The Curious Fish
@thecuriousfish.bsky.social
Public relations and communications pro turned public educator. I teach English and journalism at a Title 1 school — it gives me purpose and allows me to live out this mantra: Always learn something.
As soon as we can figure out how to convince them there is a way to market, sell, and profit from reduced class sizes, it will happen.
Every decade, we hear "the kids can't read or write!"
Interventions that don't work are proposed. Those that do work are ignored: reducing class sizes, making kids & families feel safe at school and welcome, becoming a community resource.
When their expensive reform fails, they yell at us again.
Interventions that don't work are proposed. Those that do work are ignored: reducing class sizes, making kids & families feel safe at school and welcome, becoming a community resource.
When their expensive reform fails, they yell at us again.
November 16, 2025 at 4:36 AM
As soon as we can figure out how to convince them there is a way to market, sell, and profit from reduced class sizes, it will happen.
For all the people who think we can cut out teaching “outdated” skills because technology or “kids don’t use it”: THIS is why it matters.
e.g., Cursive writing builds pathways in the brain, the ink on the paper is less important. ELA skills build critical thinking and problem solving abilities.
e.g., Cursive writing builds pathways in the brain, the ink on the paper is less important. ELA skills build critical thinking and problem solving abilities.
The phrase “the dog that didn’t bark” comes from Arthur Conan Doyle’s story Silver Blaze.
In it, Holmes points out that a key clue in a murder case was that the watchdog didn’t bark during the crime, meaning the perpetrator must have been someone familiar to the dog.
The media is missing it!👇
In it, Holmes points out that a key clue in a murder case was that the watchdog didn’t bark during the crime, meaning the perpetrator must have been someone familiar to the dog.
The media is missing it!👇
November 15, 2025 at 5:12 PM
For all the people who think we can cut out teaching “outdated” skills because technology or “kids don’t use it”: THIS is why it matters.
e.g., Cursive writing builds pathways in the brain, the ink on the paper is less important. ELA skills build critical thinking and problem solving abilities.
e.g., Cursive writing builds pathways in the brain, the ink on the paper is less important. ELA skills build critical thinking and problem solving abilities.
@govpritzker.illinois.gov … which talk show will you be on this weekend to tell the nation how you are protecting residents of Illinois and our rights?
100+ peaceful protestors arrested by ISP, CCSO, and BPD.
ZERO violent ICE street gang agents arrested for assaults committed on Illinois streets.
100+ peaceful protestors arrested by ISP, CCSO, and BPD.
ZERO violent ICE street gang agents arrested for assaults committed on Illinois streets.
This picture says everything about the state of our nation right now, peaceful clergy being arrested and forced face-down on the pavement.
November 15, 2025 at 4:36 PM
@govpritzker.illinois.gov … which talk show will you be on this weekend to tell the nation how you are protecting residents of Illinois and our rights?
100+ peaceful protestors arrested by ISP, CCSO, and BPD.
ZERO violent ICE street gang agents arrested for assaults committed on Illinois streets.
100+ peaceful protestors arrested by ISP, CCSO, and BPD.
ZERO violent ICE street gang agents arrested for assaults committed on Illinois streets.
21 more arrests of protestors and faith leaders at Broadview yesterday by ISP, CCSO, and BPD.
4 police officers reportedly injured due to THEIR OWN ACTIONS, not actions of protestors.
ZERO arrests of men assaulting Illinois residents in Evanston.
@govpritzker.illinois.gov #WhatAreWeDoing?
4 police officers reportedly injured due to THEIR OWN ACTIONS, not actions of protestors.
ZERO arrests of men assaulting Illinois residents in Evanston.
@govpritzker.illinois.gov #WhatAreWeDoing?
Clash outside Broadview ICE facility leads to at least 21 arrests, 4 officers injured
YouTube video by WGN News
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November 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
21 more arrests of protestors and faith leaders at Broadview yesterday by ISP, CCSO, and BPD.
