Named after the hundred-eyed watchman of Greek myth, Argus watches the education landscape: spotting new opportunities, pressure-testing the ventures we're building, and tracing every read back to the real-world signals behind it.
The evidence library: the raw signals the pipeline is watching across the education ecosystem. Every idea is built from these.
Hi, i have been a nurse for a little over a year and a half. I started as a new grad on a very busy oncology/med surg floor. We have 5 patients, and here lately I feel like work has been so heavy. The patients are so so sick sometimes, requiring multiple blood, platelet transfusions, chemo, etc. In the last year I have had so many patients that have been on our floor for a very long period of time and we end up losing them, it’s very difficult to the deal with. I have several coworkers that I love, it makes work so much easier. But here lately, I feel like I’m miserable. Having 5 patients on a floor where the patients are so sick has become so difficult. I have insane post shift anxiety. I always wonder if I forgot to chart something or if I forgot to do something because it’s truly so busy. Most days I don’t take a lunch or even have time to drink water. I am thinking about looking for new jobs in December when my 2 year contract is up. But it’s been really hard at work and I feel lik
Some context: high school teacher, California Rant incoming. Sorry. Before the start of last year, I got an email from a counselor indicating I would have a student in the fall with a potential 504 Plan and inquiring whether I would anticipate any problems. The only issue, the 504 Plan was essentially the student had difficulties concentrating for long stretches and needed frequent breaks and reminders to get back on track. Sounded easy enough. But I should have been more skeptical that the details were not fully flushed out and I trusted the counselor to articulate all of the relevant details upfront. My mistake. Anyway, the school year for last year started and suddenly, this student was arriving to class frequently late, missing days, literally doing anything but staying on task, and couldn’t be bothered to be redirected. Within weeks, to no one’s surprise, this student was failing. Mom then proceeds to email a laundry list of concerns to me, most of which are the expectation that I
I’m a public school teacher/coach for 16 years. I’ll preface this by saying I know public schools have their problems and I’m not even entirely against homeschooling in a lot of circumstances. But it drives me up the wall when someone has the most small potatoes complaint on Facebook and there’s three comments of “this is why we home school!” School changing the pick up line from last year. School makes you buy two boxes of Kleenex. Cafeteria doesn’t give you chocolate milk. The literal LAW that says you can’t have cell phones. No Crocs in PE. Field trip got moved cause it rained. Teacher said water bottles need lids. Your kid who never played baseball till his Senior year didn’t make Varsity. If these are the things you get bent out of shape about, then public education just might never be good enough for you. submitted by /u/GreezyGz [link] [comments]
I have a patient currently who is gonna need to go back to the OR tonight for an emergent washout after their CABG this afternoon. They had a CABGx10 with cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Deez Nuts who used to work in Yo Mama's Mercy Memorial Baptist St. John's Wort Hospital in Hell, Michigan. However the group was dissolved and we need to consult him/his group of nutz ASAP. I cannot find him anywhere and I'm stuck in the bathroom #ibswarrior. Does anyone know where he's at? THIS IS NOT A JOKE DO NOT DELETE THIS MODERATORS submitted by /u/chirpikk [link] [comments]
Same question as the title. I live in the DFW area. It is way oversaturated here. Tried applying to a ton of residencies in all areas and no dice. Really need a year of hospital nursing under my belt. Can't comfortably reposition due to financial and familial responsibilities but I'm honestly at the end of my rope and need to really consider moving even if it is a huge jump and honestly scares me a lot due to familial debt and etc I already am struggling to pay off. Needless to say: (preferably near or in TX) where is it best to move to as a nurse grad with only home health experience? I just need a reasonable pay and place to work atp. submitted by /u/hopelesscod [link] [comments]
