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    • OaktaviaO
      Oaktavia
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      @Mizmazzle YER DONE SON!

      IG: electricindigowizard

      "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

      WTB: IHJ-32 - XL/XXL

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      • MizmazzleM
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        @Oaktavia best new catch phrase, ever!!! Like Clint Eastwood meets 50 Cent…and just a touch of Mr. Rodgers, because after all, we do care…a little.

        In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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        • OaktaviaO
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          @Mizmazzle haha fantastic tripling of personalities, I dig it. FWIW I just found out I am only teaching 6th grade next year so no more 8th grade fights for the foreseeable future (in my classroom at least).

          IG: electricindigowizard

          "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

          WTB: IHJ-32 - XL/XXL

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          • MizmazzleM
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            @Oaktavia I see…how do you feel about that? Besides the fighting part, of course.

            I’m looking to change schools next year. Not sure which grade I’ll land in. 4th or 5th is my preference. I wouldn’t mind moving up to middle school. My license is K-6 though. So not sure it’s in the cards unless I add the endorsement to my current license.

            In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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            • OaktaviaO
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              @Mizmazzle I am stoked, I prefer 6th grade to 7th or 8th, especially when the 6th graders are new. They are still pretty much 5th graders with an elementary mindset until they start to get comfortable. 8th grade has given me the most grief so far, although 7th was pretty close. knocks on wood.

              What would you need to do to extend your cert to K-12?

              IG: electricindigowizard

              "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

              WTB: IHJ-32 - XL/XXL

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              • MizmazzleM
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                @Oaktavia id need to take the Praxxis test to get the added endorsement. I love social studies. Think I may go that way if moving schools next year doesn’t alleviate the burnout I’m feeling in elementary.

                In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                • Luijim78L
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                  @Oaktavia in Italy today a 17 year old boy sent a professor to hospital with a 10 day prognosis... things have changed a lot, and not just in America

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                  • OaktaviaO
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                    @Luijim78 wow that is terrible to hear that. Admittedly, I am in my own little bubble here.

                    IG: electricindigowizard

                    "Possibly splitting hairs, but I consider @Oaktavia to be the beardy, dank High Magus of this denim game…" @neph93

                    WTB: IHJ-32 - XL/XXL

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                    • MattM
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                      Fuck that. I’d whoop a 10 year old’s ass. Knee to the chin MMA style. 💪

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                      • MattM
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                        Oh wait, I read that wrong. 17? He’d have to be real skinny.

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                        • Tago MagoT
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                          @Matt and not too tall

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                          • MattM
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                            Right

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                            • MisterEclecticM
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                              Fellow teacher here. High school at an inner city school. This will likely be my last year in education - at least anything below college. Been in the thick of it for nearly nine years now, and it's pretty damn ludicrous. Recently watched a vid on Instagram by a teacher, and she suggested something brilliant: all adults in the U.S. should have to substitute teach to see what it's like. I feel your pain @Oaktavia and @Mizmazzle. Kudos to you for soldiering on. I think I'm done.

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                              • goosehdG
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                                @MisterEclectic You mean adults/parents take responsibility for their kids and their actions…that’s cra cra. /sarcasm intended!

                                "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                • MisterEclecticM
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                                  @goosehd Wild, right?!? lol

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                                  • goosehdG
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                                    @MisterEclectic I know that’s it’s unacceptable to spank children now, but how about beating some of the parents asses.

                                    In my school’s principals office growing up hung a wooden paddle behind his desk. I knew of no one who ever had it used on them. Every kid in that school feared it though…

                                    "I don't give a shit what anyone else is doing, we will do what is best for us and our customers" - Giles P. :)

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                                    • popvultureP
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                                      I taught motion graphics in community college for six years and it was the mildest experience, yet it still managed to drive me insane, so I have nothing but respect and admiration for y'all fighting it out in the high / middle school trenches haha.

                                      WTB
                                      IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
                                      Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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                                      • MisterEclecticM
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                                        @goosehd That made me laugh hard! 🙂 Yeah, my wife and I don't utilize that method of correction for our kids, though that is what I grew up with. My grandma used to tell me about the Catholic nuns at her elementary school in San Francisco - they'd use a ruler on kids' hands, paddles, and all varieties of corporal punishment. I'd say we've come a long way. Sadly, we appear to have gone too far in some regards. I have a coworker who broke up a fight in his classroom, and one of the students threatened to shoot him. Kid got suspended for a few days and was back in his class. Blows my mind.

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                                        • MizmazzleM
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                                          @MisterEclectic it sure is hard to see something you love to do taken and twisted into something that is over administrated and underfunded.

                                          Ive been at it 17 years. I still love it and am really hoping that I can find a place that lets me use my creativity to develop my own lessons and engage students in a way that I’ve had great success with over the years. The last several years these new mandated curriculums and initiatives have become like a boot on the back of my head in a sea of overwhelming responsibilities that are drowning me.

                                          In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

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                                          • popvultureP
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                                            Man, @Mizmazzle the one real ray of light in my teaching experience was being able to design my own curriculum. I knew a few people who taught at places where it was preset, and I never thought I could deal. That's gotta suck.

                                            WTB
                                            IHSH-IHG-BLK XXL
                                            Sugar Cane Coke Stripe SS L charcoal

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