The Modest Teacher
@ModestTeacher
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Helping to improve education one snarky tweet at a time.
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Joined August 2019
Here’s the secret to building relationships: Actually like kids That’s it. No fancy handshakes, no dancing and singing like a fool every morning. That stuff is for show and kids know it. Just like kids. It’s easy. And if you don’t, find something else to do.
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Textbooks supplemented with technology > Technology supplemented by cheating with AI.
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We have an entire cohort of students cheating their way through high school. This is a huge problem we need to address.
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It’s because the problems aren’t political, they’re societal.
If you think the solution to education is the right politics, think again. I had a Democratic governor & president…nothing changed. Then a Republican governor & president…still nothing. Meanwhile, public schools kept falling apart. Neither side wants to solve the real
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Should I feel guilty about going to the gym on a snow day?
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The first day of December was a snow day and we just got the call that tomorrow is as well. Going to be fun going to school in June again.
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Me clapping for my Kindergartner when she shows me what she made at school.
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Yeah, good luck teachers.
Elon Musk: "Tesla isn't building a phone. They're leapfrogging the entire concept. The device in your pocket won't be a phone anymore. It'll be a super-thin AI edge node, a screen with radios that pings Grok/xAI servers for everything in real time." https://t.co/fNXaLgNWdT
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Black Friday shopping in an elementary school is when a teacher puts leftover bulletin board border in the break room.
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The Black Friday deals teachers really want: A substitute teacher when they’re gone A pass to go pee whenever needed A copy machine that doesn’t jam at the most inopportune times A 1000 pack of dry erase markers A renewable Jean day ticket Happy shopping!
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I want to thank all of YOU that have followed this account over the years. It’s been a fun journey and it is just getting started!
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Oh wait, so the quarter zip I wear to school every day is now trendy? Look at me being ahead of the fashion curve.
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I am thankful for…our custodians, lunch ladies, secretaries, bus drivers, maintenance folks, grounds crew, teachers, administrators, parents, and students. Remove one piece and the whole thing begins to crumble. Thank you for what you do!
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Drop your education related Black Friday deals in the comments. Let’s help each other save a few bucks! #BlackFriday
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Sunday nights are a little less scary when there’s only two days of school this week!
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Just to be clear, I’m posting from the United States.
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When you remove the human element from teaching, preaching, music, cooking, art, you lose something very fundamental. We are at a major tipping point as a civilization.
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I second the @Pontifex
Pope Leo XIV warns American young of the temptation to use AI for school work: “Don’t use AI do your homework.”
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You have my permission to make hand traced turkeys with your students.
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Your answer to a student question should almost NEVER be to go watch a YouTube video.
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