I am in my 9th year of teaching kindergarten. This year is the first year I have a student who speaks absolutely no english. His family also speaks no english and I don’t have translation services at my school. The language barrier is obviously a big deal but this child is also a HUGE behavior problem. I spend the bulk of my days redirecting him to the point I can barely get through my lessons. I feel like I am sacrificing the 16 for the 1. I’m truly at a loss. I speak to him in spanish to redirect him and then say the same redirection in english. He does not ever listen to the redirection. I have called the mother and let the mother speak to him while in class and he doesn’t listen to her either. What in the world should I do? I am desperate. submitted by /u/Fun_Obligation_1999 [link] [comments]
I’m a new nurse working with someone who’s been a nurse for many more years than I have. This is going to sound mean, but they make me question their competency. Examples: They watch me draw up heparin and asked why I didn’t wipe the hard plastic cap with an alcohol wipe. I told them I was taught in nursing school to alcohol wipe the rubber part the syringe punctures, the cap is just disposed of. They told me they forgot if a particular medication was supposed to receive a saline flush or not after administration. This is an extremely common medication given on a weekly basis, that they have been administering and documenting for years, themselves. There have been a few other things that have transpired as well but I don’t really want to go further into details. I’m apt to think that this person is just F-ing with or testing me, and that no one who has been an RN for so long would be like this. Has anyone else experienced this type of thing? submitted by /u/echoes_into_the_void [link]
Who is in your hall of fame for rudest and most difficult family members you have had to deal with? ngl- I have literally told a family member if they think our care isn't good enough then they're welcome to take the family member home to nurse themselves. Usually helps to shut them up or it can amusingly make them more mad. submitted by /u/Outrageous_Fox_8796 [link] [comments]
Bright and early this morning a coworker wrecked my brain so I had to pass it along to coworkers all day. So Reddit it’s your turn! The Adult Long cuff cannot be used on an arm too large for the Adult Regular cuff. Same range, same circumstance when used within that range. So what my coworkers and myself want to know… why does it even exist if you cannot use it in place of the overly wide adult large cuffs? Are they more expensive than the adult regular? submitted by /u/rw421 [link] [comments]
I can't get my mom to understand that I'm leaving healthcare and I'm happy about it. She is partially correct because for years I called myself "just a CNA'' and that I wanted more for myself. I became an EMT because I wanted something different and thought being an EMT would make me feel better. The only thing I realized is that I'm just burnt out from healthcare. I dreaded the idea of going to work even just a few days a month. I dreaded "dealing" with patients and always in scenarios that wouldn't have bothered me before. My mom thinks I'm trying to prove myself and that I need to be great in order to see myself as worthy. That's partially true because again I've always called myself just a CNA. More in depth about why I'm leaving healthcare, is tied to Covid and the mass amount of misinformation going around. I worked through Covid and my hospital ran out of ventilators. My job was to listen to the pulse ox alarms and manually ventilate my patients when they stopped breathing. I sa
because the job is constantly in demand everywhere i figured it wouldn’t be too big of a stretch to take a year off to go be a wild lands firefighter or merchant mariner or something like that. just to say i did it and have an interesting life. i guess i’ve always thought of nursing as a safety net but let me know if im tripping submitted by /u/allcapszackattack [link] [comments]
When I was an administrator in the past, I always did a yearly walk through with the police's SWAT team so they'd know the layout of the campus incase of an emergency. I'm bringing back the tradition on a day when no staff or students will be present. Luckily, the SWAT team said they are free this Friday. In the words of my drill sergeant: "Si vis pacem, para bellum". Or as the Coast Guard says: "Semper Paratus". submitted by /u/Disgruntled_Veteran [link] [comments]
From my experience, admin is 90% of the problem. I’m currently going through a situation where I’ve done nothing wrong and now I’m being treated bad and they want to be petty. 😭 submitted by /u/Impressive-Work4558 [link] [comments]
