Our older daughter decided to attend the high school where I teach. A THREAD. Probably.
*pulls into parking spot*
Her: Thanks, dad. Bye!
*puts car in park*
Me: Pardon?
Her: *already in school*
Me:
JUST A TEACHER SOCIAL MEDIA OBSERVATION AND DEFINITELY NOT AIMED AT ANYONE but … if school boards want teachers to care for the emotional and physical needs of their students … a good start would be caring for the emotional and physical needs of their teachers.
Look … I think it’s safe to say teachers didn’t get into education for the money. But once they realize how much additional unpaid labour there is in the job, you’re gonna have to pay them if you want them to stay. Or … you know … treat them like professionals. Hopefully both.
I don’t know Ernie Johnson and I thankfully do not know the pain of losing a child, but I do know love. And this is love. So sorry for your loss, Ernie. Rest In Peace, Michael.
To the people of this city who got up and walked out of the Rob Schneider event on the weekend because of his anti-trans material (DURING PRIDE! 🤬), thank you for setting such a high bar for yourself and your community. We need more people just like you.
@hainsworthtv
Honestly ... the last time I was this blown away, I found out the little triangle on the dashboard gas gauge tells you which side the gas tank is on. 🤯
Teachers turn into their worst students on professional development days.
We’re late.
We don’t bring ANY materials.
We ask, “Why are we learning this?”
We talk (LOUDLY) over the speakers.
And we’re on our phones the whole time.
Did I miss anything?
Two high schools here (Luther Lions and Martin Monarchs) didn’t have enough athletes to field football teams so they combined forces and … since they both have royal nicknames … went with the Martin-Luther Kings. I love it.
@RexChapman
Rex, you need to delete this. If my wife sees this, she’ll want another baby. I’m too old for another baby. Please ... for the love of God ... think of your followers before you post.
I’m honestly not sure there’s a teacher alive who will survive this year without thinking they are the worst teacher of all time at least once. Probably more.
Our nine-year-old having a convo with her granny ...
Granny: What do you want to do when you grow up?
Daughter: I want to go to Greece, Jamaica, Italy, and ...
Granny: You better find a rich husband then!
Daughter: Or a rich wife.
Kids are amazing.
@venturetwins
I once had a student try to pass off a Pablo Neruda poem as his own. If the style and skill of Nedura wasn’t enough to tip me off, the web address of the site was at the bottom of the page when he printed it off before handing it in. 🤦🏻♂️
For the last time, class, I am NOT Taylor Swift! If you hand in an assignment with a blank space, I WILL NOT WRITE YOUR NAME! I’ll just give you a zero!
Teachers, it’s Pride Month! PLEASE REMEMBER: No matter what SOME coworkers, administrators, superintendents, parents, or politicians may say, we’re here for the kids. You may be their only ally. Your classroom may be their only safe place. They need you. ✌🏻
#PrideMonth
#QCPride
A grade twelve student walked into my class on the first day of school with a Montreal Canadiens mask ...
Me: That mask isn’t safe. Change it.
Him: What do you mean?
Me: Well ... if it’s anything like Montreal’s defense, it lets A LOT in.
Him: I have not missed you.
Teacher Friends, PLEASE RT this if you’ve ever had a period, day, week, year, career where you’ve felt like a complete failure.
Trying to prove something ... mostly to myself ... but also to everyone else who struggles with the pressures of this job.
Thanks.
Hear me out … What if Scott Moe reached out to the NDP and asked Ryan Meili to replace Paul Merriman as health minister? Unconventional? Sure, but then we have an actual doctor leading the COVID fight and the government has a scapegoat if things get worse. Win-win.
#COVID19SK
TEACHERS: If you’re caught plagiarizing, it’s an automatic zero and you’ll be suspended, maybe even expelled.
ALSO TEACHERS: *steals all lessons from the internet and does not cite*
@NicholasFerroni
I can answer that for you. A few years ago, in Nova Scotia, contract negotiations got so tense teachers decided to only fulfill their contractual duties. The government ended up closing schools because they could not operate safely if teachers only did their jobs. Very telling.
When people find out I’m a teacher, they always ask me the same question: How can you spend your days working with such a querulous and petty group of people? My answer? It’s easy. I try to stay out of the staffroom and I focus on the kids! 😏
During this time of social distancing, the United States needs to name
@joshhart
their ambassador for National High Five Day. There is no one more qualified. 😂
#NationalHighFiveDay
@RexChapman
@Suns
We were in Phoenix for a game a couple years ago and ran into Tom Chambers. I asked for a pic. He said sure and grabbed my daughter as I snapped this. The picture was supposed to be with me, Tom! WITH ME!!! I’m the fan!
