is is this supposed to sound *bad*?

It was hard to read in the screenshot so I found it and blew it up:

shout out to motherfucking pirates yo

Does your school have a dedicated teacher lounge?

I’m talking a space where teachers can rest, relax and recharge.  Not where the copy machine is.  Not where dead technology is stored. A common space where teachers from different corners of the building can come together to eat, socialize, meet, or even plan? 

Nope. We have department offices and a meeting room for PD. But no teacher's lounge.

Please help my classroom!

I want to make sure my students have the materials and experiences they need to succeed, so I just created a request for my classroom at DonorsChoose: Ms. Hall's American Dream: Library Edition. Use the code LIFTOFF to match your donation dollar for dollar.

Update: WE'RE FULLY FUNDED!!!!!!!!!!!

CORRECT.

The moment I realize the reason there haven't been more notable shootings before the recent three is because school was out for the summer, I started crying.

What a fucked up observation to make as I sit here in my empty classroom, struggling to finish my lessons the upcoming school year.

5 year olds will leave their homes, some for the first time, to come learn with me. They are babies.

As we prepare for the school year, all us teachers stuff in the hallway, discussing the shootings and just looking at each other because because we know what's coming.

As soon as the bell rings in a new semester across the country, children and teachers are going to die. It's not a matter of if. They will. I might.

So back to lesson planning, I guess.

Classroom Amazon Wishlist

Teachers, please attach your Amazon Wishlist if you have one. I want to try and suppport as many teachers as possible. 

💕💕💕 Everything helps and would be SO appreciated!

Here’s mine: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/FNXMM0D3BFV8?ref_=wl_share

I would be so thankful!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3MXCIXQDHI7ER?ref_=wl_share

This site is not only full of deliberate disinformation and hoaxes, it’s rife with anti-intellectualism. 

I encourage people to research anything that sounds fantastic and totally different than what they were taught - even in my posts.

If you see a blog post with startling information, do the CRAAP Test! (developed by Sarah Blakeslee and her team of librarians at California State University, Chico)

Currency:  What is the copyright, publication, or posting date? Does the date matter? Is the information outdated?

Relevance:  For what audience or level is the information written (general public, experts/scholars, etc.)?

Authority:  Who is the author, creator, or publisher of the source or what organization is responsible for the source? How do you know if the author is an expert on the topic (e.g examine the author’s credentials and/or organizational affiliation)?

Accuracy:  What indications do you see that the information is or is not well researched or provides sufficient evidence? What kind of language, imagery and/or tone is used (e.g. emotional, objective, professional, etc.)?

Purpose:  Why was this source written (e.g.to inform, teach, entertain, persuade)? How might the author’s affiliation affect the point of view, slant, or potential bias of the source?

More help:

The Ultimate Cheatsheet for Critical Thinking

Judging Source Quality

The Layperson’s Guide to Online Research

Media Bias/Fact Check Use the search feature to find the bias (left, right, center, and in-between) of any news source.

Snopes fact check

How to Spot Fake News from FactCheck.org

What is a “Good” Source? Determining the Validity of Evidence

Fake News and News Bias

This is what I teach and I’ve mostly given up on trying to do that here because I will never win and there’s always one more horrible innacurate post or long twitter thread just waiting to be reblogged, but we call it the TRAAP test! Don’t fall into the trap!

Look at the Timeliness, Relevance, Accuracy, Authority, and Purpose!

I spend so much time going over this with my own students and it’s so discouraging when one of them comes back with the latest “conspiracy” spouted by some YouTuber.

Literally why would you ever go for Bernie when Elizabeth Warren is RIGHT there

A vote for Sanders is a vote for Trump. All he can hope to do is spoil the Dem’s chances.

VOTE BERNIE IF YOU WANT 4 MORE YEARS OF TRUMP 

FUCK THAT NOISE HELL NO.

We are not doing this again.

Lobby hard for your choice in the primaries, but do not insult the other options. 

I like Warren a lot more than Sanders. I like Klobuchar and Harris better than either of them. Right now, Gillibrand is my top choice. 

