Ms. Durfee (she/her) ☀️⛱🌻

Recovering racist fighting the good fight, Proud middle school teacher and momma to adult humans. Opinions my own.

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@k8roulette2 Oh nooo! I thought having jury duty (I had to defer in July because travel & we can only defer once here) on our first day with students was bad! May your symptoms be mild & your healing quick.

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@slickd0g @BrandonDavisBD @jaysonpeters “If you don’t like Star Wars anymore, that’s totally cool!”

Literally nah.

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@dustinwmills @tetheredtoed1 Phone policy in our district is by building admin.

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@dustinwmills @tetheredtoed1 Our local has, in the last two years, bargained for class size language that sets a procedure for when classes are over, a significant change in leave policy, and better tuition reimbursement along with salary. Issues brought to us. by members. 1/2

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@EDUwithEmily Teachers come back the 4th, students on the following Monday.

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@staralixstar42 @Adele_Liles Note that blame wasn't placed in the OP. FWIW, I don't remember who taught me to read an analog clock, but I taught my own (now adult) kids this skill.

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@msangela95 @hankgreen Piling on! Middle grades content FTW.

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@MrLNeal The gaslighting is strong with this one.

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@MrLNeal @HeyMissSmith That's an impressively non-answer.

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@MrLNeal @HeyMissSmith “They're not forced to work there." true enough, but doesn't someone have to? Why should anyone be subjected to a negative working environment? Which benefits students more, consistency in bin placement or consistency in staff?

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@sage_stage @Rbowers86 @DCPSWyrm1 How often are you giving up plan time for this?!

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@scalzi , I believe it will gratify you to hear that I was cheering aloud in my car & bouncing up & down in my seat as I listened to the denouement of “Starter Villain.” I am deeply sad this one’s over, as I usually am with your books.

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@Mutant187 @owenpeery @heymrsbond The teacher is necessary for far more than organizing content. I post everything we use in class on Google Classroom & have systems for students to make up missed work. They still express shock that they are responsible for that work.

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@tetheredtoed1 @MoniseLSeward That is the next question. If the paper itself is recent, we can presume, there isn't more recent research. A better question is why there hasn't. Kids have changed; their environment has changed. Reading is important enough that we should be constantly evaluating best practices.

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@George76766831 @MrZachG @MathsImpact Exactly right.

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@MrZachG @George76766831 @MathsImpact What do you believe the role of the union is?

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@MrZachG @George76766831 @MathsImpact That sounds a lot like the deflection women near all the time about the minuscule percentage of false accusations of sexual misconduct. It's a pretense to imply teachers have more power in this dynamic.

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@tetheredtoed1 @MoniseLSeward Goodness. Every citation is 20 years old or more. How old is the paper?

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@smorrisey @MrZachG Why?

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@MrZachG @George76766831 @MathsImpact You to know a grievance can only be filed if the principal is not following the teachers' contract, right? And that the first step of a grievance is a meeting? "Hey... This goes against our contract, what can we do to fix it?"