Gerrit Jones-Rooy

17 year educator. Amateur conservationist. Founder of Gerrit Jones-Rooy Education & Literacy LLC. New Orleans & anywhere kids are forming a love of reading

[Gerrit Jones-Rooy @ReadOn_GerritJR]

The internet can ruin your brain. @elonmusk is the new exhibit A. Leaving until this guy isn’t in charge

[Eric Wahl @ziplamak]

To clarify, Grant was a healthy person in his regular life. I know he'd been under the weather recently & that he was told it was bronchitis & given medication. I'm aware of his posts about feeling like his body shut down. He was a workaholic & had used that phrase before w me...

[Céline Gounder, MD, ScM, FIDSA 🇺🇦 @celinegounder]

https://t.co/VISZY1Ezuf

[Gerrit Jones-Rooy @ReadOn_GerritJR]

@_ChrisJK @MattDoyle76 Yeah- elaborate, would you?

[Matthew Doyle @MattDoyle76]

Got this one ready to go and am releasing it now in hopes of sparking something from this game.

[Mondaire Jones @MondaireJones]

She couldn’t let Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock get a full week of attention.

[Gerrit Jones-Rooy @ReadOn_GerritJR]

@educationweek If any teacher says “no”, they should find a new line of work immediately.

[Gerrit Jones-Rooy @ReadOn_GerritJR]

@MattDoyle76 @Nike Waldos home/ Bomb Pop Away

[Gerrit Jones-Rooy @ReadOn_GerritJR]

@MenInBlazers Got this at the very first DC United Game at RFK. purchased after seeing the bouncing stands for the first time & being hoisted into the air Simba-style by an absolute stranger after a goal. Parents have been kind enough to keep it up during the bedroom to study transition

[Men in Blazers @MenInBlazers]

For people in the DMV, this was American Soccer's childhood bedroom. While football in this nation outgrew it, it still hurts to see our parents turn it into a study. ❤️❤️❤️

[Joe Lo @joeloyo]

The UK’s approval of a new coal mine for steel-making has not gone down well internationally. A 🧵

[Gerrit Jones-Rooy @ReadOn_GerritJR]

@thejamham Did they also guess your age solely on your height?

[Glen Peters @Peters_Glen]

We were wrong...

Some of us thought fossil CO₂ emissions were nearing a peak, the dynamics were there (coal to gas & renewables), but they just seem to keep going up, even with the help of COVID.

What are the forces that keep pushing emissions up?

https://t.co/Vw9gGqsIw3

[James Hamilton @thejamham]

Last night I performed to a room full of 21 yo college guys and was able to reconnect with something I miss from being a teacher: worrying if boys/men much younger than me think I’m cool.

[Gerrit Jones-Rooy @ReadOn_GerritJR]

@MattDoyle76 “He said it!”

[Sheridan Steelman @steelmsl]

And so it begins! Cold mornings, hot coffee, enlightening book. Penny Kittle’s insights about reading and writing continue to inspire! ⁦@pennykittle⁩ ⁦@KellyGToGo⁩ ⁦@jmrliteracy⁩

[Gerrit Jones-Rooy @ReadOn_GerritJR]

@manathedana @MLSTransfers He is on a Dutch team and lost a bet to his teammates. This is a nonissue and a misleading tweet

[Alex Calabrese @amcalabrese12]

70% of the world is covered by water, the rest by Tyler Adams 🇺🇸

[James Hamilton @thejamham]

There aren’t Thanksgiving carols, so @justinalamb made this amazing playlist about giving thanks, feeling gratitude, and generally saying thank you. Highly highly recommend

https://t.co/WvASMw5QEV

[Gerrit Jones-Rooy @ReadOn_GerritJR]

@herculezg Or he’s lying so England isn’t sure who to expect