4 police officers reportedly injured due to THEIR OWN ACTIONS, not actions of protestors.
ZERO arrests of men assaulting Illinois residents in Evanston.
@govpritzker.illinois.gov #WhatAreWeDoing?
4 police officers reportedly injured due to THEIR OWN ACTIONS, not actions of protestors.
ZERO arrests of men assaulting Illinois residents in Evanston.
@govpritzker.illinois.gov #WhatAreWeDoing?
Timeline cleanse …
Over my backyard tonight:
Over my backyard tonight:
November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Timeline cleanse …
Over my backyard tonight:
Over my backyard tonight:
Rafael Veraza was trying to leave a Sam’s Club parking lot when a federal agent drove alongside a line of cars, spraying chemical irritants occupants of the vehicles through open windows — including his 1-year-old daughter, Ariana.
“My daughter didn’t have to go through this."
“My daughter didn’t have to go through this."
1-year-old, pepper sprayed by federal agent in Cicero: 'My daughter didn't have to go through this'
Video shows federal agents spraying chemical irritants from a moving vehicle at a line of cars waiting to leave a Cicero Sam's Club on Saturday morning. The action appears to violate a judge's restric...
chicago.suntimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Protection for me, not thee.
Way to go, Dems. Way to go.
Way to go, Dems. Way to go.
The deal to end the shutdown would pave the way for senators to sue over phone searches.
Because the provision is retroactive to 2022, it would appear to make eligible the eight lawmakers whose phone records were subpoenaed by investigators for Mr. Smith...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Because the provision is retroactive to 2022, it would appear to make eligible the eight lawmakers whose phone records were subpoenaed by investigators for Mr. Smith...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
November 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Protection for me, not thee.
Way to go, Dems. Way to go.
Way to go, Dems. Way to go.
Little Greg’s Operation Midlife Crisis continues to inflict terror on Illinois residents.
Is it too soon to chant “Lock him up” to Judge Ellis?
@govpritzker.illinois.gov this is what you have ISP protecting while you give soundbites. Withdraw the IL State Police from Broadview.
#WhatAreWeDoing?
Is it too soon to chant “Lock him up” to Judge Ellis?
@govpritzker.illinois.gov this is what you have ISP protecting while you give soundbites. Withdraw the IL State Police from Broadview.
#WhatAreWeDoing?
November 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Little Greg’s Operation Midlife Crisis continues to inflict terror on Illinois residents.
Is it too soon to chant “Lock him up” to Judge Ellis?
@govpritzker.illinois.gov this is what you have ISP protecting while you give soundbites. Withdraw the IL State Police from Broadview.
#WhatAreWeDoing?
Is it too soon to chant “Lock him up” to Judge Ellis?
@govpritzker.illinois.gov this is what you have ISP protecting while you give soundbites. Withdraw the IL State Police from Broadview.
#WhatAreWeDoing?
“ … the anonymous [Federal] representative told a group of faith leaders and activists that ‘There is no more prayer in front of building or inside the building because this is the state and it’s not [of a] religious background.’”
What is we brought in Nigerian Christians?
What is we brought in Nigerian Christians?
November 8, 2025 at 4:08 PM
“ … the anonymous [Federal] representative told a group of faith leaders and activists that ‘There is no more prayer in front of building or inside the building because this is the state and it’s not [of a] religious background.’”
What is we brought in Nigerian Christians?
What is we brought in Nigerian Christians?
Thank you for this coverage, @readingthepictures.bsky.social
Can I repost your photo of the Illinois State Police on here (with credit)? So many people do not know the full story of ISP’s complicity in this.
Can I repost your photo of the Illinois State Police on here (with credit)? So many people do not know the full story of ISP’s complicity in this.
Federal agents as militias. Home Depot parking lots as killing fields. The People's House demolished. These photos defy sanitized language and show us what American fascism looks like.
