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Jay Wamsted

@jaywamsted

Middle school teacher wrestling with middle age.
Writing, mostly about teachers & schools, here:
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If I ran my classroom the way Trump is running this economy? One week. That’s all it would take for the kids to take over and me to be out of a job Anybody who’s ever worked with children could give him some advice about expectations and consistency…

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I put a secret LeBron poster on the back of my door & when I shut it at the start of class everyone went wild cheering It may not have taught them any math but it was a satisfying moment nonetheless

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Just completed NINE HOURS of state testing with my 8th graders and there absolutely has to be a better way Surely we can figure out what they know in half that time

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Nothing to see here but a teacher wearing his Zeppelin shirt during Teacher Appreciation Week. Because now has to be the time

Nothing to see here but a teacher wearing his Zeppelin shirt during Teacher Appreciation Week. Because now has to be the time
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Teachers Saying Hello at the End of the Year Him: good morning Me: good morning Him: good, how are you? Me: what? (it’s time for summer methinks)

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The thing about teacher summer is that no matter how mundane your day is it is infinitely better than watching forty middle schoolers eat lunch so

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Teacher summer is like… Me: There’s a lot of traffic out here today, even for a Friday 16yo: You know it’s Tuesday, right? Me: Well then

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Them: Let’s raise teacher pay! Me: I’m great with that Them: We’ll need to increase the school year Me: Nah I’m good

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"I've been teaching almost twenty years, and I have been afraid on only a handful of occasions. The first was sometime in my second year..." medium.com/p/c55404b6b161