Jim Mayers
5.6K posts
Jim Mayers
@mayersteach
High School English teacher. I like reading, writing, and talking. Real big on maple syrup. I talk about teaching on @thebrokencopier with my friends.
Boston, MA Katılım Aralık 2019
712 Takip Edilen958 Takipçiler
I’m very proud to represent Hazard and Hazard High as a finalist at the KY Teacher of the Year Awards with @KyDeptofEd.
Thanks to my colleagues, friends, family, and mentors who have helped me become the educator I am. Most thanks to the students.
KY Dept of Education@KyDeptofEd
🆕 22 Kentucky Teacher Achievement Award winners named for 2024 These teachers qualify to compete for the 2024 Kentucky Teacher of the Year Award, which will be announced in September. READ MORE: bit.ly/AchievementWin… #KyEd
Portland, ME 🇺🇸 English
Jim Mayers retweetledi
Did @mayersteach and @MarcusLuther6 spend the final ten minutes of the most recent episode not just discussing The Bear but reflecting on why it speaks to the profession of teaching?
Yes, they did. 😂 #summervibes
English
Seems like the day @CollegeBoard releases AP scores, they also removed all teacher access via the course audit forms so we can't view either the scores or instructional reports from our accounts. I had access to all this a few days ago. Anyone else have this?
English
It would be almost 100% if this was a practice encouraged in public schools
Jean Twenge (author of 10 RULES, GENERATIONS)@jean_twenge
The number of U.S. 13-year-olds who never read for fun has nearly quadrupled.
English
@kristamm Thanks—that’s extra annoying bc I’ve also paid my registration & my plate is current but they keep getting the sticker lost in the mail.
English
@mayersteach That ticket is for having an expired plate, not for your meter expiring
English
Hey @CityOfBoston & @MayorWu what’s the point of making everyone download a separate parking app just for inside Boston just to give people parking tickets 1h & 40m before the meter expires?
English
Got a ticket at 10 am when I clearly paid until 11:40 & police sign says no parking on Sunday, but it’s Saturday.
English
@MarcusLuther6 And generally, a lot of work with precise author’s purpose verbs to accurately capture nuance is really helpful
English
I actually still like Facebook because some of my friends are like “check out this cool PhD thesis I did” and other friends are like “I got a new batch of pigs for sale, message me if you want any” and every time I’m like “hell yea keep it up”
English
my dog takes medicine in the mornings, which I administer in small pieces of hot dogs.
every day I ask her if she is “ready for her morning glizzy,” and every day I grow more and more jealous.
English
I think in a lot of cases where teachers are going outside the school norms, it’s a symptom of a lack of support, leadership, or buy-in to. Asking teachers why they aren’t upholding these rules can often lead to more complex answers than we think. Not always, though.
English
I agree with this, but struggle with the reality that this is not at *all* the case with college professors or employers.
In most post-secondary settings, there is rampant favoritism & discrimination, and it feels a little rich to be pointing at K12 teachers for this.
North Landesman@MrLandesman
Teachers should all have the same behavior rules, enforced the same at a grade level. To be effective, they need to work as a team. No school or grade level should have the "hero teacher," the "cool teacher," the "rebel teacher," or the "burnout teacher."
English
I feel like Taylor could just announce that she’s only releasing her music on cassette tapes from now on and we’d all be like “ok yea I was pretty much done with the internet anyways”
English