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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

4 years

All I ever wanted was the world. ❤️

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

3 years

I'm just going to shout it into the void: There is not a teacher shortage. There is a SALARY SHORTAGE. There is a WORK AND LIFE BALANCE SHORTAGE. There is an EMPATHY SHORTAGE. There is a BEING TREATED LIKE A PROFESSIONAL ADULT shortage. I said what I said.

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

2 years

I saw a post: “What can teachers do to fix the teacher shortage?” Y’all…no. NO. It is not the job of teachers to fix the teacher shortage. The onus should absolutely NOT be on teachers to fix the teacher shortage.

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

4 years

@trinityjaaay I’ve never had a black teacher. I am my first black teacher.

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

25 days

I’ve typed and deleted and typed and deleted but I got the dreaded call that my MomMom passed away this morning. I haven’t stopped sobbing. The sky was pink when I woke up this morning. Pink was her favorite color (as is mine). She was the best. l already miss her. ❤️

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

1 year

When I was student teaching, I extended a due date for a student who had just lost a family member. Upon hearing this, my mentor teacher pulled me aside and told me that I’m “not here to be their friend,” I’m supposed to be here to be their teacher. I think about this a lot.

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

1 year

The lawsuit with the teacher in VA where the six-year-old shot her *intentionally* is about to be a landmark case in education. Mark my words. For so long, some administrators have been too afraid to act--and all at the expense of educator well-being and safety.

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

2 years

Help a girl born in 1993 out: typing classes were a thing?! By the time I was in elementary school we had a “computer applications” class that taught us how to use old school Microsoft, navigate search engines, etc…we learned how to type from CD software like Carmen Sandiego!

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@GeriGillespy

2 years

@VictoriaTheTech 🎉 This is what @RobynHrivnatz @LeazaTechy & I were talking about‼️ 😂🤣😂 Anyone else out there remember this⁉️

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

4 years

If I see one more video of a teacher doing a special handshake for every one of his students with the comment section raving how “he’s so inspiring!” I am burning my house to the ground. Handshakes do NOT make a great teacher! Unless their content area is handshakes!

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

9 days

The most frightening part of this is that the mom was trying to use this as justification to pull her daughter out of school and begin the home schooling process. Miss ma’am, if you don’t know the branches of government at your big age, you shouldn’t be home schooling. 5/

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

3 years

That TikTok trend where kids essentially steal from teachers and vandalize the school has reached my school site and y'all, I don't even deal with discipline and I am absolutely enraged about this. I am thinking of all the extra unnecessary work this is creating for custodians.

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

4 years

If you ever see my mentor from student teaching who tried to bar me from entering the profession, could you please relay that I have the masters degree she could never attain and have been crushing it in the classroom since day one? Thanks!! #BlackInTheIvory

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

4 years

When you say “I don’t see color,” what I hear is “I don’t see racism.”

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

3 years

Yesterday, someone told me that having my mic muted was disrespectful. There was no reason for my mic to be on. It was a "sit and get" session. My mic was muted because my space heater is a bit noisy. I always thought: mic off when you're not talking = good. Thoughts?

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

5 years

Some teachers give extra credit to kids who bring in extra supplies like glue sticks, scissors, paper, etc. I feel like this sends a wrong message...not only is the credit not truly earned but it puts lower income students at a disadvantage. Thoughts?

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

2 years

A post on another one of my socials is from a woman who is a teacher; she is seeking advice after her husband said that teaching was glorified babysitting and has been mocking her for her profession. My advice? Get a new husband. Whew, the absolute AUDACITY of that dude.

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

3 years

Was in a meeting earlier where someone said I need to be "my husband's biggest cheerleader." ...who's going to tell them?

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

3 years

Sometimes I share a picture of me and my wife and folks ask "where are your husbands?" Bonus points if we're in a picture TOGETHER with wedding dresses on and they say it's "goals" that "two best friends got married on the same day." ...is it not clear? I'm married to a woman.

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

9 days

So y’all know how I’m part of a mom group? And I don’t know how I got added, but I stay in it for the drama? (And if you don’t know, now you know!) I jumped in and commented today. This woman is FURIOUS that her daughter is learning about the branches of government. 1/

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

3 years

If anything, I feel like this pandemic has revealed that a five day work week (and honestly, a five day school week) has not been and continues to be unsustainable. From what I see, people dig the asynchronous day and break in the middle of the week. Anyone else feel the same?

