Laurie Fortier

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Laurie Fortier

Laurie Fortier

@FortierLaurie

Retired Math Interventionist

Westerly, RI Katılım Şubat 2015
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Wall Street Apes
Wall Street Apes@WallStreetApes·
No longer a conspiracy theory US Attorney confirms shops are being setup with the sole purpose of exchanging SNAP benefits for cash Multiple fake stores, one as small as 150 square feet cashing out as much as $480,000 in EBT per month $7 million in food stamps turned into cash at 2 locations “Less than 150 square feet in size, smaller than some bathrooms — stores had one register, no carriages, no hand baskets” “One legitimate supermarket in the same area as these stores redeems approximately $80,000 in and SNAP benefits per month. Over the last 20 months, the Juswala variety store was redeeming between 3-6x that amount monthly” The 2 fake convenient store owners caught were both from Haiti
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Travis Akers 🇺🇸
Travis Akers 🇺🇸@travisakers·
A message from a Kindergarten teacher: After forty years in the classroom, my career ended with one small sentence from a six-year-old: “My dad says people like you don’t matter anymore.” No sneer. No malice. Just quiet honesty — the kind that cuts deeper because it’s innocent. He blinked, then added, “You don’t even have a TikTok.” My name is Mrs. Clara Holt, and for four decades, I taught kindergarten in a small Denver suburb. Today, I stacked the last box on my desk and locked the door behind me. When I started teaching in the early 1980s, it felt like a promise — a shared belief that what we did mattered. We weren’t rich, but we were valued. Parents brought warm cookies to parent nights. Kids gave you handmade cards with hearts that didn’t quite line up. Watching a child sound out their first sentence felt like magic. But that world slowly slipped away. The job I once knew has been replaced by exhaustion, red tape, and a kind of loneliness I can’t quite describe. My evenings used to be filled with construction paper, glitter, and glue sticks. Now they’re spent filling out digital reports to protect myself from angry emails or lawsuits. I’ve been yelled at by parents in front of twenty-five children — one filming me with his phone while I tried to calm another child mid-meltdown. And the kids… they’ve changed too. Not by choice. They arrive tired, anxious, overstimulated. Their tiny fingers know how to swipe a screen before they can hold a crayon. Some can’t make eye contact or wait in line. We’re expected to fix all of it — to patch the gaps, heal the trauma, teach the curriculum, and document every move — in six hours a day, with resources that barely fill a drawer. The little reading corner I once built, full of soft beanbags and paper stars, was replaced by data charts and “learning metrics.” A young principal once told me, “Clara, maybe you’re too nurturing. The district wants measurable results.” As if kindness were a weakness. Still, I stayed. Because of the small, holy moments that no spreadsheet could measure — a whisper of, “You remind me of my grandma.” a shaky note that read, “I feel safe here.” a quiet boy finally meeting my eyes and saying, “I read the whole page.” Those tiny sparks were my reason to keep showing up. But this last year broke something in me. The aggression grew sharper. The laughter in the staff room turned to silence. The light went out of so many eyes. I watched brilliant teachers — my friends — vanish under the weight of burnout, their joy replaced by survival. I felt myself fading too, like chalk on a board that’s been wiped one too many times. So today, I began my goodbye. I pulled faded art off the walls and tucked thirty years of handmade cards into a single box. In the back of a drawer, I found a letter from a student from 1998: “Thank you for loving me when I was hard to love.” I sat on the floor and cried. No party. No applause. Just a handshake from a young principal who called me “Ma’am” while checking his notifications. I left my rocking chair behind, and my sticker box too. What I carried with me were the memories — the faces of hundreds of children who once trusted me enough to reach out their hands and learn. That can’t be uploaded. It can’t be measured. It can’t be replaced. I miss when teachers were partners, not targets. When parents and educators worked side by side, not in opposition. When schools cared more about wonder than numbers. So if you know a teacher — any teacher — thank them. Not with a mug or a gift card, but with your words. With your respect. With your understanding that behind every test score is a heart that cared enough to try. Because in a world that often overlooks them, teachers are the ones who never forget our children.
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Kathleen Winchell ❤️🤍💙🇺🇸🇺🇸
This is such an awesome story about a Mom who writes her son’s teacher a note! She wrote the note for her because as a bit of jest she said I want a note, because the mom writes her son one every day! Have a listen it’s a heartwarming story!♥️♥️
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𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐭 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐫
Be honest because I’m trying to prove a point Would you back your child or grandchild's decision to attend trade school rather than college?
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Manly Mentor
Manly Mentor@manly_mentor·
Men, If you don't want your sons to struggle in the future, tell him these hard things today ‼️‼️
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Piers Morgan
Piers Morgan@piersmorgan·
Nobody knew about Johnny Carson’s political views because he thought his job was to make all Americans laugh, not preach about politics. That’s why he was the most popular late-night host ever. America desperately needs another Carson.
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Rob Schneider 🇺🇸
Rob Schneider 🇺🇸@RobSchneider·
Makes you go, hmmm. And maybe use your middle finger.
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👉M-Û-R-Č-H👈
👉M-Û-R-Č-H👈@TheEXECUTlONER_·
If the legendary Pat Boone smacks you, you know you're wrong! Pat just knocked one out of the park against Jimmy Kimmel. “Jimmy….you’re still perfectly free to say anything you want, anywhere you choose, but freedom isn’t free as you’re finding out…there is a responsibility with it and consequence from its’ misuse and that’s why it’s so precious.” “So shout, shout on! Speak your views publicly in the streets without fear, but don’t expect to be paid millions when you bite the hand that feeds you.” Said with so much class! The older entertainers know what's up! Johnny Carson never got political and had a great run entertaining us for years!
