isadiya

Middle School Math/Reading Strategist 💼 IEP advocate|| YALI fellow 2016||ExchangeAlumni

[isadiya @ms_sadiya]

@Victor_Loore @zaetx Hello Victor, can I see your portfolio?

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@AndrewBolis Canva

[Miyandy @Amahashi_]

I worked 20 years for a child sex trafficking rescue group. I want you to know this:

90% of Lost Children Are Found Within 30 Minutes.

That statistic should both comfort you and wake you up.

Most lost children are found quickly. But the ones who aren’t? They usually made one mistake.

And here’s the uncomfortable truth:

It’s often the exact thing most parents teach them.

We tell our kids:

“If you get lost, come find me.”

It sounds logical. It sounds empowering.

It’s WRONG!

The Mistake Most Lost Children Make:

When children realize they’re separated, they do three things almost automatically:

They panic.
They wander.
They try to find you.

Every step makes them harder to locate.

From a search standpoint, movement creates chaos.

Parents retrace their steps.
Security scans zones.
Staff lock down areas.

Search works best when movement stops.

When a child keeps walking, they move outside the original search radius. Helpers are looking where they were last seen — not where they’ve wandered.

Stillness increases probability.

Movement expands the problem.

The first lesson is not “go find me.”

It’s this:

Stop. Stay. Yell.

Why Stillness Wins:

Think like a search team.

If a child stays put:

Parents can retrace steps.
Security can scan systematically.
Helpers converge to one fixed location.
The search radius remains small.
If a child keeps moving:

The search area expands.
Adults pass each other.
Missed connections multiply.
Minutes stretch into hours.
Stillness keeps the math on your side.

Teach Them Who to Approach:

The second mistake we make as parents?

We say, “Find an adult.”

Not any adult. Not the nearest stranger. Children need a filter.

Teach them to look for, if at all possible:

A mother with children.

Caregivers who already have kids with them are statistically among the safest people to approach in public settings. They are visible, stationary, and more likely to engage quickly.

It’s a clear, concrete instruction.

Children don’t process vague categories like “safe adult.”

They process visuals.

“Find a mom with kids” is visual.

A Phone Only Helps If the Number Is Known:

We often assume phones solve everything.

They don’t — unless your child can use one. Even young children can memorize a 10-digit phone number with repetition.

But you must train it.

Practice it like a song.

Sing it in the car.
Chant it at bedtime.
Turn it into rhythm.

Repetition becomes recall.

In an emergency, recall matters more than theory.

The Code Word Rule:

One more layer of protection.

Choose a private family code word.

Something only your household knows.

If someone approaches and says:

“Your mom sent me.”

Your child asks:

“What’s the code word?”

No word.
No go.

This simple rule eliminates manipulation attempts instantly.

It gives your child agency without requiring them to evaluate character.

Real Safety Is Training — Not Luck!

We don’t get safer by hoping.

We get safer by practicing.

Teach:

• Phone number
• Code word
• Stop, stay, yell
• Find a mom with kids

Multiple skills.
Simple instructions.
Clear visuals.

Five minutes of training can replace hours of panic. This isn’t about fear. It’s about preparation.

Because when a child gets separated, the clock starts.

And what they do in the first minute determines what the next thirty look like.

That’s real protection.

[Rinu Oduala 🔥🔫 @SavvyRinu]

We have millions of Muslim & Christian faithfuls who attend thousands mosques and churches everyday, pray, fast, speak in tongues, host vigils, prayer marathons, wake up as early as 5am, yet Nigeria remains the way it is.

Nigeria is proof that PRAYERS DO NOT FIX BAD GOVERNANCE.

[Oby Ezekwesili @obyezeks]

The Senate committed a COUP against our Democracy and the Nigerian people yesterday.

Let me again remind the Senators that it is not wise to play with fire.

It simply is not wise.

Transparency is always better.

My fellow Citizens, let nobody deceive or confuse you.

What all well-meaning Nigerians want passed by the National Assembly @nassnigeria - @SenateNGR and @HouseNGR as @inecnigeria Reform is a Bill which legally mandates electronic transmission of polling units results in real time and without any CONDITIONS attached.

What we want is what the members of the House of Representatives have already passed with this simple and HONEST text:

“Clause 60(3): “INEC shall electronically transmit election results from polling units to the INEC Result Viewing Portal in real time and such transmission shall be done simultaneously with the physical collation of results.”

Period!

No ifs, no buts, no whataboutism and no provisos.