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

2 years

I recently put in my resignation. Everything is fine and there’s no reason to worry. I’ll be more than okay—I just accepted an amazing position at my dream company. Life is good. ❤️

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

1 year

Getting upset that paraprofessionals and contractors get recognized during Teacher Appreciation Week because they’re not “real teachers” has the same energy as folks who think adoptive parents, step-parents, and foster parents aren’t “real parents.” It strikes me as so petty.

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

4 years

Some of you already know, so it's time to share publicly: I've accepted a new role as a STEM instructional coach! I'm excited, nervous, and hungry (literally and figuratively). I've wanted a coaching position for so long and am excited to start this new journey in my career!

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

4 years

I don’t want to do anything like a pirate.

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

2 years

I’m just now getting caught up on the news out of Indiana and y’all, my mouth is as open as my eyes right now. You hear that sound? It’s the sound of educators leaving the profession because at this point, it seems that these laws are DELIBERATELY created to make folks exit.

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

3 years

Wow, I am coming home more tired than I ever have before. And the consensus in my building is that I’m not the only one. I feel like workplaces (regardless of if you’re in a school or not) SEVERELY underestimated the emotional, mental, and physical toll of being back in person.

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

9 days

It was clear that the mother was uncomfortable with the content because she did not want her daughter to be informed, AND didn’t want her daughter outpacing her in her own understanding of the content. It was bizarre. And when I see bizarre things, I can’t just sit back. 6/

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

3 years

Anybody else think it's super bizarre that we were just expected to go back into schools as of everything was normal...? There seems to be no public acknowledgement of collective loss or turmoil. Just "HEY welcome back and now we're all here again, it's like we're *normal* now!"

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

1 year

This general lack of empathy from my mentor teacher was par for the course, but it was astounding nonetheless. Apparently, showing empathy is poor educator conduct. The student just lost a family member and her main concern was whether or not they turned a diorama in on time.

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

10 months

Alright, I have to say it. I’m seeing folks boycott going to states like FL and TX for conferences. 100% fair. But what I don’t like seeing is people stating that ALL folks who live in those states are 100% down with what’s going on. It couldn’t be farther from the truth. 1/

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

3 years

I just love this photo of us so much. Tomorrow is the first anniversary of our wedding and I am so happy to be married to Kourtney.

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

3 years

@DrRichiMD Unfortunately, this happens to educators a bunch. A parent spotted me one time shopping at Home Depot in shorts. It was summertime. She came up to me and called me unprofessional. I've since left the classroom, but still think about this from time to time.

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

1 year

Abby Zwerner, the teacher in Virginia who was shot by her 6-year-old student, has filed a lawsuit Monday seeking $40 million in damages from school officials, accusing them of gross negligence. I hope she gets every single penny. Link:

Teacher shot by 6-year-old student files $40 million lawsuit

A first-grade Virginia teacher who was shot and seriously wounded by her 6-year-old student has filed a lawsuit seeking $40 million in damages from Newport News school officials.

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

9 days

Mom made the post around 2 hours ago and it’s been blowing up with comments ever since. We’re all basically saying the same thing: “what in the Jimmy Crack Corn is going on here?!” Mom hasn’t responded to any of the comments… …yet. So now we wait. 10/10

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

5 years

Racist? You don't belong in this profession. Anti-LGBTQ+? You don't belong in this profession. Xenophobic? You don't belong in this profession. We teach kids from all walks of life, all the time. Did you not read the fine print?

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

1 year

The teacher in Virginia who was shot by the six year old is suing the school district. I hope she sues the HELL out of that district, gets a very nice payout, and gets to live life peacefully afterward. It’s what she deserves. The school showed negligence beyond compare.

13News Now

@13NewsNow

1 year

BREAKING:

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

9 months

I shared that “teaching is harder than being in the military!” article with Kourtney and oooooh she has thoughts. Her main sticking point has always been: in the military, if there’s someone acting up or not following directions, they don’t last. In fact, they CAN’T last. 1/

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

4 years

I will repeat: I am not a fan of the black and white thinking going around that purports school = unsafe/home = safe. Although health is paramount, it is a VERY privileged standpoint that to think all kids have safe and loving homes. I said what I said.

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

3 years

Shifting from "cancel culture" to "consequence culture" is a great way to think about it. Were you cancelled or are you now just facing the consequences of your own crappy actions? Bloop.

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

10 months

This wasn’t just a read, it was an entire obituary. 👏🏽 Shout out to Lauren Ashley. We need more parents like her to speak up and speak out!

