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.
I keep hearing about the "problem with AI" so many seem to be having, but to be honest, I'm not seeing it. What I see in general is 95% of my students have a deep hatred of AI to the level of AI use is as socially acceptable as selling meth. They are deeply offended when a teacher uses it. The other 5% are the same students that are socially and academically behind and generally receive pity from the other students. The students generally see it as destructive to the environment and humanity on par with clubbing baby seals for a YouTube short. So, all knee jerk reactions aside, what real percentages of your students are using (not just cheating) AI? submitted by /u/Early-Thought-263 [link] [comments]
This isn’t me trying to be deliberately obtuse or contrarian, but I was just wondering about this at work today. I have been working as a kindergarten teacher in an affluent predominantly white community for several years and have noticed an interesting trend among some of our students. There are certain characters that all kids are drawn to, Spider-Man, Elsa, etc.— but even before the biopic came out this year, there has always been at least a small handful of kids that seemed to be intensely obsessed with Michael Jackson. Whenever we get rained out and stay indoors for “dance time,” his songs, particularly “Beat It“ and “Bad,” are requested repeatedly along with “Frozen“ and now “Golden” from K-pop demon hunters. Now, since the movie came out, the obsession among our students has reached a new intensity. He’s all they seem to be able to discuss. We have many kids attempting to moonwalk and re-enact his dancing, and almost daily I have to deal with at least one child raising their han
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Or both? This person lives or stays with someone at my apartment complex. It's kind of giving "my job is my only personality trait" but at the same time I kinda want to meet them, because only people in healthcare would know what that is, so maybe that's the point. Then again I may already know them, since we're less than 10 minutes drive from the hospital. What we thinking? ICU? submitted by /u/Far-Spread-6108 [link] [comments]
I just started working in an emergency department that has a locked psych unit. I'm new to the ED but I knew I would have to rotate through this unit. What wasn't clear to me was that I would be assigned to the psych unit once every three shifts. I honestly don't know if I can handle it. I'm not the worst at handling psych/behavioral/mental health crisis type of stuff but it's definitely not my thing. The amount of psych/behavioral issues we deal with in the regular ED is enough for me. I'm not easily spooked but I genuinely feel on edge regarding my physical safety there. ED nurses, what do we think about this? submitted by /u/calypsoorchid [link] [comments]
I’m going into my fourth year teaching and pretty excited for it except for a few things. The main one I’m nervous about is that my schedule is going to be a 6 period schedule with a 5th period prep. I teach middle school (all grades, elective), and I’ve been fortunate enough to have had a prep in the middle of the day the past three years. I’m really nervous to be on this different schedule. My teacher friends tell me that having a prep towards the end of the day usually means I won’t have any energy to be productive at all. It’s gonna change my whole daily mentally schedule cuz when do I even use the restroom? I guess class change but I just had such a good routine last year ugh. Additionally, my room has a hole and mold in the ceiling. They need to make massive repairs. I have no idea the timeline. Good news is they have to replace a lot of stuff in my room (very necessary) but bad news is I have no idea how long it will take. I have larger classes and I emphasize procedures/routine
I would really appreciate any form of advice or encouragement. I have two years of nursing under my belt, and started on a new unit five months ago. This week I had a complete mental breakdown at work. Snot, chest grabbing, hyperventilating breakdown. It happened in front of my coworkers and I’ve honestly never been so embarrassed in my life. I feel like I’ve spent the last five months giving absolutely everything I have to this job, and despite that I still ended up getting in trouble with management due to a patient complaint. The complaint was filled with false accusations yet i still had to take time out of my shift to practically beg for their forgiveness. It feels like no matter how hard I work or how much I care, it’s never enough. I genuinely do not remember why I chose this career to begin with. Financially, I am unable to take time off yet the thought of stepping back onto that unit makes me want to puke. I’m starting to wonder if I need to leave nursing altogether because I
