Chrissy Holcombe
@getSTEAMedup
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Slime-making, insect-loving librarian, wife, mother, and all around fun person. Loves books and reading.
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My 14-year-old son is at his first school dance. He’s wearing a kilt and brought along a travel size chess set. 😬
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@theheatherhogan
Many years ago I was at a baby shower and my then 4 year old called me and said, “I miss you. I wish I was there.” I replied, “Honey, you don’t want to be here. It’s b-o-r-i-n-g.” Then I noticed everyone looking at me and realized they could spell. 🤦🏼♀️
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I gave the school district superintendent an earful today when he made the mistake of asking me how my day was going. I made it clear that it was not going well at all due to a decision he made that gives me a lot more work. Inappropriate or good for me for speaking up?
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I’m remembering the time a student returned a book to the library and said, “I really thought it was going to be a ‘window’ book, but it was actually a ‘mirror’ book which makes sense since sometimes you can see your reflection in a window,” and I was like 🤯.
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@JMCwrites
@AmeDyckman
Now I work for the library system & I have helped to create a utopia for children in our Youth Service’s department. Parents often drag their kids out kicking screaming and I always say, “Don’t worry, it’s a good problem to have when your child doesn’t want to leave the library.”
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@AmeDyckman
My son (2 at the time) was crying because I said it was time to leave the library. An employee then came over & told to leave due to the noise. On my way out, a patron was really rude about the fact that I brought kids at night. I worked full time and my husband was deployed!
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I’m so stressed out I don’t know what to do. I’m a teacher-librarian but I don’t have time to do either job properly so I feel like a failure. I’m miserable. 😭
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My mom told me that on the news this morning she saw a 9th grader reading a sexually explicit excerpt from a book he got from his school library and claimed that the librarian offered him an even more graphic version. 🤦🏼♀️ I had to explain what a graphic novel is.
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@neilhimself
This reminds me of when my son cut my hair. I was doing my mother’s hair for her and then my 5-year-old son came up behind me and said, “You’re cutting Grandma’s hair and I’m cutting your hair.” It took me a moment to process what he was saying and in that moment this happened:
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I’ve been MIA for the past week because I just started a new job as a school librarian and it’s been all-consuming. I can’t believe I accepted a teaching job mid-pandemic during the dumpster fire that is 2020! Please send well wishes and advice! I definitely need it.
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On behalf of myself and
@NJGov
, welcome to New Jersey. If you’re speeding or passing, stay on the left. If not, get out of the way and stick to the right! That’s pretty much all you need to know. Oh, and Central Jersey exists. Those are the facts you need.
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@JMCwrites
@AmeDyckman
I’ve actually carried kids to their cars just to help parents out because the kids are more than happy to leave with me.
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@HedleyLyns
Years ago my husband made pallet shelves for our photo frames and I still love them.
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@metadoxy
@PurpleSpecsLMS
In workshops for early childhood educators, I would always say, “If you find yourself saying ‘no’ to the kids a lot, rethink the environment, and if they’re saying ‘no’ to you, rethink the schedule.”
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My husband just asked if we could get “normal” salt & pepper shakers. Where’s the fun in that? 🤷♀️
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@phenomenallybri
In NJ, librarians are required to have a master’s degree. Our local public library system’s starting salary for librarians is $37,000. That’s why I’m now a school librarian.
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@SiyandaWrites
My husband was deployed when our youngest son was born, but I thankfully had my parents to help. At the time my older son was made fun of in kindergarten for playing with baby dolls. His response: “Everyone needs to take care of babies.” Yup.
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@Susan_Reads
Omg, this is so sweet! And I absolutely adore that they came to the library! There is no judgment and no censorship at the library and if you don’t agree then you shouldn’t be a librarian.
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@Asmartwoman
Just in case, I’ll repost the update I gave someone else…
He said it was good, but loud. 😂 Apparently a school dance isn’t the best place for meaningful conversations and chess, but he still seemed to enjoy himself and said he got compliments on his attire.
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@TeacherTired4
Technically it was found that the door was shut but it didn’t catch or lock properly. Does that mean that admin is going to be on top of all repairs that are needed throughout the school? I don’t think so. 🙄 I have 4 doors I need pull to make sure they catch to lock properly.
