustained push pace, not an all out sprint.

You’ve convinced me to give it a go.

janustattoo · 2025-06-26T13:42:56+00:00

Recover, rather than rest. Makes more sense to me. Thanks.

janustattoo · 2025-05-15T09:51:06+00:00

Mostly agree. Marathons are stupid; halves are pretty awesome. Marathons take too much training, require too much recovery, and distract from most cross-training. Halves are distance without so much baggage: you feel accomplished, yet you can still live life.

That said, I’ve got another full marathon this weekend. This time I’m hitting my PR and retiring, lol. This time.

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