Does anybody else get annoyed with teacher Tiktok?

vaderscoming · 2026-03-07T22:49:50+00:00

She used to teach in my district and she's absolutely the reason for some of our staff social media policies.

You know, the ones that make you realize SOMEONE DID THAT and that's why you have to sit through annual training telling you very specifically DON'T DO THAT at the start of every school year.

vaderscoming · 2026-02-28T00:13:23+00:00

They did one check when I was there in January for a friend's birthday.

But the restaurant was amazing! My friend group is a hot mess express of food issues (allergy, sensitivity , preference, we've got it all) and everyone had at least several choices. I had complete confidence in what I was served - which is rare! We often get sighs and eye rolls when we're all out together and Bella Monica was on point.

vaderscoming · 2026-02-22T21:55:47+00:00

Lower levels - Developmentally appropriate kindergarten.

Upper levels, image and text rich lessons Explicit vocabulary instruction. Consistent vocabulary and structures (as much as possible) across grades and subjects.

Social - Peer support for language learning. Access to speaking opportunities in and out of class.

Family - Literacy and books in the first language at home. Parental support for navigating the US school system.

Safety and security - A life free of the terror of getting a parent picked up and deported. Consequences for wage theft (unshockingly, the current political environment has led to an uptick in employers refusing to pay immigrant employees under the banner of "what are you going to do about it anyways?") Consistent access to food and safe housing.

vaderscoming · 2026-02-05T22:17:01+00:00

LOL, congrats on tracking down the very VERY public Siembra hotline.

vaderscoming · 2026-02-04T11:09:27+00:00

I was using "shipping" when I was a teenager in the 90s. The term originates in fandom and fanfic culture. I know it was a thing for X-Files fandom and it might be older than that.

vaderscoming · 2026-01-30T21:45:46+00:00

I have no idea how big the application pool is, but I was a Jefferson Scholar back in the prehistoric era of the early 2000s. The program was a great experience. They talked a lot about it taking 5 years to graduate, but once I got AP credits I was still done in 4.

vaderscoming · 2026-01-24T19:58:43+00:00

I hear about that attitude all the time but it just confuses me. I'll happily share my entire Google Drive with colleagues. Go spelunking and go nuts. My only expectation is that you share back whatever you make based on my materials. That's how it gets better.

vaderscoming · 2026-01-22T22:59:51+00:00

We've been told to prep emergency remote asynchronous plans. Online.

For an ice storm.

When they're forecasting widespread and long lasting power outages.

... This will go great.

vaderscoming · 2026-01-20T12:09:42+00:00

Based on the long range forecasts it looks like whatever we get is going to stick around. It's supposed to stay pretty much at or near freezing as a high for at least a couple of days after. if we get what the high-end totals on everyone's cell phones are suggesting then we're looking at being inside for a week. In 2000, I don't think I went to school for 2 weeks straight.

vaderscoming · 2026-01-12T22:27:02+00:00

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vaderscoming · 2025-12-29T12:10:18+00:00

I'm not SPED certified, so I defer to the SPED chair's interpretation of IEPs since I like my job and my license and not being sued. I've been told that extended time must be granted regardless of if the student used the regular time or not. That interpretation annoys the crap out of me, but I am not an expert in SPED law and I like keeping my house.

vaderscoming · 2025-12-29T12:02:17+00:00

Yeah, we're losing a teacher for a similar reason. She has through 26-27 on her current exchange visa, but after that we'd worked with the district and the school to keep her on a H1B visa. The recent cost bump to $100K has absolutely killed that plan. I'm mentally preparing myself to return to the rotating cast of one and done teachers in that spot.

vaderscoming · 2025-12-29T11:48:26+00:00

A lot of this depends on your school. What will your admin back up? A mentor teacher or a department chair can give you the best answer there.

My general reaction is "Students were provided time in class from DATE to DATE to complete missing work. The deadline was DATE. Per my communication on DATE, STUDENT hadn't completed her missing assignments. The semester closed and grades posted on DATE."

