Fragile Like a Bomb

she/her. idk what I’m doing on here. sometimes I get snarky. working hard to be anti-racist, anti-patriarchy, and pro-love. high school math teacher.

[Fragile Like a Bomb @cmatchell]

@mattnightingale Agreed. I know it was well-meaning but unraveling it all in my 30s and 40s is a much bigger task than I realized it would be

[Fragile Like a Bomb @cmatchell]

Ugh. I have to learn another new social media platform because everyone has left? Billionaires ruin everything

[Fragile Like a Bomb @cmatchell]

@levarburton This Oklahoma teacher walked out when he got up to make a speech to us at a conference yesterday. I’m glad we’re on the same page!

[Fragile Like a Bomb @cmatchell]

@cat3y This is beautiful and profound, I'll be thinking about this for a while! I'm working on a paper for grad school about differentiation for gifted students in regular classrooms, any thoughts, comments, or recommendations?

[Fragile Like a Bomb @cmatchell]

@CarlaBrigandi @krambohernandez @nks1300 So glad I found this! I'm curious if you have any good resources or knowledge of studies for gifted education in high school. I read your articles on the Type III Enrichment study & was hoping to find more qualitative studies like this. Thanks for your work on this topic!

[Kayla Johnson-White @kaylajohnsonatl]

Happy Pride! A Reminder that "homosexual" wasn't added to the Bible until 1940's in English, not in the original language. the original word is Pornea which translates to abuse and pedophiles, not loving consensual relationship between two adults. Also King James KJV was gay.

[Fragile Like a Bomb @cmatchell]

@sbkaufman I agree, gifted students have special needs that must be addressed if we are to effectively support them! What do you mean by "their mere existence threatens other students and parents of other children," though? Is that a common sentiment?

[Fragile Like a Bomb @cmatchell]

@CarissasNewLife You’re not like other guys/girls. = trying to make you feel special without really saying anything of substance.
Want to grab breakfast tomorrow?= Sex tonight.

[Fragile Like a Bomb @cmatchell]

@GiftedTawk That I’m an extrovert! My teaching personality is very different from my non-teaching personality. People see me and if I’m not smiling or laughing or being loud they assume I’m angry. I’m just an introvert, guys. Taking time off from entertaining every second

[Fragile Like a Bomb @cmatchell]

@seanthurmond I mean, they’re following you, so … 🤷🏻‍♀️

[Fragile Like a Bomb @cmatchell]

@seanthurmond Maybe post-wedding? Post-marriage kinda sounds like you’re not married anymore. 😬

[Danny Steele @SteeleThoughts]

Here's to all the teachers who are flying under the radar... not getting much attention. Their engaging lessons aren’t on TikTok. Their cool interactions with kids aren’t captured on YouTube. But they’re still crushing it. And they’re making a difference for a lot of students.

[Fragile Like a Bomb @cmatchell]

I’m doing a budgeting project with my students right now, and my favorite thing is to stop the class and announce things like, “By the way, dental isn’t included in your health insurance!” And watch their shocked little faces

[Fragile Like a Bomb @cmatchell]

@Theholisticpsyc I appreciate this SO much. Being single for the majority of my life, I can’t count the number of times people told me I needed to heal before I was “ready” for a relationship. If being completely healed is the standard, who is ever ready for that?

[Fragile Like a Bomb @cmatchell]

I hate lockdown drills. The kids take them lightly, which I think means they feel safe here. But I’ve seen too much to believe it couldn’t happen to us.

[Mauree Turner | They / Them @MaureeTurnerOK]

When I walk into the chamber and there's a gaggle of troopers talking about me, I think about how Republicans have use every resource in their *power to make this place unsafe to Trans Oklahomans.
To Us. To Me.

[Fragile Like a Bomb @cmatchell]

My students work their tails off and deserve only good things. This would be the school’s first real prom in years but we need to secure the venue. If you can pitch in, awesome. If you can RT, awesome
Dove Science Academy Prom 2023 https://t.co/iRIZQlkLML

[Fragile Like a Bomb @cmatchell]

@pedrothelion The Longest Winter! It’s gotten me through some dark times

[Fragile Like a Bomb @cmatchell]

@oliviastowell ThredUP ! It’s online second hand clothes! A little risky if you’re not familiar with the brand, but I’ve gotten some amazing pieces there!