I keep hearing stories about nurses getting fired, sued, or having their licence taken away. I am really afraid this may happen to me because I am a very "scatterbrained." I am not a nurse yet, but I am in school. What should I do to prevent this from happening. What should I do/not do when I am a nurse. Also is it really that common? submitted by /u/Previous-Answer-1853 [link] [comments]
Recovering alcoholic here. I was in the ER about once a month for a year stretch due to extreme withdrawals. Each time, even in the complete turmoil of my physical and mental state, I had an acute sense of the disappointment in your faces, or maybe just the pure sadness of having to watch someone continuously do this to themselves. I’m still in early sobriety, a little over a year, but I want you to know how much I appreciate you and that your efforts aren’t in vain. Addiction is a lifelong battle so never say never but I hope you know some of us do crawl out of that abyss you find us in, and it’s thanks to you submitted by /u/Professional_Bike467 [link] [comments]
She fights the rest of us when it’s time for lights to go off (usually between 9-10pm, and obviously they’re not OFF off just dimmed). She skips around at 4:30 am and cranks the lights back on. No warning, just flips them all on and prances off. I’ve tried politely addressing it with her and even provided a personal sunlamp for her to use. Others have also spoken to her. But it hasn’t mitigated the issue and I’m personally nearing my boiling point with her. So what would you do/say? Unfortunately this is not her only annoying quality but I’m trying to pick my battles 😂 Edit to clarify: This chick is also a night shift nurse and refuses to go to days. I’ve already tried getting our manager to offer her a day position. 😭 submitted by /u/Jinxicatt [link] [comments]
I’m a new teacher, and I was put into this PLTW training; TLDR this curriculum training is a huge waste of time and money. The lessons are completely random and I’m very confident that a non engineer wrote this entire curriculum. The materials section is by far the worst. In addition to being completely out of place from the previous lessons, there’s very little substance in them. The substance that’s in them is flat out wrong or poorly explained. My advice for anyone forced to take this training: be nice to the trainers but just finish the work as soon as possible. Also, use as little of their curriculum as possible too. submitted by /u/Idontwantthismanga [link] [comments]
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Your child still has to do work believe it or not. I got so tired of filling out questionnaires on suspected gifted. No Karen, your child is not gifted. They “gifted” in task avoidance and missing their assignments, if that’s what you mean. But I’m not going to waste my time bumping up the rigor just for skittle Tommy to ignore that work too. submitted by /u/Emergency-Pepper3537 [link] [comments]
The other night the nurse I worked with was complaining to the supervisor about how hard the day shift nurse was on him during report. Supervisor asked why and he explained she was upset because he didn’t do the q4 bladder scan ordered. Supervisor of course asks why he didn’t do it if it’s ordered that way. Because of course the following nurse would be aggravated and now she’s aggravated because he just told her. He starts arguing with her that she’s wrong too because, “I asked ChatGPT and it said I didn’t have to do it if the patient was sleeping”. Supervisor tells him ChatGPT didn’t write the order so if doesn’t allot for sleep, then it still has to be done. He hits her with, and I do indeed quote, “ChatGPT has all the knowledge in the world, it knows more than every doctor in the world, I’ll trust it first” I’m not shocked healthcare workers are using chatGPT, there’s always dumb apples, but what a wild statement. And over something so small. As the kids say, we’re cooked, chat. 🙃
I got chosen to do a second interview for a school district for a general elementary job meaning the whole district is doing multiple hires from the same set of interviews. For the second interview they asked that we do a “performance task” however it’s worded very vaguely and I’m not sure if I’m supposed to teach a lesson to the panel or present a lesson plan… Here is the wording…. As part of the Round 2 interview, you will complete a 15-minute performance task. A description of the performance task is attached to this email to assist you in your preparation. Following the performance task, you will participate in a 20–25-minute interview with the interview panel. During this portion of the interview, panel members will ask additional questions related to your instructional practices, professional experiences, and your ability to support student learning in Performance task we believe highly effective teachers create engaging, rigorous, and inclusive learning experiences where every s
