For the record— Spotify group jam is the new “pass the aux” but the kids can reorder the queue. We’re on a trip to compete in the GA VEX Robotics State Championship and we were blessed by the bus gods with Bluetooth functionality, and the music whiplash has been insane 🤣

Question of the week: *student sitting in my high school physical science class* “Hey, Mrs. B, what do you do for work? Like as a job?” Well kid, I kinda do ✨this✨

Also, I said something insane in regards to classroom management strategies today and it was iconic

someone got a lower back tat, sometimes colloquially referred to as a “tramp stamp” of the following lyrics from Silver Springs: “time cast a spell on you, but you won’t forget me” Dare I say, she’s an icon?

I am NOT having a Baja Blast

Team 37116B needs your help to get to worlds in Dallas Texas. If you can help please follow the link to donate! gofund.me/14cf2416 #vex #vexrobotics #robotics

I'm a proud VEX Coach along with @hotmessmarg.bsky.social Assistant Coach (and daughter) Two of our three Vex Teams made it to the State Championships and one team punched their ticket to VEX Worlds. (now I have to figure out how to pay for it. #robotics #robots #vex #stem

1450. I am heartbroken. I am distraught. I am depressed. I do not feel any shame in knowing it’s time for me to re-start my trusty Prozac to weather this administration

Some days you eat the bear, and some days the bear eats you. If the damn bear responsible for eating me today could take a break for just a little bit that would be excellent. I mentally cannot handle anything else right now

Last time I checked, our liquor store doesn’t sell the pre-chilled ready to drink Jose Cuervo margaritas and because of the day I’ve had? I’m really sad about that.

Holy. Freaking. Crap. I am so flipping done.

I will let NOTHING ruin my day. My coteacher and bestie is BACK TODAY!!!

If anyone questioned my politics before higher education…. You should read the arguments I am making in this current paper

No one, and I do mean no one- should ever get excited as I do about spreadsheets. Shout out to my guy Sean who taught me how to do conditional formatting based on dates for reagents expiry when I worked on the chemistry bench for a year post grad. You created a monster, and showed me the light.

Buckle up, buttercup. It’s time for a great, fantastic even, education story today. We’re on day 5 of a new semester. I teach biology and utilize an interactive notebook in class (sorry trees) My kids have their first quiz tomorrow, so we had one last assignment pertaining to cell organelles

@glavreads.bsky.social so excited you’re over on Bluesky!!! One of my many creators I was worried about losing 📚

I will absolutely be rocking back and forth this semester

In a hilarious turn of small town events: we were out for breakfast at the local Huddle House- my husband says “oh one of my students is over there and gave me the stink eye” He walked by as we were leaving and specifically told me hi, which I returned because I teach him too 😂

Taught myself how to hand crochet a magic circle to make trivets for Christmas presents… Much better looking than the square one I made last night and MUCH better than the finger knitted one 🤣

I’ll be honest: I don’t feel like I can be as silly on here as I could on Twitter

My students have their EOC today!! And I just woke up to a massive thunderstorm… this doesn’t feel like a good sign

Best Grandpapa ever!!

Sick kiddo means hanging out in classrooms because it’s state testing week 🤪

I’m already ready for my 2pm Diet Coke TOMORROW

Ya know, considering I just clocked out and have worked my scheduled hours for the week? Why should I have to come to work tomorrow???

ChatGPT is that gurrrlllll 💅🏻 Making those difficult texts and emails less aggressive sounding, just one request at a time 🙌🏻

My BlueSky Roast, slapped. Not even CLOSE to offended. It was on point.

I used to work at a school where we were allowed to wear jeans every single day. I’ve had fun dressing a little nicer this year and finding comfort in stretchy work pants, BUT my kids said my outfit “ate” and I startled @treborrebrag.bsky.social with my “professionalism”

I love that I can hit my husband with all the hot goss and say “girl you’ll never believe this!” Spoiler: he always predicts the ending

Man, I rarely get the Sunday scaries, BUT I’m not ready to go back to work tomorrow!!! Might be the impending EOC running at me and my students like a freight train 🫡

My toddler has BIG sensory issues and has never been able to handle a haircut well… this little boy just asked me to and let me cut his hair when I was cutting his daddy’s 😭 I’m so proud of him!! The clippers having a vacuum feature absolutely worked well and is the reason he managed!

Quite frankly it’s rude that I’m old enough to have to make a dish for Thanksgiving! Will also have to make a plate to take for our toddler who is a very restrictive eater lol

✨I miss being able to post whatever I want ✨

I’m redeeming my first VEX robot… 123 steps at a time This is @treborrebrag.bsky.social’s Christmas gift to my son and my niece and nephew… spent the morning labeling, building game pieces and generally just playing the game we developed 🤣

Grandpapa's Day School Academy is starting VEX programming this Christmas. drive.google.com/file/d/18AwS...

Visiting a kitty for our kiddo tomorrow who’s been begging with FERVOR for a cat of his own. We asked what he would name him and he told us Rodger or Gopher 🤣

My favorite coworker ✨

Today:

We’re all just trying to make it to Friday 🤪

I run a bookstagram and the most awkward thing I did was accidentally share my last post about needing recs to my personal facebook. People I know worried about me 🫣

It’s my first year in a new district. I was hired to bring a new level of rigor to my subject- literally. My students have NEVER had to work this hard in a science class in their lives. Took a bit of time to adjust, especially while the school adjusted some grading policies and others.

*in biology class* “Mrs. B- what’s matter?” Me: anything that takes up space and has mass “What are atoms?” Me: “basic unit of matter” “What are atoms made of?” Me: “protons, neutrons, and electrons” “What are those made of?” Me: “protons and neutrons are made of quarks”

Show grace but not too much grace, make your class rigorous, but you have to call every single parent of the kids failing multiple time regardless of the fact that you update grades constantly!!!!

Real friends know that something’s up when you’re the voracious reader and not currently reading anything. 🤣

As a wise man once said: “Some days you eat the bear, and some days the bear eats you.” Today, the bear ate me. Two more days until Thanksgiving break!!! #EduSky

Not to get political, but as an adult who has lost most of her grandparents, it’s really hard to reconcile that some of my favorite people most likely wouldn’t have voted for my reproductive rights this election :(

It’s one of those nights where I will be stopping for pre-chilled wine on the way home.

Not me out here willingly giving up my Friday night to work tickets for the second round playoff game JUST for $50. I literally walked down to @treborrebrag.bsky.social’s classroom to see if he’ll babysit 😂

I’ve never felt something so deep in my soul… and then got a walkthrough during our remediation period… the Monday before a week off 😤

Going from being a schools technology coach (while teaching 5 sections of a class) to a new school where that is NOT your job is insane. Unfortunately, I know how to do what the PL is over, and have probably already taught it, too. If it’s not applicable to everyone, we shouldn’t sit through it