‘I became a teacher so I can read scripted lessons written by folks who haven’t taught in a decade in order to prepare students to take a standardized test written above their grade level!’ Said no teacher ever - ThreadSky

heymrsbond.com • 5 days ago

‘I became a teacher so I can read scripted lessons written by folks who haven’t taught in a decade in order to prepare students to take a standardized test written above their grade level!’

Said no teacher ever

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bee26.bsky.social•5 days ago

I became a teacher so that I can stick 6-year-olds on an iPad and try to get them to stop crying by reminding them that if means they’re doing a really good job if the test asks them questions wayyyy above grade level. 😩

grobielauren.bsky.social•5 days ago

And it starts when they are 3. Team Sesame Street/Fred Rogers here. Not team I want your child to be the next astrophysist. I want your child to be KIND. IDGAF how smart your child is if they are not KIND.

rickgilson.bsky.social•4 days ago

This made me laugh out loud…- have a great day and stay awesome.

jess5th.bsky.social•5 days ago

I’m so sad about what teaching has become.

spcyrlly.bsky.social•4 days ago

30 years in and wow...but the only way forward is the radical hope and relentless optimism that got us here in the first place. I hope subversion is in your soul if you live and work somewhere that the children need you to fight for them.

spcyrlly.bsky.social•4 days ago

Annnnnnd, of course, my reply to Jess landed in @heymrsbond.com 's inbox bc not enough coffee. Mrs. Bond, the subversion in my soul speaks in a soft Texas drawl, thank you forever.

misshunsberger.bsky.social•4 days ago

I moved from the classroom to HR training (government) and it amazes me how there are such similar issues with content development.

kathyhen.bsky.social•5 days ago

Or listen to “experts” who haven’t been in front of students for decades. 🫠

psb4361.bsky.social•5 days ago

We often have elementary teachers providing PD for high school teachers; reading strategies. It’s great, especially since actual reading never really takes place in the classroom anymore. It’s been our number one complaint.

on2inessex.bsky.social•5 days ago

How can something deemed so toxic to students by their teachers—who see them almost everyday —still be administered to already-traumatized (shooter drills, pandemic, bullying, WWIII, etc) children? Oh, yeah….

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