Karen Collins

Shout out to my AP Calculus students for working hard on their #APCalculusBCExam today. Fueled early this morning by #BigStevesBagels

@JayWamsted Same; cannot in good conscience recommend it any longer. 😥

As a teacher & a father, I have realized that I’m no longer sure I would advise my own children to go into education. This…troubles me…

@mathillustrated Quality Ts are game-changers, not textbooks.

Better #math textbooks are not going to be a “game changer”

@BThings42 @newsobserver I know the Dowless case, knowing a member of the family, which was wholesale criminal activity on a large scale. How will you eliminate that level of fraud when someone like Dowless preys on impoverished people without infringing on legit absentee votes?

@KHCollinsMath @newsobserver Here are some court cases. heritage.org/voterfraud/sea…

A number of bills in the North Carolina legislature would curb access to absentee and one-stop early voting. newsobserver.com/opinion/articl…

@BThings42 @newsobserver Asking b/c I want to know what kind of fraud occurs with absentee voting?

@KHCollinsMath @newsobserver No why would you ask that?

@jordanbpeterson I am in NC, so anytime you want to spend a day in my classroom, please me know. I would certainly love to know what parts of my job I am not doing. #putyourmoneywhereyourmouthis #actionsspeaklouderthanwords

It's time for public school teachers to do their jobs.

@BThings42 @newsobserver So, my son’s absentee ballot a few years back, when he was in college out of state, is considered fraud?

@newsobserver There is plenty of time to vote. Just trying to stop fraud.

@gaashuOfficial @PerHenrikChris1 @OxUniMaths @Vonniekhk @AmnaneMostaf X=1 seems the obvious choice.

#Maths | Solve for X ?

@JeanneBondsNC Yes. They are trying this strategy after their gerrymandering fail. #Sigh

@goteacherless @RogersHistory Exactly. I try to remind people that there is, in fact, a HUGE teacher shortage, so Ts are really in the driver’s seat, if they’d only take the wheel. Too many just keep their heads down & mouths shut, unaware that they are now complicit in the farce they secretly dislike.

@RogersHistory Agreed. When I’ve engaged in conversations about this, majority believe that speaking up jeopardizes job security-so the fear of not having a paycheck keeps them silent, which I can empathize. I’m more than willing to speak out. I fear most the consequences of an outdated system.

Too many teachers who can’t speak out about anything, cant share their honest views openly, can’t be themselves. Have to embrace the fakery, play the game or lose their standing. Can’t speak the truth or share their opinions, often v experienced staff. The system is broken but the ppl who can help to change it are often silenced.

@RogersHistory I speak out & am not silenced. But, I am ignored & told I need to set an example as a veteran by getting w/the program. I will not “get w/the program” that is the antithesis of S-ctrd best T-ing practices. I won’t “Stepford Wives” teach. Ts lose the energy to fight after awhile.

@joeldford So, for everyone to have choice, transportation must be provided. Put your money, sorry, taxpayer money where your mouth is & provide transportation.

I believe that a child’s zip code should not determine the access to a quality education, which is why I support school choice. By empowering parents with a choice in their child’s education, we prioritize families and students rather than systems. #ncpol

@JohnPatLeary Oh. My. God. The debunked learning styles with race. What on earth? How can a uni prof be that out of touch with reality. Also, do uni profs just teach whatever? No oversight? 😥😡

@gmiller Well . . . CRT must top the list.

Name a topic where about 90% of people have no idea what they're talking about historically, theoretically, or empirically, but about 90% of people have very strong views about the topic morally & emotionally.

@JeanneBondsNC @JustinParmenter I remember a few years back when one of their “vibrant relationships” made the news; principal hired a sex offender as a custodian, I think. abc11.com/freedom-christ…

Freedom Christian Academy in Fayetteville got >$1.2 million for vouchers this year.   They only take students whose parents have a "vibrant relationship with Jesus Christ" and who demonstrate "a desire to learn." This institution shouldn't get public dollars. #nced #ncga #ncpol

@BurnsideMath Oh my. Is TX in a competition with Florida to legislate the most ridiculous things?

I want to wake-up from this crazy dream…🤦🏻‍♀️😩

@Watkinthegrass @JustinParmenter @NCGOP Exactly. Which is why it is spreading everywhere; people have found how much money there is to be made. 😡

@KHCollinsMath @JustinParmenter @NCGOP It's a scam

This school got $1.3m NC taxpayer dollars this year and the @NCGOP would like to give them a whole lot more in voucher funding that our public schools desperately need. I don’t want my tax dollars going to institutions that can discriminate this way. #nced #ncga #ncpol

@Watkinthegrass @JustinParmenter @NCGOP No. Once the money is there, you cannot police it. Even when Ss get expelled & must return to their home base public school, the tax $$$ are not returned to the public school. Seems like an incentive to expel Ss, quite frankly. Get the money, reduce your # of Ss, live large. 😡

@JustinParmenter @NCGOP Do taxpayers get a say in how tax money is spent at this school ? If a private school wanted to spend a million dollars on a principal lounge, would there be any recourse?

@ModestTeacher No. Copier, microwave, vending machine that doesn’t work, sofas that are occasionally home to a mouse family. Only a handful of people ever hang out & that is usually just lunch.

Does anyone still have a functioning “Teachers Lounge” where people read newspapers, drink coffee, talk about school, smoke a heater, etc.? That sounds glorious to me.

@ModestTeacher Every day; as long as we are not indecent, we can wear what we like. #thankful

Do you wear jeans on Friday?