Meredith March

Learner 📓Educator 👩🏼‍🏫

[Meredith March @MeredithMarch]

It turns out having emergency tooth extractions helps with Sunday scaries cause I just slept all day 🙃 what a summer of dentist appointments - 7 of them and it still ended with the emergency extraction yesterday… back to work tomorrow!

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No one ever truly prepares you for the number of Home Depot / Lowes trips you make in the first week of home ownership…

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Had an interview for virtual summer school and was asked questions about teaching online…

In March 2020 I had a presentation in my master’s course and I presented my slides on my TV screen behind me Because what was sharing your screen?

Growth

[Jo Boaler @joboaler]

Lessons in Chemistry is the best book I have read in years - if you have not read it yet, add it to your summer reading list! I am now on a mission to meet @BonnieGarmus & read anything she writes!

[Meredith March @MeredithMarch]

Follow up: I am sunburnt.

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The chronicles of taking my classes outside today:

Class 1: not a ton of work but assignments were submitted

Class 2: more structured outdoor math activity so was very successful

Class 3: they’re not even pretending to work…

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Tanner just texted me asking if I’m calling in sick tomorrow (I’m sick)…

Imagine being a shift worker and just not even realizing it’s Saturday tomorrow…

[Meredith March @MeredithMarch]

Tomorrow we try a new tool

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My peer tutor is doing a sociology observation today “this seems like mostly a social space not an academic space”

Yes, but I’m trying not to be as grumpy as last week and this is a trade off I needed to make today with this group.

[Meredith March @MeredithMarch]

I woke up expecting it to be a snow day and it wasn’t… I’m not a fan of this feeling

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My cat didn’t like that we got a covered kitty litter so we started giving her treats every time we saw her use it to reinforce… yesterday she tried to enter and exit to get a treat.. my training is working.

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28: the year I got grey hairs on my head. (A grey eyebrow hair made an appearance last year)

Is it from being almost 29 or is it from being a teacher the past 4.5 years?

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*not a snow day*

… just missing 14/22 due to weather…

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AS IF Twitter is showing this on my feed as “cultural history” …

I am in this scene (not this clip)… am I “cultural history”???

[2000s @PopCulture2000s]

camp rock can’t be real lmao

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I’m putting forward a motion to add nap time to the first day after holidays.

Pulling an all-dayer is hardddd

[Meredith March @MeredithMarch]

Retweeting hoping for the same good luck 🤧

[Brianne @Briwii]

Going into 2023 sick has got to be good luck

[Meredith March @MeredithMarch]

It’s my favourite when the internet is down and we just have to *figure it out* in a world of technology

[Meredith March @MeredithMarch]

Do I add “Canadian Ski Patrol Member” to my teacher resume or just gloat about it on Twitter?

[David Fisman @DFisman]

This is fun, and will undoubtedly generate howls of rage, but early covid data from Ontario showed a marked reduction in risk of death in healthcare workers with covid relative to non-HCW, even after adjustment for age, sex and comorbidity.

[Meredith March @MeredithMarch]

My class was working on a lesson about Self-Regulation today and it was the day I lost my patience with them because of their lack of self-regulation… humorous, really.