My mom and I cross paths on TikTok/Reels in two places:
Animals - expected, crosses over in real life too.
…. But Irish Step Dance? - less excepted, we aren’t Irish; like, at all.
As a tried and true beverage goblin who has no less than three open drinks at a time, my friend just gave me her extra mini fridge for my classroom and the cold drinks are a game changer 🤩🥳🥰
High functioning anxiety sucks ass. It is so hard to explain that, yep, I’m having what’s essentially a low grade panic attack and everything’s fine. It’s not, but it is. I’m still standing and functioning, just don’t expect much more.
Sometimes my days are spent having really cool conversations about gender theory w/ my kiddos. Sometimes I spend time literally describing colors to them. Sometimes both happen in the same day… with the same kiddo. I love my job - it’s never boring 😆
It frustrates me so much when I hear kids tell me “no teacher has been interested in *insert student interest* before. TEACHERS! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?? If you don’t take an interest in what they like to some extent, why would you expect them to take an interest in your subject??
Things my students taught me: “All Star” by Smash Mouth transcends age and generation. Grandparents to little siblings were rocking out at the winter concert tonight! 🤘🏼❄️💛💚
Every six months or so I need someone to slap me and remind me that a good workout makes my brain feel better… in other news, I’m paddling on a dragon boat team now! 🐲 🚣🏻 🤓
Book nerd celebration: we read for a continuous 15min on Wednesday’s in all of my classes. Beginning of the year I was met with groans. With one month of school left, I get asked if we can have 5 more minutes pleaseeeeee??? Creating book goblins was in fact my goal 🤓
Helping a kid summarize Julius Caesar and made the statement, “Yeah, Caesar got murked.” I can’t tell of Shakespeare would be proud of the evolution of language or scandalized by the simplification… 😇🤷🏻♀️
We’re reading Julius Caesar for one of my classes rn. One of my kids walks into class today and by way of greeting just goes “Alright! Who’s gonna die today?!”
I do not apologize for creating this enthusiasm; I do apologize if this freaked any teacher neighbors out 😅