Brynn 🍉
@pcbrynn
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MS Educational Policy | Progressive Educator | Ally | BLM | Promotes Equity & Social Justice | Committed to Making Change Happen
Milwaukee, WI
Joined March 2014
It has been 22 years since the Columbine massacre, and the only solution America has come up with to respond to school shootings is to keep practicing what to do during school shootings. Absolutely disgraceful.
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I honestly can’t believe I have to share the earth with people who think that we are spoiling children by giving them food.
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Instead of blindly shouting “Open the Schools”, maybe we should try saying “Vaccinate the Teachers” instead. Just sayin.
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We are at a point where politicians can sexually assault women and keep their jobs but teachers will get fired for teaching history.
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Interesting how wearing a mask is considered as being afraid, yet carrying a gun is just protection.
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My school board is holding a virtual meeting to discuss in-person school. Think about that for a minute. .
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Banning the teaching of systemic racism is actually a perfect example of systemic racism.
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Who the hell remodels their garden right before they get kicked out of their house?.
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It’s official, my school district will be fully open in August with the following guidelines:. • 24+ students in each class.• Face masks are optional.• Temperature checks will be done at home. Basically we’re pretending Covid doesn’t exist because that’s what the parents want.
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I will never understand how wearing a mask to save each other’s lives has become political.
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Dr. Biden did her speech from the classroom because she was a teacher, so where is Melania going to do her speech? 😳.
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Yesterday my 18-year-old niece said,. “Trump can ban TikTok all he wants, but that’s not going to stop us from doing all we can to destroy his campaign and make fun of his tiny little ego. He’s completely underestimating my generation.” . I’m so proud of my little activist!.
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I am proud to say that I have never watched one single episode of the Kardashian shit show.
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Teachers in Russia have been ordered to teach that the Ukraine invasion is 'a special peacekeeping mission' and that NATO poses a danger to the Kremlin. Prohibiting teachers from telling the truth. Gee, where have I heard that before?.
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Remember when some people said they’d rather die than vote for Hillary? . Well. here we are. 🤦🏼♀️.
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I don’t mean to brag, but I’m drinking my coffee with one hand this morning! ☕️.
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This is how I explained the Relief Package to my 8-year-old. I loaned $700 to my friend, and then Covid hit. I lost my job and now I can’t pay rent. I ask her if I can get some of that money back, but she says she can only give me $5 because she needs the rest to buy a yacht.
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With all due respect, telling us to “put aside the partisanship and the rhetoric designed to demonize one another” is like telling the victim of an abusive relationship to just get over it and move on. Justice first. then we’ll talk.
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I just got an earful from a red hat wearing MAGA because I wore my #BlackLivesMatter shirt and a mask to the store. Will I do it again? . Why yes. yes I will. 😉.
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So NOW Dr. Birx says we should have locked down like Italy. Whelp. it’s a little fucking late for that. Too bad she didn’t have a spine six months ago.
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Just to be clear, opening schools had absolutely nothing to do with education. Trump WANTED your child to get Covid.
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"If I lose to him, I don't know what I'm going to do. I will never speak to you again. You'll never see me again." - Trump. Still waiting. 😏.
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Teachers should not be responsible for the recovery of the economy.
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Teachers go to college to study childhood development and learn how to teach, only to be told later how and what to teach by politicians who know nothing about teaching. The education system in this country would be much better if they just trusted us to be the experts.
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K-12 teachers in Oklahoma are now at risk of having their license suspended if they teach about race and racism. I am absolutely furious.
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I will gladly volunteer to help Jill Biden plant roses in the garden next spring. Anyone else?.
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If Betsy DeVos is correct and only .02% of school-aged students will die when they return to school, that means we will be planning funerals for approximately 14,700 children.
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Stop what you’re doing and watch this video. I promise you, you will not be disappointed.👇🏻.
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Republicans would rather die from a White President than get health care from a Black President.
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If you’re choosing not to send your children back to school in the fall, we need you to speak up now. Parents have a voice. Teachers do not. Trust me.
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Texas teachers are now being asked to tattle on each other for teaching the facts about our nation’s history. I’m not in Texas, but I’ll just go ahead and tattle on myself right now because I am proud to teach the truth.
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I don’t mean to brag or anything, but when I woke up this morning I remembered all 5 words. In the correct order. Before coffee.
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@TansuYegen Or you could just solve it the way my third graders do: .300 x 4 = 1200 .12 x 4 = 48 .1200 + 48.1248.
