Science Teacher. Science Nerd. Mom. She/Hers. All thoughts and views presented here are my own.
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Megan Strahan retweeted
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs was informed by the Blackfeet Nation— and he mixed it up, because he didn’t know how to make it fit within America’s individualized culture.
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Hello, my name is Dr. Rebecca Gibson, and I'm going to keep making people uncomfortable by talking about how underemployed me and other contingent academics are until the entire fucking system changes and we're all paid living wages and unionized to a fare-thee-well.
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We all watched George Floyd get murdered, and now for the next several weeks, the entire news cycle will be dominated by Derek Chauvin’s defense lawyers arguing that George Floyd does not deserve justice.
That's trauma.
It's ok to not be alright. Take space for yourself.
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It’s ok to absolutely hate wearing masks while still wearing them because you care about other people.
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How much better off we could be if we didn’t make “grade level” synonymous with “chronological age”
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When @GregAbbott_TX reopened Texas too soon the first time, we were averaging around 5,000 cases per day.
Now, as he ignores public health once again, Texas averages 7,000 cases per day.
This is a reckless decision that will cost lives.
Megan Strahan retweeted
Has anyone ever had toxic workplace PTSD? Like, the chime sound of an incoming email evokes your “fight, flight, or freeze response?” Just me?
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People are like, “Teachers just want to be lazy. That’s why they oppose opening school buildings.”
You talked to a teacher recently? This sucks, is emotionally exhausting, and forces a lot of us to feel inadequate daily.
We’re trying. You’re making it worse.
Shut it.
Megan Strahan retweeted
I have this radical lefty belief that we shouldn’t spend $1,700,000,000,000 on a failed F-35 fighter jet program when 94% of public school teachers are forced to spend their own money on school supplies.
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I surveyed students about how grades made them feel.
There were the unsurprising responses of stressed, anxious, etc.
There were responses like, “Good if my grades are up and bad if not.”
But then a concerning number students who wrote one word: dumb.
Burn. It. Down.
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Megan Strahan retweeted
Africa is a continent with 56 countries with different cultures & customs. Africa is not a country. Say the continent of Africa #BlackHistoryMonth
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Fun fact: If a school claims to do what’s best for kids but refuses to have hard conversations about grading because “it’s a hot-button issue,” we can call the first statement a lie.
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The STAAR test doesn’t diagnose kids @MikeMorath
Teachers don’t even get the information during the school year. It’s meant to compare schools for accountability purposes. It’s not appropriate to give at this time.
#CancelTheSTAAR
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GOP: “They are just words. They didn’t really mean to ‘hang’ us.”
Also GOP: “How dare Cardi B make a song about her private parts! Words matter! Our children are listening.”
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Y'all. I have actual Ss losing and burying actual parents. This is the 3rd student since we got back from winter break (that I am aware of, there could def be more) that has lost a parent to COVID complications.
I am lost for words. Knowing all of this was preventable. 😔
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The pandemic didn’t create the inequity issues we’re seeing.
It revealed them.
#distancelearning