Avery Pullin

from the Ozarks of Arkansas to the oilfield of West Texas | Wife. Mom. Educator + Writer. | ⚾️ host family | Proud Chickasaw Citizen

[Avery Pullin @PullinDatCash]

Many great speakers can instruct a class. A true teacher is much more a learner than a speaker.

[Brian Tolentino M.Ed @TolentinoTeach]

The genius of great teaching lies in its simplicity.

The tragedy of modern education is how complex we’ve made it.

To be truly great, a teacher must resist the noise of fads, trends, and buzzwords—and return to the art of simplifying everything.

[Avery Pullin @PullinDatCash]

@TolentinoTeach Sitting in rows.

It didn’t have to be recreated, and it doesn’t sound fun. But we learn at high levels while behavior issues stay at a minimum.

[Avery Pullin @PullinDatCash]

@mikeshaub I knew we (Arkansas) were going to lose, but the sliver of Aggie in me was mortified it took penalties only Arkansas could deliver to score at the goal line. Long year for both of us I’m afraid.

[Avery Pullin @PullinDatCash]

The Buttercream Gang. Forever.

[Nostalgic 90s @90stalgic]

Nobody understands the bond between a millennial and the mediocre movie their family just happened to own on VHS when they were 12 years old.

[Avery Pullin @PullinDatCash]

I asked my new crop of students who famously wrote legends of the Greeks, their wars, and their gods. They answered Rick Riordan.

I was going for Homer.

But okay. We will start with the modern versions.

[Avery Pullin @PullinDatCash]

@anenglishteachr Spend the first 5-10 minutes doing 2 DOL sentences a day and give a quiz routinely on them. Small amount of time for big impact in language skills.

And read novels.

[Avery Pullin @PullinDatCash]

Maybe the athleticism of just playing will help too.

But my kid just read “My Teacher is an Alien” and said it was the 3rd best book he’s ever read. I don’t know. 🤷🏽‍♀️ I just don’t think he’s ready for the pressure of elite sports at 10. But he had a stinkin’ good day. 3/3

[Avery Pullin @PullinDatCash]

Here’s the deal…
Kids need to play. Organized sports. Unorganized sports. At recess and PE. They need to jump in the pool trying to catch a ball. They need to shoot at a goal on uneven ground. They need to run through a park or woods or city streets with their sibling. 1/2

[Avery Pullin @PullinDatCash]

And they need to do it without college sports or heck—little league sports—on their mind.

I will cheer so hard for your kid when she gets that scholarship or when he goes pro. That is so fun.

But let them be kids right now.

[Avery Pullin @PullinDatCash]

@TheGreatB00ks If you listen to Just in Case by Morgan Wallen, you’d have the answer. All of the side trips and side chicks are a good distraction. But he’s holding out on forever elsewhere just in case…

[Avery Pullin @PullinDatCash]

@JethroFarms @TheBuddyCSM But now you have great stories to share with your grandkids’ classes!

[Avery Pullin @PullinDatCash]

If I’m wrong about @MorganWallen writing “Just in Case” about Odysseus, I don’t want to be right.

[Avery Pullin @PullinDatCash]

As a lover of the Great Books, I have to fight the urge to tell the ladies with an Hermes bag the many things Hermes is known for in classic literature. On the other hand when I read about Hermes, I think about those hard to obtain purses I’ll never have…

[Pastor Mark Driscoll @PastorMark]

When one generation tolerates a sin, the next generation will celebrate that sin, and then the generation after that won't know it's a sin anymore.

[The Modest Teacher @ModestTeacher]

Bring back memorization

Math facts
State capitals
The Preamble
Poems
Etc., etc.

[Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform” @MrDanielBuck]

Students learn more from teachers who are tougher graders

Don't believe any of the "equity grading" nonsense.

Lies and wishful thinking, all of it

[Ascend: The Great Books Podcast @TheGreatB00ks]

Can you really understand the West if you haven't read Homer and the Bible?

[Avery Pullin @PullinDatCash]

My students graduated last night. Off to the big world of junior high. I sit here without students 10 minutes into the school day. Is this how empty nesters feel? My work is complete. My body is tired. My mind is on summer. But my heart hurts.

[Avery Pullin @PullinDatCash]

As a lifelong Utah Jazz fan who still tears up remembering the Bulls in the 90s, I am actually pretty excited about all the Chicago buzz. Pope Leo XIV. Wow.

[Avery Pullin @PullinDatCash]

A student wore a Razorback shirt to school today. I was honored. I gave her a hug. It is rare to impact a child in West Texas to the point they love the Hogs!

I dropped them off at Art. It is paint splattering day. She wore the shirt to ruin it. And now I’m crying in a corner.