Dang. Looks like OSHA had budget cuts on the workplace safety budget.
From Melvin. My dad killed Nazis. My birth was announced on Hee-Haw. she/her Progressive, Bi, GenX. Accidental science teacher. I look like a meek middle-aged Midwest mom. Chaotic good.
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Dang. Looks like OSHA had budget cuts on the workplace safety budget.
Thanks. I do appreciate that they trust me. I’m sorry for the difficult journey for you though!
Ah, teaching middle school. "MISS GGGGGGGG I NEED PADS PLSSSS THESE TAMPONS ARE UNCOMFORTABLE AND YOU HAVE THE PADS I USEEEEEE"
I am calm. I am breathing deeply through my nose. I am counting to ten. I… WHAT, ARE YOU AFRAID YOUR DOG WILL INFODUMP TO YOU ABOUT THE FUCKING BALL?!?
Okay, back to teaching after a 3-day weekend…Now with a cold and lingering laryngitis! This’ll go great, no doubt.
Hitting “heart” on that because I appreciate your perspective, NOT because I like that you went through all that
I’m getting fired if someone does that in my classroom.
My husband was in Chicago yesterday and came home feeling scared. Other people make a lot more money than we do. It’s scary shit.
I’m sorry you are going through that. Your internet friends care.
What can we do to help you feel supported? Joke & memes? Internet hugs?
If you enjoy… Weekends Safe working conditions Retirement benefits Paid vacations Breaks at work Sick leave Paid holidays … then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.
Happy Labor Day. #UnionStrong
Ah yup. The teachers don’t know if we should be pissed or outraged. No clue what happened there.
Fall is just my fav.
*laughs in Surprise Prom*
Nice!
Meanwhile M waltzes into a store at our sMall, grabs a dress off the rack for HoCo. It fits, it’s on sale, we’re done in thirty minutes.
Love it
Guessed it in one!
G and E are in River North so that E can get fitted for a suit. Thoughts and prayers please.
What the what? You’re famous, Caller.
I brought my pencilllll!
@jodontchaknow.bsky.social original. Don’t know of any covers. Ohhhh yahhh!
I love all my GenX friends who have texted me the “Hot for Teacher “ video. Cracks me tf up
Ouch…
I blame them growing up during the Depression
Caturday
Chicago cops are totally maga.
All the Taylors are having a good week.
I am downstate. Can someone shame them on my behalf?
Goldfinches having a great time eating echinacea seeds. 🌱
Same, girl. Same.
Suddenly remembered the years my parents grew horseradish so they could make their own sauce, and beets to make wine. It was the best of times, it was the blurst of times.
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What an asshat. He’s also never done a minute of honest labor in his life.
So true. And our first drill is coming up. I am glad we do it, but I hate making the kids think about it.
Wow! I remember being in high school (late 80s) and talking about how we could communicate radiation poisoning to people in the future.... and then being super upset that we had to have that conversation. @drmag00.bsky.social
Have totally lost my voice. For no real reason, my students spent the day whispering at me. Like... you can speak as you normally would, kids.
You doth overestimate me.
I'm out.
Yah, we need deets.
Can I have some? That looks so good.
Lunch 40 minutes. Listening to The Replacements and missing being 20.
On this date in 1949, the Soviet Union tested their first atomic bomb. Using this as an excuse to show my students testing footage. They are horrified, so it's working.
Thanks. I just want everyone to feel loved and appreciated. He didn't feel that yesterday. Hopefully today is better for him (he's in my last class). I appreciate your take on the situation.
It's always hard to be a kid. Full stop. No matter who, no matter where. So if you know any kids, make sure you let them know they are doing great and you love them. If you don't, tell everyone else you know. It's just hard to human, isn't it?
One of my students shyly admitted he hasn’t traveled anywhere except Indy. I said it was great! There are cool things there! The Brickyard, good zoo, great museums. Plus think of all the places you will get to go someday! I’m excited for him.
Will JB never let us live as is our rights? LOL I live in CU.
“Ms. G? Can you turn the bears off? They’re eating so much fish I might barf.” I show a live webcam of bears catching salmon in Katmai National Park in Alaska.
People are saying.
Honestly this is the most important part of the job and I do love it. It's just hard after a long-ass day.
After school! I can get some work done and now I have a boy who needs to talk out his feelings instead of punching a locker. Cool cool cool. I'm on it, team!
It's my lunch 35 minutes. Ahh.....oh.... now I have a kid crying in my room. Now I have a kid from last year with a cracked tooth asking for a salt water rinse and gauze. Okay, cool. I got that. Okay, now it's my lunch 15 minutes....
LULZ!
Yikes on that last one!
