Teacher, mother, firefighter wife. My dogs follow me everywhere. Scatter kindness & listen to Pearl Jam. Nerds are cool. Read books. M.Ed. Opinions my own.
Iโm an American teacher, and Iโm tired.
Iโm tired of the willful ignorance, tired of the disrespect, tired of politicians pushing DISINFORMATION for political gain, and Iโm tired of being scapegoated.
Education isnโt the problem. Education is the solution.
So, I heard Johnny Depp won his case, but did you hear about the wife of a Supreme Court justice trying to overturn the results of a legitimate presidential election?
My dad, a Trump supporter, watched the January 6th hearings for the first time today, and heโs now planning on watching the rest of them.
This is good change.
When the story ran in the local paper, not only did people replace the books, they donated $15,000 so more books could be purchased, and the city matched the amount.
Now, the library has $30,000 for more LGBTQ themed books.
Thanks, Moms for Liberty. ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
Two Moms for Liberty members in San Diego thought they could stop a library from displaying LGBTQ books during pride month, so they checked out EVERY book, and sent an email saying they would refuse to return them unless the library promised to permanently remove them.๐งต
Iโm not against private schools.
Iโm not against homeschooling.
Iโm not against parochial schools.
Iโm against taxpayer money going to those schools at the expense of public schools.
If an illegal immigrant kills people,
they make it about the entire border.
If a mass shooter kills people, they canโt seem to make it about the guns.
One of my fourth graders got her first period.
She panicked when a friend pointed out blood on her pants, but calmed down after I told her what it was and that it was normal.
She asked questions. I answered them.
In Florida, I probably would have been reprimanded for this.
I have fertility issues, and I chose adoption.
My friend has health issues, and she chose abortion.
My friend is gay, and she chose IVF and then surrogacy.
Pro-choice isnโt โfor abortion.โ
Pro-choice is for the right to make your own choices about reproductive healthcare.
Ivanka Trump was an Advisor to the President, Jared Kushner was a Senior Advisor and Director of the Office of American Innovation, and Lara Trump is now the co-chair of the RNC, but weโre supposed to be mad that Hunter Biden talked to his dad on the phone sometimes.
Got it.
Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full moon that follows the spring equinox.
Easter has no set date.
The Transgender Day of Visibility falls on March 31 and has since 2009.
Spare me your faux Christian outrage.
To become a teacher, I had to get a bachelorโs degree, a masterโs degree, pass multiple teacher tests, have a background check, get fingerprinted, get observed yearly, and recertify every five years.
To become an elected member of Congress, all George Santos had to do was lie.
Alex Jonesโs wife attacks him, and he says, โItโs a private family matter.โ
I donโt remember him allowing the Sandy Hook families any privacy when he spewed his lies and conspiracy theories about them.
As a teacher, I canโt accept a gift from a student worth more than $25 because it could cause me to treat the student more favorably.
Why is my code of ethics stronger than that of Supreme Court Justices?
One of my students has a stutter.
It may take him a little longer to say something, but itโs always worth waiting for.
Making fun of a stutterer doesnโt show your strength. It shows your weakness.
Remember the teacher in VA who was shot by the 6 year old?
The school district is trying to get her lawsuit dismissed and says she is only entitled to workerโs compensation because it was a โworkplace injuryโ and the shooting was โa hazard of the job.โ
A HAZARD OF THE JOB.
Brett Kavanaugh had to exit a restaurant through a back door and Republicans lost their minds.
Judge Reinhart receives death threats, and they say nothing.
Republicans want you to care that Jack Smithโs wife was involved in a documentary about Michelle Obama but ignore that Clarence Thomasโs wife was involved in an insurrection.
Isnโt it amazing how the relationship between Fani Willis and Nathan Wade is a conflict of interest, but the relationship between Clarence Thomas and Ginni Thomas isnโt?
So weird.
If you wanted to buy Trump trading cards, the limit was 100.
That would be a total of $9,900.
Thatโs $100 less than what needs to be reported according to the Bank Secrecy Act.