This happened to me last school year and with the new year starting, I’ve been thinking about it again and wondering how other teachers would have handled it. I had a middle school student who did very little work in my class. Throughout the quarter I contacted his mom MULTIPLE times about his missing assignments and lack of participation. Nothing really changed. Toward the end of the final quarter, I also started writing him up because he would sit in class playing games on his school device instead of doing his work. Eventually, he received ISS. During the last month of school my principal called me into their office. I wasn’t in trouble, but she asked me about giving this student all of the formative assignments he had missed throughout the quarter so he could potentially improve his grade. I pushed back. I explained that I had contacted his mom multiple times throughout the quarter about exactly this issue. He had repeatedly chosen not to do the work. My principal basically said, “
My first day could not have been better. I am thrilled 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 submitted by /u/Specific_Tonight_877 [link] [comments]
This won't be eloquent, sorry. I'm a first year teacher, fresh out of college and into kindergarten. I've always had a strong conviction for how I wanted my classroom to look. I modeled my ideal classroom after teachers that I admired. Well, anyway, today was day one, and... Wtf?! I don't feel totally defeated...I mean... I'm not crying or anything. Buuuut the kids definitely don't listen to me. Like they were up out of their seats and walking to stem bins/toys/etc. of course I redirected them to their seats, but I had to walk over and physically guide them. It feels like my words don't hold any weight to them lollol. I had to repeat myself SO many times. I always hear that the first days of school are critical. Sink or swim. Life or death. Set expectations, follow through, and prep yourself for success. Well I thought I would do that😭 But man it was easier in my head. I'm just afraid of messing this up. I don't want to do the first days wrong and have a terrible year. I'm always heari
A couple of nights ago we had a unwitnessed fall on my unit. I’ve always been taught to call the physician on call if on nights or hospitalist if it’s during days when a fall happens so they can come assess. However when this fall happened and I notified pages the physician (they called back almost immediately which wasn’t expecting) I told them about the fall and how there were no head injuries or major bleeds. Patient was alert. I hadn’t put the VS in the chart yet but they were stable. I told my co nurses and they all looked at me like I was an idiot for notifying the physician about this fall. I understand a full complete assessment wasn’t done but they said unless they deemed it necessary to call the physician during their assessment findings there wouldn’t be any point in calling them. For the past few nights I have been very confused and I’m scared I might’ve did the wrong thing. I feel very incompetent after their reactions. submitted by /u/Dear_Success3373 [link] [comments]
No im twiddling my thumbs and scratching my balls (im a murse) submitted by /u/JayLin95 [link] [comments]
In my 13+ years of teaching middle school I’ve never slept through an alarm or forgot to set one. Well friends, there’s a first time for everything 😂. I am notoriously a light sleeper but this morning after 2 days of PD and classroom set-up, my 36 year old body said you need rest. I woke up and would have been extremely late. Rather than stress myself to rush out the door, forget a million things, and play catch up the rest of the day, I called for a sub and emailed the powers that be. I had emergency lesson plans already copied so the kids had things to work on. Cheers to the first day of the new school to everyone! Don’t forget to take of yourselves or else your body will decide to do it for you 🤣. submitted by /u/Luckyblackcat_13 [link] [comments]
Hi everyone! I just moved to a new city a few months ago for a new job. I'm a new grad nurse who just got off orientation, I work nights 7p-730a. I live alone in the city and don't know many people apart from a couple friends I have met at work. Recently I have been wanting a companion and I figured a cat would be perfect as they're more independent than dogs. I was just wondering if anyone else who lives alone and works long hours has cats? I have owned cats my whole life, but always while living at home with my family, never while I am the sole caretaker. What do you do while you're gone for that time? Would you recommend getting 2 so they can keep each other company? I'm just worried me being gone for 12 hours would make them lonely. Sorry i'm very anxious and want to be sure I actually can give a cat a good home. submitted by /u/No-Application4078 [link] [comments]
submitted by /u/ne0maximus [link] [comments]
I saw this on Tiktok, and wanted to bring this discussion to Reddit submitted by /u/CammyShazam [link] [comments]
