#teacher problems

[justichythings]

[bloodiedpoet]

Update: it’s the day before winter break and the little goblins (whom I love and adore and would die for) gave me influenza 🫠

My breath is too warm, my thoughts hurt, and my bones feel like they’re trying to crawl out of my skin. So. Doing great all things considered.

[deathbylesbianwitches]

Final chapter of Dino will probably be 35k+ or more. Here’s hoping it’s out this weekend.

It’s been a rough week, but at least state testing ended today.

One of my students stole a bunch of the snacks for the class ‘store’ on Monday when I was out with a migraine, lots of paperwork, a few kids are having behavior issues again now that I said “well kids, I’m over snacks as rewards, because yeah, no”, the IRS said, “oh, that decent refund? No, we decided you owe us that from 2022” and kept it, and I just want to write and not fall asleep super early every night.

But hey! Dino giant chapter and an epilogue! Soon!

[urhumblecapt]

One time in high school I got points docked from a short story about bipolar because it had an open ending where you don’t get to know if the main character ever really heals her relationship with her older sister who had a terrifying manic episode when the main character didn’t understand. Because sometimes those relationships don’t heal the same way they were before and I wanted the reader to decide whether my main character learned to live with it or not.

My teacher did not find this satisfying enough and said the ending could have been better done with them making up.

They were not supposed to make up, and he did not get the ending to my essay.

I was very upset by this and thought I had done something wrong until I spoke with a different adult who understood my ending’s purpose and I realised he just didn’t get it.

[its-all-down-hill]

[oak1985]

I just read a response on an AP history exam that broke my heart. I can't talk about the details but I just want to find this kid and give them a hug (and send their teacher a copy of the note they wrote). Scoring APs is just being hit by a Niagara Falls of all the ways this society fails our children.

[bigspicysenpai]

Been saying this a lot lately but teaching Middle School is like doing stand-up to a hostile crowd that you have to see daily.

[notanislander]

One week and one day until I am contractually obligated to return to work and people in my DMs asking me work questions.

There's nobody here! Go away!!