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Nope. We have department offices and a meeting room for PD. But no teacher's lounge.

Does your school have a dedicated teacher lounge?

I’m talking a space where teachers can rest, relax and recharge.  Not where the copy machine is.  Not where dead technology is stored. A common space where teachers from different corners of the building can come together to eat, socialize, meet, or even plan? 

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Update: WE'RE FULLY FUNDED!!!!!!!!!!!

Please help my classroom!

I want to make sure my students have the materials and experiences they need to succeed, so I just created a request for my classroom at DonorsChoose: Ms. Hall's American Dream: Library Edition. Use the code LIFTOFF to match your donation dollar for dollar.

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Please help my classroom!

I want to make sure my students have the materials and experiences they need to succeed, so I just created a request for my classroom at DonorsChoose: Ms. Hall's American Dream: Library Edition. Use the code LIFTOFF to match your donation dollar for dollar.

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The moment I realize the reason there haven't been more notable shootings before the recent three is because school was out for the summer, I started crying.

What a fucked up observation to make as I sit here in my empty classroom, struggling to finish my lessons the upcoming school year.

5 year olds will leave their homes, some for the first time, to come learn with me. They are babies.

As we prepare for the school year, all us teachers stuff in the hallway, discussing the shootings and just looking at each other because because we know what's coming.

As soon as the bell rings in a new semester across the country, children and teachers are going to die. It's not a matter of if. They will. I might.

So back to lesson planning, I guess.

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These books came in today off of my classroom wish list. If anyone here purchased them for me, THANK YOU!!!

If anyone else would like to make a contribution to my classroom, you can find my list here: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3MXCIXQDHI7ER?ref_=wl_share

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I would be so thankful!!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/3MXCIXQDHI7ER?ref_=wl_share

Classroom Amazon Wishlist

Teachers, please attach your Amazon Wishlist if you have one. I want to try and suppport as many teachers as possible. 

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This site is not only full of deliberate disinformation and hoaxes, it’s rife with anti-intellectualism. 

I encourage people to research anything that sounds fantastic and totally different than what they were taught - even in my posts.

If you see a blog post with startling information, do the CRAAP Test! (developed by Sarah Blakeslee and her team of librarians at California State University, Chico)

Currency:  What is the copyright, publication, or posting date? Does the date matter? Is the information outdated?

Relevance:  For what audience or level is the information written (general public, experts/scholars, etc.)?

Authority:  Who is the author, creator, or publisher of the source or what organization is responsible for the source? How do you know if the author is an expert on the topic (e.g examine the author’s credentials and/or organizational affiliation)?

Accuracy:  What indications do you see that the information is or is not well researched or provides sufficient evidence? What kind of language, imagery and/or tone is used (e.g. emotional, objective, professional, etc.)?

Purpose:  Why was this source written (e.g.to inform, teach, entertain, persuade)? How might the author’s affiliation affect the point of view, slant, or potential bias of the source?

More help:

The Ultimate Cheatsheet for Critical Thinking

Judging Source Quality

The Layperson’s Guide to Online Research

Media Bias/Fact Check Use the search feature to find the bias (left, right, center, and in-between) of any news source.

Snopes fact check

How to Spot Fake News from FactCheck.org

What is a “Good” Source? Determining the Validity of Evidence

Fake News and News Bias

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After therapy today I got to pet this big, fat, cuddly pitbull named Kentucky who is training to be a therapy dog and it was basically the highlight of my day.

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Literally why would you ever go for Bernie when Elizabeth Warren is RIGHT there

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I feel this on a spiritual level. I bought dollar store Halloween decorations last year. Kids fucking tore them up or took them down and threw them away. So fuck that shit. I don't decorate for holidays anymore.

lowkey hate how i can’t just have nice things

that’s not even a figure of speech, i literally cannot have nice things. 

post student work in the hallway? some fuckass kid is gonna tear them and rip them up because they just want to cause destruction. (and some other fuckass kid gonna stick their fucking nasty chewed gum on it because they’re just nasty fucks)

nice bulletin board background? some fuckass kid gonna poke holes in it and tear it up with a pencil so you have to replace it come next year. 

nice washi tape on your board? some fuckass kid gonna pick it off the board so it no longer has any adhesive and it just kind of droops there until i cut it off.

simple, clean labels on the laptops and laptop carts? oh you know some fuckass kid is gonna peel those off too. 

a clean carpet? nah. multiple fuckass kids are gonna drop food, crumbs, candy wrappers, pencil shavings, and bits of paper all over that shit.

use a document protector and tape it down? didn’t you know some fuckass kid is gonna rip that shit because they know damn fucking well that the reason you taped it down with a document protector was to keep it nice, and we can’t have nice things. 

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I just started going to therapy last week. It is simultaneously the hardest and best thing that I do each week.

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Both of them. I ship it.

Re-Blog with a gif of your longest standing celebrity crush

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I got the Top 4.47% on this English Vocabulary test

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Legends supporting legends

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First 18 in this series are finished and available in my Etsy store. :) RBG is a Patreon print this month, and will be part of a collage of real-life heroes.  https://www.etsy.com/shop/khallion?ref=seller-platform-mcnav https://www.patreon.com/KarenHallion