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@notcapnamerica

10 months

Greg Abbott has imitated a hostile takeover of the local school district in Houston, TX — taking control away from the local school board so that it’s now run by the state. Parent and activist Lauren Ashley read the superintendent for FILTH

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

4 years

*breathes* Last night, a teacher on this platform stated she loves and supports all students while referring to me as “the black queer” in nearly the same breath. This kind of dehumanizing language is not only absolutely ridiculous in 2020, but has no place in education.

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

3 years

Good morning to everyone who doesn’t judge the worth of an educator on their parental status. ☀️

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

9 days

…it took her THREE HOURS to prep herself on branches of government so that she could support her seven year old child for a quiz—something she also mentioned in the post. Y’all have been around long enough to know that I don’t play when it comes to education. 9/

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

4 years

@Doug_Lemov This is a horrible take. I was visiting a classroom not too long ago and even the teacher's camera was off. The engagement was OFF THE CHARTS. Purposeful use of edtech and relationship building makes this possible. It's not all about having your camera on.

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

1 year

I know I am absolutely late on this, but am I reading this correctly that a six year old shot their teacher in school yesterday? I’m beside myself. I’m standing here staring at the wall.

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

2 years

I know that I was tired last night because y’all…this is the “alarm” I set. I’m lucky I’m a naturally early riser because what if I relied on this?!?!????

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

2 years

I had a conversation moments ago with my director about how there’s going to be a huge reckoning of educators who won’t be coming back to their buildings after break. She said: “well, there are tons of openings at schools!” I said: “no, I mean, they’re LEAVING leaving.” 1/

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

9 days

The comments were firm and clear: you as an adult not knowing the branches of government is a non-starter, and you wanting your daughter to not know about the branches of government is also a non-starter. Some folks were kind enough to share resources to help. 7/

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

4 years

I can’t quite put my finger on it, but something about this doesn’t sit well with me.

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

4 years

I just received a gender reveal party invitation that explicitly said the theme would be “handyman or housewife.” I— *breathes* WHY DO PEOPLE DO THIS?!

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

1 year

To my knowledge, this woman is still in the classroom. She is still teaching. Her rationale for her behavior was that “she’s done this for years.” My response was: “so what?” Doing something for years and treating people—our young people!!!!!—like that doesn’t make it okay.

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

1 year

Can we start a thread of small things y’all may do to help yourself feel better when you’re stressed? I can start: I wash all the bedding and make the bed. Even on my worst days, I still deserve to sleep on crisp, clean sheets. Also, I’ve found drinking ice cold water helps!

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

3 years

Every so often I feel the need to clarify my profile picture: It's me and my wife. Yes, I am married to a woman. Her name is Kourtney and she is wonderful; she shows up from time to time on here. She is on the LEFT. I am on the RIGHT. We're both cute.

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

3 years

That woman who snarkily asked me what I'm going to be doing this past weekend because I don't have kids just asked me when I am going to get married "for real" and my response was "I don't know, (name), when are you going to stop being awful for real?" Happy Wednesday! 🎉

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

1 year

This is the same woman who also judged me because I wasn’t getting in at 5 AM (school started at 7:40-ish) like she was, nor was I leaving at 6:30 PM (school ended at 2:30-ish) like she was. She saw that as a sign of not putting in enough work instead of working efficiently.

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

4 years

So I guess it needs to be said AGAIN 🙄: If you are having a conference, a workshop, a panel, ANYTHING that gives a platform for multiple people to speak, and there are no POC/BIPOC speaking or contributing, shut the whole damn thing down. Replan and rebook. It’s 2020.

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

1 year

Yesterday I spoke with someone who said lowering standards for teachers is great because “it widens the pool!” When I asked if he’d like for someone without a degree, credentials, or experience to teach his kid, he said no. My brother in astrology, you cannot have it both ways.

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@VictoriaTheTech

2 years

The sheer amount of educators that have reached out to me within the past week seeking to leave the classroom and become coaches, consultants, or work in edtech shows that not only are schools going to see a mass exodus at the end of the year, but recruiters are in for a doozy.

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

4 years

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: it is 100% okay for an educator to have a personal life on top of their professional life. “Teacher” should be your job, not your entire identity. Go out with your friends and family. Sleep in once in a while. Have fun.