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Nothing like going to a 90’s night at a local winery, dancing up a storm, and hearing people chant, “Go librarian! Go librarian.!” Turns out there was a parent in the crowd who told people that I was their child’s school librarian. 😂
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@profaxe
It’s funny because my husband is the stereotypical badass - motorcycle riding, explosives handling, military sniper who was kicked out of school as a teen so we joke that wearing a kilt and playing chess is our son’s form of rebelling.
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It’s
#NationalSchoolLibrarianDay
today so I sent a schoolwide email with the subject line “shameless self-promotion” and shared library stats like number of class visits, checkouts, etc.
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@tracycgold
@AmeDyckman
@JMCwrites
We have a children’s activity room but really, the whole one side of our library is for kids and if anyone complains about the noise I suggest they get headphones from the front desk.
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@Broken_Devotion
I can only ask to go to the bathroom and say “How many chickens for your sister?” in Spanish. Needless to say, the bathroom thing is a lot more helpful in daily life, but I’m sure either could comfort a baby given the right tone.
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@WormFinger
@neilhimself
In case you’re wondering, this is what it looked like and I actually complete forgot about it until I was getting my hair done and the stylist mentioned that I was missing a chunk of hair and I cracked up. 😂
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@heymrsbond
I shared this article with my husband who has also served in Afghanistan and what struck him was the sentence, “Each day I showed up to school feeling overwhelmed and unsupported.” I often feel overwhelmed and unsupported, but even in war, my husband didn’t experience that.
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@ellescott1
@ridiculoustimes
@Frank_Schaeffer
@seacapri19
My husband, an veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, is barely holding it together during some fireworks right now and he’s 40 years older than these kids. We’re failing our children.
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@sage_stage
A fellow teacher was commended on her “classroom environment” and was thoroughly confused because she hadn’t changed a single thing. Apparently not sending any students to the office meant she had improved her classroom environment, which basically implies - don’t ask for help.
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@KevinMcCaff
I had just started as a waitress for a small mom & pop place when my sister gave birth so I went home to see her and the baby. While there, my grandmother died so I stayed for the funeral. Then my other grandmother died so I stayed longer. When I returned, I still had a job.
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@Vandraedha
@barefootchic
@BigWhiteFireDog
The point of the comment was the buzz and outrage that has been generated by an accidental prop gun shooting in comparison to an intentional school shooting.
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@NicholasFerroni
I simply say “crisis cross applesauce,” “on your knees cottage cheese,” or “legs out sauerkraut” and kids know what I mean and get in position. I can even get them to curl themselves into child’s pose by saying “magic rock.”
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@b_roxanne_
My 14 year old collects pencils that he finds on the floor at school. I’m happy to share.
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@ForgetTheMaine
Well, my degree says “Master of Information” not library science so I’m perfectly sane, although I do have a bit of a hero complex.
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@terrij68
@yashar
Where does she live? In the past week I’ve organized volunteers and we’ve managed to make and deliver more than 400 masks to local hospitals and have hundreds more being sewn. Given how hard it is to get elastic, I assume there are a lot of other people making masks as well.
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@huzzahlns
Thanks! I figured if he was going to wear a kilt, he was going to do it right so we went to the kilt store (yes, there’s one nearby!) and got kilt hose, a jacket and waistcoat, and a sporran to carry his phone and money. Unfortunately it wasn’t big enough to fit the chess set.
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@CMYK_Avenger
@JessieAnnFoley
I’m a school librarian for 600+ kids and the mom of two, one with ASD and severe sensory issues and no, I haven’t heard kids complaining about masks. I’m sure there are exceptions but most kids don’t seem to mind them. They’re resilient like that.
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It’s that time of year that always brings a smile to my neighbors’ faces. When it’s warm out, the cat joins me and the dog for our walks. Sometimes he walks along with us and other times I don’t even realize he’s there until someone says, “Is that your cat?”
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@kidnoble
My husband and another soldier (who is Black) went away for a shooting competition and one day in my husband was calling me and saying he had no idea the level of racism that still existed. It’s too easy to ignore when it’s not your everyday.
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@FixingEducation
@alicekeeler
Yup, I feel that. My job as a media specialist requires a master’s degree but I’m on a the same pay scale as a teacher, which require a bachelor’s. But it’s nearly $20,000 more than the public library. The real problem is how female dominated jobs are undervalued and underpaid.
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Woman at Trader Joe’s: “Nice dress. It looks really good on you.”
Me: “Thanks, it’s from Target. $22 and comes in a bunch of colors. There’s also a promo available online. Oh, and it runs a bit big so size down.”
Why can’t I just take a compliment without going into detail?