My older post: https://www.reddit.com/r/nursing/s/lWC4MCaWpn I spoke with the manager. I got a different preceptor. She was really kind and patient. But she also recommended that I get more orientation days. I spoke with my director and they’re only willing to extend my orientation by 2 WEEKS (6 shifts) for a total of 4 WEEKS (12 shifts) orientation to ICU. I said that’s not gonna be enough for me and I don’t want to commit and say yes now, only to have this conversation again in 2 weeks. I asked if she could help me transfer to another unit, maybe med surg/tele. She said there’s no availability right now. So I just resigned. I want to thank everyone who gave me advice and made me advocate for myself. I appreciate all your thoughts and support. Super sad about this but I’m glad I was honest. submitted by /u/vivrelavie [link] [comments]
https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/what-tolkien-wished-he-had-told-his-teachers/2014/06 I’m sharing this article because I share some of Tolkien’s viewpoints on this profession. It’s so hard to know if we are making lasting impacts on our students. I also find teaching depressing because it’s discouraging when most of our students aren’t interested in our subject area. submitted by /u/Athens175 [link] [comments]
I work at a school with a summer program for autistic and problematic children. One of the children has a history of running off. Just the other day, he went into a room where custodians were painting. He picked up a mixing stick and begun swinging it around like a sword. The painters were justifiably upset that no one was around to keep and eye on him. Today, he disappeared for over 20 minutes. Everyone in the school, including the other children, were running all over in search of him. One of the staff went about a mile down the road to a busy highway and found him at McDonalds. They bought him a meal there and brought him back. Wonder what they would have done if he was found in the local liquor store? Edit: Im an outside contractor working at the school. Not a teacher. submitted by /u/Savings_Pay2088 [link] [comments]
I recently left my first nursing job and I’m realizing now that how they did things was pretty weird. i’m wondering if anybody else’s units do this as well? essentially, they would play musical rooms at night. Meaning during the night shift, they would change the room number of most of the patients and we would have to switch and swap a patients entire room during the night shift. keep in mind I worked in an ICU. Most of the patients were on some form of machine (impella, cvvhd, ecmo, balloon pump, etc) and many, many drips. They always waited until 3-4AM to tell us. We would just be getting started with morning labs/meds and assessments and they would tell us we need to switch rooms. Each patient took around an hour between packing and prepping, moving them, setting them up in their new room, and then breaking down the old room for the next patient. We also needed multiple staff members to help move them. It ALWAYS resulted in us being unable to do all of evening tasks and caused so m
Kid came in today after being off for 2 days and was clearly not well. He got taken to the nurses station and he said that he had covid and his mother told him not to tell anyone. He got sent home and mum was not happy. So, that’s how my day went. Wish I knew about that before he coughed in my face. submitted by /u/Carabuu [link] [comments]
I really think more people need to know about Kim Hiatt because her story shows just how broken our healthcare culture actually is. Back in 2010 Kim was a super experienced pediatric nurse who made a fatal medication math error that sadly killed a fragile baby. She reported the mistake immediately. The guilt was instant, but what happened after made everything so much worse. She became a textbook case of "Second Victim Syndrome", where a healthcare worker gets completely traumatized by an error and basically drowned in shame and isolation. Instead of getting psychological support or help from colleagues, she was fired, publicly dragged, and left totally alone with her guilt until she tragically took her own life seven months later. We demand absolute 100% perfection from nurses and doctors every single day, but as soon as a human mistake happens, the system just discards them instead of helping them cope with it. If we don't start building actual psychological safety and peer support i
TL;DR: I’m 39 weeks pregnant and starting the year on maternity leave. A parent saw my belly, rolled her eyes, accused me of purposely planning my pregnancy so I could have a longer summer break, complained that it wasn’t fair to her child, interrogated and belittled my sub, and then demanded the principal move her child out of my class. I’m 39 weeks pregnant and due this weekend. I’m starting the school year on maternity leave, but I chose to work our first inservice day/family night so I could help get my sub set up for the year, meet the families, and introduce myself to my students and parents. I wanted to at least establish some sort of presence and relationship before I left. I teach first grade, and I just knew I was going to hear about how inconvenient it was that I was starting the year on leave. I was honestly anticipating it. Last year, both kindergarten teachers were on maternity leave at different points throughout the year. One of them had a complicated and risky pregnanc
