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kemblyfraggle.bsky.social
“Smart little devil!” -My Gram 😈 English Language Development Teacher 👩‍🏫 Learning every day from my refugee and immigrant students. 🌍 Trauma-Informed & Ally 👊 Proud single parent of well-adjusted, empathetic teens and a semi-feral child. 🥰
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This is what the government did with 120K+ Japanese Americans in 1942. I know. I was there in those camps.

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

Wow, I never knew he said this. Jimmy Carter was ahead of his time—a man of unmatched kindness and integrity. Truly, he was too good for us.

Make kids read, write, speak, and listen to a language they don’t understand.

Angry baby kisses on a cozy Sunday. #CatSky

Two cats, both alike in dignity… The grinch and the menace. #CatSky #ChristmasCats

Angry baby chair. #CatSky

Where my teachers at? 🤩

Here we go… One step closer to the Handmaid’s Tale. “We’re protecting the children!!” As a resident of a city near Idaho, if I meet someone in this situation you can bet I’ll break this law 1000%. Birth is traumatizing. Absolutely not something a minor should be forced into.

Today our custodian received this apology letter from a 1st grader. Please enjoy the picture of him cleaning out the urinal. #EduSky

Cat shark discovers a wormhole. 🐛 🌌 #CatSky

Can we also talk about the multiple jobs teachers hold in order to “afford” paying for healthcare? I have two jobs, I need to find another one, just to afford my house payment, groceries, and gas to travel to work. Health insurance and other deductions take away 1/3 of my paychecks. And… #EduSky

This week’s battle: convincing teachers that their MLLs don’t need to pass spelling tests in order to show grade-level understanding. If you can understand what they are trying to convey, they are right where they should be. Celebrate that.

The angry baby has reclaimed the tree as his. Waiting for the shark cat to notice and start pestering him. #Caturday

Must be terrifying knowing that someone who you’ve never met has the power to destroy your life

Sleepy cat shark in her cat tree blanket fort on this cold, rainy Saturday. #Caturday

Now that the living room has been moved around to accommodate the Christmas tree, this has become my little nook. This is where I work on assignments, create lessons, and sit just to observe all that is happening around me. This room always has movement between two teens and a 7-year-old.

Sleepy shark cat after pestering the angry baby and claiming the tree for herself. #Caturday #CatsofBluesky

A wonderful excerpt from Mother Tongue Tied by @malwinagudowska.bsky.social! #linguistics #langsky #booksky #mothers #motherhood #ParentSky