Gretchen Keisner

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Gretchen Keisner

@betchwithgretch

Ya betch, Gretch 🐢🌸🏐 I didn't choose the thug life, my mom picked it out for me

Beigetreten Kasım 2019

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Gretchen Keisner@betchwithgretch·11 Tem

Drowning looks nothing like it does in the movies. Most often, there is no flailing or screaming for help. Look for heads tilted up, mouths open, arms paddling underwater to keep their face above surface. If this is you, stay calm, try to float on your back & call for help

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Gretchen Keisner@betchwithgretch·1h

@ZillennialApple @jayb0g1 @allkemi Let me emphasize, it's a stereotype so it does not apply to all kids and I've had many lovely hockey-playing students, however, the amount of behavior issues I see stemming from students feeling *entitled* to act however they want and their parents actively encourage it is insane

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Gretchen Keisner@betchwithgretch·1h

@ZillennialApple @jayb0g1 @allkemi Hockey is popular in my state (notably, it is very expensive & time consuming to put your child in with the cost of all the gear, rink fees, and travelling), and there is a stereotype that students who play hockey show some of the worst behaviors in school (obviously not all)

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uses the silent treatment in a street fight@allkemi·15h

Genuinely would love to know what her home environment was like but I know we can’t just ask things like that because kids are just “dumb and bad” and adults are good and do everything they can.

Daniel Buck, “Youngest Old Man in Ed Reform”@MrDanielBuck

“One student made 25 other students have a worse experience” Mercy to the cruel is cruelty to the innocent

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Gretchen Keisner@betchwithgretch·10h

@jayb0g1 @allkemi "I would be shocked if she didn't have a bad home life" I am going to push back heavily against that. From my experience teaching, some of the worst behaviors I've seen from students were the kids with rich, doting parents who didn't think their child could do anything wrong.

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jayb0g@jayb0g1·12h

@allkemi I would be shocked if she didn't have a bad home life. She can be a victim at the same time that she hurts other students. It's not fair to the other students to make them deal with her issues.

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Gretchen Keisner@betchwithgretch·12h

@foreverimbetter Also what is with all the corporate boot-licking? I personally don't think energy drinks should be legal to sell to minors. I'm all for putting pressure on the companies

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Gretchen Keisner@betchwithgretch·12h

@foreverimbetter As a teacher, I think you guys underestimate how easily kids can get their own drinks/snacks without parents knowing. My school is by a gas station. Super easy for kids to walk after school, pick up cans, and throw them out by the time they're home

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Miss Sandrist@foreverimbetter·17h

So a teenager was drinking multiple energy drinks a day and died so the family is suing the energy drink company? Are parents ever gonna realize that parenting is their job?

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Gretchen Keisner@betchwithgretch·12h

@SamStrickers181 Especially when the kids who don't behave still benefit from this type of reward

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Sam Strickland@SamStrickers181·15h

The issue here isn’t about doing fun things with kids. The issue is that this is being used as a tool to promote positive behaviour, which sends all the wrong messages out to kids i.e. if you behave teacher X gets dunked. So what happens when kids cease to behave….

Ria@Ria1984

I just saw this on another social media platform. Posted by the school. Thoughts? I know what mine are. #behaviour #behaviourmanagement #edutwitter

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Gretchen Keisner@betchwithgretch·16h

@Smuckerdoodle6 @educator4ever36 I mean a lot more learning than I think you're giving the teachers credit for. I have some parents who pull their kids out for any excuse and it's frustrating trying to catch them up. The "we didn't expect they'd do anything important" is such a slap to the face to all we plan

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Smuckerdoodle@Smuckerdoodle6·16h

@betchwithgretch @educator4ever36 Cool. Well, at least now you know why some of us are complaining about all the testing. Imagine how much learning is really going on in 20 minute class periods after a THREE HOUR test block, day after day after day.

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The Principal’s Office@educator4ever36·19h

It’s testing season in most American public schools. How many schools will now stop teaching any new content for the rest of the year? Parents - you should ask the teachers or Principals whether your child is simply going to school for compliance at this point.

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Gretchen Keisner@betchwithgretch·16h

@Julie_2417 @educator4ever36 I still go back to, the schools teach other subjects that kids should be there to learn

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Julie Thériault @Julie_2417·16h

@betchwithgretch @educator4ever36 In VA we have MAP testing in Reading, Math and Language, followed by SOL tests in 2-5 subjects, and end of course tests. Amd compressed schedules.