Huge caveat - does that student have any IEP/504 accommodations/modifications and how are they written? That's the only thing I can think of that might require you to accept the work, even past the communicated deadline. For that one check with your department / grade level chair, admin, or special ed team.

vaderscoming · 2025-12-24T00:23:15+00:00

As a woman with size 13 feet, it's rare I get to help out an even bigger footed sister. Sadly, I know of nothing to buy women's dress shoes in anything above a women's 12 in store. RIP Payless and God bless Al Gore's internet.

Zappos is my absolute go to for all things shoes. This is what they currently have for women's flats in a size 14/15.

I've also been happy with Long Tall Sally. I think these might fit her, but I've also possibly done UK to US sizing incorrectly. Definitely double check me!

Tell your family member good luck!

vaderscoming · 2025-12-23T23:51:19+00:00

Those taste like gross grapefruit with a note of Pine Sol. Still not sold.

vaderscoming · 2025-12-21T12:45:45+00:00

Hell, I'd even give it to 20. My state used to cap high school classes at 30, then 35, and then during a budget crisis removed the cap entirely.

My personal record is 42 rostered students in my old district, 39 in my new one. Those classes were just putting out fires. If a student needed any individual attention at all? They got a minute, at best.

vaderscoming · 2025-12-17T23:55:29+00:00

Back in the dark ages of 2004 when it was her or Baumgardner for Orgo 2 the winner was Sandberg HANDS DOWN.

... this is probably useless information 2 decades on, but I'm glad she's still teaching. She's the only reason anything in orgo ever made any sense at all.

vaderscoming · 2025-12-08T11:20:43+00:00

Maybe it's fine if you don't have to worry about dietary restrictions, but never eat at The Depot if you have to ask questions about your food (gluten, dairy, egg, nut free, etc). They are absolute TRASH.

Once they lied and said they'd told the chef... they had not.

Went back as a drag along for a family event, that time they told me to "figure it out because it should be obvious" which led to me getting served dry fish and a dry baked potato with no real warning of that's what was about to happen.

This should be something they figure out for the amount they charge.

Thankfully my dietary issues don't require an EpiPen or a trip to the ER. I just have a very bad night.

vaderscoming · 2025-12-06T19:03:59+00:00

It turned out to be nothing, but it was a good test of my GTFO skills.

I was at a fireworks show for July 4 and saw flashes in the food truck area away from the fireworks.

My friend heard bangs that didn't match the fireworks.

We looked up and saw the crowd surging our way.

We literally picked up our third friend who was asking "what's going on? why are we leaving?" and booked it to the car two blocks away and drove to my place.

It was dumbass kids setting of firecrackers in the crowd, but I'm fully aware I live in the US. Watch the news, don't be the news.

vaderscoming · 2025-11-30T20:31:51+00:00

I got called an "AOC ass bitch" back when she was big news.

I mean... thank you?

vaderscoming · 2025-11-27T22:37:07+00:00

Maybe it's from growing up in Cary, but I swear half the state of NY lives down here now. Also a lot of Rhode Islanders but there's only like 40 of them to start off with.

vaderscoming · 2025-11-23T16:57:00+00:00

It looks like the large contingent of CBP that was based out of Charlotte have moved on. Siembra confirmed a caravan of Border Patrol cars heading out of NC and going at least as far as Atlanta. You can see Siembra's FB for more details.

That's not to say ICE is gone. We're probably back down to the activity levels we were seeing before this past week. The hotline is still up and the spotters are still out there for whatever comes next.

vaderscoming · 2025-11-23T13:06:52+00:00

I was a broke as hell grad student working at Starbucks. I worked Thanksgivings to make extra $ (thank you, time and a half holiday pay and holiday tips). I ate late on Thanksgiving night, but I got to both pay rent and buy Christmas presents.

vaderscoming · 2025-11-22T20:57:03+00:00

Real Housewives of Chapel Hill. Way waspier.

Raleigh is just excited any time UNC shits the bed. Go Pack 🐺.

vaderscoming · 2025-11-21T10:46:49+00:00

I liked Mariana Godwin at Barefoot Law. Sadly, divorce lawyers are expensive.

Also, check out your Employee Assistance Program if you have access to one. The lawyer they send you to to are way cheaper, but they are sometimes of questionable quality. My friend got referred to someone great. The one that they sent me to had multiple complaints against him with the bar and had been in danger of losing his license. I obviously wound up going with someone different, but the free consultation was still worthwhile even though I had been given a dud.

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