February 2011
138 posts
“A woman is like a tea bag. You never know how strong she is until she gets into...”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
“Those freeloaders with their cushy state jobs - like snow plow operators, prison...”
– Stephen Colbert, in response to Rush Limbaugh calling the Wisconsin Protesters, “cowardly freeloaders.” (via legitimatehypnotist)
Like George Lakoff said—the real cowardly freeloaders are the super-rich.
(via notemily)
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Saturday School
Today, Saturday, I had to go to work yes that’s right we had Saturday school today. It was awful waking up this morning to go into work. However, silver lining, I only had 12 kids show up. I wish my class had only 12 kids everyday that would be heaven.
watchmetakemypantsoff asked: Hey! Your blog is pretty sweet. Would you check mine out and tell me what you think? Thanks in advance!
positivelypersistentteach asked: https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEFlV1dYLVFaUV93b1RUX0dMd2YxRUE6MQ
Please add yourself to the new teacher roll call! It may take 5 minutes for your name to be added. Girloffscript, World-Shaker, and I thought this was the easiest and most accurate way to keep the list accurate.
Please add yourself to the new teacher roll call! It may take 5 minutes for your name to be added. Girloffscript, World-Shaker, and I thought this was the easiest and most accurate way to keep the list accurate.
ladyinspain:
cheatsheet:
Detroit has been ordered to close half the city’s public schools and consolidate students as part of an emergency plan that would eliminate the district’s $327 million deficit by 2014. The plan also means that class sizes in Detroit will jump to 60 students per class.
what
this can’t be really happening!
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Teachers make too much money! →
world-shaker:
Are you sick of high paid teachers? Teachers’ hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work 9 or 10 months a year! It’s time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do - baby sit! We can get that for less than minimum wage.
That’s right. Let’s give them $3.00 an hour and only the hours they worked; not any of that silly planning time, or any time they...
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Donald Glover
hey all you Community fans out there Donald Glover is on comedy central doing stand up right now!
Hey, Whatcha Readin'?
emmysnacks:
fridayreads:
Yep, it’s Friday again! Reblog this post with a line about what you’re reading this week to join FridayReads and be entered to win wonderful books.
I’m reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and have to admit I don’t love it. It could be because I keep picking it up reading a few pages and then putting it down and haven’t really spent any quality time with it. I’m...
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“This is public school. If I can keep the girls off the pole and the boys off the...”
– Principal Gibbons, Easy A (via teachingtoday)
Scholastic: Make your own Graphic Novel →
positivelypersistentteach:
Ohh. If only I had access to a computer lab or computers for kids to use in my room. They would love this!
Students choose layouts, graphics, and write their own stories — then they can print it out. I would add some of these to my classroom library!
Yes, government workers do pay less for benefits....
positivelypersistentteach:
Well said!
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Scholastic: 25 Best Websites for Teacherssco →
positivelypersistentteach:
Worth a look. Some of these I have been using for a while, but others I did not know about.
I’m really loving scholastic today!
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Serious Question
monkeychow:
Why is there more talk on Tumblr today about Bieber’s feelings about abortion than there was yesterday about South Dakota’s attempt to make it legal to KILL abortion providers?
This is real. Direct your rage accordingly, friends.
(A special thank you to Joy for sending me this article first thing yesterday morning. she always keeps me informed.)
this really scares me …...
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11 School Lunches from Around the World →
thingsforteachers:
Thanks Larry Ferlazzo for pointing out this post.