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Victoria Thompson, M.S. 💻 🥐 🏳️‍🌈

@VictoriaTheTech

4 years

Many of my white friends are becoming moms/dads now and they’re already making me a little nervous with their refusal to “get political” or “talk about issues” with their future children. White parents who ignore issues raise white children who ignore issues. The system goes on.

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@VictoriaTheTech

8 months

A friend-of-a-friend asked for advice as to why his job search wasn’t going well and I was honest and told him he really needs to clean up his social media. He then screamed at me, saying nobody can control what he posts. So, yeah. The call is coming from inside the house.

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@VictoriaTheTech

4 years

Someone just called my wife a female in a meeting. The context? “I hate working with females like you.” She’s about to go off in 3...2...

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@VictoriaTheTech

11 months

So happy. ☺️❤️ #ISTELive

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@VictoriaTheTech

4 years

Help: Kourt and I were invited to a wedding. No formal invitation yet, but bride and groom are asking for a $150 contribution per person to pay for the wedding and an additional $100 cash gift to pay for the honeymoon. I get that times are tough but this seems odd. Thoughts?

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@VictoriaTheTech

4 years

@Doug_Lemov Not even to mention the students that don't feel comfortable having their cameras on because they don't feel comfortable sharing their environments, or there are distractions around them, or maybe there is a dog barking in the background... Horrible take and a privileged take.

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@VictoriaTheTech

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We hold the meetings, nobody shows. We send the emails, nobody responds. We reach out, nobody gets back to us... ...and then we get told "they didn't know." At what point do I stop giving grace, say "screw it," and go run around outside with my dog? Somebody please help.

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@VictoriaTheTech

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…not to the point where a child needs to know everything about it. And, spelling the branches is not a requirement. They just need to have basic, baseline knowledge of what each branch does. Mom’s still furious and states that she herself doesn’t even know the branches. 4/

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@VictoriaTheTech

1 year

Upon my departure I wrote a review of my experience and to my knowledge, she isn’t allowed to have another student teacher again. I did what I could but feel like it still wasn’t enough, especially given that she’s still working with students and probably doing the same nonsense.

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@VictoriaTheTech

4 years

Good morning to everyone except folx who put “inner city educator” or “title 1 educator” in their bios as an attempt to garner sympathy or respect.

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My comment was…different…because I focused on the home school aspect and encouraged her to use her critical thinking skills (whatever may be there…) and really ask herself if it’s worth it to pull her this late in the year AND if she could be a capable teacher if.. 8/

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4 years

I love hearing snippets of the conversations my wife has during meetings. She DOES 👏🏽NOT 👏🏽 PLAY. 👏🏽 “You are speaking from a place of privilege. I’m going to need you to stop.” “I thought you lack empathy, now I KNOW you lack empathy.” “This is a waste of my time.”

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When I told my wife (who is not in education) about the details of this story, her first reaction was: "It sounds like administration didn't want to call the parents." It's to the point where even folks outside of our profession recognize how messed up this is.

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3 years

TODAY IS THE DAY! It's our first anniversary! 🎉🎉🎉 Especially now, it's hard to believe that just one year ago we went to New Orleans to get married and celebrate with our closest friends and family. Such a beautiful day. . ...also I am craving some beignets right now.

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@VictoriaTheTech

2 years

My AP and I “twin” without planning it all the time. And today, we did the electric slide with 8th grade drama class!

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7 months

Why does my dog look like he’s about to tell me some gossip?! 😭 #Ren

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2 years

I! Am! OFFICIALLLLL!

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@VictoriaTheTech

3 years

People not in education: Education should be ran more like a business!! Teachers: Okay, with that logic, I’m leaving education for another job with more compensation, a healthier work environment, and it treats me like a professional. People: Oh wait we didn’t mean it like THAT

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@VictoriaTheTech

9 days

Judging by the age of her child my guess is that her daughter is in 1st or 2nd grade. Mom is mad that her daughter is being quizzed on the ins and outs of the branches of government, including the spellings of those branches. I, and many others, immediately became skeptical. 2/

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8 days

What are the three branches of US government? Wrong answers only. I’ll start: Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather

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@VictoriaTheTech

1 year

Friday thread: My wife’s name is Kourtney. A school not in this state (?) has confused her with *another* Kourtney who is interviewing for a position there. There was an email mixup (by one number) and they sent Kourt the school policies for preview. And they’re BANANAS.

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@VictoriaTheTech

3 years

It's almost contract renewal season for educators. Remember that you do NOT need to stay in a toxic workplace. If you're unhappy or undervalued, it's time to plan your exit strategy. You are worth respect and should be treated like the professional that you are.

