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Music education professor. I like knitting, hiking, and politics. Views are my own. DMV for now, PNW forever.
Damn girl. Nailed it
November 27, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I picked that up from my son's little league team back in Miami. Something the coaches said when the kids would make a silly mistake that they knew better
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I'm better this morning. Made a rookie mistake in my first time as a thesis chair and the consensus is I'm beating myself up too much about it. Fix it, flush it, move on. Time to bake pies.
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
IM BEIN REPRESSED!
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 AM
This is just good life advice, tbh
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 AM
From this former middle school teacher HUZZAH! And also tell her to lean in to their natural silliness (i.e. fart jokes). It makes the kids' mood swings a little less frustrating
November 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
also...godspeed
November 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Thankfully, I did not have to sit in on the school of music one. At least CAEP can be submitted digitally!!! NASM wanting hard copies took a whole forest of paper.
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Somewhere I have a picture of my entire 7th grade band in the instrument cages. You can fit at least three kids in a tuba locker.
November 16, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I only teach classes in my degree's major & the STs have been voluntarily taking notes by hand on paper (others use handwriting note apps on their tablets). I asked why and they said "I just remember things better this way." I don't know though if they are this dedicated in their GEs...
November 14, 2025 at 10:57 PM
It's the perpetual "I've got Mumps" look for me--I guess she's at least principled when it comes to not getting vaccinated?
November 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
BTW this behavior is why people are so angry with Democrats. Let people suffer just long enough to turn your stomach then do nothing effective and remedy nothing. You are just a ratchet stop on the way to fascism. Virginia voted this week to do MORE. Grow a spine and fight back!
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
You’ve got to be fucking kidding me. So all the federal workers and SNAP recipients went through all this for nothing?? And you think the Rs are going to actually negotiate? So everyone loses because you got a few phone calls from conservative furloughed workers?
November 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
And even better, me and my colleagues are a little better protected from the assholes at the Heritage Foundation now. We might even get a democratic majority board. Whew.
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM