Onyx44

[Onyx44 @Sam53837920]

@ericglenn @msschilllax @monicagellman @JanetteDaniell1 Teachers shouldn’t just deal with their own students. It’s a community. We should feel an obligation to all of the students. To simply walk by without saying anything when we see students disrespecting the school community is a disservice to both those students and our community.

[Onyx44 @Sam53837920]

@ericglenn @msschilllax @monicagellman @JanetteDaniell1 They may not respect the OP but they should have respect for their school, the school community, and the rules put in place by that community. They should have enough respect for their own teacher, themselves, and the students in their class to be on time.

[Onyx44 @Sam53837920]

@msschilllax @monicagellman @JanetteDaniell1 So only adults a child knows can enforce rules that apply to the community as a whole? How does that make sense? Should we go fetch the late child’s teacher, take them away from teaching students who were on time, so they can tell the late student to go to class? Ridiculous.

[Onyx44 @Sam53837920]

@KyleGoodnight1 @MattGertz @Popehat The horror! Did you feel sexually harassed that they dared to discuss the people in their family? I can’t think of anything more damaging to children than hearing who their teacher is married to.

[Onyx44 @Sam53837920]

@jeromearmstrong @Crazydoglady242 @RMConservative @9KUSATHINKS …the skills of what? Human speech? Because, yes, most people can learn those skills at home. You don’t need to be a licensed speech therapist to teach a typically developing child how to talk.

[Onyx44 @Sam53837920]

@FrancheskaG_76 @teachforever54 @vivastweets Reread what I wrote more carefully because that is not what I said. I have nothing against saying the system is broken and needs fixing. I agree with that statement. Regardless, it’s silly to continue to indulge your need to argue. The last word is yours if you’d like to have it.

[Onyx44 @Sam53837920]

@FrancheskaG_76 @teachforever54 @vivastweets Either way, you and I clearly view “ignoring reality” very differently. I could be wrong but I doubt continuing to discuss this further will be very fruitful for either of us.

[Onyx44 @Sam53837920]

@FrancheskaG_76 @teachforever54 @vivastweets Who says I said you did? The excuse comment was a generalized statement about teachers who claim parents hate us for no reason and harbor resentment for it - and about teachers who say the system is so broken that nothing is within their control. It’s counterproductive.

[Onyx44 @Sam53837920]

@FrancheskaG_76 @teachforever54 @vivastweets You’re free to look at things from a glass half empty perspective if you’d like. I acknowledge systematic failure. I just refuse to let that fact become so all encompassing that I start to use it as an excuse. The dislike for teachers isn’t all due to systematic failure.

[Onyx44 @Sam53837920]

@teachforever54 @vivastweets Absolutely!

[Onyx44 @Sam53837920]

@teachforever54 @vivastweets I once again agree 💯 it’s baffling to me how we keep going around and around in circles. People are so afraid of admitting to failure when it’s the only way we can grow. If kids aren’t learning, I look at my teaching first. It’s up to me to make school worth their time

[Onyx44 @Sam53837920]

@teachforever54 @vivastweets Love the points you made. Teachers spend too much time listing reasons why our hands are tied with red tape. It’s how we deflect and avoid thinking critically about how we contribute to the problem - which is the only way to find a solution and break the cycle.

[Onyx44 @Sam53837920]

@KickTheDustUpK @WreckaCenter @BrysonKatrice As a teacher, I agree. This is disturbing. The mandate doesn’t bother me either way but forcing children to wear it when they no longer are mandated to is wrong

[Onyx44 @Sam53837920]

@vanillachai1027 @Melanie70073464 @JulieWashington @Mssarahmssarah I’m elementary but we had assigned meeting times for each small group. If they missed their assigned time they could join another. I would usually give a synopsis of what the other groups were doing and let them pick what they felt would be the best option for them

[Onyx44 @Sam53837920]

@vanillachai1027 @Melanie70073464 @JulieWashington @Mssarahmssarah That’s unfortunate and unfair that anyone would do that to their students. Such a disservice.

[Onyx44 @Sam53837920]

@vanillachai1027 @Melanie70073464 @JulieWashington @Mssarahmssarah Yes but as I said, that is a failure of the teacher. Not the system itself. That is my point. A system is only as good as the person providing the service.

[Onyx44 @Sam53837920]

@vanillachai1027 @Melanie70073464 @JulieWashington @Mssarahmssarah For asynchronous work they read books, had science related YouTube videos to react to, had math puzzles to work on. All async work was open ended with multiple options for each assignment to provide choice and increase engagement. Students could complete work in multiple ways

[Onyx44 @Sam53837920]

@vanillachai1027 @Melanie70073464 @JulieWashington @Mssarahmssarah Last year, all my students needed was a blank piece of paper and a pencil. Any time someone needed to record their thoughts on paper, they did so live on zoom during our meetings. They shared their work with peers and I took pictures. I operate the same way in person.

[Onyx44 @Sam53837920]

@vanillachai1027 @Melanie70073464 @JulieWashington @Mssarahmssarah My students work in small groups and learn through teacher guided exploration and group work. I ran my remote classroom the same way - busy work has no place in my classroom. Teachers need to stop handing out worksheets whether their students are in-person or otherwise