James Hunter
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Ex-sped teacher. Passionate about content curation. Screen psychology matters. Storyteller at heart. Giving away free nuggets of knowledge to support your kids.
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@rastokke
I thought credentialism is a leftover elitist tool from the Medieval times that protects industries from disruption and keeps wages high?
It's probably more important in some fields than others.
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@pearlythingz
Special education teachers are some of the nicest people ever. They have the patience of a saint and usually have a ton of gratitude and realistic expectations.
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@MikeDonio
Ha! Thanks and it wasn't easy. Cost me my career and some friendships but it was worth it.
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@GadSaad
@CBCNews
@jordanbpeterson
This should be exciting. They must of heard you are trying to break the spell they have on the population of elderly Candians.
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@ClimateDefiance
You'll need to stop watching Aquaman.
Inconvenient Truth was propaganda.
We need more fossil fuels and nuclear. Why do you hate poor people who need cheaper, high quality hydrocarbons?
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@BethanyLetiecq
Surprising? Nope. Same old coastal progressive liberal elitism. Luxury beliefs.
I like that you're doubling down when the rest of the world is waking up to this nonsense.
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@morganisawizard
I think it's a fairly common sentiment among men who haven't been broken. Men are naturally inclined to protect women, right?
Evolutionarily speaking, men are often seen as protectors. While feminism focuses a lot on the negative behaviors of men in harmful relationships, it's
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@meghanttucker
Anybody who has a problem with a dad trying to protect their minor children is a WALKING RED FLAG and I'll stand by that statement til I'm cold and dead.
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@feelsdesperate
This is a good take. As a special education teacher, all I was every trying to do was instill the importance of being a good person, working hard, and learning things to avoid.
I felt like if they could do those 3 things, even with an 75-90 IQ and limited family support, they
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@NicholasFerroni
Left side = department chair with an extra plan period.
Right side = overworked teacher who was 'asked' to sub during their plan.
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@mattyglesias
I'm convinced that 90% of progressivism is a rightwing psyop, nobody could be that ridiculous. These individuals would be the first to starve if they got their 'fossil fuel' free world.
Without public school, what would progressives do to refill their ranks when people grow up,
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@heymrsbond
I used to tell kids that the day I stopped having high expectations for them was the day they knew that I didn't care about their success. That my 'demanding' approach was out of respect and love, not 'insensitivity'.
I'd remind them I wasn't trying to be mean or hurtful but I
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@ModestTeacher
Discrimination by low expectations was one of the most disgusting behaviors I would witness as a teacher. I used to tell my students that catering to them and making life easy was a sign of disrespect.
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@heymrsbond
It's why I quit. I also would add that bad policies and parente make kids not care.
I was becoming a babysitter of phone addicts and the pusher of bad policies that I thought hurt children. But people who would never spend 10mins with my sped students would tell me I'm wrong.
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@tombennett71
My daughter went through the same thing with the Harry Potter series! We started reading it together but it wasn't fast enough. She begged to just read it solo.
She crushed it and we saw the same thing. Up early and late to read a great story!
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@FixingEducation
Half those people became admins because they were terrible teachers, do we really want them back there?
I get what your saying but in my experience (sped teacher/instructional coach/school board / Union Rep) the real problems are things like School Code and Bargaining
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@DanWuori
As a special education teacher I read about this all the time. The kids who were better at language had parents and care takers that talked with them as if they were much older. I avoided the nonsense baby talk and just communicated with them like they were 12.
This worked
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@RyanHoliday
Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell! I'm surprised you never talk about this one.
Such a great book and huge influence on many men of the 80s. I remember sitting on my Dads lap as a kid watching this with him. It inspired me in ways I wouldn't have predicted.
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@primalpoly
I know this will come off as a joke, but no inner voice, or running monologue. I loved to ask students, friends, coworkers, 'what are you thinking about right now'. My wife, then girlfriend, for 5 years said, 'nothing'.
I thought she was just being shy, or afraid to share, but
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@feelsdesperate
Projecting their mental health challenges is a seen as a status signal to them.