Hi fellow nurses, last night I had a very violent, aggressive patient who spat and kicked one of the CNAs very hard when she was trying to take vitals. This patient was brand new to our unit (a transfer) and because it was shift change, I barely had a moment to sit down and read through all of the notes thoroughly, but the few things that I did read is that this patient has always had a sitter/in q2h bilat wrist restraints (we were too short staffed last night for a sitter so we had him on careview monitoring), and the other thing was the family specifically stated they do not want their spouse on any antipsychotic medications. After my CNA notified me she had been assaulted, I immediately messaged the Provider to get oral Zyprexa added as a 1x dose. Before administering, I wanted to be courteous and to let the spouse know that I would be giving this medication because of the patient assaulting staff, and an anti-psychotic would be necessary. The wife initially agreed. I gave the patie
I just wanted to share in a way possible for people to know with anxiety, anything is possible! I avoided this test since I graduated with my bachelor’s and master’s in education. Today I can say I passed my teacher certification subject area exam today. It was the exceptional student education K-12 . I feel so grateful and happy about it! I never thought I could do it because I didn’t think it was possible, I was so afraid. Even though I taught in different settings so I had knowledge. All the random studying and working with sweetheart students with disabilities made a difference. submitted by /u/Apprehensive-Cry2104 [link] [comments]
What are some board games your high schoolers like? We're at an advisory school where we have at-risk students, and we teach a lot of general "how to be a human" lessons in our homeroom class. We try to do board games once a week, and I'm looking for anything you think teens might find interesting. submitted by /u/Ok_Durian9154 [link] [comments]
Alright so who was gonna tell me graduating with a history education degree and obtaining my CC endorsement was an absolute waste of time? Cause clearly my university was not on top of that at all. I graduated in spring of 2024 and have been trying to land a full time teaching job ever since. Interview after interview, I am always met with a rejection email and the advice to go back to school and obtain my Social Studies (RX) endorsement. I have completed 4 long term sub jobs, (all in social studies classrooms) and have been provided with excellent letters of recommendation from each of those schools. I thought maybe that experience would help me find a full time position. Still no. So I finally decided to go back to school, take the 5 courses I need to obtain the social studies endorsement, and continue to look for positions. However I am running into MAJOR roadblocks trying to do this. Almost every university in the state of Michigan is no longer offering the RX endorsement and inste
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Currently teaching summer school to middle school students, so these kids already tend to be on the more disruptive, lower performing side. I've never had to teach a class where ALL of the students have no paper, no pencils, trashing bathrooms, are distracted by phones/laptops, and in general have no respect for anyone at all. I know we're pretty quick to jump to assigning labels like bad parenting, mental health, and attention seeking to explain student misbehavior, but I just know in my heart that it's more nuanced than that. There has to be SOME train of thought going through these kids' heads when they decide to do what they do. It doesn't mean it was a good train of thought, but it's not like these kids are rolling D20s and consulting a table of misdeeds to make the choices that they make. I haven't been able to get anything other than blank stares out of my students, but surely there have been studies or surveys where kids answer what's going through their heads? Personal anecdot
What’s something that when you hear it, it’s like hearing nails on a chalkboard? Obviously, the code blue alarm is a big one, so something else not so obvious. It could be anything. For me, it’s when I hear a patient asking for something simple, like “Can you push my tray table closer to me?” or “Can you dial this number for me?” and the person that’s with the patient says, “Let me go get your nurse for you”.. I honestly can’t stand it when I hear someone say this, because 9 times out of 10, it’s something that doesn’t require a nursing license to do. I’m getting older too, and I’m becoming quite petty when this happens. I be sure to take the person back with me and show them step by step how to do the super hard task that they just HAD to get the nurse for. “Oh, here. Let me show you how to call EVS on YOUR Vocera to let them know that the hand sanitizer is empty outside of room 412!” submitted by /u/Efficient_Pizza4739 [link] [comments]
