she/her | English teacher | Save our public schools!
California, USA
Joined November 2012
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Some English teachers have a line from a great work of literature in their email signature. Meanwhile mine says, “Today there is not a man nor woman in here that shall stand alone. Not today. Today we face the monsters that are at our door and bring the fight to them!”
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If your church can afford a foot washing commercial for the Superbowl it should be pay taxes. Like a lot of taxes.
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Teachers, librarians, educators, parents, & readers! It’s #giveaway time! I need to find these 28 graphic novels & comic collections a new home!
Follow, ❤️, RT/QT and/or Comment+Tag a friend to enter for a chance to add these books 📚 to your collection! Winner selected 12/11.
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Unpopular opinion, but if parents and guardians have 24/7 access to their student’s grades, I should not have to inform them their S is failing. (Few exceptions) Everything is an app. Be accountable.
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TIME: “(PRIVATE) SCHOOL VOUCHER PROGRAMS HURT STUDENTS”
-Largely tax subsidies for private school families
-harmful test score impacts
-public💰for financially desperate private schools (with discriminatory admissions)
AKA @GovBillLee’s #1 priority
time.com/6272666/school-vouc…
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Teachers, librarians, educators, parents, & readers! It’s #giveaway time! I need to find these 21 middle-grade novels a new home!
FOLLOW, ❤️, and RT/QT or Comment+Tag a friend to enter for a chance to add these great books 📚 to your collection! Winner selected 11/12.
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Teachers, librarians, educators, parents, & readers! It’s #giveaway time! I need to find these 18 mg illustrated/graphic novels a new home!
FOLLOW, ❤️, & RT/QT or Comment+Tag a friend to enter for a chance to add these great books 📚 to your collection! Winner selected 11/5.
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Teachers, librarians, educators, parents, & readers! It’s #giveaway time! I need to find these 20 middle-grade graphic novels a new home!
Follow, ❤️, and RT/QT or Comment+Tag a friend to enter for a chance to add these great books 📚 to your collection! Winner selected 11/5.
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“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.”
-James Baldwin
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As an English teacher in 2023, my job has partially morphed into that of compliance officer. How can I get you to actually do the reading? How can I know this essay you submitted was not written by AI? How can I help you see the value in actually doing the work? #bfc530
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“I was going over a list of books that are banned in Tennessee [schools] and… the list was really staggering,” says novelist Ann Patchett. “Yet at the same time, we’re not doing anything to keep our children safe from guns… It’s ludicrous and an embarrassment… It’s a crime.”
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It’s my birthday, and I want to give 3 educators classroom sets of my MG debut, Nic Blake and the Remarkables. I’ll zoom with your classes too. US and Canada only. To enter, follow me, reply to this, and RT by 9/26. For a bonus entry, follow Nic Blake on IG (see below)