Instead of strongest or wisest wins, it's most outraged or most insulted.
Beam me up!
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@GiaMMacool
It's amazing how easy the game is to understand, yet so many people don't even realize they are playing it.
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@ClimateDefiance
Lol. Respect us and our childish behaviors or expect us to throw more tantrums. Anybody following you is a child, or an adult that is stuck in the their childhood.
You make more people not care, then join your club.
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@MrDanielBuck
I always said this was all like "D.A.R.E." in the 80s. It totally backfired and ended up teaching kids more about alcohol and drugs and accidentally increased their usage.
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@sage_stage
The notion that prioritizing sympathy over accountability represents a profound distortion of 'respectful and helpful' interactions between a teacher and student.
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@TeachMrReed
Or are the screen and sugar addictions so heavy they dont have the motivation to try and think about what you are teaching them?
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@FoundationDads
Totally agree with this post. My version is 'I'd be a bad dad if I let you do that'. And then usually explain my thinking but not always.
I also like making sure I'm making enough deposits, like you said.
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@theDRAMAgoat1
I was our Saturday school supervisor. 745am.
Parents hate this. Kids changed behaviors quickly.
4 detentions was a Saturday.
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@nhannahjones
@StillShakinIt
Affirmative action race grifters have 1 job, divide us and blame white people for all their problems.
All races want to get to their intended location safely.
For me, I didn't care about the color of the pilot. I just wanted to see their family photo (something to live for)
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@SwipeWright
@IanCopeland5
Ha! Good luck. His understanding of biology seems rooted in woke politics.
This was considered basic biology in Honors or AP bio in the mid to late 90s.
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@mattyglesias
I liked the version where she made 100s of millions funneled through corrupt foundations, while in positions of authority. I really liked when it all dried up right when she lost that power.
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@snarky_feminist
I take it one step further, no work days. Just conversation, debate, and sharing. We'd do more to alleviate childhood anxiety by just talking to our students (without their phones/devices). This only works if the kids know you care.
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@frankstrong
As usual with the censorship crowds, they mislead and misrepresent.
They aren't anti-censorship, they are pro-state control authoritarians projecting.
Then they have emotionally charged responses to signal their amazing character.
Additionally they believe that the
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@FixingEducation
They are giving away their children's future before they even have a chance. It's so sad.
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@Awake_IL
Lol. This is an absolute train wreck waiting to happen. Think about all the broken, purple haired social workers that are going to label all these kids who find their broken world view bonkers.
This will not help our masculinity crisis.
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@MrDanielBuck
'Disruptive to the learning environment' was always my favorite phrase with the 'poorly behaved' children's parents.
Are you ok with your kid stealing the learning opportunity of others? Even crummy parents understand this.
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@DoctorJonPaul
Let's go one step further and check for basic skills and skip college altogether. Let's get right into it. The vast majority would do significantly better with this approach.
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@MrDanielBuck
Wait, you mean throwing more money at teachers won't boost scores? Shocking!
Maybe we should try less tech, more family dinner talks, and—dare I say—less screen time? But nah, let's chase the next big trend. That'll do it, right?
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@nice_teacher
I left teaching, in part, because of this. It just wasn't fun with a broken system and apathy like I've never seen.
Figured it was me and it was time to leave, but I'm hearing this from all my teacher friends.
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@minilek
The policy clowns in IL did something similar and combined different domains into "Math 1, Math 2, and Math 3". It had the obvious outcome of lowering scores while at the same time increasing graduation rates.
They move the goalpost more then D1 school after winning a big
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@creation247
Nothing. My wife still dressing like this. I love it and find it so attractive and classy.
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@mtracey
Hey! 8 non-neocons is growth I thought! What happened to the anti-war left?
We need better parenting to raise better citizens to vote against war more.
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@Awake_IL
Can we pass a law that says if your being medicated for depression, anxiety, gender confusion, or progressivism that you are disqualified at evaluating other children?
Oh wait, we'd have very few social workers left.
