Laura Allen

Teacher & dreamer. Michigan State grad. Love for English, French, writing, traveling, coffee, & people. Married to my high school sweetheart with two cats.

[Midwest vs. The Rest @midwestern_ope]

*Midwesterner trying to ask someone for a favor*

Hey could you help me with this thing? Absolutely no pressure. Totally ok if you can’t. If you’d rather run me over with a car that’s cool. Ope, I’m sorry. Are you mad at me?

[National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) @ncte]

Today on the NCTE blog: An interview about the 3D Project with @Nicole_Mirra https://t.co/ITErkKwxee

[Midwest vs. The Rest @midwestern_ope]

therapist: what do we say when someone is mean to us?

midwesterners: no worries, seriously not a problem its my bad, leftovers are in the fridge

therapist: no

[The Nap Ministry @TheNapMinistry]

We must begin process of grieving what we had Pre-COVID. It will never return. This rush and desire to get back to "normal" is part of the grieving cycle. It's called denial. When must find a way to grieve so we can see the power, beauty & opportunity to craft something else.

[Monte Syrie @MonteSyrie]

Once upon a classroom, I thought I gave students a voice. But it's not mine to give. I cannot give what they already own.

But I can give an ear. That is mine to give.

Student voice is already there. It's not something we give. It's something we honor. And we do when we listen.

[The Modest Teacher @ModestTeacher]

Now can we pretty please put social studies back into elementary schools?

[L’Oreal is such a TYRANT (she/her) @LTintheCity]

Don't let anyone bully you into "finishing the year strong." It's enough to simply finish.

[Katrice (she/her) @katricequitter]

So often we hear, “I didn’t know what to say” when we encounter hate, racism, & bias. I love that you’ve given your school community language to interrupt & speak up in these moments. 🙌🏾@SUABULLDOGS #OneDegreeShift #SpeakUp

[Laura Allen @mrsallenHMS]

“I’m going to make the case to please stop expecting normal from kids and teachers right now and to start questioning why we thought normal was so great in the first place...
The idea that our worth and our kids’ worth is determined by how productive we are has got to go.”

[edutopia @edutopia]

While assessments and new curriculum are valuable, this year provides good reason to apply the brakes—and in some cases, to rethink practices entirely.—via @WeAreTeachers
https://t.co/upyVbc5lkq

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Kamala Harris has made history. https://t.co/oaiZpnB1sB

[Alyssa Limperis @alyssalimp]

this feels like the last 4 minutes of a football game when ur like oh so that means it'll be done in 4 minutes and the football game is like .... hahhahahahahaha ... no

[swm @sheathescholar]

i wish we would normalize telling the people in our lives the things we love about them (and their work).

[Laura Allen @mrsallenHMS]

But I would never 😁

[Laura Allen @mrsallenHMS]

💙💙💙

[Phyllis Fagell, LCPC @Pfagell]

The people who are saying there's no way an 8th grader wrote the final question in tonight's VP debate must not know any 8th graders.

[Laura Allen @mrsallenHMS]

@mllehhs So. Good.