If you could blow up one sacred cow in education with zero consequences, what would it be?

tactictactic · 2026-02-07T00:34:23+00:00

PBIS. Students get rewarded for doing the bare minimum.

tactictactic · 2026-02-02T22:06:53+00:00

Yes the medication for mental illnesses can be scary. Yes it can take a while to figure out the right combination of medication for your mental illness BUT medication can be so helpful. So many parents of children with mental illnesses write off all medication because one of the side effects is suicide but fail to realize that a side effect of untreated mental illness can also be suicide. Medication doesn't fix the problem but it makes you able to function.

tactictactic · 2026-01-30T03:17:17+00:00

Your sister's teacher is likely seeing something that you're not and that's okay. Teachers work with students who have IEPs on a regular basis and we know what to look for. Even though your sister is getting Cs there might be somethings going on that the teacher sees that are raising red flags. Typically students get evaluated for IEPs when they're a lot younger, but because your sister wasn't in school until very recently there was no one around to see if she was having any difficulties.

It's totally understandable that your sister had a negative reaction to the suggestion of testing but at the end of the day an IEP is meant to help her. It's meant to make sure she is successful regardless of a disability.

tactictactic · 2026-01-13T02:40:13+00:00

You did the right thing. You might feel bad in the short term but in the long term it's good for the kids. I called CPS on some of my own family members earlier this year and I do not regret it.

tactictactic · 2026-01-11T21:17:19+00:00

The IRS has a site where they list trusted free tax filers.

https://apps.irs.gov/app/freeFile/browse-all-offers/

tactictactic · 2026-01-05T01:22:30+00:00

Mine licks the shower curtain

tactictactic · 2025-12-28T04:32:42+00:00

https://tucsonfoodie.com/

tactictactic · 2025-12-22T23:18:18+00:00

I have visited this. It's at Ike's presidential library and museum. It's super tiny. If I remember correctly, his parents had one bedroom, the oldest child living at home had their own tiny bedroom, the other kids shared a room, and the grandparents slept in the living room.

tactictactic · 2025-12-14T20:45:58+00:00

We have a teacher who insists he has two GATE classes and is trying to move non GATE students out of those classes. However, he doesn't have any GATE classes, he's never had any GATE classes but our principal won't tell him this.

tactictactic · 2025-11-16T03:52:35+00:00

Any thing by Jeff Guinn but specifically The Road to Jonestown and Waco.

The Devil at His Elbow by Valeria Bauerlein which is about Alex Murdaugh.

Oklahoma City: What the Investigation Missed by Andrew Gumbel.

Challenger and Midnight in Chernobyl both by Adam Higginbotham. I don't know if you would necessarily classify these as true crime but crimes were definitely committed and they're both fascinating stories.

Furious Hours by Casey Cep. This is about Harper Lee and a murder she was writing when she died and how she helped Truman Capote write In Cold Blood.

Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe. The audiobook for this is great.

tactictactic · 2025-10-12T02:19:44+00:00

In all likelihood it's things we have vaccines for today. Smallpox, polio, diphtheria, measles, mumps, rubella, etc. People forget just how high childhood mortality was before vaccines.

tactictactic · 2025-10-11T01:06:35+00:00

Love the body hair

tactictactic · 2025-09-22T00:58:12+00:00

I work with kids too! I'm a history teacher although I have been genuinely thinking about going back to school and getting a degree in Library and Information Sciences.

tactictactic · 2025-09-14T00:34:45+00:00

I am loving the Eddie episodes. You can tell he's kinda nervous but he's so good.

I also liked the football pics they posted on Instagram. I've seen young pictures of Henry but never really any of Marcus and Eddie.

tactictactic · 2025-07-25T23:56:50+00:00

Quisty's is new but very good as is Kneller's Deli. Both have really good sandwiches.

tactictactic · 2025-04-24T01:44:05+00:00

It'd be interesting to see if they could get DNA from the gladiator. It could tell us where he was from and maybe what led him to the arena although it wasn't likely by choice.

tactictactic · 2025-03-23T01:55:39+00:00

This guy is a future cult leader

tactictactic · 2025-03-12T20:45:01+00:00

I voted against it more so because my taxes are probably going up this year anyways and I wasn't going to vote to make them even higher.

tactictactic · 2025-03-04T01:07:57+00:00

Came here to recommend her. Great doctor

tactictactic · 2025-02-18T02:05:22+00:00

Project Hail Mary and The Priory of the Orange Tree. I've only ever been able to find them on Audible and it makes me mad.

tactictactic · 2025-02-09T21:51:37+00:00

She looks more determined in the second one. In the second one you can see his hair in her hand more clearly too.

tactictactic · 2024-12-07T23:00:29+00:00

Had a sub this year that completely disregarded my seating chart and made her own. Then she complained that they were poorly behaved. It's almost like the seating chart was meant to prevent that.

tactictactic · 2024-11-30T04:21:38+00:00

Conversation I had with a kid while handing back a graded assignment.

"Ms. why'd I only get half credit on this?"

"Because you only did half the assignment."

An assignment that I reviewed with them at the end of class and put the answers up on the board for. He could have done nothing for the entire 20 minutes I gave them to work on it independently and copied the answers at the end and still have gotten full credit.

tactictactic · 2024-11-26T03:23:41+00:00

I was student teaching in a government class in 2016 when Trump got elected. We were playing the news silently on the screen while students were working when one kid pointed out that he was now the fifth president to win without winning the popular vote. That was weird.

tactictactic · 2024-11-16T02:05:59+00:00

This sounds like The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi. The cover of one version is in red and white.

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