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Meet our new hero, Alexis Toon. 🤣. According to Alexis, “for some unknown reason” she was asked to participate in a town hall Q&A, so she took the opportunity and ran with it. Thank you, Alexis 🥂
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The people that told Greta Thunberg to be quiet and then questioned how her parents could allow her to act like that are the same ones that are calling Kyle Rittenhouse a hero.
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I formally invite any parent that is fighting for in-person school to come in and help me set up my classroom for social distancing this year. I would also like them to help plan my mask and sanitizing lessons, as well as stand outside the bathrooms and clean after each student.
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*Waukesha School District is holding a special meeting on Monday to possibly reconsider their decision.
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Today I drove 200 miles to deliver groceries to my dad and stepmom. They both have cancer and I refuse to let them shop if I can help it. When I went to the store there were maybe a total of 9 people with masks on. Out of a LOT. I really hate people today.
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A student came to me after seeing another student earn a reward for finally following directions in music class and said, “Sometimes it feels like when you’re always good, you need to try a lot harder to get noticed at school.” . I will never forget this. And I promise to notice.
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I’m reading comments that Trump is banning TikTok because he’s trying to protect our children. If he was really trying to protect our children he would have stricter gun laws, ban AR-15’s, keep schools closed until we have control of the virus, and not keep babies in cages.
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It appears that “Blue Lives Matter” only when it’s a choice between black and blue.
So basically MAGA loves the police until they can eat in Golden Corral and then it’s fuck the police I’m fighting for my buffet rights.
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307 kids in Texas-based day cares have tested positive for COVID-19, and the cases are only increasing. Don’t be fooled. Children are getting sick, too.
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I don’t know who needs to hear this - but cops aren’t supposed to kill guilty people either.
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I'm not going to lie, I'm pretty pissed off tonight. We are 12 days in and classrooms are quarantining left and right. Oh, and administrators are keeping us in the dark about contact tracing. Children are getting sick. Teachers are getting sick. Close the damn schools already.
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I was asked to make phone calls for the Biden campaign. Not sure I should. Tell me what you think. Me: Hi. Are you voting for Biden?. Caller: No. I think I’ll vote 3rd Party. Me: Well, you’re a fucking idiot then and you are wasting your vote and my time. 😂.
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Waiting for the GOP to suggest hardening parades and arming marching bands. Right after all the thoughts and prayers, of course.
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A five-year-old was holding the door for me this afternoon, so I responded with, “Well thank you, sir!” .He looked at me confused, started giggling and said, “No one has ever called me that before! You’re so welcome you kind, beautiful lady!” 😂.I just love kids.😁.
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So-let’s talk about Joe. Did he say something kind of stupid? Yes. Did he tell everyone to drink bleach and shove lights up their asses? No. Does he put little brown kids in cages? No. Is he building a wall? No. Is he a white supremacist? No. Will I vote for him? Fuck, YES!.
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The school board of a Virginia teacher who was shot by a student is trying to dismiss her $40 mil lawsuit by saying she should get workers comp, because apparently getting shot at work is an occupational hazard that teachers just have to live with.
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My 7-year-old just said, “Mom, they keep trying to say they’re not racist and stuff, but just because they say that doesn’t mean it’s true.”. Mic drop. My work here is done.
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She was never a teacher. She never visits schools. She attended private schools. Her children attended private schools. And she is in charge of our public school system.
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Last year I was worried about losing colleagues to Covid, but this year I am terrified of losing my students. This past week alone, over 243,000 children have tested positive in the US. The lack of health and safety measures in our schools is disgraceful. Do better, America.
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I’m really hoping @benandjerrys takes this opportunity to come out with a new flavor. Double Impeachment’s and Cream 🍑🍨.
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Yesterday one of my students with special needs spotted the word “dad” in a book. He started running around the room and jumping up and down, excitedly screaming, “That’s MY dad’s name!”. I can’t wait to see how he reacts when his own name pops up in next week’s math lessons. 💙.
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I’m curious to see how many packed churches we will have in Wisconsin this morning. 🤦🏼♀️ . After all - they are not going to let something invisible, like a virus, control their lives.
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Is it just me, or does anyone else feel the need to report Trump’s tweets almost daily for spreading false information?.
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“Do you know the difference between a Chick pea and a .Garbanzo bean? . Daddy never had a Garbanzo bean on his face.”
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You can’t have birth control. You can’t have an abortion. You need to send your children to school with a deadly virus. Children are still in cages. Our foster care system is a disaster. Do you see where I’m going here. ?.
