Jocelyn Power

UMB APLING 2022 • BU Wheelock 2017 • middle school SLIFE teacher in Chelsea • passionate about #bilingualism and social justice

[Annie Wu (all socials: @annie_wu_22) @Annie_Wu_22]

happy Labor Day — thank a union

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The “childless teachers” thing is so funny to me as a teacher who does not want children because if your argument is that I’m not invested in the future please tell me why I became a teacher then???

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One of my former students is missing! If you are in or around the Chelsea area please be on the lookout for her!

[AFT @AFTunion]

.@VP Harris: To the members of AFT, I thank you for your service to our nation. Public education and higher education workers to custodians to nurses and teachers, you do God’s work educating our children. It is you who have taken on the most noble of work. #RealSolutions

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So excited to be participating in my state @AFTMass convention!!!

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I hardly use this account so I haven’t been updating often but in August of 2025 I am going to marry someone I consider to be my true equal, who gives me space to be independent while still making me feel valued. Also my ring changes color in the light.

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This is my 6th graders all day every day

[The Golden Sir @screaminbutcalm]

Me sowing: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!

Me reaping: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.

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This combines my two loves: linguistics and pasta

[umasslinguistics @UMassLinguistic]

interesting --> The semantic representation of food is shaped by cultural experience https://t.co/gstWoFZLOi

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Today’s nerdy linguistics moment was me getting unreasonably upset that someone referred to the “y” in the word “boy” as a consonant when really it’s part of a diphthong

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Starting in my new SLIFE role has had some bumps in the road, especially since it’s a new role, but yesterday one of my 6th grade students told me that learning to read was so much fun and he couldn’t wait to show his siblings how much he could read. That makes it worth it to me.

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@cmleider Hahaha you have my permission to use it as a model

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Every time someone says the phrase “Spanish kids” I activate like the Winter Soldier

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Today I had a child tell me to my face “I hate this kind of school” because I told him he had to go outside after he ate his breakfast. Another child told me I was “manipulative” because I got the whole class to pay attention by….. praising them. Middle school is a trip man.

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@cmleider I will if I can convince my students to part with it!

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My mom bought me this custom book for my classroom! My class, the cat’s fan club, are going to freak out!

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@cmleider I have a kindle fire, but it’s really just functionally a tablet. The nice part is that I can get ebooks on Libby sent to my kindle. I’m not sure how it works if it’s just the app, but I imagine it’s the same sort of thing

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Maybe I’m being unreasonable, but I will not hesitate to go into protective mode about my students to support their best interests

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I have been thinking about the phrase “pre-literate” a lot lately, and I hadn’t been able to pinpoint why it bothers me. I think I finally figured it out.

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I have seen this phrase used to refer to students I taught last year who learned to decode CVC words when they were in my class. Their current teacher uses this label for them and I feel it’s inaccurate. They have literacy skills and in fact can read.

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Also, the term “literate” is a very loaded word. Literacy comes in many forms, and just because a student is not at the level of literacy that is deemed acceptable does not mean they should be labelled as such.