#just teacher things

[disast3rtransp0rt]

Shout out to the four 16-year-old guys in my Contemporary Issues class who came in, sat down, debated the legal age for buying weed in our legalized state for maybe 20 minutes amongst themselves, and then pulled out a mini game of cornhole that they played on a desk.

[fracktastic]

Trying to force myself to be creative again

[woodsy-hoe]

my students did their dress rehearsal for our creation story plays today and 🥲 i’m a very proud teacher

[rallis-fatalis]

One of my 6th grade student’s excuse note for not turning in a parent conference homework. I’m sorry sweetie, your mom was where?

[ghostedrain]

Not my students loudly singing to bob marley in this morning's class. I love them.

[officialromaniantranslatiuni]

Maybe you've experienced the weirdest shit, but have you ever had to escape a parent (who was threating to slash you face because she didn't want her kid to be online or come to school during covid, which meant he would not pass) to rush to get to your class where a new kid was beating the German teacher for mentioning the character Marion and "suggesting" that his name (Mario) was a girl's name?

[theres-music-in-you]

welp we are four weeks out from the beginning of the school year and I just found out I may be getting moved from third grade to first grade... please send good vibes I am stressed

[valiantlyannoyingbread]

working with kids is wild one minute you're explaining the curing process that makes salami salty and the next they're trying to lure you into the mlm they invented without knowing what an mlm is

[lachrimae-verae]

Every time there's a new school shooting I am forced to deal with the fact that I live in a country where deciding to teach children means deciding to work in a space where there is every chance I will be randomly murdered protecting my students. I've spent the last few days thinking about all the places in my school I could hide children if we aren't in the classroom when a drill is called.

I got an email from my boss that they bought new bullet proof sheilding for our groundfloor windows and classroom windows. We're going to have more security cameras and alarms. The police are gonna coordinate with the admins on how we can best prepare in case of a shooting.

I don't want to die at work.

In the last decade I've either attended or worked at five different schools that have all had threats made against them or actually had an active shooter. Some threats were specifically against students and teachers of color or who were queer.

It's spring break for me right now. I'm the only transmasc staff member who's out. I'm afraid that people will now see me as more of a threat. I know thats really unlikely, but fears are irrational and I would not be suprised if there are parents who won't want me around their kids now.

[asajjvxntress]

Showing my freshmen class Star Wars: A New Hope as a follow up to The Odyssey, and I have a group of freshmen girls thirsting over Han Solo. Good to know some things never change.

[spaceoddball1969]

There is a third grader in my school who had a tough time last year and has the shittiest home life you can imagine, but he at his core is such a sweet little boy. Today in my music class we were listening to Mozart and moving around the room to show volume levels. He grabs my hand and says "It's time to move, come with me." And we got all twisted to where I had to spin around to get unraveled from him. And so I said "You just spun me." So then we spent the next ten minutes spinning around with each other and other students joined in. Soon enough we had a whole group of 3rd graders spinning each other around so sweetly. It made my heart so full and happy. After having a horrifically tough day teaching yesterday, I really just needed to spin with my little buddy.

[fracktastic]

Parent email of the day:

Please do not call on our daughter or ask her to participate in class. It makes her feel dumb.

[woodsy-hoe]

most of my students are calling dibs for my group during our cross country skiing field trip today like guys 😭 pls i love you but

[ahotknife]

the thing is that childhood doesn't just end when you turn 18 or when you turn 21. it's going to end dozens of times over. your childhood pet will die. actors you loved in movies you watched as a kid will die. your grandparents will die, and then your parents will die. it's going to end dozens and dozens of times and all you can do is let it. all you can do is stand in the middle of the grocery store and stare at freezers full of microwave pizza because you've suddenly been seized by the memory of what it felt like to have a pizza party on the last day of school before summer break. which is another ending in and of itself

[orqheuss]

it's actually not that shocking that i quote victorian poetry while under the influence.

[milleniummarket]