second-year teacher

BA in Sociology and Africana Studies with 9-12 Social Studies Teaching Licensure. My goal is to cultivate and nurture socially conscious students. I do not necessarily agree with the opinions or views that I post, but rather my posts should be viewed as classroom and educator resources.

[stuckinjrhigh]

When a student interrupts my lesson to share a personal story that is not relevant to the lesson.

[tunedintoteaching]

Every day in Kindergarten.

[inthemiddleofclass]

And high school.

[iwasyourteacher]

when my students ask what they need to do to pass the course

[girlwithalessonplan]

The Mom Drawer

This is something I have maintained since I first started teaching.  I keep a drawer of those supplies that are not school related to help kids in a pinch and keep them in my room.  My mom was a school nurse, so i will do anything to keep a kid from going to the nurse’s office to either loiter around all day or get stuck waiting for a fairly simple request.

pads/tampons/panty liners (our bathrooms don’t have machines anymore)

contact solution

bandaids, vaseline (can’t give neosporin; it’s medicine)

shout wipes

small sewing kit

safety pins

non-menthol lozenges, mints, or lemon drops  (menthol is medicine)

static guard

wrinkle release

spray air freshener

plug-in air freshener

clorox wipes

hand sanitizer to place by the high quality Puffs with lotion, because school tissues are the Devil.

Bag of almonds, packages of cheese/crackers for fairly starving kids.

various tea bags. (I actually steal tea from hotels for this purpose)

[general-anxiety]

This is a great list.

[micdotcom]

Watch: The most wonderful moment of joy came when he entered a Nazi guard bungalow.

[nerapalooza-blog]

We are the last generation who can hear from these survivors directly. Do not take that lightly. Do not waste that opportunity. Do not forget your freedom isn’t infinitely guarenteed. And do not, do not, let it happen again.

[sarahsimplified]

Like/reblog this post if you’re a young teacher! Preferably in your 20s and in the first five years of teaching. I would love to follow more of you for support, reassurance, communication, etc.

[mrskaaay]

Yo, 28 (maybe not so young? I certainly don’t have almost-retired teachers fawning over my baby status) and starting my 6th year.

[notinthelessonplan]

Hi there! 26 years old, and it’s going to be four years of teaching in the fall for me.

[bornofnicety]

25 and starting my 4th year!

[theimprobablefiction]

Almost 26 and starting my 5th year in September. Hi! 👋🏻

[livelovelearnbeach]

26 and also starting my fifth year in August!!

[giraffeteacher]

23 and starting my second year!

[maudelynn]

Flippant Flapper a Real Peril… Newspaper Headline, c.1922 

[mollyrockstar]

Must Be Nice

We have reached that glorious time of the year, a time when 50% of my conversations with others will include the phrase, “It must be nice.”

Why yes, thank you, it is.

It is nice to have my summers “off.”

It is nice to have a couple of months a year where people call me by my first name.

It is nice to be able to use the bathroom when I have to go.

It is nice not to have stress dreams about other people’s children.

It is nice not to have to repeat everything I say at least three times.

AT THE VERY LEAST. YES. EVERYTHING.

See, here is the deal, people.

During the rest of the year, I wear a specific costume. I do not wear my “real clothes.”

During the rest of the year, I answer to a different name.

During the rest of the year, I plan everything I do and most of what I say ahead of time.

What is that called? That’s called a performance.

Most of the year, I am literally performing most of the day.

And writing the script.

And my audience does not always (or even often) particularly want to be there.

And I am responsible for them remembering most of what they have seen and heard.

And I am responsible for designing ways of assessing how much they have remembered and can apply from everything they have seen and heard.

And I am responsible for grading these assessments.

Except when those assessments come from the state. Then I am responsible for making the audience remember everything and care about proving they remember everything.

Or else.

All of which is not so bad. I chose this job and I love it.

But if that sounds daunting, or overwhelming to anyone else, I just wish they would remember that the next time they want to say in a snooty voice, “Must be nice.”

[ruinedchildhood]

when the teacher keep teaching after the bell has already rang 

[zyx321xyz123fise]

When you little shits didn’t shut the fuck up so I can do my fucking job and now we both have to stay longer

[terahertz]

[ndpsych]

Nah, plenty of teachers have time-management problems, and forget that students’ time is equally worthy of respect.

Also, back when I was in school we’d have about 5 minutes to get from class to class, so a few students being disruptive doesn’t negate how punitive this was for everyone else.

[thebeckiest]

Huh so it’s cool for students to waste my time but not for me to take 30 seconds from their passing period to finish a sentence because they’ve been time sucking my life away by being inconsiderate monsters?

Honestly I almost never do this but sometimes it’s irritating when students only see things from their perspective. I’m under an enormous amount of pressure to deal with a certain amount of material in a certain amount of time and my job depends on that. Sorry to cause you 30 seconds of inconvenience to make sure you know what the homework is.

Sometimes teachers do have time management issues but maybe you’re not aware that lots of teenagers have respect issues, both of my time and who I am as a human being. ALSO sometimes we make jokes on the internet.

