If you’re disturbed by rantings of a vocal minority, and think you belong to a silent majority, it’s time to raise your voice. As I occasionally remind my students, yelling out your preference over and over again doesn’t mean your vote gets any more weight than the quiet kids’.
What about the right *not* to be shot and killed? To be clear, the Second Amendment does not:
❌entitle civilians to unfettered access to guns
❌give a license for insurrection
❌override the public’s right to live
Americans’ first freedom is the right to live.
Today during my planning period, I managed to get all my desks 6’ apart per the CDC’s social distancing guidelines - yes, even for schools. The problem? If we return to 100% in person learning, 6 kids will have to be parked out in the hall to be safe.
My first political “fight” was to guarantee new moms and their babies a 48-hour hospital stay. Everyone I spoke with understood that storming the maternity wing was not part of the plan. Context matters, huh?
My teaching was not up to my usual standards today. Was feeling pretty bad about it. Then, a little girl came to me crying - feeling bad about herself. In the strongest terms possible, I reminded her she doesn’t have to be perfect. ... oh
You voted for this, enabled it, encouraged it. Trump is not a dynamic character. He has been the exact same person since before he became a presidential candidate.
Every politician, every voter, every person who ever excused Trump‘s lies, antidemocratic and antipatriotic behavior, this is on you. Yes, you. If you find yourself disturbed or disgusted by what is happening at the capital, please shove that disgust up your ass.
German 4/5 students help prepare gifts for a local family. Huge thanks to all the German students and their families for your amazing generosity. I am lucky to be part of your community! @center_grove@CenterGroveHS
#Merkel: "You can override many things, but not gravity, not the speed of light." New record figures for deaths and infections in #Germany prompt #AngelaMerkel to make an emotional speech in the #Bundestag. In doing so, she also addressed the skeptics of the #pandemic.
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CGHS German students and their families are doing a reverse Advent calendar. Each day on the calendar represents a gift given to a local family in need. I’m so touched by the generosity and caring of “my” kids! @center_grove @CenterGroveHS
You can hear people cheering from where we are inside the WH grounds. Trump is not here to hear this for himself. But the cheers are coming from all directions.
Please pause, watch, and share this video. Look into their eyes, once full of life, and let’s reflect on what we have lost and continue to lose. Heart wrenching as it may be. This is our reality and they deserve our notice and remembrance.