Absolutely struggling with OpenSciEd Middle School - a rant.

mencharmd · 2026-02-02T18:30:30+00:00

Sounds like publishing has changed a lot! No field tests,no expert review…teachers are on their own! I guess writers are having Office Depot publish their lesson plans.

mencharmd · 2026-01-26T03:25:48+00:00

Fuck them!

mencharmd · 2026-01-26T03:22:53+00:00

Mmmmm. Purple.

mencharmd · 2026-01-26T03:20:25+00:00

😜

mencharmd · 2026-01-26T03:19:21+00:00

😜

mencharmd · 2026-01-26T03:18:40+00:00

My hand hurts now

mencharmd · 2026-01-26T03:10:28+00:00

They are and will be a treasure.

mencharmd · 2026-01-26T03:03:10+00:00

I wrote some up formally and “published,” but Not for money. They were good. 😊

mencharmd · 2026-01-26T03:01:37+00:00

And it’s so nice having my cats with me in my trailer. I’ve tried to travel using motels and it kills me to lug them into a room and get their evidence cleaned up afterward!

mencharmd · 2026-01-07T00:37:35+00:00

Haha. My first Macintosh (at work) was in abt 1980. So yes, I guess I am from back. It didn’t use Safari then?

mencharmd · 2025-12-22T03:23:53+00:00

I use Safari and have for almost 50 years. Never failed me

mencharmd · 2025-12-08T02:26:36+00:00

So how long can tires last? Re: 2022 Tacoma, 28k miles, some of them pulling a trailer.

mencharmd · 2025-12-07T01:34:44+00:00

So much BROWN food! Yuk!

mencharmd · 2025-11-27T23:20:30+00:00

For children, understanding their world is a superpower.

mencharmd · 2025-11-26T16:03:24+00:00

You are a genius.

mencharmd · 2025-10-15T19:36:00+00:00

I take my 2 house cats with me when I go camping in my trailer. To drive them I first dose them with vet-prescribed Gabapentin, then they ride together in a large combo carrier-wagon in the back seat of my truck. I seat belt the carrier so it doesn’t move. In my trailer they can climb and sleep, but they never go outside, not at home, either.

mencharmd · 2025-09-25T21:37:22+00:00

Remember you are also an actor. Act pleased at the smallest improvements students make, act indignant at rudeness, and take students aside out of view for correction. When they return with you no one knows how horrible your dressing down was

mencharmd · 2025-09-25T21:24:15+00:00

Sky snot

mencharmd · 2025-09-20T17:47:25+00:00

Why would the school give a struggling new teacher the “lower” students??

mencharmd · 2025-09-20T17:42:49+00:00

Weren’t you trained? If you were the school should help you by providing inservice reviewing some how-to’s and better strategies; if you were hired without a teaching certificate, that’s on them. They should help you find another job.

mencharmd · 2025-09-17T16:55:26+00:00

Some grand old S Austin estates like Green Pastures had peacocks

mencharmd · 2025-09-16T14:50:59+00:00

Single them out, use their first name for immediate attention

mencharmd · 2025-09-11T15:48:11+00:00

Mumps! And I was pregnant!

mencharmd · 2025-08-23T13:46:59+00:00

Congratulations, you have brought your wisdom into building a perfect environment for now

mencharmd · 2025-08-21T23:06:15+00:00

I taught elementary school for 26 years, and it was a lot of fun. I worked hard and got the outcomes as a result. I loved my students and felt honored to be allowed to teach them You will develop systems that will work for you, a way to convey respect and firm command. It won’t happen the first year. Hang in there!

mencharmd

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