Thatโs not suspicious at all. ๐คจ
Dr. Fauci disagreed with Trump, and he and his family started getting death threats.
Now that Musk has changed his pronouns in a pathetic attempt at humor, he will undoubtedly trigger more.
For 54 years, all Dr. Fauci ever did was try to help people.
Mike Pompeo says the head of the teacherโs union is the โmost dangerous person in the worldโ and that teachers teach โfilthโ to children.
Teachers are not dangerous.
Education is not dangerous.
Hateful rhetoric from people like Mike Pompeo IS dangerous.
If youโre ok with Trump playing an alternate national anthem sung by January 6th insurrectionists but you condemned Colin Kaepernick for kneeling, your problem was never with respecting the anthem.
A judge will soon decide if the teacher shot by a six-year old is entitled to only workersโ comp. or if her lawsuit will go to trial.
A lawyer for the school board said โher obligations as a teacher exposed her to the risk of being shot.โ
HER OBLIGATIONS AS A TEACHER.
A proposed bill in Arizona would require that teachers post lesson plans online so parents could โapproveโ lessons that address gender and race.
This isnโt about transparency in education. Itโs about control.
Iโm sitting at the hair salon and overheard a woman tell a stylist how beautiful she looked because she lost weight.
The teenager sitting in the stylistโs chair glared at the woman and said, โSheโs always been beautiful. Skinny doesnโt equal pretty.โ
Mic drop moment.
โIt wasnโt rape. It was sexual assault.โ
โHe only meant a bloodbath for the auto industry, not the whole country.โ
โHe didnโt mean bleach. He meant disinfectant.โ
If these are your rebuttals, youโve already lost the argument.
A bill has passed the Texas House that would offer teachers up to $25,000 PER SCHOOL YEAR for being trained and armed in K-12 schools.
Teachers have been asking for raises and stipends for years.
Isnโt it amazing how money can be found to fund weapons but not education?
The Trump family will be at Mar-a-Lago tomorrow for Tiffanyโs wedding.
Since theyโll all be in one place, it would be such a shame if arrests interrupted the wedding.
Elementary science teacher here. ๐๐ผโโ๏ธ
Science changes. Thatโs literally science.
And, the proper word is โquicklyโ.
I teach grammar, too.
In 2009, Rep. Joe Wilson heckled Obama during his SOTU Address.
He apologized AND was formally rebuked by the House because he committed โa breach of decorum and degraded the proceedings of the joint session, to the discredit of the House.โ
2022 House: Weโre waitingโฆ.โฑ
If Taylor Swift messes up her lyrics, itโs not Travis Kelceโs fault.
If Travis Kelce has a bad game, itโs not Taylor Swiftโs fault.
See? Itโs that easy.
Remember the Republican outrage when Nancy Pelosi ripped up her copy of Trumpโs State of the Union speech?
Where is their outrage over Trump shredding and burning official White House documents? ๐ค
If you complain about your kid wearing a mask in school, do you complain about them wearing a helmet at football practice, shin guards at soccer practice, or a jacket at recess when itโs cold outside?
I bet you donโt.
The same side who uses their kids as pawns in pictures with guns wants you to think that teachers are the ones indoctrinating children.
Think about that.
A father taking his thirteen-year-old daughter to a purity ball where she signs a pledge to abstain from dating and sex until marriage is grooming and indoctrinating.
A Texas man secretly slipped abortion pills into his wifeโs drink SEVEN TIMES, and was only sentenced to 180 days in jail.
If the woman did this, Texas would have found a way to charge her with attempted murder.
Homeschool your kids all you want.
Just donโt ask for public funds to pay for things like pianos and $500 LEGO sets while public school teachers are crowd funding for basic classroom supplies.
Thanks.
I have bowls full of beach rocks and cans of wasp spray in my classroom. The kids know theyโre there in case we need to use them against possible shooters.
Think about having this conversation with kids before you tell me how traumatizing masks are.
If I just donโt listen to meteorologists, pretend this blizzard isnโt that bad, and refuse to wear a coat while I shovel, the storm wonโt impact me, right?