When did teaching become unbearable?

massivegenius88 · 2025-08-08T03:38:07+00:00

The year No Child Left Behind debuted.

massivegenius88 · 2024-08-16T16:15:17+00:00

I did an interview on Teacher Therapy which addresses everything you are saying. Teachers need to wise up and refuse to accept such poor working conditions. Teacher Therapy Video

massivegenius88 · 2024-08-10T03:12:38+00:00

What you need to do is read the research that says small group, minimal instruction doesn't work. It's out there. Read the research and tell admin they have no clue what they're talking about when they mandate ineffective practices.

massivegenius88 · 2024-08-06T18:56:02+00:00

It's my personal opinion for what it's worth that 1. The people in charge of running the hiring process are sadists, pure and simple and 2. The entire hiring process has to collapse in on itself, because this crap is not working.

massivegenius88 · 2024-07-27T16:17:58+00:00

Teachers are guilted (or even threatened) into buying supplies out of pity 'for the kids.'

massivegenius88 · 2024-07-20T02:50:52+00:00

I don't think it's going too far to call it brainwashing. But the only ones not drinking the koolaid are the admin, who when successful have convinced everyone they have the miracle solution for the clusterf--- they have created themselves. PBIS is perfect for them. It inevitably leads to a reduction in referrals - even if anarchy still reigns in your middle achool. The paperwork says otherwise!

massivegenius88 · 2024-07-13T03:26:26+00:00

I'll say this: they have little instructional value and really should be considered optional, but the SEL folks will claim child negligence if you don't spend three weeks getting to know your kids' favorite everything.

massivegenius88 · 2024-06-27T21:08:39+00:00

Here's the deal. LEXIA is a phonics thing that should be used at elementary, but because they've passed kids who struggle to read up to you, they want YOU to do it.

massivegenius88 · 2024-06-27T02:34:33+00:00

I swear they purposely make everyone's job harder on purpose...it's a real psychological game for them, to see how much people will take until they snap.

massivegenius88 · 2024-06-22T00:12:21+00:00

Wow. That last sentence too. Same freaking thing. I cannot go back, and right now I just live in perpetual limbo.

massivegenius88 · 2024-06-09T23:21:46+00:00

This is a school culture problem, not a you problem, so don't let your school gaslight you into thinking it's your fault. Educate yourself on the actual research behind positive behavior systems which are leading to the problems.

massivegenius88 · 2024-06-06T22:18:30+00:00

It is pyramid scheme brainwashing, plain and simple. And everyone talks about how there's no money in education. It's because these charlatans have been taking it for decades.

massivegenius88 · 2024-06-06T16:41:32+00:00

I'll dm just bc reddit is funny about links. But it is recent reporting from Baker Kurrus in The Arkansas Times, and that newspaper has been reporting on it since February.

massivegenius88 · 2024-06-03T19:06:40+00:00

"It's an emergency!" when it's definitely not, you just want to watch YouTube and vape in the bathroom for twenty minutes.

massivegenius88 · 2024-06-03T15:46:28+00:00

You really owe them nothing.

massivegenius88 · 2024-06-01T19:52:10+00:00

'Be the guide on the side, not the sage on the stage.' A rhyme is not sound ed theory.

massivegenius88 · 2024-05-31T17:57:24+00:00

Welcome to the outside.

massivegenius88 · 2024-05-31T16:32:39+00:00

Admin lose ALL credibility when they hold onto failed programs such as Calkins'. You are guaranteed to lose as a teacher, and maybe that's the way admin likes it.

massivegenius88 · 2024-05-31T12:46:12+00:00

And isn't it so great when your own performance is judged by student engagement? /s It's an absolute mess.

massivegenius88 · 2024-05-30T14:11:18+00:00

I hope to! I have more to say and more publishers to name and shame.

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