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Teacher Wilt @swiltedu.bsky.social · Oct 3

And so it begins! Day #1 of #PCTELA25
Here is a hand raised in #solidarity that #literacy is, in itself, a form of #liberation. ✊️📚🤔🫂

Paper program on a light colored table reading "PCTELA 2025 Literacy for Liberation October 3-4, 2025 Harrisburg, PA"

Teacher Wilt @swiltedu.bsky.social · Sep 4

🌴 🌺 Embracing #Hawaiian term "Kahu," sacred guardian or caretaker 👩‍🍼💚🔥
Like the Kahu of old, #Teachers
#Guide and protect our students' #Growth and well-being 👩‍🏫📚💪
#ThoughtfulThursday #TeacherLife #CulturalConnections

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Teacher Wilt @swiltedu.bsky.social · Sep 3

✨️ Reminder: behind-the-scenes, we ALL have moments where we're not so #Glamorous! 🤪📸 Trying to film here but the camera was on picture 🎬🤦‍♀️
The more ya know! 🤣🤣
#LifelongLearner #TeacherLife #WittyWednesday #LightheartedLaughs

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Teacher Wilt @swiltedu.bsky.social · Sep 1

Just reflecting on the organized labor's #History in the USA 🇺🇲 🏭 🤔💭
Unions & federations have battled for #WorkersRights & #PoliticalExpression, shaping our nation 🛠🏆👷‍♀️
Today, let's #Honor their #Legacy & keep striving for #Progress 💪🌟🚀 #UnionStrong #LaborDay2025

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Jo ~ Thought Couture @thoughtcouture.bsky.social · Jul 9

Today’s anti-brain rot accomplishments:

🎹 90 minutes piano practice, focusing on Grieg’s “Notturno” and relearning Joplin’s “Swipesy Cakewalk”

🏺 30 minutes Latin study, mostly grammar drills

📚 15 pages of Mary Beard’s SPQR

How have you reclaimed your brain today?

#classics #booksky

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Teacher Wilt @swiltedu.bsky.social · Aug 25

#MondayMornings - Woke up in a panic, thinking the alarm was a dream 😱🚨 But alas, reality calls and it's time to kick it into #TeacherMode 🏫👩‍🏫
How long does it take you to settle back into your routine again?
#TeacherLife #BackToSchool #JustDreaming #MondayMood

Teacher Wilt @swiltedu.bsky.social · Aug 24

Celebrating #TheLittleThings -
Partner gifted me this #Nessie shaped ladle from OtotoDesigns 🥣🦕
A little silly but it makes me smile 😊💚 Here's to lots of winter soups!
#SillySunday #LochNessMonster #TeacherLife #SoupSeason

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Teacher Wilt @swiltedu.bsky.social · Aug 23

🎒👩‍🏫 #BackToSchool means Saturdays are my new favorite day: indulging in some much-needed #SelfCare, sleeping in, and not setting an alarm! 😴💤
#SleepySaturday #TeacherHumor #WeekendRecovery

Teacher Wilt @swiltedu.bsky.social · Aug 22

💡🤯 #FunFact: The school bus system is the largest mass transit system in the US, yet school buses account for < 1% of traffic fatalities each year 🏫🚌 So this #Weekend 'hit the brakes' on school spirit & 'idle' safely to #Relaxation 💆‍♀️✨️ #BackToSchool #FunFactFriday

Teacher Wilt @swiltedu.bsky.social · Aug 21

👩‍🏫 🍎 Joining the #TeacherTrend on this #ThrowbackThursday! 🎒✨
A pic of me in 9th/10th grade. 📚🔙🕰
Now teaching those grade levels! 😅
Funny how life comes full circle! 💫
#HighSchool #TeacherLife #LifelongLearner

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Teacher Wilt @swiltedu.bsky.social · Aug 20

👩‍🏫📚 Tell me you're a teacher without telling me - My breakfast 😅☕️🍎
#AnAppleADay #BackToSchool #TeacherLife #TeacherHumor

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Teacher Wilt @swiltedu.bsky.social · Aug 18

🎉 So it begins again! 🎉
✨️ Here's to another fantastic year of learning, growth, and memories ✨️
Welcome, 2025-26 school year! 🎓📚✏️ #BackToSchool #FirstDayOfSchool

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Teacher Wilt @swiltedu.bsky.social · Jul 6

📰😲 He's everywhere! Even in local newspapers, they can't resist quoting the gossip king himself, #BenjaminRush 🤫🗣🤯🎇 Learn more about the juicy #RevolutionaryWar drama on #ToriPhantom's #FoundedPodcast 🎙🎧 #LessonsFromHistory are still so relevant! 📚🌟 #PastMeetsPresent

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Teacher Wilt @swiltedu.bsky.social · Jul 4

