Trish🏳️‍🌈

She/Her. Teacher. Dog Mum. Wife to Seamus. Wine enthusiast. Intersectional feminist. Baker. D&D Player.

[Trish🏳️‍🌈 @ab_teacher2]

🧵1/7 In 10 years of teaching, I’ve never felt so completely exhausted. I’ve always been highly motivated by my love of my job. I come early, stay late, work weekends, plan well ahead, get my report cards done early, stay in touch with parents, lead various programs

[Trish🏳️‍🌈 @ab_teacher2]

@Seamus_McBurly @SoVeryBritish NO!!!!!!

[Trish🏳️‍🌈 @ab_teacher2]

@Seamus_McBurly @fesshole Hahahaha!🤣

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

If you think fertilized eggs are people but parents who've crossed the oceans with their kids aren't, stop pretending your concerns are religious.

[Trish🏳️‍🌈 @ab_teacher2]

@shesbonky Definitely for me! My hair is a big part of the way I express my femininity and what makes me feel feminine. When it goes wrong, I know it’ll grow back, but until then I don’t feel like me and I don’t feel like I can express myself the way I want. *cue tears* lol

[Carly Pildis @CarlyPildis]

There are definitely Pride events that are not kid appropriate. There are Purim events that aren't kid appropriate. Christmas parties that aren't kid appropriate.

But Pride is not inherently dirty and inappropriate. Gay familes are not inherently inappropriate. That's bigoted.

[Carly Pildis @CarlyPildis]

That's why it's good to talk about pride in age appropriate ways from the very beginning. So our kids know that they will be okay, they will be loved. It's not about sex, or politics, or adultification - its about unconditional love.

[Trish🏳️‍🌈 @ab_teacher2]

@EDUwithEmily Yes! Everyday. Kiddos loooove it!

[Trish🏳️‍🌈 @ab_teacher2]

furious with me, and not at all supportive. Once I started teaching, I burnt out in 3 years and quit due to these ridiculous expectations I was taught.
I went back to teaching, and 8 years later, I’m still struggling to fight against that expectation that was engrained into me.

[Trish🏳️‍🌈 @ab_teacher2]

1/2 🧵I had to work during my 2nd practicum and my mentor teacher told me that I wasn’t dedicated enough to teaching b/c of it.
I was getting to school at 7am, staying until 4pm, then running to my job from 5pm until 11pm, then prep until 12am.
When I got sick, she was

[Rowan Cheung @rowancheung]

The average person has never even used ChatGPT yet.

But I've learned advanced techniques since day 1 of the ChatGPT release.

I'm twice as efficient as I've ever been.

Here are the top 7 prompt techniques that I use every day:

[Trish🏳️‍🌈 @ab_teacher2]

@heymrsbond Yes.

[Annalise Klingbeil @AnnaliseAK]

Please explain to me why giving away hundreds of millions of public dollars to a team owned by a billionaire so people can pay $200 a pop to watch millionaires play hockey while drinking $17 beers in the midst of an affordable housing crisis is a good idea? #yyccc

[Tom Rogers @RogersHistory]

What too many ppl don’t get - if teachers continue to join the profession and leave the profession at the current rate, there won’t be any properly qualified teachers left to teach their children. On realisation, there will be panic, but too late. Better to act now but ppl are set on the idea that ppl in education are the ones causing the problem.

[Tom Rogers @RogersHistory]

‘Teachers need to do this’ seems to be the answer to every problem in society. Every week there’s a new headline about a new policy or directive brought on because ppl have expressed concern about something.

Teachers to be - parents, social workers, data analysts, police etc.

Until we start switching shifting significant responsibility and accountability back onto society, teachers will continue to be under unsustainable pressure.

[Marius Hauken @mhauken]

Stop obsessing over productivity!

Relax with these 5 iPhone apps you've never heard of:

[Maggie 💕💜💙 @magdalene_r_s]

Teaching feels like me+100 kids are being shoved into deep water. Lots don’t know how to swim, I’m being told to save them. BUT I also have chains/cinderblocks tied to my feet, some of my s’s are actively shoving me off refusing my help. People/parents are screaming at me

[Peter Frampton @peterframpton]

I have posted this before but ..

26 years ago, a gunman entered
Dunblane Primary School in Scotland,
killing 16 kids and a teacher. The UK
govt responded by enacting tight gun
control legislation. In the 9400+ days
since, there have been a total of O
school shootings in the UK.

[Trish🏳️‍🌈 @ab_teacher2]

The way people talk to us blows my mind sometimes. People have absolutely no clue what we do, or the expertise we have.

[Jay Wamsted @JayWamsted]

I have never been a teacher, but don't worry!
I have some advice for you.

A🧵

[Mads 🌟 @missmarshEYFS]

as much as i adore teaching, does anyone else find that the emotional labour of being a teacher is by far the most tiring part? nevermind the 65+ hour work weeks, having to be so positive all the time and having to manage so many young children takes everything out of me