Hello fellow teachers! I am about to start my 3rd year school year of teaching. I really do like teaching when it goes well, which at my school/district its about 30% of the time, but that is a different topic. Anyway, I am curious as to how many of you fellow teachers decided to leave teaching to pursue a doctorate degree to teach (or research) at the post-secondary level? For those of you that have, was landing a position extremely difficult (I know teaching-track positions tend to be easier to land than tenure-track)? Did you end up only using your doctorates degree for the pay bump in k-12? Lastly, how satisfied are you with higher ed teaching in comparison to k12? I know that you tend to have more freedom in higher ed, but you don't always have more pay (especially teaching-track positions). Thanks for your time! submitted by /u/SkinnyTheSkinwalker [link] [comments]
I am a new kindergarten teacher. Would it be appropriate to ask my team mates to see their first week of school lesson plans? submitted by /u/myicedtea [link] [comments]
For background information, I live in a college town. I graduated with a degree in secondary education, and got my license in Historical Perspectives just under a month ago, so I contributed some of my failure to not having my license. I know that social studies is one of the most populated areas of teaching, but with summer coming to an end, I'm getting nervous. I have been told by many educators that are related to me that they didn't get a job until 2 weeks before the start of the school semester. I have applied to 10–15 schools within the past 3 months. I have received nothing back from 80% of them. Most of them are still open or the position is still listed. For the most part, I have heard absolutely nothing or have had to call and find out that the position has been filled. I know of only 1 positions I applied for is going through interviews because a colleague of mine who graduated with me got an interview at that school. So, again, should I be worried, or does it really take th
Mine lets patients leave for 30 minutes. Go smoke a cig, walk over to the store down the road, whatever. I don't have say in if they're not stable enough to be going on adventures to the parking lot. They just roll their heparin, pca, fluids, and antibiotics onto the elevator. Like if they're not too sick to walk, they must be good? I do love that I don't get smokers having nicotine withdrawal fueled meltdowns anymore submitted by /u/Enayleoni [link] [comments]
Hello! I recently graduated with my masters in elementary education and obtained my certification. About 2-3 weeks ago, I applied to 2 positions in the district I’d just completed student teaching in, but haven’t heard anything back yet. Should I take this as a sign that they have selected other candidates, or is it possible they just haven’t started contacting applicants back yet? This is my first time applying for a full-time teaching job, so I’m not sure how soon they typically start screening interviews once the application window closes. I ask because the school year starts in less than 8 weeks and I’m worried about not finding anything by that time. submitted by /u/Turbulent_Ad1562 [link] [comments]
Pretty much what the title says. My daughter has an NG tube (she is 9 months old if that matters) and we had been given this the last time they had to reinsert the NG tube to apply to the skin and we used medipore tape to anchor the tube onto it. I am hoping to get more for her in the event we have to reapply at home. Like we have recentlym I would ask the pediatric ER we received it from, but it seems every time we ask for supplies we get different and random tapes and adhesives that don't work as well. Any help would be appreciated! I figured this would be the best place to ask. submitted by /u/two-one-punch [link] [comments]
This school year I’d like to do better about not eating out. I can meal plan and cook dinners but I struggle to have lunches prepared. Do you have recommendations on ways to prep for both. Anybody use convenience meal delivery like Factor or Hungry Root? We don’t eat lunch meats so sandwiches are limited to basically tuna. Any recommendations are appreciated! submitted by /u/Typical-Tackle-532 [link] [comments]