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@naomicfisher
This is why so many people liken schools to 'prisons'. In my efforts to advocate for positive change, I immersed myself in various environments: union leadership, school boards, district offices, political educational committees, and teacher leadership roles, yet I was entirely
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@stkirsch
Can you do a longer post about protocols?
I've tried to explain to people how these protocols are a disaster and a weapon used by our insurance companies to drive doctor behavior but I get blank stares when I try and talk about it.
I used to try and talk parents out of giving
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@JayWamsted
Subs face many of the same problems teachers face, but they get to do it a day at a time.
Poorly behaved students, poor curriculum plans, and low motivation combined with a stressed/medicated/ unavailable parent is a tough situation to fix.
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@stonersvilla
Do they not teach kids any manners these days?! What happened to 'puff puff pass'?
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@heymrsbond
Ha, old habits are hard to break. I remember being in middle school and thinking my parents couldn't possibly be more wrong about everything. Then, in high school, I thought, "Okay, maybe they do know some useful information." By the time I was in college, I realized, "Wow, they
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@MrDanielBuck
Totally agree. They can't even say 'go for a walk' without being accused of fat shaming or whatever nonsense.
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@sam_d_1995
Let me guess, you're a coastal elite with a doorman.
Haha even if the math works its not reality to the people who can't get their services (hospitals and schools).
We all pro immigration, just not unfettered illegal immigration.
Since you lie and misrepresent that
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@MartinOdimaJr
Absolutely, and usually the ones that work the best are left behind for the new shiny initiatives.
The funny part is it's usually cosmetic. School code and bargaining agreements lock us into old, broken, approaches.
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@adamboxer1
Greatest indicator of future advanced math and science classes. Non negotiable in my home. Going for automaticity, not just mastery.
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@MartinOdimaJr
How else would bureaucrats feel useful and important?
It's a race to the bottom with government ran schools. I'll never forgive them for the albatross that was No Child Left Behind and how negatively it impacted my special education students.
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@tedgonder
When those other guys are old and alone and spending time with their siblings kids at holidays and this guy is surrounded by the tribe he created, they'll have completely opposite feelings.
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@MrDanielBuck
Oh! And this is because Rent seekers found government grants and backwards design programs to sell to them. These aren't research based, quality interventions. I used to get written up for taking SEL into my own hands. I wouldn't show the dumb "Second Step" videos I was mandated
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@rebelEducator
I don't disagree and I dont mean to nitpick but the genesis of this has to be acknowledged.
The unions and their politicians blamed every failure of public school on an 'ism'. This lead to pushing more bad policies that required more administrators.
You can't get rid of
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Language is important in our family. We are constantly playing language games and improving our communication.
Our current focus was the weakness of adverbs!
Thanks
@JoshuaLisec
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When I was a younger teacher, I taught Latin Kings and Gangster Disciples how to read.
Many were from the Robert Taylor Homes and Cabrini-Green, relocated to the college town where I lived using Section 8 housing.
Teaching today's phone addicts, by comparison, feels even more
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@Dynastus
If you can afford a quality daycare you'd be better served getting an empty nester grandma that is chatty. The kids will develop so much faster and with better skills. They won't pickup the habits of the poorly behaved kids, but will pick up the habits and communication style of
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@EthicalSkeptic
Please dont tell me there is a category for climate related deaths. I missed the joke, right?
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@greg_ashman
Back in the day we had an escalating discipline policy. 3 tardies was a detention, 3 detentions was a Saturday 4 hour detention, and 4 Saturdays was an in school and extra meeting with the parents.
This worked really well to prevent people from coming to class unprepared
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@GadSaad
Cocaine is a hell of a drug. This boy is going hard. I'd love to see how many lines he did in the bathroom prior to this moment.
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@ModestTeacher
It's the opposite of what the kids want often. It is our job as adults to teach them all kinds of annoying skills such as delayed gratification, perseverance, and discipline.
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@FixingEducation
One of the most frustrating parts of being a teacher is hearing activist educators attack any teachers who disagree with their opinions on the operation of educational systems.
I've been in many educational roles from special education teacher, instructional coach,
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@heymrsbond
How we dont respond to unmet expectations can be way worse.
