Calie-fornia Girl!

High School Teacher 💕 🌱 ⏺ Wife/Mom/Coach ⏺

[Calie-fornia Girl! @WrightCalie]

Coworker: You look so unapproachable.

Me: Yet... here you are.

[Calie-fornia Girl! @WrightCalie]

@DesideriaMesa As a high school teacher, I can tell you that most “guidance counselors” are not true counselors and not fully trained on how to help these students. Some of the biggest “mean girls” I’ve encountered as an adult have been the school counselors. Sad but true.

[MsEsco @MsEscoTeaches]

“Post-COVID” students are different. If you haven’t been teaching in a classroom in the last 3 years, you don’t understand. Please listen to teachers.

[Calie-fornia Girl! @WrightCalie]

I waved at 6 other jeep owners today. None of them waved back. 🥺 #jeeplife

[Calie-fornia Girl! @WrightCalie]

@maestraw Hmmmm…. Sounds more like a parent email. 🤔

[Calie-fornia Girl! @WrightCalie]

@SarahDoingStuff @GiftedTawk Nope. The 🤦🏼‍♀️ was more of a “thank you TikTok” than anything TBH. Like these are literal dance moves from a high school football player sitting in his chair while taking a test, not just the wiggles.

[Calie-fornia Girl! @WrightCalie]

@peachlemonbee Oooooh 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 Congrats! This was ME two years ago. Best decision ever! Your working environment and administration can make or break you! Best of luck!

[Gondy @Gondy0]

@MartinOdimaJr Yes, and damnit I’ll “fix” them or die trying. Pisses me off when admin thinks I can “fix” kids, but it’s also a weird compliment at the same time… but also, those kids that others say need “fixing” are the kids I most connect with so. Idk.

[Calie-fornia Girl! @WrightCalie]

“a” student? As in… just one? 🤣💕

[Martin Odima Jr. @MartinOdimaJr]

Have you ever had a student placed in your classroom merely because there was an assumption and expectation that you could fix them?

[Calie-fornia Girl! @WrightCalie]

@SarahDoingStuff @GiftedTawk First of all Sarah, I never once said anything was WRONG. Nor did I ever say they were punished or reprimanded for the behavior. So please stop being so defensive or assuming everything is negative. Don’t like a comment? …feel free to just ignore it.

[Calie-fornia Girl! @WrightCalie]

@mollymcghee TOTALLY normal for moms to leave things on the stairs that the kids should have already carried up! 🤣

[Calie-fornia Girl! @WrightCalie]

@MissNikkiIn5th Our doors open in and stay locked. Each room also has a hole drilled in the floor just inside the classroom door. In a lockdown, a large bolt is placed in the hole. Even if an intruder breaks the glass, he can’t reach the bolt on the floor to unjam the door.

[Calie-fornia Girl! @WrightCalie]

@Cabal_Educator And then have the nerve to ask me to help sponsor their vacation… I mean “mission trip”

[Calie-fornia Girl! @WrightCalie]

@KimPoss41184381

[Calie-fornia Girl! @WrightCalie]

I took 21 hours of grad school classes this year and my admin just gave me a 2 out of 4 on my final evaluation in the area of professional development. 😤What would you do?

[Calie-fornia Girl! @WrightCalie]

@TchnMaryPoppins None stated. I know my admin often says we can’t have straight 4s so that we show growth in SOME area. They tend to pick something that can always use growth (like parent communication). But a 2 instead of 3? On a year I was working on my masters? Psh…

[Calie-fornia Girl! @WrightCalie]

@KimPoss41184381 No real impact. In fact I don’t know that anyone else would ever see that I didn’t get a perfect 4 (or care) which is why I am more apt to just let it go. But still kinda bothers me…

[Calie-fornia Girl! @WrightCalie]

@pernilleripp “Just leave her alone and let her fail…” (from the school counselor) 🤦🏼‍♀️

[Calie-fornia Girl! @WrightCalie]

@KimArata @amazon Make sure it includes pencils so all of our non-teacher friends can help supply them in the future! 😂💛

[Roy F Smith @english_roy]

I am far more concerned about what kids are seeing on the Internet, video games, or cable tv than any book their qualified English teacher assigns them to read.