Brooke Akins

[Brooke Akins @bmakins]

@support_a_teach Hello!

I’m entering year 7 at a Title I school north of Atlanta. My list has a range — basics, art materials, snacks, books, alternative seating options, & reading/math tools are all there. We’d appreciate any help & love sent our way! 🤍

https://t.co/00riWIwixC

[Brooke Akins @bmakins]

@HollyStallcup Agreed. We do get done before Memorial Day, and have a week break in September, November, February, and April, plus about 2 weeks at Christmas. But sometimes I’d rather start later and not have all the breaks

[Brooke Akins @bmakins]

@TiredSpedTeach I feel the same! I’m doing ok to stay afloat month to month but there isn’t a lot of wiggle room for emergencies/savings/getting ahead. I just signed up for extra stuff at school to get a little bit more $ in my check, & I’m still going to be looking for a 2nd job soon I think

[Brooke Akins @bmakins]

@HollyStallcup Strawberries and whipped cream

[Brooke Akins @bmakins]

(And also. I really like this gift I’m giving someone and I’m disappointed they’re going to have to open a picture of it with a note that says “whenever the mail comes, you’ll get it” instead of the actual gift)

[Brooke Akins @bmakins]

I have a package that’s been sitting in Atlanta since Monday (the original delivery date). Just…sitting there. I finally got someone @usps to call me with info & they said it could take 5-7 business days just to get to my city (which is only 30 min from ATL)…

[Brooke Akins @bmakins]

There are far more serious problems in the world right now but it is frustrating that the service that’s supposed to help us with mail & packages is just not doing it correctly & accepting that, especially at a time when ppl are trying to get gifts & special things to loved ones

[Brooke Akins @bmakins]

@FayelleEwuakye I’m not a plant person but my plant app says String of Pearls

[Brooke Akins @bmakins]

@molly_jasi It looks like you’ve got people giving you recs offline, but I second the Human Rights Museum! Also the botanical gardens & Oakland cemetery. I’m just outside ATL, but let me know if you want anything out of the immediate city or need any help while you’re here 🤍

[Brooke Akins @bmakins]

@HollyStallcup The questions are fine but that video is way too fast & there are too many references to other things they probably wouldn’t get

I’d be curious if this is a state/district sanctioned video (especially in Texas) or if the teacher is using it on their own

[Brooke Akins @bmakins]

@HollyStallcup Oh my gosh. No. I watched 3 minutes of it & this is not meant for ten year-olds.

I’m a little shocked they’re allowed to use it bc of the sexual stuff in it. The first reference my eyes widened and I think I audibly gasped. We’d be fired for that 😂

[Brooke Akins @bmakins]

@HollyStallcup I threw mine in this morning for this very reason 😂

[Brooke Akins @bmakins]

@kaylajohnsonatl I moved last weekend and felt the same way about where I had been living (6 yrs!) — good luck with the move & I hope your new place is amazing! 🤍

[Brooke Akins @bmakins]

@FayelleEwuakye (I don’t know you but I saw this on my feed so I hope this is ok)

I put the stylers on my hair while it’s soaking wet in the shower, then squish as much water out as possible, & then plop it in a microfiber towel instead of a tshirt, which helped me a lot w/ the dripping

[Brooke Akins @bmakins]

@molly_jasi I don’t even like concerts and I might try for this one 😂

[Brooke Akins @bmakins]

@kaylajohnsonatl I was very skeptical when I started it but I love it so much. I’ve cried and been moved by it more times than I can count, and have now watched the series through multiple times. It just keeps getting better

[Brooke Akins @bmakins]

I am in the process of moving and being at the beginning of a school year and being roommate-less/single so doing all the moving things myself and I am so overwhelmed

I know it’s time to move & there are good reasons to do so but it’s so much