I know this is long please bear with me. TLDR: new teacher in class with teacher turnover. Targeted by first year principal. Lied to by admin and ultimately terminated even thought class saw significant growth. Unable to teach in district and is struggling to find new placement due to termination. I started teaching in January I came into a poorly performing school. The 4th teacher the class had that year ( a fact I was not informed of) I was hired by the district and from day 1 I felt like my principal had it out for me. I had little to no guidance and didn’t even have as much as an initial meeting to chat about expectations. My principal was a first year appointed by the district. After a month I was put on a “growth plan” which seemed like a formality in the process of my principal trying to get rid of me. I was to hit a certain observation score or face termination. After the plan was put into place they really turned up the heat. I had 18 observations in the semester. Popping in 2
I heard that Canada had been heavily recruiting US RNs for a while (not sure if it has changed). Has anyone here spent some time working in the country? Would you care to share your experience? I was thinking of possibly working in British Columbia once I hit my two-year mark as I am very nomadic and enjoy traveling. Just looking for different thoughts/perspectives…. submitted by /u/CelticNomad95 [link] [comments]
My biggest goal is to become a teacher, and for the longest time I had just assumed I would teach elementary. However, as of recently i've been leaning more towards high school english, and I was wondering if any teachers would like to put their input. A lot of elementary teachers teach not only to teach, but also to connect with the younger kids, and while I would like that too, for me it's more about teaching, not correcting and managing behavior or spending my day with kids. (I hope that makes sense, it's hard to explain.) If I was not going into education, I would not work with kids. And I do understand that a significant portion of teaching younger students is correcting behavior, which has started to make me reconsider. But at the same time, I worry highschoolers may not take me seriously when i'm fresh out of college, considering i'd still be very young. I worry because if I want to teach elementary, I would have to major in Education/ Elementary Education, and if i want to teac
So the kids are building barriers to keep a house safe during a hurricane, and I know nothing about STEM so I'm just enjoying the borderline chaos of having kids build stuff. One kid was jokingly being mean to me, so I told him I'd give him a test on Monday. He spent the next 30 minutes trying to get out of the test, and I just keep adding new things to his test. "Mister, I just want to say that you make the best tests." "Ohh, cool, I can make you a test for next week." "No Mister, I was trying to compliment you." "Well, now you'll know how great my test making skills are." "No Mister, please no test." "You right. A test isn't enough, you want an exam. More questions, the better." At one point, we started using my last name as a second language to determine how bad his test would be. The other kids joined in to translate the new language of my last name. Later on, the kids were taping the materials to their fingers pretending them to be fancy nails. Like it's summer school, and I'm jus
Not really seeking for anything but just wanting to vent. I took 2 weeks off work and I’m heading back to work tonight and I can’t stop sobbing. It was literally the best 2 weeks off my life. I’m mostly scheduled every weekend (not my choice) and it was so nice to have a weekend off. I didnt do anything extravagant but I was able to relax, hang out with family and friends, and just do things I wanted to do. I feel like a total baby because I feel like I should be rejuvenated to go back to work. The worst part is, my manager scheduled me for 4 12’s in a row 4 weeks in a row and some days, I can barely handle 3 12’s in a row. I know I’ll show up and do my job but I’m so miserable. I’ve been a nurse for 7 years so I don’t know why I’ve been so anxious the past few months. Being in med surg probably doesn’t help. Wish me luck the next 4 nights! submitted by /u/yaya762 [link] [comments]
Nothing was reported by the proctor during the exam. This is a student who I am like 99.9% certain would never cheat. As in, I’ve seen this student, when they didn’t know I was looking, refuse to give answers to another student who asked. I taught them for two years. It seems like a lot more AP students are getting these emails that exam scores are being cancelled. Is there any evidence on how accurate college board is when detecting misconduct? Or how they determine evidence of misconduct? I feel devastated for this kid. Believe me, I am not one to blindly assume these kids are all angels, but this is legitimately one that I fully believe didn’t cheat. submitted by /u/Intelligent-Delay625 [link] [comments]
