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@SteeleThoughts I don’t give tests or quizzes, and I assess projects holistically. I stopped grading in 2007. 226 students daiky, but even if I had less stdts and more time, I’d change nothing. Portfolios and conferencing are authentic. The rest is crap, hurting kids.

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

When I was 13, I carried a secret shame. We were so poor that I often went to school with no food. At recess, while my classmates opened their lunches—apples, cookies, sandwiches—I sat pretending I wasn’t hungry. I buried my face in a book, hiding the sound of my empty stomach. Inside, it hurt more than I can explain.

Then, one day, a girl noticed. Quietly, without making a fuss, she offered me half her lunch. I was embarrassed, but I accepted. The next day, she did it again. And again. Sometimes it was a roll, sometimes an apple, sometimes a piece of cake her mother baked. To me, it was a miracle. For the first time in a long time, I felt seen.

Then one day, she was gone. Her family moved, and she never came back. Every day at recess, I’d glance at the door, hoping she would walk in and sit beside me with her smile and her sandwich. But she never did.

Still, I carried her kindness with me. It became part of who I was.

Years passed. I grew up. I thought of her often, but life went on.

Then, just yesterday, something happened that froze me in place. My young daughter came home from school and said:

“Dad, can you pack me two snacks tomorrow?”

“Two?” I asked. “You never finish one.”

She looked at me with the seriousness only a child can have:

“It’s for a boy in my class. He didn’t eat today. I gave him half of mine.”

I just stood there, goosebumps rising, time standing still. In her small act, I saw that girl from my childhood. The one who fed me when no one else noticed. Her kindness hadn’t disappeared—it had traveled through me, and now, through my daughter.

I stepped onto the balcony and looked at the sky, my eyes full of tears. All at once I felt my hunger, my shame, my gratitude, and my joy.

That girl may never remember me. She may not even know the difference she made. But I will never forget her. Because she taught me that even the smallest act of kindness can change a life.

And now, I know: as long as my daughter shares her bread with another child, kindness will live on.

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2/2 @ING_es a dar A. Sánchez F. su código de cajero automático. No tiene acceso a su dinero…considerando transferir mis varios miles de dólares a ING desde Navy Federal, pero si este caballero no tenga servicio en la oficina, con una disculpa, el mío y yo elegiremos otro banco

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@ING_es Hoy, el director de la sucursal bancaria de Málaga atacó e insultó verbalmente a un cliente. No solo eso, sino que el director llamó al asociado ayudándolo y le dijo que no proporcionara servicio. Este banco se niega #ING

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@ING_es 1/2)Hoy, el director de la sucursal bancaria de Málaga atacó e insultó verbalmente a un cliente. No solo eso, sino que el director llamó al asociado ayudándolo y le dijo que no proporcionara servicio. Este banco se niega a dar A. Sánchez F. su código de cajero automático.

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@skibidiiboi @dexterneptune23 @ukn444 Stay off your phones

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@NeuroGroovy Unfortunately, that person is probably correct.

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@MrNewboldEdu @thejasonkantor It is on the teachers. If the teachers don’t stand up, who will? But they won’t. Most teachers are silent collaborators playing the role of silent martyrs. It’s gross.

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@thejasonkantor It’s true. As a teacher, I’ve seen it for 15 years. I’ll soon be leaving the 117K a year well before “retirement.” No pay is enough to be a collaborator in this cult called education.

[Jason @anenglishteachr]

"High school should be creating a diamond but instead its crushing my child into powder"

This is what a parent recently told me in regards to her son and his experience in high school

She told me she knows he’s going to do well in the work force because he’s intelligent and skilled but not in the way that school requires it

She said school represents one kind of intelligence and doesn't value any other types

"Its torture for him but he has to make it through. This doesn’t seem like its good for a child’s soul or spirit."

She's not the first parent to tell me this nor will she be last

The kids and teens NEED us to do better than this

[Jay Wamsted @JayWamsted]

Congratulations to my 8th grade students, who just completed seven straight days of state testing.

I’m pleased to announce that we have prepared them for the “real world” of answering multiple choice questions while working in silence & isolation.

Well done, American Education.

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@DCPSWyrm1 @RbgTeacher Coming back for a couple months in year two has its advantages. #bucket

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@SimpleAngles @RbgTeacher He was suffering too..?He’s not the typical teacher wannabe fake-martyr. I’ll be leaving mid or even earlier this next schl year. They’re going to pay me until I’m ready to go. Not filling his position is an admin and district role. But—they’re incompetent. Blame them, not him

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@Michell33650674 Unless it’s Chicago, Illinois is not much better….?

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@centanni_sue @Michell33650674 You can keep your citizenship. Why is that a concern? Do you have Italian or Greek or Spanish grandparents?

[DriesDriesDries (blue check) @DriesOfficial22]

@ModestTeacher Man my high school teacher lounge in the 80s was just the most hopping place. You’d go knock on the door to find your teacher, the door would open and it was a smoke filled loud party!

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@tonysoltis @sage_stage Very true.

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@ShanaCulp @sage_stage @TheLadyOfSummer I’m ELAR and mine rarely take “notes.” They jot down examples, but typical notes: never.

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@TheLadyOfSummer @sage_stage You like note taking? Scr## what they want.

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@sage_stage It’s not a teacher shortage; it’s a teacher exodus. Eventually, it will be both.