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I quickly pulled together a costume for our school’s Halloween parade today using one of my son’s old costumes and a sign I had in the library and it was a big hit!
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I’m hosting book tastings in our school library this week using books from the public library. (I maxed out my card!) All the books are new ones that our school doesn’t have yet. Students are making summer reading wishlists and suggestions for purchase. It’s a win-win! ❤️📚
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@Rightturn_only
@kidnoble
I get this and completely agree when it comes to bigger issues but it can be very easy to not see the micro aggressions and everyday racism that many white people don’t even recognize as racism.
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This is how my son lets me know we’re out of something. Mind you, I just bought those a few hours ago and they’re already gone. Teen boys are bottomless pits.
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@kelseybogan
Forget a vacation, Dog Man should get a time share. We should pair popular books with read-alike’s and when a student checks out one, they get a bonus book too. BOGO (borrow one, get one) library books!
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@APEntertainment
Only one more year until Betty White can illicitly play with LEGOs! My only reason for wanting to live to 100.
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Guess what? Not only is it possible to be a fun school librarian, it can win you awards! Make learning fun!
Congratulations to
@getSTEAMedup
, winner of the Jean Harris Progressive School Library Media Program Award! Presented by
@bibliobeth
and
@njstatelibrary
's Jen Nelson
#NJASL23
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@WormFinger
@neilhimself
😂 Exactly! I’m pretty proud of myself that I thought to grab the camera before reprimanding him. Did it suck to be missing a chunk of hair? Yes. But it’s a funny memory and that’s worth way more than an even haircut.
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I’m having knee surgery tomorrow so I’m prepping my recovery area. I’ve got the tv remote, a stack of books, and a LEGO set to work on. What else do I need?
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Any other specials/fine arts teachers feel like a glorified babysitter sometimes? I’m starting to get fed up and burnt out.
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@lynnann_bryant
He said it was good, but loud. 😂 Apparently a school dance isn’t the best place for meaningful conversations and chess, but he still seemed to enjoy himself and said he got compliments on his attire.
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@MrsElwellSCES
@strohreads
@DMCS04
You can do a similar thing with rain gutters you can buy at Home Depot.
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My son bought a cane from a vintage store and was excited to discover that it’s a cane sword! Very cool!
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@wokeSTEMteacher
@caitteach
I have been on the teacher side with no faces to look at and it sucks but at the same time, I’m the mom of a special needs kid and I want to protect him. He hates cameras. This is a kid who wouldn’t go out in public for years because he swore people were looking at him.
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I bought (and built) myself roses for Valentine’s Day! ❤️🌹❤️
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@danishalphi
Thanks! I try to keep a sense of humor at all times. My background is in early childhood education and if you don’t have a sense of humor when dealing with young children you won’t last.
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@AudreyFico
@NicholasFerroni
That’s how I feel each day! As a school librarian, I see every student in the school once a week. All the other specials teachers operate on a trimester schedule so they haven’t had all the students yet. I’m the only teacher that every single student knows.
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@haleshannon
I’ve had parents ask this question and I respond, “You pat yourself on the back for raising a reader!”
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Finished my newest LEGO botanicals set - the wildflower bouquet! 💐
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@nathaliejacoby1
Yup. Bob Menedez and Cory Booker. I have a video Cory Booker made for me when my husband was on military orders at the Capitol. My husband said something sarcastic to him and Booker made a video praising me for being willing to put up with my husband and make him a better man.
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@sarahmaurer1
@notmollyorsilly
@BenjaminPDixon
The conservatives I know that had abortions claim to be anti-abortion so that nobody makes the same “mistake” they did. Basically they try to absolve themselves of guilt by acting like they’re saving babies, although they don’t actually regret their own abortions.
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It’s my first night before Easter in 18 years that I’m not making clues and hiding baskets. My teenagers have decided they’re too old for all that. I don’t know what to do with myself. Drink wine? 🤷♀️
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@cicerfics
Whenever a student mispronounces a word I say, “Congratulations on being a reader!” We typically mispronounce words we’ve learned through reading but haven’t heard aloud.
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@KaylsMoon
My mom and aunt used to play scrabble all the time so my cousins and I would sarcastically play. Our rules stated that all words had to be inappropriate or else entirely made up, but you had to provide a plausible definition or else draw or act it out.
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@Lucia_R983
@ThatEricAlper
I remember asking my parents what a virgin was and then spending the next year declaring myself a virgin every time I tried something new.
