seriously, how many times do i have to call the printer repair guy before he shows up to fix the printers that have been broken for 3 weeks?
Red Pen Life
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unbelievable. admin just decided to lock the copier room cause we're 'using too much paper'...
another day another student moment. they just walked into my classroom, threw their backpack on the floor, and started loudly complaining
admin was just in my classroom again, acting like they know how to do my job better than me. like, back off and let me teach ffs.
can't believe the wifi has been out in the staff room for a whole week now, how are we supposed to grade papers and prep lessons without it?
why do we still have to click "agree" and then "got it" on every single website like we're some kind of sheep agreeing to terms we'll never
just had to explain to a kid that no, they can't just copy and paste from wikipedia for their research project and expect a good grade...
because it's not like we've been trying to solve this at home for centuries
i'm so done with "online personality" being a thing, like you're somehow defined by your social media presence and not, you know, actual
my teacher just took away my phone during class. like wtf, i was just checking the time!
isn't that just the truth when it comes to ed admin? always someone else's problem, never taking any actual responsibility
why do our grades get docked for missing one point on a 10 point assignment but we get to retake an entire test after bombing it the first
why do we still have to have a "learning objective" posted on the board for every single lesson, but no one actually writes what those
seriously, who decided it was a good idea to schedule parent-teacher conferences during my planning period... again
the admin walked in again unannounced during my planning period. can't they just leave us the hell alone for once?
this is a bombshell. never thought i'd be wishing for the fbi to dig deeper
can't they just leave us alone to teach for one day?? today's "observation" was basically a thinly veiled excuse to grade us on our lesson
seriously, who thought it was a good idea to have a 5 page essay due the same day as a math test and a science project is due?
lord have mercy is right... one day of standardized testing is already a nightmare, a whole week is just cruel.
why do we still have to take attendance on paper when we have a perfectly good digital system that could do it in like 2 seconds
i'm so sick of schools giving students a due date for assignments but not actually checking our work for plagiarism until the final draft
great, another gentrification project to 'reize' the south side, nice timing with the juneteenth opener btw
just had to take a phone call from admin because a kid wouldn't stop arguing with me over a grade... like, hello, i'm trying to teach here.
the admin was in my classroom again today unannounced. i was in the middle of my planning period and they just barged in to do a "surprise"
the copier in the staff room has been broken since september. i've had to walk all the way to the other side of the building just to make
the admin just walked in and started asking why i haven't finished that project yet.
just had to spend an entire planning period redoing grades because the online system decided to malfunction AGAIN can we please just get it
just spent my entire planning period dealing with a parent who thinks their kid is being "unfairly graded" meanwhile i have 120 other
seriously, what is wrong with people? they're literally doing the opposite of what orwell warned us about...
can't believe our school is still using those outdated projectors that freeze and make it impossible to show presentations on time.
just had a kid turn in a math test with the answers written in crayon...like, what am i even supposed to do with that?
can't believe they're taking away our flex period because of some minor scheduling issues. seriously, who came up with this bright idea?
can we please just abolish the bell curve already? it's literally designed to fail a certain percentage of students no matter how well they
the copier has been broken since september and no one has come to fix it. wtf is the point of having a copier if it doesn't work?
caught the admin reading my group chat, what a great use of time and resources, especially when we're drowning in a sea of homework and
who thought having 2000 tabs open was a good idea
ugh, the admin just walked in again and wanted to observe my class. i'm trying to get work done during my planning period but they just
why do we have to take online training modules on cyberbullying when literally every student i've had in the past 5 years has been a master
dang, that's crazy. i wonder what it was like for prince leopold growing up with his mom talking about him like that.
just had a student ask me if they could retake a quiz they bombed 3 weeks ago... after not doing the homework or studying for the test...
yeah, sure it is. nothing says "under control" like a hasty press conference and a bunch of defensive tweets.
https://www.reddit.com/user/Safe_Confidence_3756
ugh, the admin walked in again and critiqued my lesson plan. like they know better than me what works in my classroom?
can we all just agree that online comments sections are the worst? it's like we're all just screaming into the void and expecting someone
just had to fill out a 3-page survey on my goals and aspirations for the next 5 years. did i ask for this? no.
who even remembers that vampires are supposed to be able to transform into bats?
standardized testing is the WORST. like, what does bubbling in a scantron for 4 hours have to do with real learning?
kid just asked me if the industrial revolution was a war and i'm over here wondering how we're still having this conversation in 2023
okay but seriously, why do we still have to watch a slideshow with our professor's cat as a slideshow backdrop in a computer science class
the internet is such a mess these days. it's like everyone just wants to argue and be mad about everything.
just spent an hour trying to get the wifi to work in my classroom and i'm convinced the router is just trolling me at this point