Is it normal to remember older dreams in dreams and weave plots together? My spouse says it isn’t, but he rarely remembers dreams in the first place
If drinking water upside down doesn’t do it, take a q-tip and stick it down your throat. You’ll gag and that will help interrupt the hiccups. Signed, your weirdo
Subway will limit the size of their sandwiches before Congress limits the bullets in magazines.
Working my first open house for the middle school where families can come in and just meet teachers/see the school. SO MUCH FUN! Love giving my kids big ups to their proud families.
The top three science funders are the US, China, and Japan. The three fund more science than every other country, combined. In 2024, the US funded more scientific research than China and Japan, combined. The US also funds more science than every other country except for Japan and China, combined.
*fans self*
I love my janitors and I hope they love me. My dad was a school janitor. I know who runs this town.
AMERICA: “It’s a mental health issue.” REST OF THE WORLD: “We have those. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA: “It’s video games.” WORLD: “We have those too. But don’t have mass shootings.” AMERICA B: “It’s cause they took Jesus out of the classroom.” WORLD: “God, you’re stupid.”
That's my goal. To be such a weirdo, I'm legend.
minneapolis/metro area: if it is possible for you to donate blood today mn recently declared a shortage. you can find out if you’re eligible and where to go from the link below, if there are better resources please correct me www.mbc.org
Just taught a 7th grader the "drink water upside down" trick to stop hiccups. And my lore continues to grow...
See all hell broke loose over the glitter all over everything. The kids are definitely anti-glitter, especially my kids with moms from Africa who don't mess around with laundry.
11th day of the school year. There are now 3 balls on the school roof outside my window. Stay tuned for updates.
Wait, what's a Glitter Auntie?
I had to ad-lib a class today due to testing and I had them play a geography guessing game (worldle) in teams and the kids were WAY into it! Dance history sounds amazing. Can't wait to tell my kids that's a thing they can do (I also teach a college/career prep course).
I had my kids so excited about clouds last year, they stopped class to look out the window at a cold front moving in. It made my Midwest heart happy.
I like "finding art out of a messy-seeming world." Totes stealing that. I teach 7th grade science. Every day is an adventure!
Also is it okay that I find "Chaos Theory Man" having systems to be hilarious?
You can plug into the wall. Forget your charger? I have 3 loaner machines in my room.
Each kid is responsible for charging their Chromebook. We don't have Chromecarts. We have a building that is 115 years old with upgrades over the decades. Usually it works, until we don't have chargers to give them...
Students have individual Chromebooks they take home every night so teachers aren't usually responsible for charging. However since we just started testing on the same day they get chargers, it's showtime!
I swear some of these parents set up burner numbers that go straight to voice mail so they can register their kids but then never have to talk to the teachers about said kids.
New classroom rule just dropped: If you bring glitter in here, I am writing you up.
Many people would. It was my mother’s number one beef about my father. But I know what you mean since I read primarily on my phone.
Just texted my HS senior daughter even though she isn't supposed to have her phone out during school....and I'm a teacher.
Today in things I have to bring to my classroom: powerstrips. The kids were issued Chromebooks last week, but no chargers. They are getting chargers after lunch tomorrow, when they are scheduled to begin testing. Dead laptops. Minimal number of outlets. Long way to go, short time to get there.
Wait why is the documentation on the grade book (just the grade book!) in the new software 183 pages long? What have we wrought?!?
It's almost like he's not just a senile dipshit who says whatever hoves into his field of view, he's a fascist in charge of a fascist military
“Thank GOD the National Guard is here while I EAT MY PIZZA,” shouts a woman at Red Light on 14th in DC as yet another trio of guardsmen walk by.
Excited for Quad Day. Both my boys are going.
Totally showing this in my 7th grade science class on Monday. So excite.
Why are my 7th graders so hopped up today?!?
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Hey! Do you have cats? Do you love them even when they get under your feet and scream for food? Congratulations! You are going to be an excellent middle school teacher!
I teach five periods of science and one class of “the assholes you are competing against have parents who went to college, so here are the cheat codes.”. Or you know whatever
Unfortunately, middle school librarians don't have a library TA, which means that any time which would usually be spent collaborating ) is spent checking out, re-shelving, processing orders, etc. Partnering with multiple content areas just can't be done with one person running the whole library.
I should really have breakfast at some point.
Sure, bitch, sure. Tell yourself whatever you need to believe.
Emailed my school librarian to ask if she can come to my classes to help teach info literacy. She cannot. Emailed my admin to ask for more librarians. This will not go anywhere, but god fucking damnit.
Oh my fucking god. SCREAMS. 2.5 hours to go. Screams