[hisnamewasbeanni]

[presidentialpresidents]

I literally haven’t posted anything in like 6 ½ months and I’m giving you this I’m so sorry. But yeah sorry for the absence, I can’t say it was because I no longer was interested in presidents, it was really because I didn’t have much motivation not only to keep working on this but drawing in general. But hey I’m back, I’m motivated again, it’s summer, and I’m still really lazy but I’ll give you better qual stuff than this shit. ———————————————- JFK: And that’s why you should care about your future education. Any questions? Yes you. Young lad: Hi Mr. Kennedy! I’m applying to Harvard and I realized that you went there and graduated with high distinction! Any suggestions? JFK: *thinks about certain papers that include his application which resembles a fill-in-the-blank thank you card, a letter of recommendation from his dad that says “he sucks” and okay grades which are surrounded by the sayings “You sound like a great school for me!”, “I’m JFK”, and “My dad has $$”* JFK: Great question! Moving on

[giraffeteacher]

greek myth asks

zeus: if you could have one power, what would it be?

poseidon: do you prefer the ocean or land?

apollo: what are your favorite pieces of poetry?

aphrodite: do you believe in true love?

athena: what are your favorite classic novels?

ares: are you a confrontational person?

artemis: do you prefer night or day?

hera: who makes up your tumblr family?

hestia: where do you live or want to live?

demeter: do you enjoy nature?

persephone: what's your favorite season?

hades: do you believe in an afterlife?

hephaestus: what do you enjoy making?

hermes: where do you want to travel that you've never been before?

odysseus: what's your favorite place to travel?

echo: what's something you can't stop talking about?

narcissus: what's your best trait?

icarus: what's your fatal flaw?

orpheus: what's your favorite song or type of music?

eurydice: what's something you regret?

[historicaltimes]

Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy clutching his stomach after being shot during the assassination attempt of President Ronald Reagan

via reddit

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[teacherthoughtbubble]

Asserting my authority in the classroom

[teachingfeelslike]

When a kid starts to cop an attitude in what is otherwise turning out to be a productive and enjoyable class period.

[s-mple]

[thoodleoo]

when someone asks how school’s going

[glassescat]

OK SO I WAS AT THE FABRIC STORE AND I WALKED BY SOME MEMORIAL DAY THEMED FABRIC AND 

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS

WHY ARE THE ABS SO DETAILED AND NOT THE FACE WHAT

OMFG LINCOLN LOOKS LIKE EDWARD CULLEN WITH A BEARD I CAN’T DEAL WITH THIS SHIT

[westerninfluence]

I HAVE A DRESS MADE OUT OF THIS FABRIC AND I GOT TO BE IN A PARADE BECAUSE OF IT

[picklesandwine]

This is the Alexander Henry Pin-Up collection - and they are all fucking amazing!

[banananutcraycray]

OKAY I WORK IN A FABRIC STORE AND ONE TIME THIS LITTLE OLD LADY CAME UP TO ME AND SLAMMED THE INDEPENDENCE DAY ONE DOWN ON THE COUNTER AND SAID, “THIS. THIS IS WHAT OUR COUNTRY NEEDS.”

[tardisinthetimewarp]

I had an older man come into the fabric store that I used to work in and dropped 3 bolts of the firefighter one on my counter and said, “I need this. I don’t know what I’m gonna do with it, but I need it.” a man behind him then yelled, “Pyjamas!” and the first man said, “My husband recommends pyjamas.” 

[pixelreblags]

omfg

[kairillia]

I don’t know how, I don’t know where, but I will find this fabric.

[punchthegoose]

Teachers: Wikipedia is very unreliable *Hands out 25 year old textbooks instead*

[greenhouse-nurse]

Alrighty guys ,gals, and other genders and lack thereof I’m gonna teach ya a thing.

A lot of teachers will go on about not using wikipedia as a source.

“It’s bad,” they say. “I will deduct points if you do it.”

Well wikipedia is actually a great source of information and fuck what your teacher said, you absolutely can use it.

The key though is knowing

A.How to use it.

B. How to source it.

and

C. whether it is good info or trash.

NowFirst Lets look up something on wikipedia. Say your writing a paper on Gregor Mendel and Mendelian Inheritance.

So you zoom over to the Wikipedia page on Mendelian Inheritance.

Now there is a lot of information here. Not all of it is strictly necessary for that essay you are writing. So you read through and suddenly you see something that is good info for your essay.

Boy oh boy this information is useful. To bad your teacher said No Wikipedia Ever.

However there is a loophole.

It’s right there.

No. Go closer.

You see that little four? Its a citation number. Think of wikipedia as it’s own essay. It got it’s information from other sources out there. Just like you are trying to right now. And since there is a citation, it’s going to be listed at the end of the wikipedia article.

Look at citation number 4

Look at that you have your first citation. From Wikipedia.

And look. Do you see it. There is a link. It’s the blue words with the boxy arrow thingamajig.

That thing. Click it.

Why did you leave wikipedia you ask? Wikipedia is great. You have several sources from there. But There is more than what the put in to that wiki article. Those sources Wikipedia gave you are helpful. And now that you are at the source, you can utilize it.

But what if its a book that’s the source.

You can either head to your local library and see if they have it, order it, or avoid the book source. Online sources are just as valuable.

Also do not quote directly from the wikipedia. Quote from the source and then use quote citation.

And MLA citation. Use MLA citation. Since you are linked to the sources cite them. Not the wikipedia.

Your teacher will never know. And now you can finish that sweet essay you got planned.

You’re on your way to greatness.

[freedominwickedness]

I will point out here that this isn’t really a loophole; this is doing research the way it should be done. This is exactly what teachers want you to do when they say you can’t use Wikipedia as a source – you can’t cite Wikipedia itself because it’s not a reliable authority in and of itself, but it’s a great resource for finding material that is.

[jhameia]

It is absolutely what I’d want my students to do. Wikipedia is a great starting point, but not a good ending point. There ought to be multiple ending points from which you get your research from. 

[weakdaes]

Teacher here - this is exactly what I teach my students to do