I know this a negatively coded. Im sorry. But, in the ED, when someone who just came in becomes npo, gets agitated, and says "but I haven't eaten all day!!!@111" when denied a turkey sandwich 5 seconds after getting triaged. How the fuck am I supposed to make sure you eat something in the previous 16 hours before you came in? Ill make sure your bgl is ok and feed you when I can, but why is this suddenly your AMA hardline stop? I know there are reasons and extenuating circumstances. But besides those. Im getting slightly irritated by this. submitted by /u/kawugiri [link] [comments]
Why is it the norm that, to get your break, you give your 5-6 patients to a nurse who also has 5-6 patients? Leaving that nurse responsible for 10-12 medsurg patients. To me, that shouldn’t ever happen even for 30 minutes. Yeah, hopefully no one calls and all is good. But what if all hell breaks loose? I never do that to another nurse because I’m so convinced it’s horribly unsafe. I take my break at a time when my patients are least likely to call, and if they do call then I just deal with it. I understand every nurse deserves a break, but there’s gotta be a better way to do it than making another nurse responsible for 10-12 patients. submitted by /u/Minimum-Possible-415 [link] [comments]
Hi r/Teachers I have a question about " differentiation ." I understand it as making content accessible to a variety of learners according to their differences. In practice, though, I've noticed something that seems problematic. An example of what I'd consider legitimate differentiation: teaching math content so it's accessible to learners with varying English proficiency, using level-appropriate materials matched to each learner's stage of English development. But what about an administration that builds a single "English" class spanning CEFR A0–A1 (pure beginner), B1–B2 (independent speaker), and C1+ (culturally fluent), then tells teachers to "differentiate" to all of these groups at once? To me, that seems less like differentiation and more like creating one course called "High School Math" and assigning Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Trigonometry, and Pre-Calculus to the same room. Is that differentiation too, or is it something else? Is there something I am missing here in my understandin
Hello! A couple months ago I had nominated a nurse at my local hospital for a DAISY Award. And nominated her for something that happened in 2024 that I had always wanted to thank her for and never knew her name so I’m very excited born at this moment because she actually won the award. From what I’ve read online, it will be a pretty quick ceremony, but they emailed me to say that I could be there and I really really would like to bring a gift that would be helpful and long lasting to show my appreciation. So far the only things I have found that are useful to ER nurses are pens, high quality metal badge reels and trauma shears, but I don’t even really know if these items would be appreciated or heavily used in the ER. I’ll be honest I didn’t really know where to even start to look for ideas. That’s why I’m posting here! Please help me think of a long lasting, thoughtful and practical gifts that I can give the nurse during her ceremony! Thank you for any suggestions and the work that yo
Throughout nursing school I always wanted to work in the ER. I worked as an extern at both of the major hospitals in my area and spent most of my time in the ER. When it came down to applying for residency I was offered an ER position at the HCA owned hospital (which I already worked at as an extern). This hospital was the only trauma hospital in the area so even though it was an HCA facility I knew I would get experience. Going into my nurse residency I already knew some of the problems with the facility, but I tried to have an open mind starting as an RN. After 2 months and multiple shifts with my preceptor showing me how undoubtedly unsafe working here was, I decided to quit. I spoke with the department managers, and the nurse residency coordinators and it really didnt seem like anything was gonna change. I knew that if I was to get off of orientation I would never feel safe as a nurse working there. The department is chronically understaffed, patients are thrown on the wall like it
