I am a public school teacher in an impoverished area. Today one of my students burst into tears and had to run out of the room. When I went out to see what was wrong she explained that her grandmother had died yesterday from COVID. She lacked a mother to look up to and relied on her grandmother for female support. It tore me up. I lost an Uncle-in-law to COVID myself and my father last year to a non-COVID issues. I’m just sick of death, especially when it’s preventable. Even if you believe the vaccine is only 10% effective, why risk exposing others?? Please get vaccinated, there’s way too many depressed and grief-stricken students from an issue that stems from selfish political opposition.
I just saw a post about McDonald’s and a desire for them to pay $25 an hour. That’s fantastic.
It’s also $8k more per year than I make as a fifth year teacher with a bachelor degree.
I just want to say: “please don’t forget about us in all of this.” We government employees can argue for our wages all we want, and unionize all we want, but if we demand higher wages, it just means our district is required to cut people to provide that.
If your school district asks for money for schools, please help us and vote yes - we’re having a real rough go over here in Public Ed. (In America, that is)
Edit: sorry guys but it looks like it's not gonna happen, I'll try but I can't promise anything.
I know school can suck, I know some teachers can suck(trust me I get to work with them). But most of us get paid shit, get treated like shit by admin and your parents, and work really hard to support our families. Stealing stuff from your schools isn’t funny. I had my mouse stolen yesterday and I almost cried. I’m so so so done, this pandemic has been hard, please don’t make it harder by taking our things. Some of this stuff I paid for with my own money to give y’all a better school experience. It’s just not funny, you’re genuinely making your school worse and peoples lives worse.
Edit: thank you so much for the awards but the best thing you can do right now is tell your teachers how much you appreciate them and stand up to anyone stealing shit from your schools.
Edit 2: thank you for the awards and kind words. It’s been a really tough 3 years for me. Between losing a student to suicide, the pandemic, and a toxic work situation. My wonderful students make it worth it everyday. Be kind to your teachers and support staff, we have had a tough go of it. Mostly be kind to each other though, I know it’s been really tough for y’all.
Edit 3: please don’t send me chats about how all my students want to kill me :(
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My whole life I was told I was this super special kid that was super smart. And then I had this huge ego and never studied and got good grades. And then my ego was huge but then I started to get into middle school and suddenly I didn’t really know how to study. Then any motivation to do anything kinda just disappeared and I started to hate I couldn’t be this “super special super smart kid” I was told I was my whole life.
I hate that I know I want to do something, but instead I stay scrolling for the next 4 hours doing nothing. I stare at what I want to do but literally can’t bring myself to do it and it’s so annoying.
Any parents out there- don’t tell your kid their some special snowflake. I don’t care if your kid gets 100%s, teach them study habits. There are so many “gifted” kids who’s whole high/middle school is them hating that they couldn’t be “perfect” enough for the expectations everyone places on them.
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This trash app is perpetuating mass hysteria and only has a negative influence on students lives. Don’t partake in this god forsaken app. It also is the most invasive to privacy and more than likely is funded/controlled by the ccp.
Don’t believe me? Tik tok has settled a 92 million lawsuit over privacy concerns.
This “Trend” that has created mass hysteria in schools today and has negatively impacted the lives of teachers ,students and family’s should be the writhing on the wall.
If you have this app delete it as a form of protest today!
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It's been posted here over 50 times in the last 3 hours alone... knock it off already
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