Ive been teaching for 3 years now but this would be my first year as a certified teacher. I have taken all the tests classes etc and am awaiting my confirmation from the state. My previous job did not renew my contract for fall. Ive been applying since March and everyone in my cohort and my coworkers from my last job who also didn't get renewed that I talked to have found jobs. Ive applied for just about every job in 4 districts and charter schools. Ive had 3 interviews in 4 months. Now it's July and all the jobs I applied for have been filled except for maybe 5 between 3 districts. Supposedly new teacher training in one district starts the 17th so anxious isnt even the word for how I feel right now. I havent been worried because I keep hearing that this happens for new teachers like ill be the last person picked because I'm not certified. I went into education because I was told I'd never have to look for work but here we are, almost with a whole ass masters degree that is starting to
Ended up as a patient in my own ER. Coworkers saw me nakey. Internally bleeding. Emergency surgery. Then turns out some of my coworkers are also prn OR nurses! They saw me busted wide open. Thankfully I had the exact crew I would pick if I were to go down at work. Also, idk if I got the coworker special or what but 200 mcg of fentanyl is absolutely a nightmare. submitted by /u/carmelamacchiato [link] [comments]
SNF, short staff, same old story. New admit yesterday, actually, 4 new admits. Chaos, family, only nurse with 29 acute residents. Facility Director, former PT, decided to stroll up to the nursing station and told my coworker who’s doing half of our new admits “hey I know, I know, but I know these folks personally from the country club, can we give a little more care to them? Just pamper them a bit.” So he was pretty much politely telling us to treat this person better than we treat the rest of our patients and indirectly asking for a more diligent aide to be at their most minute request. Highly illegal first and foremost and I don’t give a fuck about your god damn country club membership or request, in this building I treat every fucking person the same, which is doing my absolute best. Be it homeless, be it trust fund, everyone gets the same level of care. Told fellow staff exactly that and continued to run around like a chicken without a head for the next 8 hours and collected OT at
I just need to vent. This is all public info. Yesterday one kid and very likely another kid died at the hands of a drunk driver who was speeding and split their car in half. I’m so angry. I’m so angry. I take great pride in being there for families and as much as I love peds, I can’t do this forever. I’m not sure how much longer I can do this. submitted by /u/MarvelingMelanin [link] [comments]
A disruptive student frequently insulted teachers with profanity, and the teachers consistently reported these incidents. However, the student was never punished for these actions. One day, the student directed profanity at the principal, who promptly responded by issuing a 10-day out-of-school suspension. This is the highest level of disrespect towards a teacher, and it is an alarmingly significant increase in behavior. Misery of school teachers, has never been about the children; they are children. submitted by /u/redditfan200000 [link] [comments]
Putting together a kit of emergency supplies to keep in my classroom. This is specifically for myself, not my students. Looking for ideas that I may have missed. So far I’ve got: - Ibuprofen, pepto, cough drops - Mini toothbrushes, flossers, mini deodorant - Mini sewing kit, safety pins, tide pen - Hair brush, extra pair of undies and socks Other things like lotion, chapstick, period supplies, I keep in my purse, so don’t need to add that. Any experiences that made you think, “wow I really wish I had XYZ”? This will be my first full year teaching and I want to be as prepared as possible. submitted by /u/makenah [link] [comments]
How do I know if a patient is having genuine seizures or just faking it? I’ve seen a lot of seizures (tonic clonic, absence) but yesterday I had a patient who seems faking it. I’ve never had a patient fake it before so I’m genuinely curious. They had 2 seizures yesterday. Labs, CT scan, MRI, EEG done = all normal. Ativan, Keppra and Depakote started yesterday. They had 2 seizures again today. I didn’t see the first one because the boyfriend at bedside just told us after it’s over. Apparently it was 6 mins long. Second one happened I was in the room. The way she had a seizure is different. Her head was gently bobbing up and down, she was moaning and crying, but none of the extremities are moving. Gave her a bite block but she wasn’t biting on it because she was crying/wailing. Seizure lasted 5 mins. PRN Ativan given. Literally a second later she goes, “omg what happened?” Like in perfect, clear speech (not groggy or weak). It looks fake to me tbh. But I’d like to ask more experienced nu
