catie burden

• wife • mom of redheads • 3rd grade teacher •

[catie burden @catieburden]

So far this month, I have checked out over 50 picture books from the public library to read to my class. @hellojenjones says that everything you need to teach a child can be found in a book. She’s 100% accurate, it’s all there.

[catie burden @catieburden]

Hey, look Ma I made it. 🎉

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When I had Emmy, I wouldn’t wait to get back to work. Now, I just want to stay home with the girls and never go back.

[catie burden @catieburden]

It’s 11:38 pm. I can’t sleep, but I just thought of the best Halloween costumes for our family.

Send help.

[catie burden @catieburden]

When the girls grow up and find someone who wants to marry them, he better be smart enough to ask me instead of their dad. It’s my opinion that really matters. 😂

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@Ethan_Saunders_ This made me so uncomfortable and mad and I don’t think this can be real. Who would ever say those things?

[catie burden @catieburden]

@sarahannnnnn11 I know. I think hard topics have always been avoided because they make other people feel uncomfortable. I know that I have felt better after sharing some of my struggles and sometimes it helps others too! If someone doesn’t like me for it, they weren’t going to like me regardless

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@macystiles19 Sorry! I didn’t mean to vote 😬

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I literally paid more for her 2 day stay in the hospital than I did to have her and her sister combined. 🤦🏼‍♀️

[catie burden @catieburden]

At the end of February, my youngest daughter (infant) was hospitalized for influenza A. We got the bill today. . .

You’re telling me that Tylenol, Motrin, and two doses of Tamilfu cost $453? You’re telling me, my infant drank up $453 worth of medication in two days? 🤔

[catie burden @catieburden]

I specifically remember the Tamiflu script I picked up after she was discharged was $92 (after insurance). You cannot tell me the other two OVER THE COUNTER medications cost $361.

[Neil Webb @neilmwebb]

"You are not working from home; you are at your home during a crisis trying to work."

I've heard this twice today. I think it's an important distinction worth emphasising.

[catie burden @catieburden]

Day 13 of quarantine: Maybe I want to be a nutritionist. . . 🤔

[Jarrett Lerner @Jarrett_Lerner]

Here’s hoping that one of the positive consequences of all this unexpected homeschooling is that teachers are more widely respected and supported. (And we could probably stand to pay them a bit more too.)

[Governor Mike DeWine @GovMikeDeWine]

Shout out to teachers: #ThankYou for all you're doing to keep our kids educated during the #COVID19 pandemic. #COVID19Ohio

[catie burden @catieburden]

I’m so thankful for understanding authors and the amazing stories they tell! ❤️

[Liesl Shurtliff @LieslShurtliff]

Dearest educators, if you were in the midst of reading one of my Fairly True Tales when school got canceled, you have my permission to record yourself reading aloud and send to your students via whatever platform y'all use. Bless you for doing what you can to help your students.

[catie burden @catieburden]

I have a feeling something bad is going to happen tomorrow. I can’t sleep and I just want to stay home with my girls.

[catie burden @catieburden]

Every day that I have been home with Emmy, she has said “dad will be home soon”.

NOT SOON ENOUGH, SIS. 😒

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I’m not usually one to get political, but. . .

Who asks a group of 50 elementary educators if they would be interested in a yearly attendance incentive, when over 90% of that group is made up of women. . . And a majority of that group are moms with young kids WHO GET SICK.

[catie burden @catieburden]

Have you ever looked around the room and suddenly realized you are not where you’re supposed to be?

You’re not sure where that is exactly, but this just isn’t it.

[catie burden @catieburden]

Teaching writing should be a form of punishment.