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Trump is coming to Kenosha on Tuesday to survey the property damage. He is not sure if he will have time to meet with the family of Jacob Blake. This just says it all.
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I should also mention that we were told to sanitize when we can. 😏. Which is code for, “We are not providing any more cleaning than what we already have available.”.
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WTF is this?!?!?! 🤬🤬🤬. Migrant Children Were Being Given To An Adoption Agency Linked To Betsy DeVos
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If a student in my class tests positive for Covid, at the very least the entire class will need to quarantine for 14 days. Many districts have yet to answer whether or a teacher would be paid during a mandatory quarantine.
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I just volunteered to be the virtual teacher for my district this year. Wish me luck! 🤞🏻.
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Most of the die hard MAGAs I know depend on their Social Security and Medicare, so I can’t wait to see how they manage to spin this and defend him. I always love a good “that’s not what he meant” story. 😏.
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MSNBC is discussing Chrissy Teigen and John Legend’s horrific loss all while showing the Trump Covid parade on a split screen. Please. Just. Stop. He doesn’t need the attention.
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Republicans advocated for schools to reopen prematurely during Covid, citing children’s mental health as the primary concern. Now, these same people are trying to remove social-emotional learning from our classrooms. This just proves, once again, that it was never about the kids.
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If you think your children should be going back to school in the fall do me a favor. Put a mask on them for 8 hours and make sure they stay 6 ft away from everyone in your house today. Then report back to me and let me know how that went.
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I still don’t understand how denying a woman’s right to birth control is going to lead to fewer abortions.
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Just to be clear, I will never teach “patriotic education” to my students.
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Some teachers are now being told, “If you feel sick, try to come in anyway unless you know it’s Covid. We don’t have enough substitutes.”.
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We need to all pinky swear that we will never let a bunch of fascists come this close to destroying our democracy ever again. Deal?.
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My 7 year old today - “Mom, when we cuddle it makes me feel invincible.”. Best Mother’s Day present right there. ❤️.
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The “pro-life” party has allowed 14 babies and one teacher to get murdered at school today—and now we begin another cycle of empty thoughts and meaningless prayers. At what point will this country take some goddamn action? My heart is broken.
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Sometimes I imagine my students are coming to school with their backpacks filled with personal trauma instead of books, and it completely changes my perspective in terms of what they actually need from me as their teacher.
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“Something that happened and continued to happen … which I never in my wildest dreams imagined it would happen, is people sent their known positive kids to school,” - Public Health Department Officer Kirsten Johnson. Umm. Every single teacher knew this would happen.
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76% of the nation’s K-12 educators are women. 76% of the nation’s K-12 superintendents are men. "Women belong in all places where decisions are being made. It shouldn't be that women are the exception." — 👑RBG.
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Nothing pisses me off more than fellow teachers that support Trump.
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I find it odd that some people will proudly wear ribbon pins, t-shirts, and rubber bracelets that support fighting various diseases and disabilities, yet they refuse to wear the one thing that actually could save a person’s life. 😷.
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There are currently 400,000 children in foster care in the U.S. 115,000 are still waiting to be placed for adoption. But sure, let’s flood the system with even more innocent children. Never mind the incredible amount of trauma involved in the process.
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19th year teaching. 🍎.3rd year during a pandemic. 😷. Shout out to all my fellow teachers who continue to do the impossible.
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My 7-year-old at dinner tonight:. “God made a poor choice when he made tomatoes and Trump.”. 😂😂😂😂😂.
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I’m also sick of the “no one else is wearing one, so I’m not going to, either” crowd. Just be decent humans, please. 🤦🏼♀️.
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Remember when Republicans didn’t even trust teachers enough to teach history? Now they trust us so much they want us to carry guns around all day so we can protect their kids from the assault rifles they refuse to ban.
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Unlike some, my school was open today; therefore, I used this opportunity to teach my students all about #IndigenousPeoplesDay . I am happy to say that my kiddos were beyond excited to go home and teach their parents all about it, too.
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To all the teachers heading back to school this week please remember that it is absolutely acceptable to put yourself and your own families first. If you don’t feel safe, don’t go.
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I find it disturbing that the superintendent of Milwaukee Public Schools in Wisconsin makes $252,000 a year yet teachers need to buy paper and pencils for their students. And hats, and mittens, and winter coats, and snacks, and. The system is broken.
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48 people died of Covid-19 in Wisconsin today. We also added another 4,205 positive cases. That’s a record for us. But sure, let’s keep the bars open.
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