Hi! I’m thinking to move from Arizona to another state after I graduate. The states I have in my mind: Colorado Texas North Carolina Virginia I don’t’ want to go up north because I hate the cold weather. Any thoughts on those states? Thanks. submitted by /u/Wise-Marsupial998 [link] [comments]
Day 0! I’ve seen end of week 1 and week 2 and such but not something like this. I don’t ever discourage anyone from leaving if it’s not for them, but this was the craziest turn of events I’ve seen. submitted by /u/Embarrassed-Horse-71 [link] [comments]
I am so over the hospital. This is not just about the patients it’s administration too. I just want to say “You know what? Do what you want.” I’m tired of giving practical evidence based education. I’m tired of explaining logic to hospital executives and sick people’s 3rd cousin. I don’t want to be mean. I don’t want to tell them to play in traffic. Just go forth from this place and do whatever your heart desires. submitted by /u/VehicleLevel4885 [link] [comments]
I’ll start.. Performative delusions submitted by /u/fullheartandtable [link] [comments]
After two years, I’ve started to really dislike my current school (private and profit-driven), and a big part of it is how the school approaches inclusion. I know this may be an unpopular opinion, but I’m increasingly questioning the idea of mainstream schools accepting students with SEVERE autism or significant additional needs without having the resources, trained staff, and support systems to actually meet those students’ needs. I’m not talking about neurodivergent students who can reasonably participate in a mainstream classroom with some accommodations. I’m talking about students with very high support needs—for example, students who may scream continuously for several minutes, crawl around the classroom despite repeated instructions to stand up, spin or twirl around the room, spit on the floor, struggle to follow very basic instructions, or have extremely limited receptive or expressive language. Some students also need significant assistance with basic daily tasks, such as putti
This May I went out in a limb and applied for the computer teacher job at my school (3-5). This is my 6th year teaching and I am ready for a little change. I thought a specials gig should be nice- no recess, no grading at my school, no home room parents, no testing! Well I got the job and throughout the entire hiring process nobody mentioned any IT support type skills needed. I thought someone might need me to connect them to a printer every once in a while. I knew I’d be handling the logins and tech distribution for my school and I have that under control. The problem is now my inbox is flooded with hundreds of IT help desk tickets I have no idea what to do with. It’s giving me major anxiety. I did some digging and in the summer deep in my emails I saw I was appointed as our schools SYSOP. Nobody told me this. I guess I should’ve guessed it would come with the job but I do not know anything about IT. Oh well I guess fake it till u make it. I have a meeting with some high up IT lady so
It makes no sense to me and feels kinda gross. Some important distinctions in my mind: Clients exchange money with a contractor for a good or service. Patients do not directly compensate nurses. The homeless guy with no insurance does not put a penny into your or your employer's pocket but we still care for him. Contractors may stop working for clients at any time for any reasons. Nurses (and doctors) are morally and legally obligated to care for their patients except when their safety is endangered. Client's are serviced for profit within the confines of law. Patients are cared for within the confines of ethical standards as well as the law. Clients are usually on the same standing as their contractors - both hold equal-ish power in the exchange. Patient's are vulnerable and we protect them from exploitation from ourselves and others. Clients must always provide consent for services. Patients often do not provide explicit consent for care. The service of a client has a well defined be
so i work on a surgical floor. lots of catch and releases, as at least half are scheduled surgeries. 6:1 ratio for 24 beds, 2 aides and a charge that also takes a full 6 (cries in NC). it’s about 1700, im on my 3rd admission of the day (started with 6, discharged 4 now at 5) and the last one was not doing so hot. back surgery, BP was elevated in 180s (parameters were to keep under 140) and he had been vomiting since he came up. sugar was in 400’s, dude had a lot going on. neurosurgeon and PA even came to bedside and were giving me face to face orders they wanted carried out then. now for the point of the post. i had 1 more empty room. room is dirty as my 4th discharge had rolled out only like 15 min ago. PACU, the same nurse that brought the previous guy up, tries to call me report at 1710, she’s like “i know the room is still dirty but I wanted to see if I could call report.” I respond that I’m in a pts room and that I’d have to call her back. she asks for my direct extension. i give