🌟🤯 Answer: Guords 🍠
Calabash gourds have been utilized as flotation devices, cups, & even musical instruments. For flotation, gourds were dried & hollowed out & used as makeshift life jackets, river rafts, fishing floats, and pontoons.
#HistoryFacts #FoodFacts

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Teacher Wilt @swiltedu.bsky.social · Jul 4

🌟🤯 #FunFact: Only 2 ppl signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th. The rest signed in August 1776! 📜✍️ So don't sweat the small stuff this #IndependenceDayWeekend & #Relax - even #History takes its time! 🇺🇲🎆
#FunFactFriday #AmericanHistory #Celebrating #FourthOfJuly

Teacher Wilt @swiltedu.bsky.social · Jul 3

🤔💻💡This week's @Google searches for kiddos: #DIY #Fireworks legal in my state? 💥🤷️ Would more stars be added to the flag if we get more states? ⭐️🇺🇸 Why does #America love blowing stuff up? 🎆🙄💣
#ThursdayThoughts #PoliticalHumor #NeverStopLearning #CurrentEvents #FourthOfJuly2025

Teacher Wilt @swiltedu.bsky.social · Jul 2

💡😂 #WittyWednesday: Why are #Fireworks the funniest & most entertaining #Jokesters?🃏🎭 Because they never stop crackling and always go out with a big bang! 🎆🎇🤣
#FourthOfJuly #PatrioticPuns #AmericaTheFunny #IndpendenceDay

Teacher Wilt @swiltedu.bsky.social · Jul 1

🧐🤔 #TriviaTuesday: Which buoyant, dried fruit was used by the Incas & Mayan #AncientCivilizations & is seen as the first water floaties?

🍉 Watermelon
🥑 Avocados
🍠 Gourds

👇 Answer Below! 👇

#FoodFacts #HistoryNerd #Summertime #AncientTechnology

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Teacher Wilt @swiltedu.bsky.social · Jun 30

🏃‍♀️💨 🌀 Wild start to my week already! Juggling 📧 emails, 👩‍💻 @Zoom meetings, and emBARKing on a doggie adventure to the vet 🐶🐾 Never a dull moment! 🚀 💯
#ManicMonday #PetParent #Doggos #WorkFromHome #VetVisit

Teacher Wilt @swiltedu.bsky.social · Jun 29

🔥🥵🌡Staying 🦦 otter-ly 🦦 #Hydrated on this hot #SunnySunday with my refreshing 🧊 ice-filled 🧊 water bottle ☀️😎💧🙌
#StayHydrated #BeatTheHeat #OtterBottle #Nalgene #Stickers

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Teacher Wilt @swiltedu.bsky.social · Jun 28

📰🦿#SillySaturday find:

Need more than one? 🤔😲
Posted by a spider or ant? 🕷🐜🪳 #ProstheticLeg enthusiast? 🦿🦵🏃‍♀️🙄
New #FashionTrend? 👗👔💃 #UnconventionalArt project? 👩‍🎨🎨🖼

Who knows! 📰🗞😅

#SaturdaySurprise #NewspaperAds #SmallTownHumor #Strange

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Teacher Wilt @swiltedu.bsky.social · Jun 27

🌟🤯 #FunFact: Pandas spend 10-16 hours a day eating & can eat up to 45 pounds of bamboo daily! 🌿🐼😱 This #Weekend, let's #LiveALittle & follow the panda's lead - #Indulge in all the #Summertime foods #GuiltFree! 🍔🍦🙌
#FunFactFriday #AnimalFacts #FoodieLife #WeekendEats

Teacher Wilt @swiltedu.bsky.social · Jun 26

🤯🥤Ingredients of @CocaCola #CokeZero are flavoring, carbonated water, and two types of potassium - just like bananas! 🍌🍌 Does that make it a #HealthFood? Maybe? 😅🥗 Synthetic compounds you say? Hmmm...👩‍🔬🧪 🤔
#ThursdayThoughts #SodaVsFruit #DietCoke #Nutrition #ScienceHumor

Teacher Wilt @swiltedu.bsky.social · Jun 25

💡😂 #WittyWednesday: Why did the tomato turn deep red? 🍅😳 Because it saw the salad dressing! 🥗😱🤣
#FoodFunnies #Puns #FoodieHumor #ProducePuns

Teacher Wilt @swiltedu.bsky.social · Jun 24

🤯🌟 Answer: PVC

🏊‍♀️ Sparked by his daughter's near-drowning, #Olympian / #Lifeguard Markwitz invented #BEMAFloaties - using brand new PVC plastic over the commonly used cork. 🛠🙌 150M+ BEMA floaties have been sold since 1964 😮 🚣‍♂️💰

#SafetyFirst #HistoryFacts

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