Gail Stevenson

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Gail Stevenson

@GailStevenson

Humanities teacher, mother to 4 amazing kids, lover of learning and bibliophile. Views are my own.

Katılım Eylül 2011
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Allison Jade@allisonjade·
A concerned student tries to ask Smith's gov about the teacher's strike. His mic is cut. He is told he is trying to create chaos and that he needs a spanking. Horrific. #ABed #abpoli
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Gail Stevenson
Gail Stevenson@GailStevenson·
@Spin_Assassin @MargaretAtwood Wrong. The ministerial order stated libraries had to remove books with explicit and non explicit sexual content and provided a definition of what they meant by sexual content. Schools across the province are following an order.
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Margaret E Atwood
Margaret E Atwood@MargaretAtwood·
Here's a piece of literature by me, suitable for seventeen-year-olds in Alberta schools, unlike -- we are told -- The Handmaid's Tale. (Sorry, kids; your Minister of Education thinks you are stupid babies.) John and Mary were both very, very good children. They never picked their noses or had bowel movements or zits. They grew up and married each other, and produced five perfect children without ever having sex. Although they claimed to be Christian, they paid no attention to what Jesus actually said about the poor and the Good Samaritan and forgiving your enemies and such; instead, they practised selfish rapacious capitalism, because they worshipped Ayn Rand. (Though they ignored the scene in The Fountainhead where “welcomed rape” is advocated, because who wants to dwell, and also that would have involved sex and would de facto be pornographic. Well, it kind of is, eh?) Oh, and they never died, because who wants to dwell on, you know, death and corpses and yuk? So they lived happily ever after. But while they were doing that The Handmaid’s Tale came true and Danielle Smith found herself with a nice new blue dress but no job. The end.
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Gail Stevenson@GailStevenson·
@bubbleslake @MargaretAtwood The UCP created the ministerial order the Edmonton Public School Board is following. I pulled at least 25 out of my classroom, that I thought needed to go, but they aren’t on the Edmonton list, so either they missed some content, or my compliance is more vicious.
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Bubbleslake
Bubbleslake@bubbleslake·
@MargaretAtwood Your beef should be with Edmonton Public Schools. They were both malicious and vicious in their stunt and here you are falling for it
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connor 🌱
connor 🌱@connreeed·
had a ten hour shift from hell today but at least I made some beautiful lattes😔
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Gail Stevenson
Gail Stevenson@GailStevenson·
@RebekahODell1 I have them check in with someone who has read it. They might get encouragement to keep going. I let them know about books I’ve read that I’ve wanted to ditch, but was glad I didn’t. We talk about appeal factors and what we are enjoying about the book.
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Authorcade
Authorcade@mgauthorcade·
🌟🌟GIVEAWAY!!🌟🌟 #Teachers and #Librarians! FREE virtual class visit w/ 3 of these #mglit authors! 👇 RT/F to enter Tag friends for extra entries Ends Wed 9/6. US/CAN Good luck!!
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Bookelicious
Bookelicious@bookelicious·
HAPPY FREE BOOK FRIDAY #FBF!!! 📚🎉 🌧️ The Probability of Everything by #SarahEverett ☔️ "One of the best books I have read this year (maybe ever)." @colbysharp 🌧️ "A powerful exploration of grief." @KirkusReviews ☔️ "Thought-provoking, utterly unique, impactful" @sljournal
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Lisa Evans
Lisa Evans@TheLisaEvans·
Bringing these Canadian snacks to some American coworkers next week in NYC! What am I missing?
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Gail Stevenson
Gail Stevenson@GailStevenson·
My students this year, more than any other year, wanted to know if the work was graded. I intentional in letting them know when tasks were for learning. Their focus on grades supported my instructional design. When I needed to assess what they learned the tasks looked different.
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Gail Stevenson@GailStevenson·
@Traci_Zee Seeing the before pictures makes me feel even worse for you! We live 2km south of you and didn’t see the same storm!
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