Office Possum

@IsleLesbos Yes!!!! Femininity can be expressed however the hell you want to. It makes me sad to think womanhood is being reduced to a narrow band instead of expanding to be whatever a woman wants it to be.

In spite of my appearance, I have never identified as a man. I identify as freedom. I identify as resistance. For me, being butch is a part of the female experience – my masculinity is feminine independent.co.uk/voices/interna…

@MsPinkBehavior It’s how I send all emails that go out to list serves. The only email addresses you can see are the people who will need to respond if people have questions. That’s usually me and maybe one other person. Problem solved!

If the original sender sends a copy to their own email and then blind copies (BCC) email addresses for everyone else, reply all fiascos are avoided! Spread the word.

@kellygrillo I hated it with my masters. Esp when they posted stuff that was way off base or showed their true feelings about kids. Prof chimes in with a “well done!” Um…no, not well done. They’re wrong and I don’t feel like it’s on the person paying to take the course to correct them.

In graduate online learning…does anyone else loath the FORCED “respond to two classmates” or is this JUST me?

@lifeatthenest I’d hate to have someone documenting my time off task at work. And rating me in 3 goal areas every 30 min. However I do make myself sticker charts to earn prizes I buy for myself when I do hard things or things I have no motivation to do :)

Friend showed me her daughter’s behaviour monitoring app from high school. I was dumbfounded. Every inch of her school life instantly there for parents to see. She’s chatted in lessons - it’s there. Even every visit to the toilet. Is this not an invasion of privacy? I can’t…

@MonteSyrie My kid has 8 classes. They’ve been in school 65 days. She has 246 graded assignments. It’s too many grades for both kids and teachers.

Instead of requiring teachers to post x-number of grades per week, require them to provide x-amount of feedback per week. Yes, I know. That'll take too much time. You can't give meaningful feedback like it's a drive-thru. It's almost like we'd have to rethink the whole meal.

@rebeccarightnow The time is going to pass anyway. Spend it doing something you want to do! In 4 years will you look back and be bummed you didn’t use the time to get your degree? Go for it!

What if I fucked around and did undergrad in my 30s. Would that be a loser thing to do

Helping 9th grader catch up on missing assignments and got curious. 8 classes, A/B schedule, and 246 graded assignments since the first day of school. Averages out to 3.75 grades per day. Curious if this seems like a normal high school workload.

@cindy_warren @CarissasNewLife That is the sweetest gift. I’m just over here crying and reading about Grandma Sherry.

@lew_jeffrey This is Luna. She’s scared of her own shadow and is very good at cosplaying as a speed bump.

I’m spending this Christmas away from home. I know social media will be filled w/family pictures, but I miss my cat & I want to see your cat! If you see this tweet and you’re a cat owner the you are obligated in the terms & conditions of reading my tweets to reply w/a cat photo

@mcklynntozan @DianaUrban You’re essentially eating the AIP diet (just in case you weren’t aware). Tons of recipes online and wonderful books. It’s a game changer. Cleared up my autoimmune issue and I dropped 65 pounds without exercise when nothing else had worked for years.

@DianaUrban keep them! And thank you SO MUCH for the list! This is very similar to what I'm currently doing, which is validating. There are a few things on here that I can't have, BUT I had no idea about the carrots and corn! Both of which I love, but I can at least cut back on them. ❤️🫂

@emilykmay My second daughter died at birth. I’m terrified of something happening to my living daughter. Absolutely terrified. My brain won’t stop thinking of all the awful things that could happen to her. I’m probably turning her into a hypochondriac because every little thing scares me.

we don't talk about how traumatic parenting can be. on monday night, i was alone in a loud and overcrowded ER holding my screaming and sobbing 5yo who had just broken her arm. like. i think i disassociated.

@KirkMcCall68 Copy machines and fax machines

@JosiahHawthorne Mine was empty for a few years & I decided to stop being mad & say something. I used to put in a few things I liked or leave it empty. He gets me gifts every year and shops for our daughter himself too. but didn’t do my stocking. He fills it every year since I mentioned it.

Wait, so this whole discourse about husbands failing to fill their wives’ stockings wasn’t a euphemism?! Who is out there not getting presents for their wives?!

@clhubes Whatever you do, ban Caillou.

@heymrsbond ❤️ Can we also talk about the workload for HS? 8 classes a week to manage. Deadlines everywhere. A lot of what my kid’s asked to do isn’t worth a grade. They’re managing more classes than most college students. I don’t have 8 bosses to track in the “real world”.

@KaraSunburst @heymrsbond I get it but also then grades reflect ability to meet timelines and not mastery of the concept. How do we measure their skills if points are knocked off for being late? Sincerely asking my kid’s HS work is often late and as a teacher who doesn’t want to be buried in work.

@mpershan We’re implementing some new ideas. Currently bringing teachers to observe their peers teaching the literacy curriculum in the morning, then working with their colleagues, coaches & content specialists in the afternoon to discuss new ideas, plan, and prep. So far, well received.

My take on why teacher professional development isn't popular is because it is not very good.

@heymrsbond I’ll toss my hat in for elementary teachers who teach all the things to get more too. Our high school teachers get 90 min of prep during the school day 4x/wk & 60 min on early release days. Elementary gets 30 min/day 4x/wkTo plan and prep all the things, including intervention.

Deadpool Claus out here sharing the spirit of the season at the local toy store. The duct taped beard is classic. @VancityReynolds @RadarToys

@sage_stage Mine cares a lot but is massively overwhelmed by the work load and learning to manage due dates, assignments, etc for 8 classes. So, when overwhelmed, the go-to is avoidance and anxiety. We sit down on the weekends and try to get caught up. It’s going to be a long 4 years.

Sunday scary thought of the week- The bottom has dropped off the last few weeks. Kids just do not care if they do their work or what grades they get. They also don't care about how they behave and have realized the discipline consequences aren't an issue for them. Here we go.