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Learn Something
Learn Something@cooltechtipz·
What's the height of a single glass?
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Jillian Michaels
Jillian Michaels@JillianMichaels·
How crazy is this… The supposed letter signed by “over 17000” doctors denouncing @RobertKennedyJr is actually fake. Take a look.
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Wall Street Apes
Wall Street Apes@WallStreetApes·
WOAH 🚨 Listen To This: College Campus Protestors EXPOSED By Non Profits Money Trail Some Of The People Protesting On American College Campuses Are Making $7,800 PER 8 Hours Of Protesting Money Funneled From George Soros & Directly From The Rockefeller Family “These tent cities that they're building across college campuses are crazy but are really well organized and you know i had a look into this to understand who's behind all of this and who's paying all these people. I have to be honest what i found was not really shocking but i was surprised by how similar it is to the blm summer riots of 2020. you see these encampments are actually really well organized. the students received the tents from organizers that also supply a bunch of different food like pizzas, rotisserie chicken, coffee. So I looked into who these organizers actually are and their three prominent groups. Students for Justice in Palestine, there's Within Our Lifetime and then there's Jewish Voices for Peace. And these groups are actually led and organized by another organization called U.S. Campaign for Palestinian Rights. And just guess how much these fellows are paid. They get $7,800 if they work eight hours a week. On some kind of Palestinian campaign makes you rethink what the hell you're doing with your life and across these campuses we've seen these fellows speak out at various events Nida Laffey, Craig Morton, Malik Afina. So where the hell does USCPR even get this money to pay these fellows that much money and who funds students for justice in Palestine and these other organizations? Here's where it really gets interesting: Almost all of their funding comes from rich elite investors such as George Soros. Howard Horowitz and members of the Rockefeller family. And isn't that ironic on its own? You see, George Soros' Open Society Foundation, along with Rockefeller's Brother Fund gave $700,000 to these organizations. And we know now that the Open Society Foundation isn't run by George Soros anymore, it's actually run by his brother Alex Soros and his partner is Huma Abedin with direct ties to the Muslim Brotherhood. As they say, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Now the Open Society Foundation also funneled $20 million into the Tide Foundation. And the Tide Foundation takes this money and disperses it across all of these organizations across the U.S. They funnel money into Westpac which is an organization that is led by Howard Horowitz. And Westpac is actually the fiscal sponsor for Within Our Lifetime. And guess what? All of these organizations have direct ties to the 2020 Summer Love Riots. So the question I have to ask is why? Why now? Why again in the summer before a presidential election?”
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TexasLindsay™
TexasLindsay™@TexasLindsay_·
STATE-RUN MEDIA: Journalist Sharyl Attkisson says in her experience at CBS the government intervened in news coverage everyday. She says CBS was constantly pressured by members of Congress, the White House & the intel agencies on what stories CBS should or should not cover.
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Laurie Fortier@FortierLaurie·
@realstewpeters @carterparben_ Students are taught to make combinations of 10 to make adding easier. If they break 52 into 5 tens and 2 ones they know they need an 8 to make another 10 and 1 is left.
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Stew Peters
Stew Peters@realstewpeters·
Does anyone know how the hell to answer this dumbass math problem?
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Kristen Ruby
Kristen Ruby@sparklingruby·
EPIC. Never even heard of this man until today. Whoever he is - he’s now on the map.
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RUTH BUZZI
RUTH BUZZI@Ruth_A_Buzzi·
Just browsing through X looks like vehement hatred in America is at an all-time high. Not between races; between ideologies. Those once in flowers and bell bottoms singing about peace, tolerance and love for all are, sadly, now doing a whole lot of the hating. We can do better.
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Kevin - WE THE PEOPLE🦁
🚨🚨🚨The associated press did a 5 month study of your DRINKING water in 50 USA 🇺🇸 states🧐 Do you know what they found? 41 million Americans are drinking a Pharma cocktail on a daily basis : “Acetaminophen, ibuprofen, mood stabilizers, antibiotics, angina/heart/cholesterol drugs and sex hormones are found in the drinking water!!! The government doesn’t check the water for pharmaceuticals”😳😳
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Wall Street Apes
Wall Street Apes@WallStreetApes·
This is AMAZING! Just When You Think 100% Of Hollywood Are Satanic Pedos, Jennifer Lawrence, The Girl From Hunger Games Is Dropping Facts About The Corrupt United States Government! “I'm here because, as corny as it sounds, I love my country, and I want to protect it” “There is a problem that is much bigger than political parties. It's a problem that is at the root of our political system, and it's spreading like a rot through our democracy, and it's called corruption. Our political system, the one that's supposed to work for us, the American people, is broken. And it affects basically every issue that you and I care about, healthcare, public education, the environment, you name it. How does this happen? I'm sorry, I'm really nervous, but it happens because politicians need a lot. a lot, a lot of money to run for office. To have a seat in the Senate, you have to raise $14,000 a day for six years. And if you win, that entire cycle starts all over again. So if you win, these politicians are spending 70 percent of their time fundraising instead of working for us, the American people. And because only a tiny fraction of Americans can actually afford to give these gigantic donations to politicians, politicians focus more on the very few Americans that can actually gigantic checks instead of us. And again we're talking about both sides of the aisle here are doing this.” I vote for @JLawrence_RepUs to be the Mockingjay but FOR REAL against the globalists!
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