As a special education teacher I setting appropriate expectations was super important but I watched so many people handicap children with their 'compassionate approach'.
You can do both.
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@robkhenderson
When you already have money and options the status game starts young. These people were doing the credentialism game for a different reason than you it seems. Hah
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@heymrsbond
That's exactly what happened when NCLB introduced the testing-equals-funding model. It really just led to testing saturation.
I will say, there are a few pockets holding out. Last year, I co-taught 9th grade, and we got to read excellent literature.
We read 'Of Mice and Men,'
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@dadmann_walking
Nature is amazing! Poo is always gross, but when it's your own kids poop it seems slightly less gross.
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@MikeDonio
Emotional manipulation. These are immoral tactics to use against parents.
Misery loves company and if you dont agree with what they do, it could mean they were wrong and they can't have that.
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@danwilliamsphil
Worse than that, if you even pointed out that it could come from a lab it was because you were a racist, Chinese.
I didn't even know that was a thing besides from neocon hawks and arms dealer.
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@limit___less
Dying before my mission is done.
Seeing friends die at 40, seeing turbo cancer everywhere, seeing people attacked randomly, has definitely made me concerned.
This does help me to live in the moment, appreciate each day and tell my daughters and wife how important they are and
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@DrMcFillin
The adderall shortage is just the long term effects of drugging a significant percentage of our young men in their childhood. In the early 2000s I couldn't believe the ease at which doctors would recommend this for my students and the lack of push back they'd get from parents. I
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@FixingEducation
They'll never replace the nuclear family, the extended multigenerational family and community based organizations that are largely gone.
Thinking crummy policy from bureaucrats and special interest will help fix it isn't realistic either.
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@MrDanielBuck
The rubric they use in IL is such a joke. I tried to expose it and the union went to war with me.
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@MrDanielBuck
6 years teaching HS government/social studies and nobody knew I was a libertarians/conservative/ex-classical liberal.
I was so embarrassed by the teachers who believe its appropriate to push ideology, even if its my own.
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@GiaMMacool
I've done the same thing for my wife. We've been together 15 years, married 10. (I was stupid, should have gotten married after a year.) She's never cooked a meal. It's not her jam and I want my kids eating healthy so I was happy to take it over.
Guy friends I have can't
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@mbateman
Yes! Age appropriate risk taking! Esp important now that we ruined parks and worship safety-ism.
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@eyeslasho
What a sad state of affairs. Could you imagine denying your sole biological purpose because your over stimulated from a screen based childhood?
There is a way back, but it's not looking good.
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@adamscrabble
Wow, I'm surprised by this. In the midwest I can't find another human who would vote for her and I'm pretty involved locally. I get the never-trump thing, but nobody is like 'Nikki is the answer we need'. LOL
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@kate_manne
This might be one of the most unhealthy takes I've ever read. fatness is reversible in a healthy way, there are eons of evidence and fatness is 100% preventable in a healthy way. It's called movement + real food. Heart Disease is number 1 killer. But to each their own!
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@maosbot
There are none. Its pseudo science for the covidians to latch on too. No RCT means not real science.
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@pearlythingz
It's the sex. They get attached to the first women who shares themselves with them.
What the women will not disclose is that shes had 10 partners and couls potentially not get the same quality bonding experience. More like a transactional interaction.
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@sentientist
@jmrphy
So so so many tantrums are just a tired or hungry child who is frustrated about their lack of control. I'd often trick mine with a favorite teacher trick, the illusion of choice and super tasks specific flattery when they comply. It's like magic and helps raise independent
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@hubermanlab
Yes. It's even worse in academic settings, k-12. Dissent is in of it self, career suicide. I spoke out against the change in reading instruction in special education when we first went away from phonics and I was attacked relentlessly. It's seems worse today.
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@StuLoren
The bigger issue was this was a tit-for-tat trade off the unions made with our political overlords in IL. These teacher unions don't represent the needs of their students, they weaponize the relationship they have with the students to scare politicians into their demands.
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