Making an official podcast thread. I'll be adding to it as I come across episodes that I feel should be shared. The episodes will be from all kinds of genres: true crime, history, society, fiction, etc. I hope you find something you enjoy!
Good for him clearing that up. People need to stop posting their "acts of kindness" on the internet. One, you never asked the person to post their pic and two, it's giving "look at me and how good I am. Tell me in good."
Abolition isn't just about getting rid of prisons. It's about restructuring society in a way where people like him cannot get to where they are. It's not just the absence of prisons, it's the absence of oppressive systems that enable and even encourage abuse and exploitation.
This is the problem. Y'all think that simply having content knowledge is enough to be qualified to teach children. Y'all don't think about everything else that goes into education youth. It's also why y'all devalue k-12 teachers.
A friend was telling me last night about a guy who’s an engineer & taught high level math at the Air Force Academy but couldn’t teach in public school because he wasn’t a certified teacher. Take a minute to consider the stupidity of that.
Teachers do not get "paid summers off." We are 10-month employees who are technically jobless in the summer. In NYC our 10 month salary is divided into 12. In other states teachers have to opt into that. And in others, there's just no paycheck in the summer.
@lesedmohub
People don't for this 🙁 Foster an environment of open communication with your children. Nothing wrong with seeing boundaries, but this is fully removing any sense of privacy from your child. They are full humans and should be treated as such. +
NO WE DON'T.
Teachers are generally 10-month employees. Some districts split the 10 month salary over 12 months. Some don't. We are technically furloughed in the summer.
Imagine you're a 15 year old who is struggling in school and you scroll down the clock app and there goes your math teacher talking down about you and your parents. That's gonna make you care about school? That's gonna make your parents answer emails?
Teachers, stop the berating.
@TheBlackLayers
Watching some of my kids' work quality decline over the past few weeks. Why? Because they are TIRED. They've not gotten any rest. So much uncertainty and so many interruptions. We're struggling.
@Freelove19xx
This is really wild. Literally faking accessibility. She paid for someone to come and make her event accessible and got scammed. No one should find this funny. And that woman should be ashamed of herself.
They had this disabled man, who had no idea why he was on set, filming movies. Even when they knew something was wrong. This is violence. This is why disabled people often feel ignored. This is heartbreaking. If they love and respect him so much, they shouldn't have carried on.
Children deserve better than adults who don't believe in them and don't see them as fully human. Our children deserve tenderness, compassion, and care.
@yucathicc
Someone in the comments said that there's another lady on the clock app who does the same thing but also shared info about the person if they can find any. I like that. I wish people realized that this is how we can revere and honor the dead.
CRYING real tears—Black Men are unmatched. Here’s a group of NYC strangers who noticed a pigeon trapped in human garbage, and who working together to free it!! 🐦⬛
“Don’t cut his feathers. Bro, don’t cut his feathers” he says. 😫😍🥺 Ugh I miss east coast Black people
Imagine waking up at 6am, showering, getting dressed, getting on public transportation or spending money on gas, and going into your school building just to conduct zoom meetings.
I do not like people in the QRTs talking bout she could get a cheaper wig. It's literally a religious hair covering that has rules about how it's made. I need y'all to grow up and learn more about people's cultures. Leave this nice lady alone.
See, this is why all teachers need to take the classes us SpEd teachers had to take in grad school. Cuz y'all got all these gosh darn ableist ass principles, beliefs, and ideas and it's so frustrating and infuriating knowing that y'all interact with children.
@HSTeachProbs
So what I've gathered is that y'all are bothered by Black students speaking AAVE, students speaking colloquially, students being confused, students forgetting things, and students being children.
Why are y'all teachers? Do y'all even like children?
What makes this even worse is that they are apparently teachers. One single paltry teacher's salary when they are both doing work is insane. Life in this country really is a scam 🙁
The death penalty is revenge. It's not justice. It's not reconciliation. It's not closure. It's not restitution. It's not restorative.
It is violence. It is inhumane. It is vengeance. Further violence, inhumanity, and revenge do not honor the dead. They do not lead to healing.
