Alex Funk (She/Her)

My reading goal this year is 15 books. I’ve already read 18 and 1/2 of 2 books. I’m not putting pressure on what I’m reading (so it’s all the romance) and I’m not forcing myself to read something I can’t get into. It’s been refreshing!

@mylifeinaword Right? And I wear through them like nobodies business.

@msafunk It sucks because they are so expensive! I was looking at buying one yesterday and the cheap one was $40.

My heating pad wasn’t working in the middle of the night last night. This is a problem since I’m in the middle of a flare up (“probable” endo). I run through heating pads every couple years. It works now, but now I’m wondering if I should have a backup…

@mcbeatke @BedJetSleep I had never heard of this! I think I need this! Thank you!

@msafunk @BedJetSleep - purchased a couple of years ago for my wife. It's a game changer. Check it out.

Here’s the truth about the education crisis, straight from educators and parents. Share this video to make sure candidates in our upcoming election commit to public education. #StandForEducation

@ajennwithtwons @charliemackesy @Lakeviewleth They really are! I feel like nothing quite captures how amazing they are in real life

@msafunk @charliemackesy @Lakeviewleth I saw these up close and they really are more impressive in person!

We took a quote from @charliemackesy book from Mole about cake in my 3rd grade class and made paper mache cakes for @Lakeviewleth to enjoy. The kids did fabulous. Pictures don’t do it justice.

@freakindelight @DEHRtoCare We also made paper mache cakes over the past few weeks. We do and talk about all the things in here 🤣

This is how you know you teach kids about the brain a lot. We are prepping for our @DEHRtoCare gala and talking about resilience. One of my grade 3s said “resilience is when your prefrontal cortex controls your reactions to emotions, not your amygdala” 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

We teach our students to name it to tame it. We teach that it’s okay to feel. But we don’t often extend the same grace to ourselves (even though it’s necessary work)

The fact that we’re experiencing a fundamental crisis in public education in #Alberta (not waving anymore, but drowning) is symptomatic of a society 168° off kilter to what’s critical to its future survival & prosperity. Fixating on a sunset carbon economy while🔥🏛️🔥#abed #ableg

@GarnerCody @hubermanlab I am now!

@hubermanlab @msafunk you following this guy?

The value of reading, and of writing things down that we read, or hear, cannot be overstated. Two expert guests (who specialize in speech and memory) on the Huberman Lab podcast explained that when we read text or listen to something and then write key aspects/takeaways down by hand- not typing, it engages our motor control centers in ways that deeply embed that information to our memory. Taking notes, however cursory, turns out to be the best way to remember and implement information later.

You have 2.5 hours left! Don’t forget to vote Alberta teachers!

This announcement barely brings funding back to pre-pandemic levels! It DOESN’T account for the massive influx of students seen in the past 4yrs or the massive increase in classroom complexity. Not to mention to the desperate need to build actual schools. #ableg #abed

The University of Minnesota has a whole executive function lab and studying there may be a new dream/goal of mine…

Watching kids go from not knowing letters to starting to read gives me goosebumps every time

New inductees taking their pledge. Welcome to the profession!

@AlyssaRanger 🤣 this is amazing!

@KathrynMombo It makes report card writing a little difficult

@msafunk Omg!!! I hope it goes away soon!

Day 2 of this darn migraine. Meds haven’t seemed to touch it. I went to bed at 6pm last night hoping to sleep it off. 14 hours later my cheek is numb 😩 this pressure change can end now please!