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Gretchen Keisner@betchwithgretch·17h

@Smuckerdoodle6 @educator4ever36 I know in my state on testing days, we just have A/B days and class periods stay the same length. Again, I wouldn't want students staying home and missing my subject just because their parents are pulling them out of a math test for a portion of the day.

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Smuckerdoodle@Smuckerdoodle6·18h

@betchwithgretch @educator4ever36 Because there’s state mandated standardized tests followed by state-mandated end of course exams. And make up days. Oh, and in-school SAT.

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Gretchen Keisner@betchwithgretch·19h

@zero_ech @GodOfAmerica20 @whistlewillieo @nazzobetweeting This is so true. People who think Republicans are the same as Democrats do not see outside their window the pains Republicans will go to to take away your rights

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DevKid 47 👾@zero_ech·19h

@GodOfAmerica20 @whistlewillieo @nazzobetweeting This ^ A lot of the "Both sides are the same" leftists live in comfy blue states where they don't have to worry about anything happening to them

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nazzo@nazzobetweeting·23h

unfortunately for you, half the country does believe they’re the same thing so

Ellie | BLM | 🍉 🏳️‍⚧️@BonesAndEllie

Nothing annoys me more than people who think democrats, liberals, and leftists are the same thing.

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Gretchen Keisner@betchwithgretch·19h

@bcubeddd Professors are teachers and undergrads are students. Why would a grading system be different for college versus high school?

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big brane boi@bcubeddd·19h

@betchwithgretch Im sorry but you’ve been arguing circularly. Yes you prefer letter grades. fine also we’re not talking about pupils and teachers, we’re talking about undergrads and professors

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big brane boi@bcubeddd·1d

that's funny. i'm of the exact opposite opinion: abolish numerical/letter grades, and have exactly 3 degree classifications: fail, pass, distinction. anyone who needs more resolution can request a letter of reference

Joseph Conlon@JosephPConlon

One of my few radical views is that degree classifications should be abolished. They are an old and now debased currency. Replace them by class percentile (or class decile). 1/3

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Gretchen Keisner@betchwithgretch·20h

@bcubeddd Just giving a practical view based on experience as a teacher with letter grades, standards based & competency based grading. Letter grades aren't flawless but they're the default for a reason; they're the most accurate at communicating how studens demonstrate their knowlege

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big brane boi@bcubeddd·20h

@betchwithgretch okay I can see this chat has been a waste of time

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Gretchen Keisner@betchwithgretch·20h

@bcubeddd Grades aren't subjective like that. If a student meets the threshold, they've met the threshold.

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big brane boi@bcubeddd·20h

@betchwithgretch Yeah I would fail the first kind of person

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Gretchen Keisner@betchwithgretch·20h

@bcubeddd Like again, a person who gets a D- at 63% is different than a person with a B+ who got 89%. You need a grading system with nuance to distinguish between the two

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Gretchen Keisner@betchwithgretch·20h

@bcubeddd No, because Pass could mean anything from "you should not trust this person to *really* understand the content, you just did the bare minimum" to "this person isn't a master but has an overal good understanding of the course"

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Gretchen Keisner@betchwithgretch·20h

@bcubeddd I also say all of this having worked in a school that used "Competency-Based Grading" where letter grades were swapped out with scores "Beginning" "Approaching" "Proficient" and "Exceeds" and it was a shit show. Parens and students never grasped where they actually sat

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Gretchen Keisner@betchwithgretch·20h

@bcubeddd I feel like there is. There needs to be something that says "they didn't do so horribly they don't deserve credit, but they didn't master the concepts. They just scraped by at the skin of their teeth" which again, is pretty much D or C depending on the level of severity

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Gretchen Keisner@betchwithgretch·21h

@CartoonsHateHer I think there is benefit *sometimes* from being told "that's actually not something to get worked up about." The "all feelings are valid" message sometimes gets misconstrued as "all your worries are as bad as you think" when it can be relieving to hear "it's actually fine"

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Cartoons Hate Her!@CartoonsHateHer·22h

My brother telling me that every thought I have is stupid and that I think my fears are reasonable but I am in fact "vacationing in crazyland most of the year." For 2 months I just ignored my OCD based on this and it was awesome lol.

No filter Skin@NoFilterSkin

GIRLS WHO DONT GATEKEEP: what's something that dramatically improved your mental health??? i dont care how unhinged it may sound

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