#gosharks Colgan Counseling Colgan SCA

The Madwoman in the Classroom They want us to do our jobs? let's do them. Take your work email off your phone. Turn your notifications off at 3:15 (or whatever your time is). Didn't get the grades done? They don't get done. We need a reckoning, and the sooner we do it together, the sooner it changes.

Y’all are going to keep pressuring teachers until there are no more teachers left. All this work, not trusting them as the experts, such little pay? Whew. It’s coming.

Just imagine if women who looked like me weren’t on the PWCS school board... thanks Lillie G Jessie & Loree Williams. Your words hit deep every mtg when they’re blatantly ignored. I see & feel your fight, calling out things not equitable, & taking the stand. #aunties❤️

Got a 2.4 GPA my first semester in college. Thought maybe I wasn’t cut out for engineering. Today I’ve landed two spacecraft on Mars, and am now designing one for the Moon. STEM is hard for everyone. Grades ultimately aren’t what matter. Curiosity and perseverance matter.

Today I got in a spirited debate with my students about the proper way to spread jelly on bread for a PB&J. What do you do?

Back!

Day 2: it honestly feels great to be back in school. I didn’t realize how much I missed seeing my colleagues IN PERSON. No students yet for me.

Funding an individualized project students actually cares about

When I was in grad school, my abstract algebra teacher said “Huh, I guess this only interesting because it keeps me employed”.

Mr. Martin, when will I use geometry in real life?

I wonder the threshold of students for which we decide in-person is no longer financially viable. I’ve had 5 of my 30 returning students decide to do virtual only. That would mean 25 / 109 students (~ 23%). I assume that trend isn’t unique to me.

“Boards don’t hit back” - Bruce Lee

Yikes.