Christian. Wife. Mom to four. 4th grade teacher at a classical Christian school. Former homeschool mom. Former engineer (Mech E!).

USA
Joined July 2024
View from my desk. 4th grade classroom.
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What is teaching? "...it is a communication of knowledge...the shaping of a pupil's thought and understanding to the comprehension of some truth which the teacher knows and wishes to communicate."
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Looking back over my notes from the first time I read "The 7 Laws of Teaching" by John Gregory: "...the first object of teaching is to communicate such knowledge as may be useful in gaining knowledge... 1/2
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...to stimulate in the pupil the love of learning, and to form in him the habits of independent study." 2/2
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250 years ago, a bold idea changed the course of history. Today we celebrate the people, principles, and enduring promise of the United States of America. Happy 4th of July from the White House. 🇺🇸
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🎙️Welcome to Teach Smarter: The Science of Learning. What if every instructional decision started with how the brain learns? In our first episode, we unpack the Modal Model of Memory and explore what it means for everyday teaching. We discuss with our guests how attention, working memory, long-term memory, and retrieval work—and, more importantly, how understanding this model can help teachers better support student learning. From reducing cognitive overload to building lasting knowledge, this episode connects the science of learning to practical classroom strategies you can use right away. Whether you’re new to the science of learning or looking to sharpen your practice, this episode lays the groundwork for everything that follows
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The mayor of Charlotte, NC asks that we not post about this lady murdered on a Charlotte train by a repeat offender with 14 prior arrests! I say in Iryna’s memory please share and make this go viral! A repeat offender with 14 prior arrests should not be roaming the streets of ANY city! They should be locked up!! Epic failure in the justice system!
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Replying to @seattletimes
Nice hit piece on me for Mother's Day! Note that your reporter didn't have the balls to link to my actual speech on the connection between Obergefell and child commodification. Here it is. Also delightful that he publicly dropped my location this week. No big deal, it's not like progressives are targeting conservatives for violence these days. Seattle Times used to involve confronting arguments. Now it mostly involves hiding them from readers. $300,000 from the Servant Foundation. That's like a bank or a donor advised fund. Scary! Nothing terrifies activists disguised as reporters more than people voluntarily funding ideas they can’t silence. I see you linked to the Gallup poll up top that (had people clicked) showed support for same-sex marriage among Republicans has fallen to 41% but later when you needed a better-looking number, linked a less-known poll that said it was still at 56%. Scared much? You shared my salary of $135k and that we raised an alarming $1M last year. Yet refused to include the same info for Karen Loewy at Lambda Legal - $240k/$58M who you cited. Seems transparency only applies to people you’re trying to smear. And Greater Than @MakeKidsGreater isn't endorsed by 47 organizations, it's now 62. Had you the spine to link our actual website, readers would instantly recognize that you're not engaged in journalism but narrative management. Funny how often “fact checks” depend on making sure readers never see... the actual facts. And yes. I am plotting a "global takeover" so that every conversation about marriage and family is "child centric." Elevating justice for the weak. You should try it sometime. youtube.com/watch?v=HBlIrv8N…
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🧵 “Any active learning practice initiated by the teacher must include activities that ensure that students will be thinking about what they are learning. This is an important distinction between teaching and helping to learn.” — Héctor Ruiz Martín, How Do We Learn?, p. 40 This has stuck with me more than anything from Ruiz Martin’s indispensable work. I have lots of thoughts. 1/4
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Confused about the proper role of AI in education? Robin Phillips and Joshua Pauling's Are we all Cyborgs Now? helps us cut through the noise and consider what are the true ends of education. Most importantly, we are reminded that AI doesn't love you: "If education is the teacher loving something valuable in front of his students, then AI fails. If education aims to impart wisdom and virtue, AI cannot pass on something it cannot possess. That we are even asking the question reveals how truncated and inhumane our vision for education has become. The modern educational system really is about manipulation and data downloads. And while we, in the classical renewal lament that it should not be so, how often do our epistemological assumptions fall into the same modern pattern of thought?"
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Hey @elonmusk - the Seattle Seahawks are for sale.
JUST IN - Paul Allen Estate announces it has formally started the sale of Seattle Seahawks.
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You need to read this. @X’s Nikita up to his old tricks.
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🎄 Day 1 of the 12 Days of Christmas - Child rights activist edition. Turning hate into something lighter for the holidays. Merry Christmas to our fellow activists and friends! 🎄♥️
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After 12 long years, court finally admits Vaccines cause SIDS. 11 week old Anna died 5 hours after being injected with 10 vaccine doses at her 'well baby' doctor appointment. Court ruled the vaccines killed her by causing vaccine induced encephalopathy.
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PepsiCo is saying: "It’s really, really hard to reformulate existing products” without dyes. But is it really? They ALREADY have the formulas.
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"BREAKING — Landmark Report Finds Vaccination Is the Dominant Risk Factor for Autism Spectrum Disorder McCullough Foundation’s authoritative analysis of more than 300 studies provides the most comprehensive synthesis to date on the possible causes of autism." More on this from Dr. McCullough, this Thursday on The HighWire, 11am PT (2 pm ET) here on @X, @rumblevideo, or thehighwire.com.
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