submitted by /u/Pupulikjan [link] [comments]
The most difficult thing on the planet is having to stay quiet on social media or google reviews when you see the public ranting about healthcare. You’ve seen it. “They almost killed (person) because (exhaustive and strayed reasoning)” and it goes on and on. They were never your patient exactly but you’ve had them before and all you can do is grind your teeth and refrain from typing to them that everyone knows better and they don’t have any where to go BUT social media. It’s worse when they ARE your assignment and you actually have someone trying to die, but you have to deal with a story of about how, say, giving a pill cut logitudinal is fatal and latitudinal is the only way to do it because (30 minute anecdotal testimony). /rant submitted by /u/AquilaCrotalusEsox [link] [comments]
How many of you do them? Personally, I've found the start of the school year is so much simpler when I have a seating chart. Kids know where to sit. I can visually tie a name to a kid by looking at their name tag and my seating chart. But so many of my colleagues think it's stupid to have a seating chart on day one. Like one says, "Well, the classes are going to change anyway." But I'd rather switch around one kid who joined late or fill a spot a kid left than feel like I'm trying to figure everything out. Another was like, "I like being able to threaten them with the possibility of a seating chart." That just sounds like a recipe for chaos. I don't know, I feel like since the first day sets the tone for the year, I'd rather have a simple seating chart that gives me and the kids structure than allow the chance for chaos to begin. submitted by /u/Consistent-Row-9551 [link] [comments]
I left a great school and teaching job to teach at a nontraditional charter school. It pays more and I needed more money but it was the "innovative, hands-on, nontraditional" learning environment that they claim to be that convinced me. Now that school is about to start, I'm finding none of that is actually allowed. It's a rigid schedule, long lesson plans and very specific requirements that are nothing I would have ever agreed to. I've reached out to my old principal and, of course, it's too late to go back. I'm having panic attacks and so depressed. I guess there's nothing I can do put be miserable or put in my 30 day notice and be unemployed. submitted by /u/K1lg0reTr0ut [link] [comments]
So I had a first in my 14 (or this may actually be my 15th) year of teaching. I got a class that absolutely would not talk. I literally built a find someone who game into my plans to try to get them to interact with each other and only 2 made an effort. This has never happened before! I know a few of them want out of the class which it's an elective and hey whatever but damn at least make a bit of effort while you are still in the class. Gonna be an interesting year. submitted by /u/agger1983 [link] [comments]
Apparently a couple was fighting in the car and got into an accident. They left the car and continued to fight. A bystander stepped in to try and help the situation. With no good deed going unpunished, that person got shot and killed. The road had to be shut down for CSI and detectives to work the case. Due to that, the major intersection to the west of campus was closed. At least 1/2 of my first period was late or didn't come at all. What a way to start the school year. Anyone else have any crazy beginnings to talk about? submitted by /u/PinkPajamaPenguin [link] [comments]
A few months ago I made a post about how I couldn't sleep because I was worried that I would never be a teacher again since I got a reprimand on my teacher certificate. I got a lot of hate including someone telling me that "my teaching days were over", but I now sit in front of you as a new teacher-of-record at a public school district. I had a number of schools tell me that my mark would bar me from being employed with them, but this district twenty-thirty minutes away from my home appreciated my honesty and saw that I had learned from my situation. There is hope for you if you are in a similar circumstance and want to continue teaching. You may have to send out a lot of applications, go to a lot of interviews, or be told that your sanction makes you ineligible for hire, but continue to be honest about your situation and let the interviewing panel know about your reprimand (I brought it up at the end of the interview after things went well). Hell, you might even be hired for your raw
a UK Biobank study says night shift workers show accelerated biological aging and lose almost a year of life expectancy. I feel sick to my stomach discovering this. submitted by /u/TheNzm7 [link] [comments]