alyssa

she/her/hers • teacher • reader • lifelong learner • ally • “...cultivating the courage to be imperfect.” -Brenè Brown

[Katherine B. Branch @Kat_Branch]

#IYKYK
#AP
@AP_Trevor

[alyssa @misslys31]

@MarcusLuther6 “A story was a form of telepathy. By means of inking symbols onto a page, she was able to send thoughts and feelings from her mind to her reader's. It was a magical process, so commonplace that no one stopped to wonder at it.” -Ian McEwan in Atonement

[alyssa @misslys31]

My favorite piece of Coach Leach lore. Rest in Peace, Coach. You will be dearly missed.

[Sam Cooper @SamDCooper]

My favorite thing Mike Leach did at Washington State was choose Jamal Morrow to be team captain solely based on his performance on "The Price is Right"

[Joel /hō•ÉL/ Garza is cofounder of #THEBOOKCHAT 📓 @JoelRGarza]

Great end-of-semester topic for one-on-one student conversations: Who's a classmate that you think really elevated the spirit & conversation of the room this semester, and why?

So vital (& often surprising) to see the course and the students through their eyes 🤔

[Steve Martin @UnrealBluegrass]

So it goes

[Susan Barber @susangbarber]

Thoughts??? I have some but need more time to process. #teachwriting #aplitchat #aplangchat #engchat https://t.co/OMF7tz4wn9

[alyssa @misslys31]

This is fantastic.

[Sam Sykes @SamSykesSwears]

My fool godson, William, went down to the basement to get a snack four days ago
I told him--every time I tell him--to COUNT the stairs as he goes down. There's only 12. If it goes to 13, come back up and try again. And don't follow the thing singing down there
But does he listen?

[alyssa @misslys31]

@smolmechll where is my access to this short story @helen_wangg is bragging about?!

[Hank Green @hankgreen]

A lot of people who say they want "free speech" actually just want to be the one in charge of which speech is free.

[alyssa @misslys31]

@keraz37 @Terez76 @jkirk___ Oh, I love my job and my students. We roast each other all the time. I didn’t take it seriously at all. 😊

[alyssa @misslys31]

@smolmechll I don’t believeeee you.

[The Notorious J.O.V. @whotfisjovana]

stop normalizing the grind and normalize whatever this is

[laura (no descriptor) @mauraloran]

We’re half way through October. Ask yourself “have I been a spooky enough?!” If you haven’t, try to be more spooky

[alyssa @misslys31]

Grading is the bane of my existence, but student writing is one of the best parts of my job. Today, an essay moved me to tears.

[alyssa @misslys31]

@johannabrown Educated by Tara Westover is perhaps my favorite audiobook ever! It’s a memoir and quite long!

[Susan Barber @susangbarber]

What I’m in education for - teaching students.
What I’m not here for - everything else.

[alyssa @misslys31]

Love this thread 💕

[Susan Barber @susangbarber]

What makes someone a good teacher?

[Alina Stefanescu @aliner]

Paul Valery said the first line of a poem is like finding a fruit that has fallen from a tree; the poet’s task is to create a tree from which this fruit can fall.