@Kyla_Lacey
I read this and was confused as to why people were acting up. Then I realized that it's cuz I forgot about Clarence 😭😭 My brain blocked him out!
Education hot take: the Special Education Generalist license should not exist. All special education teachers should specialize in specific subjects areas. This will benefit students and limit the admin abuse of SpEd teachers.
@notziora
Seriously though, with just an iota of critical thinking, you can see that she's not wrong. Do houseless people get to take care of their skin the way housed people can? Do poor people have the same access to food, products, services, etc like middle+ class people do?
I think it was Eve Ewing that tweeted about people who claim to be abolitionists but twist definitions to make things comfy for them. If the basics of abolition aren't comfy to you, that's fine. But don't act like you are one and try to change what that means.
@Chem_Warrior
Do these people think that kids are just staring at a screen and then going to sleep? Or do they think that kids aren't doing anything at all? I don't get it.
I swear, if I didn't love children and actually teaching, I would quit immediately. Because this disrespect and gaslighting from
@UFT
and
@NYCMayor
is like being in an abusive relationship. We deserve better. We should not be subject to this kind of treatment.
Every time I see comments like this, I get confused. Do y'all not see the fresh fruit and veggies? All the meats? Seasonings? All the things there are to make meals? Is there some other Trader Joe's??
I sent my resume to a teacher who I'd just meet. She immediately forwarded it to her AP and was offered an interview the same day. Last week, a day after my demo lesson, they offered me the position.
Ending therapy abruptly is very jarring and can be traumatizing. I really hope her patients are able to receive the necessary support. The lady who wrote the article and everyone who called her job showed that they don't actually care about other people.
Many people's "realistic family planning advice" is just repeating that poor people shouldn't have children. And tbh, it turns into y'all blaming individuals rather than the systems that perpetuate poverty. That's the deep conversation that needs to be had.
@nancytaughtyou
Idk why people are misunderstand this tweet. Nancy is focusing on the stigma/shame etc that we have in America around women who don't work still being help. She didn't say that all of y'all must hire help. Hire if you need/want and be free of the negative thinking around it.
I was thinking about this last night. In my head I phrased it "I've decided that I'm going to be meaner" lol but really it's just making my boundaries clear and not guilting or anxietying myself into budging on them.
@lesedmohub
Things like this tell your children that you don't trust them & in turn, they don't trust you. My mom used to search my room & my bags in Jr high. 20 years later, I'm still struggling to fully trust her. Please just talk to your children if you're worried about what they consume.
Tonight I turned a pair of jeans that I hated and took a meme from a comic I like to sew and embroider an oversized bucket hat. I'm happy about how this turned out for my first run at something "structured." And shout out to my👽, Carisha, for modeling. This was fun!
@simsimmaaz
I think about this often! I'm always confused as to why we want our teeth, which are similar to bones, to be stark white, when bones are not white.
The director of the CDC made an emotional plea for Americans to be wary of a possible 4th surge. Coronavirus cases and hospitalizations are both up over the last week.
"Just please hold on a little while longer," she said.
As gatekeepy as I am with white rappers, we not finna revise history and act like Paul Wall was outchea being problematic or culture vulturey or anti-Black. Save those critiques for Riff Raff, Em, Post, etc.
Day 7 of
#BlackWomensHistoryMonth
Senator Stephanie Flowers of Arkansas recently made a passionate speech against Stand Your Ground laws in her state. She was unapologetically her and refused to be silenced.
#BWHM
#BlackLivesMatter
Idk about others, but when I says "decenter romantic relationships" I mean making sure that friendships are valued & regarded on the same level. I don't mean or want people to think that romantic relationships aren't important. They just aren't the only important relationship.
So Poppa LOVES mangos and we have about 14 mango trees in the back yard. So it was only fitting that for Father's Day I commission a painting of a mango tree with blossoms for him. Look at the MAGIC that
@bigolefleet
painted 😍😍 Poppa is in love with it 💜💕