First Year Teacher Classroom Wishlist here! I will be teaching English for grades 8 and 11 in Springville, Utah.
This list is full of classroom materials, student incentives, decor to brighten up my classroom, and other supplies for my classroom
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@johnjparker12 Public education does not exist to benefit parents, or for that matter students. It exists to benefit the social order. As a social order, we pay experts to determine curricular and library content. The experts are not congresspeople or parents; they are teachers and librarians.
In January I started going on Tumblr instead of Twitter whenever I felt like opening up the latter and that was an excellent decision for my mental health.
@Swilua I really enjoyed this novel, it's about female mystics in medieval times, particularly in what is now Provence, France - it deals with the crusades and features the Occitan language!
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
I am obsessed with this book, please go read it so we can talk about it! The characters, the sci-fi, the plot twists and developments, the stakes and dynamics, everything about this novel is *chef's kiss*
Easily one of my favorite novels ever.
My New Years Resolution for 2022 is to actually keep track of the books I read and record my thoughts on them as I read them. I read so many books sometimes and I forget what I've read and what I haven't.
In honor of this goal, here are some of the best books I read in 2021:
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Our prison and justice system has a shortage of both justice and mercy. Stevenson walks us through several cases of prisoners on death row who should have never been there in the first place, forcing us to face the injustice in our country.
I'm physically incapable of teaching Walt Whitman without reading O Captain! My Captain! But I am also physically incapable of making it through that poem without crying
@TessaDare Like I'd just turn up whatever podcast or audiobook I was listening to and deal with it. The parent doesn't need me stressing them out on top of Everything Else
@TessaDare I'm always amazed at how rude people can be on flights. Like yeah I might be annoyed if the mom and toddler behind me were watching some show on loop but I cannot fathom saying anything to them! I'm not a parent but I've traveled with small children and it's a lot!!