Master Aaron Marcum

He/him. 6th degree Kung Fu Master. ML/ELL/ESL teacher. Home at Briarwood Elem. Child at heart. Ronin. Animation come to life.

[Master Aaron Marcum @Master_Marcum]

@elonmuskADO No one calls it X.

[Briarwood Elementary @BriarwoodES]

These G5 and G6 students are loaded and ready to take off for Washington DC! ✈️

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

A British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum. God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.”

-Nate White

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

11 things Great Teammates DON'T Do:

1. Quit
2. Blame
3. Complain
4. Bring Drama
5. Point Fingers
6. Show Up Late
7. Make Excuses
8. Make Poor Choices
9. Run From a Challenge
10. Bring Negative Energy
11. Badmouth Their Teammates

Be a GREAT Teammate.

[Dr. Bryan Pearlman #MaslowBeforeBloom @DrP_Principal]

:)

[Lakota Man @LakotaMan1]

Exactly

[Briarwood Elementary @BriarwoodES]

Don’t forget! If your child is registered by tomorrow morning, they can participate in Hat Day tomorrow!

[Master Aaron Marcum @Master_Marcum]

A school year should look like an episode of @QueerEye Change my mind

[Master Aaron Marcum @Master_Marcum]

Every classroom should run like #greatbritishbeakingshow minus the loss of contestants. Change my mind.

[Master Aaron Marcum @Master_Marcum]

If we all just acted towards each other like the contestants on #greatbritishbeakingshow or #greatamericanbakingshow the world would be tremendously better. Don't change my mind I'm right.

[Master Aaron Marcum @Master_Marcum]

@GerryDuggan IDK what you are doing but (me T1 betus) I miss Marcus (intro Drac DP brilliance) but also where is Comboman because how is that not your jam? You or @drhastings Can Y'all co-write and SKETCH IT OUT? (OG DR MCNINJA FAN). Please... MARCUS AND COMBOMAN! COLLAB!

[Master Aaron Marcum @Master_Marcum]

I'm not going to say this about every episode (because they are all my favorites) but when Caroline is there she burns it down hot #bones

[Emily Paschall @EmilyAPaschall]

There’s something so exciting about brand new teachers’ classrooms and watching them get it ready all summer long. So much wonder. So much self-drive. So much innocence.

The sad part is when we see a new teacher lose that because they don’t feel supported during their first year.

Support your new teachers.
🔺Check on them daily.
🔸Model lessons for them.
🔺Provide them an automatic coaching cycle with the instructional coach on day 1.
🔸Provide specific feedback.
🔺Model the first phone call home.
🔸Pre-plan their first parent conf and do it with them.
🔺Simply ask, “How can I help?” And ask often.

Teachers will be more likely to stay in the profession when they feel supported. Plain and simple.

What did I miss?

[Master Aaron Marcum @Master_Marcum]

@BriarwoodES

[Megan Marcum @MsMarcumBGISD]

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[Megan Marcum @MsMarcumBGISD]

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[The White House 46 Archived @WhiteHouse46]

It’s time for Congress to ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.

[Master Aaron Marcum @Master_Marcum]

@nathaliejacoby1 Fire

[Warren Co Schools @WarrenCoSchools]

We wanted you to be aware of an error in a media story about School Resource Officers. The story stated WCPS has two School Resource Officers, when in fact, WCPS has 12 School Resource Officers in our district. The safety of our students and staff is our top priority.