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Hello, I am 29f My weight starting nursing school was 445lbs I was clearly the biggest one in my class during orientation and lectures. When clinicals came our shift was short it was only 6 hours first hour spent in pre-conference talking about patients (sitting), started getting back pain whenever i had to hold a patient for changing or log rolling, i had to go the break room and take frequent sits because i couldn't stand for long. I feel limited i know i should of lost weight before i got in but it was rough getting through the first set of clinicals. Now im going into second semester and the clinical shifts are almost 10hrs and it's at a real hospital, im scared my weight is gonna hold me back, im smart, like really smart i got A's all semester last semester i had people coming to me for advice, I only wish I could perform like my mind does. Im trying to lose weight over the summer so far i lost 30lbs over the last 2 months but I feel thats not enough i'll still be over 400lbs when
I need to vent to people who get it. It's July. Last check was May 30. Next check is Aug 30. Yes I had savings. No they didn't account for inflation. This next stretch is going to be TIGHT, and Peter will be robbed to pay Paul. I was going to be ok, until the state has decided to make things difficult in claiming some money from the retirement system I am owed from my husband's estate. It's taken 3 trips to the courthouse and I fully expect another one, when if they would be upfront about what they need, I could have done it the first trip. On top of that, random crap around the house is breaking and needs repair (AC is STRUGGLING). ANYWAY. Last summer I doordashed. With gas prices this summer I looked for other jobs. Interviewed in early May for a tutoring position. Heard back Late May. I'm just now doing training and onboarding. I go back to school Aug 4. Yes we work for a month w/ no pay. Yes it sucks. My kids want to go do fun summer stuff and I'm trying to keep the uilities on and
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I'm a SPED teacher so I'm used to having way more boys than girls, but I just found out for this coming year I am going to have ZERO female students. I live with only boys at home too, so it's going to be a heck of a boy filled year for me! submitted by /u/Cloud13181 [link] [comments]
I was watching the bear with my girlfriend who’s a chef and I was explaining to her there’s no teaching equivalent to “The Bear” , which is a serious take on fine dining life. Why do you think TV hasn’t made a serious take on teaching? Personally I think it’s a combination of lack of sympathy for teachers in general ( they all say it during teacher appreciation week, right) and that a large portion of the country have had bad experiences in school as students . And another question, if they were to make a show with a serious take on teaching , what gritty common experiences would you like shown that really encapsulate what it’s like to be a teacher ? submitted by /u/Dadadada55 [link] [comments]
I teach at a private school, the policy of which is "No Parent Offended". I have this really edgy teenager in my class, born and raised overseas his whole life who continues to be contradictory in every situation on our official workspace. He's intelligent but very full of himself and annoys a few other classmates (who have even requested to kick him out of the workspace) too. We recently deployed an offline tracker for students and he instantly remarked: "If you need an external tracker from a teacher even in Y13, you're not ready for Undergrads." Understandably, a few parents got pissed off too. Then I asked my students if they need a graphing tool like Desmos that can work offline, we (the subject department) have a few holidays and funding left, we can work on it. His reply came about 3-4 minutes later: "Everything is explained so well by these two teachers (I love them too btw) on YouTube, why would you need anything else." My HoD responded by saying that perhaps not everyone want
I am a 24 yr old licensed new teacher, starting this year, and I’ve decided to work in the classroom for exactly one school year for a specific purpose: to aggressively throw the majority of my income into wiping out my $25k student debt while living at home, and then immediately transition into a higher-earning career path. When I shared this plan recently, I was completely blindsided by the vitriol. I was called "trash," "entitled," and told I’m going to be a terrible, bitter teacher just because I don't see this profession as a lifelong, sacred martyrdom contract. My perception of this field was shaped firsthand by my own family. My dad was a teacher and a principal his entire career. He called teaching a "gift from God" and gave his absolute life, soul, and energy to the institution. When he retired, the system replaced him instantly, like he was never even there. To make matters worse he’s now working as a tutor even after being retired cuz his pension wasn’t enough and gives him