Ben Carpenter

English teacher @SouthHighMpls. Passionate about public education, social justice, and groovy tunes. Views my own.

[Ben Carpenter @BenjiCarp]

Very much do not appreciate google drive automatically making a note that I “often open my AP Lang slides around this time” (10:30pm) I’m just double checking them OK!

[Ben Carpenter @BenjiCarp]

@popthocket Doesn’t, you know, having a heart attack make you more middle-aged than being out of touch with the youths and their culture

[Ben Carpenter @BenjiCarp]

@rkndy9 MSNBC is the place to be

[Ben Carpenter @BenjiCarp]

Realized this weekend that spending time with friends is the only thing that takes my mind off the election and that I can’t help but think about it when I teach because teaching is political.

[Ben Carpenter @BenjiCarp]

@11elizabeth13 @radiomanor Wowowow. Will DEF check that out!! Thanks, Elizabeth.

[Ben Carpenter @BenjiCarp]

@popthocket I thought I was already!

[Jake Hanrahan @Jake_Hanrahan]

Great work here by @n_waters89: US Law Enforcement Are Deliberately Targeting Journalists During George Floyd Protests https://t.co/2bxPn15d3D

[Mukhtar M. Ibrahim @mukhtaryare]

BREAKING: Minneapolis Public Schools board members have written a resolution terminating the school district's contract with the Minneapolis Police Department.

The University of Minnesota was the first public institution to cut ties with MPD after the killing of George Floyd.

[Ben Carpenter @BenjiCarp]

Every time I FaceTime my dad we basically end up yawning until one of us decides to go take a nap.

[Ben Carpenter @BenjiCarp]

At the suggestion of one of my students, I wrote some words for the Southerner (South’s student newspaper) about my pandemic experiences. Several members of the community have written letters since this all started. Check it out!

https://t.co/6S35UmUQDD

[Ben Carpenter @BenjiCarp]

I don’t think I have ever been more baffled by a Packers’ draft.

[Ben Carpenter @BenjiCarp]

Four albums, no skips.

Is This It? by the Strokes
Cardinal by Pinegrove
WORRY. by Jeff Rosenstock
22, A Million by Bon Iver

[Ben Carpenter @BenjiCarp]

Donated a chunk of my stimulus check to this! Check it out. Anything helps:
https://t.co/JrdVBTDxSD

[Ben Carpenter @BenjiCarp]

@benwikler MKE just came in!!!

[Ben Carpenter @BenjiCarp]

Man, I miss baseball.

[Ben Carpenter @BenjiCarp]

Very much obsessed with this video and the accompanying GROOVY TUNE

[Garrett Williams, BFA @badboygargar]

Day 17: morale is weird

[Ben Carpenter @BenjiCarp]

Tonight, I am thinking of all of the people in my home state who put their lives on the line in order to execute their civic duty. They should not have had to do it these circumstances, but they did, and I am thankful for them. #WisconsinPrimary

[Ben Carpenter @BenjiCarp]

Democracy is dead in Wisconsin.

[Scott Bauer @sbauerAP]

As of today, more than 1.2 million absentee ballots were requested in Wisconsin and just 724,000 had been returned

That means roughly 43% of the ballots were outstanding

It's not clear how many of those will be delivered to people in time to vote tomorrow