Waitress: “Want to try a piece of of pie?”
8-yr-old me: “Yes, because I’m a virgin.”
My parents: 🤦🏼♀️🤦♂️
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The spiders are helping me get an early start on decorating for Halloween. 🕸🕷🎃
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Every year when I get out the Christmas decorations, I’m reminded of when we closed on our house and after signing everything, the realtor said, “Oh, btw, there are some items in the attic that should stay with the house. I wouldn’t recommend moving them.”😳
10 years later…
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@falln100stories
I felt like cataloging was like learning a secret code. It could be boring and tedious, but the secret code/puzzle part of it was actually kind of fun. That being said, I’d set myself on fire before I’d ever become a cataloger.
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I just got carded at Trader Joe’s so apparently I’m having a good skin day. 🌟
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I was like Paul Revere today, but riding a chicken and announcing, “The chickens are coming, the chickens are coming!”
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@skinnerismyBF
My husband and I have conversations in which we have no idea what the other person is talking about because we both use acronyms but they stand for different things. I now know that when he says “SRP” he means Soldier Readiness Processing whereas I mean Summer Reading Program.
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@catwheezie
I used to have a library cat. I named him Purrcy Jackson and he went to work at the library with me for a month or so while he was bottle feeding.
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@90sMelissa
I try to be positive so instead of stating all the ways I’m not embarrassing, I list the many ways my kids have embarrassed me. “Remember when you pooped in the yard, in front of the neighbors?”
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A parent emailed me to say that her daughter requested to dress like me today - cardigan and all! Am I a good librarian or what? 😂
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@RodLacroix
One year I realized I was out of butter and rather than go to the store, I went old school and put some whipping cream in a jar. I then turned on a playlist and danced around, shaking that jar until I had made butter. That’s right, I churned butter to avoid the store!
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I finished the LEGO typewriter! Now we just have to finish the room it’s going to be displayed in. Too bad there’s not a LEGO set for that.
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School librarians - how do you handle book checkout? Do you do it at the beginning of class? At the end? All students at once or in groups? Book checkout is my most overwhelming time because the library is so big and kids need a lot of help.
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@profe_sara
@sophgermain
I agree. I’m a school librarian and I make slideshows of the books I read so that I can add translations if necessary and I move the curser as I read to reinforce reading skills and draw attention to vocabulary. Not to mention, everyone can easily see the pictures.
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@GoGirlsGoBooks
My mom got fed up so she sent my sister and I outside to play during Hurricane Gloria in 1985. “It’s barely a tropical storm at this point. You’ll be fine.”
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@miss__sanders
As a former preschool teacher and current school librarian, I think it’s all about creating a classroom community, daily routines, and smooth transitions. Calm down jars/sensory bottles are also helpful. I have lots of ideas I could share. DM me.
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@torrHL
@barefootchic
@PST4LAPublicEd
Thoughts and prayers but nothing done to prevent future shootings = not a big deal.
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I’m ready for the first day of school tomorrow! Well, at least my nails are. The rest of me, not so much.
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@erinisinire
If an older child wants a picture book, let then check out a picture book. It’s okay if it’s too young for them. E doesn’t necessarily mean easy. E is for everyone.
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@dulaney_melanie
I collect picture book character stuffed animals and use them to mark the shelves, in addition to letters on each shelf, so students know the Pete the Cat books are where the Pete the Cat plush is. You could print pictures of favorite characters.
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@Taylorbstewart
@ProjectLITComm
Thank you! You hear that
@gunsnroses
? Just cancel your tour so Ticketmaster will give me my money back. I could really use it right now. And if there’s another tour I’ll buy tickets but in the meantime, groceries are more important.
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@EDUwithEmily
I got my Masters using the GI Bill. If I decided to go for a EdD or PhD then I’d look into tuition reimbursement available through my school district. Or else divorce my husband and remarry another soldier in order to use their GI Bill. The first option is probably easier.
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@wokeSTEMteacher
@caitteach
I will not force him to be on camera and anyone that requires him to do so will have to fight me. I will withdraw him from school if it comes to it. Students first.
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@misskubelik
Are you aware of
@FirstBook
? Definitely register for an account and check out the marketplace and book bank. Try not to spend your own money like I often do! It’s hard, especially when you see such awesome books at great prices.
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@LitJrzyGrl
THIS is a hill I’d die on. Every student should be able to find themselves in a book. EVERY STUDENT. Tenure or not, I’d fight that fight.
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