The proviso below that the Senate added to Clause60(3) :

“If electronic transmission fails or becomes impossible to use, the signed Form EC8A shall be the primary source of election results”
IS A GRAVE DANGER TO OUR DEMOCRACY.

It will permanently damage the same Transparency that we as Citizens are demanding for in all our Election Results.

Your vote and mine CAN NEVER COUNT with such deceptive and ill-intended proviso by the Senate.

The Senators know what they are doing.

They simply don’t want TRANSPARENCY.

Transparency through electronic transmission of results in real time at each polling unit will END their opportunity to RIG our elections.

Fellow Nigerians, know this for real, @SenateNGR is determined to hijack Nigeria’s Democracy and continue with their Bad Governance that is perpetuating Poverty among Nigerians and killings across our Land.

We, the Citizens of Nigeria and not politicians are the REAL OWNERS of Democracy.

We must collectively stand to defend our rights to TRANSPARENCY.

Our Girls Guide motto when we were in Secondary School is:

Be Prepared. ✍🏾✍🏾✍🏾

[Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala @NOIweala]

Nice to make (for the eighth time) the @Forbes List of the 100 most powerful women of the world 2025 and to be on the cover of the magazine. With power comes responsibility! We are doing our best to fight for and reform the rules-based multilateral trading system which the world needs to avoid a chaotic approach to world trade that would hurt the smallest and the least powerful countries. Congratulations to all my sisters on the list, and in particular my African sisters, HE Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, President of Namibia @SWAPOPRESIDENT, HE @SuminwaJudith, PM of DRC, Mpumi Madisa, CEO of Bidvest, @MoAbudu, CEO EbonyLife Group and HE @miaamormottley, PM of Barbados.

[isadiya @ms_sadiya]

@piggyvest I became an international teacher.🖊️

[Fmr TX Rep. Dwayne Bohac @dwayne_bohac]

Happy Sunday…! A quick question: What does the Bible mean to have “childlike faith”?

In Matthew 18:2-4, Jesus calls upon a child to come to Him and says, "Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever takes the lowly position of this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven."

Here, we see the answer: Childlike faith involves humility, dependence on God, and a lack of PRIDE or self-reliance or self-will.

A young child is destitute of selfish ambition and haughtiness and is therefore a good example for us. Children are characteristically HUMBLE and teachable. They aren’t prone to pride or hypocrisy. Humility is a virtue rewarded by God; as James says, ���Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up”

Yes, Jesus emphasized the importance of childlike faith as a prerequisite for entering the kingdom of God. But you don’t have to check your brain at the door either. One can plainly see in nature, the human body, the stars, animals, the teaming life in the ocean, a sunset—the shear design and complexity of the universe—and the simple, pure love of a child toward his parents that there IS a God.

The antidote to pride is HUMILITY.

For God so loved the world so much that He GAVE his only begotten Son, so that whosoever believes [trusts] in Jesus will be Saved and Redeemed from their sins and have everlasting life.

Choose to place your trust in Jesus’ love, his death for your sins and my sins, and his resurrection…and Live (John 3:16)

[Mahyar Tousi @MahyarTousi]

51 Christians Massacred in Nigeria on Palm Sunday Amid Global Silence https://t.co/SrToIaPq7H

[isadiya @ms_sadiya]

Every THOUGHT is indeed a SEED✨

[Bored Teachers @Bored_Teachers]

Friendly reminder as we go back to school...

[isadiya @ms_sadiya]

@Christy_SpaceHW This is awesome✨

[isadiya @ms_sadiya]

@UjuAnya @Olas_Truth Congratulations🎊

[isadiya @ms_sadiya]

Wholesome Wednesday🫶🏾

[Kayla @kaylamellis_]

I’ve been hearing people talk about how they’re transitioning to only drinking raw milk and I just want to remind everyone that pasteurization wasn’t created for funsies

It was created to rid milk/wine/etc of harmful bacteria that can cause typhoid, listeria, diphtheria, etc

[isadiya @ms_sadiya]

@nihiinn_ It does. Being able to enunciate and articulate oneself is essential

[isadiya @ms_sadiya]

@Solomon_Buchi Absolutely💯

[MsEsco @MsEscoTeaches]

We’re teachers. Of course, we get the Sunday scaries.

We’re teachers. When one break ends, we start counting down to the next one.

We’re teachers. It’s not even tomorrow yet, but we’re already exhausted.

We’re teachers. We don’t do it for the fame or fortune.

[TeacherGoals @teachergoals]

Same! 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️
🌐 https://t.co/leSsDUnQAd

[Angel Reese @Reese10Angel]

and no I’M NOT KEEPING IT CUTE.😘