REMINDER: Teacher rights ARE student rights. When we fight for the needs of teachers (fair pay, class size caps, more teacher assistants, etc.), students win, too. I stand with my Los Angeles teacher friends. ✌🏻
#LAUSDStrike
Me: Today is the most important lesson of the year. We’re going to use technology to make our voices heard.
Student: Are you going to make us like all your tweets again.
Me: No, this is bigger than my ego. We’re going to stream
@Lizzo
’s Truth Hurts. All class.
#StreamTruthHurts
Pro Teaching Tip: The day after students misbehave for a sub, walk into class with two empty donut boxes, put them on your desk, and say: “The sub had a lot of good things to say about you. Thought you deserved a treat. Help yourselves!”
It won’t fix anything but still worth it.
Kids, have you seen the new FINISH ALL YOUR ASSIGNMENTS BY THE ASSIGNED DUE DATE SO YOU’RE NOT RUSHING TO GET THINGS SUBMITTED AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER SO YOU CAN PASS challenge? Looks pretty cool. You should try it.
I’ve always hated those teachers who write a countdown to summer on their blackboards in June. Like ... why are they so lazy? Start it in September like the rest of us!
If my admin is reading this, I’m joking.
It’s a whiteboard. 😂
@RexChapman
I had to go to summer school in grade seven, eight, and ten. I also had to take a less rigorous course load to graduate.
In university, I was an academic all-Canadian. And now I’m a teacher. 😂
I watched a story on ESPN today about someone who quit teaching to dive for golf balls because it paid more. He gets eight to ten cents per retrieved ball. There is something really wrong with this scenario.
This tweet is for a very limited audience. I just went to the Green Spot Café in Regina for two cinnamon buns and left with six and some cookies. How do they do that?
Principal: I know you have a tough course load and advise student council and coach basketball and
football but we’re going to need you to run yearbook, too. And the debate team.
New teacher on a temporary contract:
@WorldWideWob
A whole new cast of characters, back-to-back forty pieces, the recovery block, that steal, lob, dunk, and foul play tonight! This series is phenomenal. If you don’t like this, you don’t like NBA basketball!
A student asked to borrow an eraser during this morning’s exam. I gave him the no. 2 pencil I was holding and he said, “Wait! I have one of those!” Then he turned his pencil over in his hand and used the eraser on its end. Haha. 📝🤦🏻♂️
Well ... Saskatchewan’s Back to School Plan might as well be called a Back to Normal Plan. Normal seems to be the only word the education minister knows. No masks. No caps. Normal. But ... back to normal would suggest we’re NO LONGER IN A PANDEMIC!
#SkPoli
#SaskEd
Am I the only one who finds it troubling that Scott Moe mandated all provincial employees must be vaccinated but exempted teachers? Does he know most of us work with unvaccinated children (NOT BY CHOICE)? Can anyone shed light on the why for me?
#SKPoli
#COVID19SK
I’ve made a lot of friends here and I received some news I thought important to share with anyone I may not have had a chance to talk to in person. I’ve been diagnosed with cancer so, if you’re a believer in positive vibes, please send some my way. Hug your people.
✌🏻 and ❤️.
Teachers, please remember: If you only reach one kid in your career, you’ve made a difference. That one kid will be the difference for someone else and then that someone else will be the difference for a person in need and so on ...
And it all started with you!
KEEP GRINDING.
Do you want to know how the still-developing teenage brain works? Well ... it is smart enough to figure out a way to turn off every teacher’s data projector remotely but not smart enough to realize this might lead to a system-wide cell phone ban.
Think ahead, kids. Think ahead.
Well ... Canada’s prime minister is a teacher and now there’s a teacher in the White House so I guess it’s true what they say:
Those who can, do.
Those who can’t, teach.
Those who can teach, lead.
#InaugurationDay
Apparently ... the anti-maskers who usually march up and down Albert Street have no problem listening to science when it comes to windchill warnings. Weird.
In education … you can go from THIS IS THE MOST REWARDING JOB THERE IS to BURN IT ALL TO THE GROUND in a matter of seconds and the only way I survive is reminding myself that it never has anything to do with the students when I’m feeling the latter.