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    Oaktavia
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    @Mizmazzle
    Joined: 12 Jun 2019

    @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-72- XL/XXL

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      Mizmazzle
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      @Oaktavia
      Joined: 29 Jun 2021

      @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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        Luijim78
        啓蒙家
        @Oaktavia
        Joined: 19 Aug 2022

        @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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          Oaktavia
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          @Luijim78
          Joined: 12 Jun 2019

          @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-72- XL/XXL

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            Matt
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            Joined: 4 Oct 2011

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

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              Matt
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              Joined: 4 Oct 2011

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

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                Tago Mago
                Mod Squad
                @Matt
                Joined: 16 Jan 2021

                @Matt and not too tall

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                  Matt
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                  Joined: 4 Oct 2011

                  Right

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                    MisterEclectic
                    Raw and Unwashed
                    Joined: 13 Nov 2021

                    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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                      goosehd
                      Mod Squad
                      @MisterEclectic
                      Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                      @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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                        MisterEclectic
                        Raw and Unwashed
                        Joined: 13 Nov 2021

                        @goosehd Wild, right?!? lol

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                          goosehd
                          Mod Squad
                          @MisterEclectic
                          Joined: 8 Apr 2016

                          @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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                            popvulture
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                            Joined: 2 Oct 2018

                            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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                              MisterEclectic
                              Raw and Unwashed
                              Joined: 13 Nov 2021

                              @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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                                Mizmazzle
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                                @MisterEclectic
                                Joined: 29 Jun 2021

                                @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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                                  popvulture
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                                  Joined: 2 Oct 2018

                                  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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                                    Mizmazzle
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                                    @popvulture
                                    Joined: 29 Jun 2021

                                    @popvulture you get it dude! Teaching is a creative endeavor that must come from individual experience and personality.

                                    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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                                      MisterEclectic
                                      Raw and Unwashed
                                      Joined: 13 Nov 2021

                                      Couldn't agree more @Mizmazzle. I grew up poor and charged into this profession with a helluva lot of passion and positive intentions. Came in with a MA in History, some decent writing skills, years of customer service experience that hardened me a bit to the bullshit, but I still just can't deal with the continual onslaught of unrealistic expectations, micromanagement, and cacophony of mental noise that goes along with this profession. So much needs to change, but those of us who are here in the trenches are rarely asked, and the ones who do speak the loudest are often the dreaded "yes men" that seem so frequently to be first in line for promotions to administration.

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                                        Mizmazzle
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                                        @MisterEclectic
                                        Joined: 29 Jun 2021

                                        @MisterEclectic it’s funny you refer to it as being in the “trenches.” That’s exactly the word I use to describe the classroom. I’ve been at my current school for 10 years. It’s going to break my heart to go somewhere else. I truly love the community. I just need to find some inspiration.

                                        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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                                          Tago Mago
                                          Mod Squad
                                          @goosehd
                                          Joined: 16 Jan 2021

                                          @goosehd

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