yeah, the thing that really gets to me is when i hear homophobia/transphobia/general intolerance. i started the year by telling the students that the classroom was MY community and if you weren’t making it a positive environment for your classmates, you were out. i have zero tolerance and immediately kick them out for…

yes!!! when i was first clothes shopping i was convinced i would end up with a “miss honey” vibe (matilda was my faaaaave growing up).

if they’re just compliments and i think the student has good intentions, i say “thank you, that’s nice, but it’s best to not comment on other peoples’ appearances.” if they are more leery or whatever, i’m a little more mean and just say “don’t talk to your teacher that way” and often follow up with a mention to their…

those sound awesome!!

oh yeah. i especially like calling home during class and turning the volume on my phone all the way up so the kid gets a full earful from their parent.

aw thanks! your mom sounds adorable and like me in 20 years. i definitely want to be comfortable, but i also want to look like i give a shit, so i don’t really get it when my colleagues are wearing what i perceive to be pajamas. like i said above, the kids definitely pick up on your attitude, and it helps with student…

isn’t that funny/weird? anytime i wear a skirt or dress my male students assume that i have a date after school or something. i’m like no, either my pants are dirty or i am bloated and didn’t want to be uncomfortable.

yeah, it’s definitely better to start the year super business-y (and overall more strict than you think) because you want to set the tone with “i’m the adult, i’m in charge” blah blah. but after a while you just go for “what is comfortable, clean, and not something i wore to the bar last weekend?”

believe me, i know what you’re dealing with. i am also 24 and, bonus, the teacher whom i replaced actually had sex with a few students (she is obviously no longer teaching), so for some students there was an assumption that i was “like her”. any kind of inappropriate comment has earned an immediate office referral…

lol yeah. i am one of a handful of white teachers at a school that is 75% black and 25% hispanic. the kids get a kick out of making fun of me, but i don’t really mind.

loft is just the best for work clothes. and they have crazy online sales sometimes! i got two beautiful short-sleeve blouses for $30 total a few weeks ago.

i’m a teacher, so dress code can be kind of confusing. the expectation is “business/business casual”, but people definitely interpret that to their liking. my typical work clothes are skinny cut khakis, black skinny jeans that i pretend are slacks, literally any shirt in my closet that isn’t a tank/crop or low-cut (i…

he looks like an elf on the shelf come to life

ALI IS SO HOT!!!!! i luv him

yes definitely! and the logical reasoning (don’t remember exactly how my therapist referred to it) helps me a lot too. i definitely tend to overanalyze, so when i slow down and consider what could ACTUALLY happen/did happen and what that ACTUALLY means, i calm down a lot. woooo CBT

honestly, there is something liberating about reveling in your wrongness. if you fuck up, it happens to literally everyone, so you just deal with it as it happens. something that was drilled into me in CBT was the notion that i am not a prophet; my anxiety convinces me that i know exactly what’s going to happen (and…

i share a name and birthday with my former governor. weird!

check out madewell! their jeans are known for making asses look amazing, and they definitely carry a more relaxed (but still slim) cut. plus, they offer student and teacher discounts if you’re either of those things, and the jeans are kind of expensive (but about the same as banana) but they give a discount if you…

CHILLS. especially that the veto came from an anti-choice republican! miracles happen!!!!!!!!!

yeah, they aren’t that bad now that they’ve known me for so long (and that i won’t put up with it) but yeah the teacher bought the kids phones.