BUT I WANT TO BE ABLE TO VOTE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE IN NOVEMBER, whoever that turns out to be.

And since I want to be able to get behind them, I want to know what their good points are. I want to know what I can expect them to do, and - this important - what issues aren’t on their top priority list, so I can let them know what matters to me. 

All of them are smart, decent people. All of them want a better country, a better world. All of them would, on their worst day, be better than Trump at his best, assuming he has something a sane person could call “best.” 

No infighting this time. No circular firing squads. Do not insult, denigrate, discourage, or bully people who are supporting the candidates you dislike. WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THIS.

Before the primaries, figure out who is the best representative for your interests, and promote the hell out of them. Encourage people to vote. Get people registered. Tell everyone why you like this one better than that one - based on policies and history, not “he’s a lying scumbag” or “she caters to corporate greed.” 

None of them is perfect. ALL OF THEM ARE BETTER THAN WHAT WE HAVE - do not help the Republicans (and the Russians!) suppress progressive voters by badmouthing other people’s choices.

I don’t want Sanders. I think he’s too old (and so is Warren) and we need people whose understanding of business and social dynamics are based on recent trends. I think Sanders is too caught up in social class as the only real axis of oppression; I don’t think he understands intersectionality. I worry that he favors gun rights more than is safe.

I’m not voting for him in the primaries. But if he gets the nomination, HE HAS MY VOTE IN NOVEMBER. And not in a “ugh, holding my nose and voting against Trump” way - he wants medical care for everyone; he wants college to be available to all; he wants strong unions and worker support. I can get behind those policy plans.

No litmus tests this time. No single issue that convinces people to stay home in November 2020. Pick one you like, or pick a few that you’re deciding between - but don’t convince yourself that any of them are evil incarnate and must be stopped at all costs.

Because we have that. And Republicans know damn well that they only win elections by splitting and suppressing votes for Democrats - so they’ll be hyping “this candidate is too terrible to vote for!!! Just stay home!” for the next year and a half.

FUCKING THIS.

We do not shoot down any decent, viable candidate this time. 

america if yall start infighting about this again and it results in trump winning bc yall vote blank bc yr fav didnt win ill 100% never feel sorry for yall ever again and you will be dead to me this is way too important to do the infighting shit the left is known for

lowkey hate how i can’t just have nice things

that’s not even a figure of speech, i literally cannot have nice things. 

post student work in the hallway? some fuckass kid is gonna tear them and rip them up because they just want to cause destruction. (and some other fuckass kid gonna stick their fucking nasty chewed gum on it because they’re just nasty fucks)

nice bulletin board background? some fuckass kid gonna poke holes in it and tear it up with a pencil so you have to replace it come next year. 

nice washi tape on your board? some fuckass kid gonna pick it off the board so it no longer has any adhesive and it just kind of droops there until i cut it off.

simple, clean labels on the laptops and laptop carts? oh you know some fuckass kid is gonna peel those off too. 

a clean carpet? nah. multiple fuckass kids are gonna drop food, crumbs, candy wrappers, pencil shavings, and bits of paper all over that shit.

use a document protector and tape it down? didn’t you know some fuckass kid is gonna rip that shit because they know damn fucking well that the reason you taped it down with a document protector was to keep it nice, and we can’t have nice things. 

And then they’re going to bitch about how trashy the school is and how they can’t have the newest tech or books.

I feel this on a spiritual level. I bought dollar store Halloween decorations last year. Kids fucking tore them up or took them down and threw them away. So fuck that shit. I don't decorate for holidays anymore.

I got the Top 4.47% on this English Vocabulary test

I’m in the last 47.33% 

I shouldn’t have taken that test

Top 40.88%

Guess I’m not that good in English after all

top 39.58%

wow i’m beTTER THAN I THOUGHT

God damn.

Well, today is my 30th and I’m a high school English teacher, so pretty accurate?

Legends supporting legends

First 18 in this series are finished and available in my Etsy store. :) RBG is a Patreon print this month, and will be part of a collage of real-life heroes.  https://www.etsy.com/shop/khallion?ref=seller-platform-mcnav https://www.patreon.com/KarenHallion