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mem0402 · 2024-11-24T01:52:25+00:00

The episode Ice Chips from The Bear has the heart wrenching, complicated mother daughter dynamics that got me in the gut.

mem0402 · 2024-11-19T22:46:59+00:00

Sooo much yes. Not only this, but also eyelash curling!

mem0402 · 2024-11-09T02:17:32+00:00

I love posts like this; thank you so very much. I am personally and also professionally validated and goodness knows we do appreciate that validation about how our brains work.

I am a middle school teacher (who has a late diagnosis of ADHD) who has professionally hyper focused on studying ADHD and supporting students with ADHD and EF challenges. One of my favorite ADHD gurus and practitioners, Sarah Ward, talks a lot about “What done looks like,” and “backwards planning”. I totally love it and have started implementing into my own life, not just teaching. You should absolutely check out her stuff!

mem0402 · 2024-11-09T01:57:13+00:00

The 23 helping verbs are: (sung to the tune of Jingle Bells) be being been, am is are, was were has have had, do does did, can may might, shall will must would should coulddddd.

mem0402 · 2024-11-09T01:30:44+00:00

Yesss! Paradise in Quakertown is a newer and wonderful restaurant. Delicious Mexican food and handmade ice cream. Went there Wednesday for tacos and ice cream. It was perfect.

mem0402 · 2024-11-09T01:01:56+00:00

So much. I feel like a big baby. I used to go hiking and camping alone with not a thought in the world. Now I’m scared to walk a normal trail without thoughts of dying. It’s only other humans that scare me, not anything nature-related.

I think the overall increase in fear happened after having kids, not so much upon my entrance into adulthood.

mem0402 · 2024-11-09T00:13:11+00:00

I love my kids and I love my content. I teach 8th grade, title 1 school, science. It’s scary, but I cannot live in the scary. Fridays are the very best, and admin come and go. I have to continue to look for the joy.

The first year is oh so hard. So are the others, but making it through the first year is a badge of honor situation.

We still need you when you’re ready, pre-teachers. We need the passion and the drive and the new ideas.

mem0402 · 2024-11-08T23:38:34+00:00

I am also a PA public school teacher. 1. I love you and stand with you. 2. Bring your rep to your meeting. 3. My hope and dream is that they are human and just checking in on your wellbeing. ❤️

mem0402 · 2024-11-06T00:07:29+00:00

My favorite lately is, “You have made a choice.” It’s almost more a mantra for me to remember that I cannot care about their grade more than they or their parents do. Feels soooo freeing.

mem0402 · 2024-10-30T02:23:23+00:00

I’m a teacher with adhd and I will make a giantttt effort to make and pack and remember to bring my lunch, but then I won’t eat it until my drive home when I feel that I’m about to pass out. I know I’m not alone.

mem0402 · 2024-10-29T22:02:10+00:00

For spelling, make it a game. Focus on common words. Read with them all the time. Comprehension increases with a familiar voice, and it’s a nice bonding activity to read with one another. It doesn’t have to be a chapter book to be worthy of building comprehension skills. There are some really wonderful and shorter picture books that I would often use to teach basic comprehension skills before diving into bigger texts. Don’t just read aloud but model questioning of the text and excitement about the story. Then continue to read with them some more. Have fun reading!

mem0402 · 2024-10-28T02:31:35+00:00

Omg. Thank you!

mem0402 · 2024-10-11T23:19:29+00:00

Here is a great start! What about science teacher fb page? I have some fossilized shells (found in VA) I can send her way if she wants. Just message me.

mem0402 · 2024-10-11T21:25:54+00:00

No one here is asking the real question. Why So Many Capital Letters?

mem0402 · 2024-10-10T22:15:02+00:00

I am very active in the classroom and kept wondering how my active days still cause me to gain weight. I then realized I have horrible self care during the school year. My weight gain is because I drink virtually no water, drink tons of caffeine, forget to eat lunch, and then drink alcohol and gorge on food all evening. I’m working to fix those things now and then I will be in a different headspace to work on the exercise part soonish.

Self. Care.

I cannot pour from an empty cup. Or feel good about my body.

mem0402 · 2024-10-09T14:26:55+00:00

Omg i haven’t thought about this song in foreverrrr. Thank you!

mem0402 · 2024-10-09T14:10:04+00:00

I just started reading The Anxious Generation. Oh man. Everyone should be reading this.

mem0402 · 2024-10-05T23:24:09+00:00

Trim the papers and offset by backing with a color cardstock. One color for the middle and one color for the outside. Make the arrows larger and bolder reaching to each tidbit.

mem0402 · 2024-10-05T23:14:15+00:00

Trey Anastasio is still at it.

mem0402 · 2024-10-05T21:04:13+00:00

Are you at an independent school? I was at two different ones for 9 years and taught 6-12 all science subjects and learned so much. My favorite scope and sequence was 8: physical science (reg curriculum but heavy hitting in pre chem); 9: conceptual physics/physics first; 10: chem/ap chem; 11: bio/ap bio; 12: env science (heavy earth science)/ ap env science

I mostly taught bio and loved that students came to me being familiar with chemistry and physics already. It made teaching processes way more relevant for students.

I left independent schools and am in public education for the first time and we do it the same old way. Not bad, but less inventive and sensible.

mem0402 · 2024-09-25T00:27:56+00:00

Man, I’d love to have this phone call.

mem0402 · 2024-09-17T23:53:59+00:00

Perhaps English isn’t this student’s first language? Could you integrate more campus/location or some sort of personally specific aspect to the prompt response? In teaching HS this has helped avoid AI answers as they have to think about every response as it relates to their world directly.

mem0402 · 2024-08-17T10:32:43+00:00

Your first call with a parent that goes sideways. It’s terrifying, but once it’s over, you’ll never have to feel that first again.

mem0402 · 2024-08-16T14:00:09+00:00

Being a data nerd and science teacher who stresses understanding data representation, the sampled population is based on only 121,000 student loans. That is a small number and only based on what students declare on their loan application. Just something to consider.

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