horsebackwriter

Writer of literary non-fiction and poetry, music blogger @CountrifiedBlog, horse lover, traveler, addicted to conservative political analysis

[Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome]

We're really gonna do this dumb dance for the next 4 years, aren't we?

[horsebackwriter @LauraJHagen]

@SoVeryBritish Peas, but I’m a New Englander so 🤷🏼‍♀️

[horsebackwriter @LauraJHagen]

@teachbk We rotate our line leader daily as one of our classroom jobs. It cuts down on a lot of squabbling, and they feel very special. Other than that, we just call them to line up starting with the table closest to the door for efficiency, like getting off a plane.

[horsebackwriter @LauraJHagen]

@SuperNerdyMama @heymrsbond That’s heinous.

[horsebackwriter @LauraJHagen]

@heymrsbond My perpetual question as a TA. Not just for covering other classes, but when my certified teacher is out and they don’t get a sub for the room, even for her planned absences. I’m always promised one -they never materialize. I’ll teach, I just need another adult in the room!

[horsebackwriter @LauraJHagen]

@BenisonMrs Yes! The number of times each day that I say, “put your tongue between your teeth!” in a 2nd grade classroom… they have to make those distinctions to spell accurately!

[horsebackwriter @LauraJHagen]

@EveExamines @alyssaharad @wonderartsy Yes, and ask anyone on prednisone long-term how good it is for their body 🙄

[horsebackwriter @LauraJHagen]

@the_transit_guy And called it a park.

[horsebackwriter @LauraJHagen]

@rastokke Ughhh we just had to give the kids (2nd grade) a learning styles survey to go w/their intervention/enrichment paperwork 🙄 even among the few who understood wtf it was talking about, the results were wildly inconsistent. It’d be comical if it weren’t so depressing and maddening.

[horsebackwriter @LauraJHagen]

@eapelosi @teachbk But when’s Christmas??

[horsebackwriter @LauraJHagen]

@RangerMoe196452 @emzanotti Still, there’s just no way that that is the most cost-effective way to buy salmon, even sockeye, in British Columbia.

[horsebackwriter @LauraJHagen]

@lizditz @misskubelik Came here to say this!

[horsebackwriter @LauraJHagen]

@clhubes Really, truly, bless the people willing to become parents, because there is nothing in this world that could tempt me to voluntarily add that experience to my life.

[horsebackwriter @LauraJHagen]

I let my hair down from its clip at school the other day, and a 6 year old told me in the most reverent tone, “you look like a horse!” Nothing but awe for the preK/Kinder teachers ❤️

[Dan Wuori @DanWuori]

Q: Where is being told you look like a garbage truck a sincere form of flattery?

A: In the best and most important job ever.

In honor of Labor Day, I want to take a moment to uplift our nation’s early childhood educators.

If you take anything away from my posts at all, let it be this: the years of early childhood are uniquely consequential.

The period from prenatal to five is when the fundamental architecture of the brain is wired, ideally setting children on the path to longterm success in school and life.

But we have a giant mismatch between the science and our public policy when it comes to how we support and compensate our young children’s teachers.

Did you know that the median wage for preschool teachers (in child care settings) is only $13.22 an hour - less than we pay most fast food employees? Teachers who work with young children in public school settings do a little better, but still worse than their peers working with older students.

This is, in part, because we persistently fail to recognize what I’ve tried to use my timeline to help illustrate: that learning begins LONG before children enter kindergarten.

If we want to maximize brain development - and minimize the long term costs to society caused by our failure to do so - we simply must focus on the supports needed by adults, both in and out of the home, who do this hard, but joyful work.

Put simply, our nation’s early childhood workforce deserves better. And our children need them to be trained and compensated like the literal brain builders they are.

On this Labor Day, I thank early childhood educators. And hope you’ll do the same.

This video offers just a quick glimpse of the joy of working with preschoolers. What else is entirely green and AMAZING? A garbage truck, that’s what!

Thank you for the work you do, Ms. Glenna. (🎥 glennacolleen on TT)

[horsebackwriter @LauraJHagen]

@emilykmay @WeaverPadme Yes, my mom and I took a trip to Rome when I was 24 and it was amazing. I would’ve loved Italy itself at any age, but we would’ve made each other miserable if I’d been pretty much any age under 22.

[horsebackwriter @LauraJHagen]

@LBollman_thinks @CoxCampus @DyslexiaGA @DDGA13 Are there any plans to make this shirt available for purchase online?

[(((Matthew Lewis))) cults & consequences @mateosfo]

This is correct, IMO, switching to all-electric fleet will take at least 50 years, but cities can build bus/bike lanes in a few months.

And allowing more housing in walkable neighborhoods? Costs cities *literally nothing,* can be built in 1-2 years. https://t.co/co2Qw33fgZ

[horsebackwriter @LauraJHagen]

@tommylyons82 @bethhill2829 We only using it on our phones, only ever showing kids their own info. We also talk a lot about how it’s always possible to turn their day around if they are in the red, and strategies +opportunities for doing so.

[horsebackwriter @LauraJHagen]

@kristinawrites2 @bethhill2829 Our classroom “data walls” are non-negotiable in our district. Benchmark tests scores, color-coded red, yellow, or green. “Anonymized” by their student number, but they can certainly pick out their own and see that they are red! Crushing.