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9 days

State standards are publicly posted and since I am continuously shocked at how people will reveal their entire locations online, I (and others) were able to search and confirm that YES, branches of government is a standard covered for that state at that age, but it’s... 3/

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@VictoriaTheTech

3 years

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: it’s so wack that we work for 8+ hours and then come home and only have a few hours until the next day starts up again.

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@VictoriaTheTech

3 years

This tweet was inspired by me seeing red after hearing "we have a teacher shortage." I've been hearing this for ages--if we KEEP having so called "teacher shortages" and say nothing EXCEPT "we have a teacher shortage," why aren't we looking into what causes said "shortages?"

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@VictoriaTheTech

1 year

I had a tough time sleeping last night. I keep thinking of the teacher who got shot by her six year old student. I’m glad she’s on the mend but I’m shook that a six year old had access to a gun like that. Every time I close my eyes, it’s all I can picture. And it’s heartbreaking.

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@VictoriaTheTech

11 months

So, I mentioned not too long ago that most empires last 250 years before they either explode or implode. This isn’t just me saying it; empire specialists have confirmed it. The United States is about three years from the 250 year mark. Just saying.

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@VictoriaTheTech

2 years

In an early chat with an old colleague today, I had a moment where I really had to push her thinking. She works at school where there’s a lot of high income families, and she expressed to me that her students were exhibiting “Title I behaviors.” I stopped in my tracks. 1/

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@VictoriaTheTech

3 years

It's shutdown week at work. This means that we all have the week off. We didn't have to take PTO/vacation/sick leave for it. We literally just all have the week off to rest and recharge. More organizations should do this. But, for now, it's time to get ready for my flight!✈️

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@VictoriaTheTech

3 years

Can somebody please explain to me why a superintendent would need a... 1.) Clothing budget 2.) Car budget ...when their salaries are already 200K+? What am I missing? Why do they need a budget for clothing or a car? Educators do not get budgets for clothing or a car.

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@VictoriaTheTech

4 years

Our jobs.

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@VictoriaTheTech

3 years

I’d like some honesty from educators: We know there’s a lot going on for EVERYBODY right now. Do you know what your admin are doing? Would it be helpful for you if your school leaders (principals, APs, etc) shared what’s happening on a more candid basis with you?

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@VictoriaTheTech

4 years

Teaching students of color does not make you a decent person. Saying you “don’t see color” does not make you a decent person. ACCEPTING ACCOUNTABILITY MAKES YOU A DECENT PERSON. And if you are called out for problematic behavior and refuse to learn, then YOU are the problem.

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@VictoriaTheTech

4 years

Hey @educationweek : I’m curious as to what the rationale is for hiring this person to write an op ed for your website. Not only is she openly attacking a fellow educator, but calling social justice “crap” is alarming alongside your Black voices statements. Thoughts/comments?

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@VictoriaTheTech

6 months

4 years ago today, Kourtney and I got married in front of 30 friends and family members in New Orleans, LA! ❤️ happy anniversary to my wife who doesn’t have a Twitter account but still looks at my page from time to time! 😂 Love you, Kourt!

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@VictoriaTheTech

2 years

Being in classrooms and hearing students go "hey, where's X?" and their classmates casually saying "oh, they have COVID so they're out" is equal parts sad, infuriating, and frustrating. We shouldn't be in this position.

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@VictoriaTheTech

4 years

Who has two thumbs and was chosen to be part of the curriculum workshop board for incorporating African American studies in secondary instruction for the entire 👏🏽 state 👏🏽 of Washington? 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 THIS GIRL. 🎉

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@VictoriaTheTech

4 years

I’m 100% for STEM education (I’m a math teacher!) but humanities are just as important. STEM means nothing if you can’t read, write, or articulate what you’ve done or learned. We always talk about putting STEM in the humanities. Why not put a little humanities into the STEM?

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@VictoriaTheTech

2 years

Question of the day: A workplace has eight resignations in less than 5 weeks. What would your "gut feeling" opinion be of that workplace?

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@VictoriaTheTech

2 years

@MoniseLSeward @_jenniferdriver She pissed me TF off with the “black unborn lives matter” 😡

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@VictoriaTheTech

4 years

My district has announced it will be going 100% remote in the fall with an option to look at a hybrid model in January. This will certainly present some unique opportunities and challenges as a new instructional coach. I’m going to listen to the Hercules soundtrack and think.

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