You get to use the photocopier?!?! LUCKY. I have to submit all my copies to be approved by my administrators, and once they ARE approved, I have to submit my OWN copy paper!

Pages from our science curriculum that the NYC DOE provided for us are deemed “not rigorous enough” and denied photocopies. Most things are…

I know. I am exhausted 24/7 and have no personal life. Work life balance? What is that?

Holy shit. That is amazing.

*hugs*

Yes, my masters plus 30 graduate credits post masters and 4.0 GPA proves my stupidity. Are you too uneducated to understand that Common Core is developmentally inappropriate bullshit? Anyone with a background in child development knows that. The vast majority of your posts are insulting other people and calling them…

This sort of thing happens ALL the time in education :(

Ah, you said rigor. I just involuntarily twitched at the sight of that word. (You’re a teacher as well? You feel my twitching? ;) )

She’s state certified through 3rd grade, and NATIONALLY BOARD CERTIFIED to age 12 (which includes 5th grade, and is more difficult to get than Alabama state certification). I have four NYS teaching certification, all in elementary grades. There is NOT a big difference between 3rd and 5th from a pedagological…

I have four teaching certifications in NY state. I love teaching, but I am getting so sick of this red tape, bureaucratic, Common Core, hedge fund driven charter school privatization movement bullshit. I literally cry at night because I don’t think I am actually TEACHING my kids because of the bureaucratic BS. I…

Depending on the way the state does their certification requirements, it may be more than just ONE test; it could include graduate classes and extra observation hours as well.

I’m a NY teacher, but they keep changing the certifications. I went initially for Elementary Education, which only covered grades 1-6. Up until recently, kindergarten is included. NOW that is a separate certification, which falls under Early Childhood education (birth-grade 2). Even though I was “elementary”…

This is a huge part of the problem with teaching right now. Schools should be in local control. The US Department of Education and federal mandates are a joke right now. Don’t get me started on Common Core.

Schools can assign teachers to grades that they aren’t “certified” to teach, within reason, and if there is a…

OMG. I want these.

She’s also 90. My grandma is 89, and her feet are in ROUGH shape. I imagine if we did this when she was younger, we’d see more of an assortment.

I’m a teacher. This doesn’t happen in my classroom. This is not the norm.

So you think that moving a kid and taking them into the hallway is less distracting than calling for this dude, waiting for him to respond to the classroom, and violently body slamming the kid to the floor? That is LESS disruptive?

Yeah, okay. I’ve dealt with children having full on autistic meltdowns, and have never thrown a child to the floor. I’ve dealt with kids with a slew of issues, and I’ve also taught kids who were just plain Long Island coddled prince and princesses. Moving a kid to another classroom IS successful technique that…

See, I think that is the difference. Where I don’t doubt that there are asshole meat eaters out there who are all “But bacon tastes SO GOOD!”, some vegans tend to make it their life mission to sway all omnivores to change their diet.

Nope. No matter how many memes and animal pictures you post trying to tug on my heart…

As a feminist who doesn’t give a shit about how other people eat, as long as they keep their mouth shut about my diet, I will politely disagree with you. Perhaps it depends on what part of the country you’re in? I don’t know. All I know is that I have never rolled my eyes or questioned someone who is vegetarian or…

I would like to think of myself as having a decent vocabulary, and I have never run across or heard the word “niggardly” in my life. I would like to think that this is in part because I do not surround myself by assholes. What douches.