PTSD

Because you can get shot or deported?

Ouch. And I thought forgetting to attend class, forgetting there was an exam, or —worst case — forgetting your trousers was bad.

Good ol' days.

I had a dream a few years ago that I couldn't remember my locker combination and I woke up in a panic because I was going to be late for 5th hour Algebra.

(a+b) * (a-b) = ? Show your work!!! 😱😱😱

hahahahahaha Good one. It took a good 20 years until the fuck-I-didn't-study-for-the-test nightmares finally evaporated.

Now I switch into parent pray mode. I have to pray my child makes it home to me everyday without incident. PTSD is real and alive and kicking.

Because some parts of (especially) the K-12 experience were simultaneously boring,shaming, and scary, which is also the combo of emotions thatresult in trauma.

I'd love to study how our education system seems to traumatize a lot of the students for life.

But Jonathan is a full grown man. Shirley he wouldn't still be traumatized by something that happened in school years ago ... right? 🤔

As an educator it’s a feeling for me that never goes away…..

To prepare you for the day you get a jury summons.

Depends, what's on your #PermanentRecord?!! 🤔😱😱😱🤣

Because it's the signal summer is over. That feeling never leaves us!

Labor Day is Monday! 😱😱😱 (Surprisingly, Hollywood has not made a horror film based on this holiday--yet!)

If you’ve ever worked retail you’ve lived that horror film

The kids at Annunciation MPLS were pretty anxious today …

It’s the school zones lol

Speed zones return and you have to now be aware of the date and time

I dunno man. I haven't worked in education or been a student in 5 plus years and "back to school!" ads still make me jump out of my skin when I first hear them.

I don't know, but I still get it too.

Probably for the same reason I still have nightmares about algebra homework 40 years later. Numbers, letters, make up your mind what we're doing here, algebra!

Same. 9 wish I could enjoy the fresh smell of fall.