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Images of American Fascism
Federal agents as militias. Home Depot parking lots as killing fields. The People's House demolished. These photos defy sanitized language and show us what American fascism looks like.
readingthepictures.media
November 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Thank you for this coverage, @readingthepictures.bsky.social
Can I repost your photo of the Illinois State Police on here (with credit)? So many people do not know the full story of ISP’s complicity in this.
Can I repost your photo of the Illinois State Police on here (with credit)? So many people do not know the full story of ISP’s complicity in this.
Moms rock. That’s all. Moms rock.
Fourteen suburban mothers formed a silent circle outside the Broadview ICE facility, refusing to move until the deputies forcibly removed them.
11/07/2025
11/07/2025
November 8, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Moms rock. That’s all. Moms rock.
Week 2 … Thank you for the brief respite from the world, @deardean22.bsky.social !
Friday night race 2, marble boogaloo!
This time it’s personal! 😂😂😂
This time it’s personal! 😂😂😂
November 8, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Week 2 … Thank you for the brief respite from the world, @deardean22.bsky.social !
Illinois continues to illustrate taxation without representation. IL-15’s Trump Republican House Rep Mary Miller is declining to attend Meet the Candidate events.
Refuses to work. Refuses to bring money back to IL-15. Refuses to meet with constituents.
#EmptyChair #NoShowGOP #AfraidToMeet
Refuses to work. Refuses to bring money back to IL-15. Refuses to meet with constituents.
#EmptyChair #NoShowGOP #AfraidToMeet
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Illinois continues to illustrate taxation without representation. IL-15’s Trump Republican House Rep Mary Miller is declining to attend Meet the Candidate events.
Refuses to work. Refuses to bring money back to IL-15. Refuses to meet with constituents.
#EmptyChair #NoShowGOP #AfraidToMeet
Refuses to work. Refuses to bring money back to IL-15. Refuses to meet with constituents.
#EmptyChair #NoShowGOP #AfraidToMeet
“Proposition MM aims to permanently fund the full program by further limiting tax deductions for filers earning over $300,000 a year. About 194,000 Coloradans in that high-income category would pay an average of $486 more in income taxes yearly, according to nonpartisan state fiscal analysts.”
November 7, 2025 at 3:39 AM
“Proposition MM aims to permanently fund the full program by further limiting tax deductions for filers earning over $300,000 a year. About 194,000 Coloradans in that high-income category would pay an average of $486 more in income taxes yearly, according to nonpartisan state fiscal analysts.”
Remembrance …
As of this week, Yad Vashem has identified the names of five million out of six million Jewish Holocaust victims. www.nbcnews.com/world/israel...
Names of 5 million Holocaust victims identified, Israel's Yad Vashem says
Israel’s Holocaust memorial says it has now identified 5 million of the 6 million Jewish victims killed by the Nazis — a milestone made possible through decades of research.
www.nbcnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Remembrance …
Typically used in the utility industry, the term blackout is “a complete loss of power.”
It takes all of us. Make it happen. Let’s take it back.
It takes all of us. Make it happen. Let’s take it back.
November 6, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Typically used in the utility industry, the term blackout is “a complete loss of power.”
It takes all of us. Make it happen. Let’s take it back.
It takes all of us. Make it happen. Let’s take it back.
“[B]y early October, state, county and local law enforcement officers took a larger role in policing the protests … made 68 arrests in connection with Broadview protests…”
From Oct. 3 - 28.
No arrests of agents committing violence on IL residents.
@govpritzker.illinois.gov
#WhatAreWeDoing?
From Oct. 3 - 28.
No arrests of agents committing violence on IL residents.
@govpritzker.illinois.gov
#WhatAreWeDoing?
They were arrested at an ICE protest outside of Chicago. Here’s what happened to them next. | CNN
As demonstrations outside an immigration enforcement facility near Chicago have ramped up, so has the number of protesters being led away in restraints. Here are the stories of three of them.
www.cnn.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:07 AM
“[B]y early October, state, county and local law enforcement officers took a larger role in policing the protests … made 68 arrests in connection with Broadview protests…”
From Oct. 3 - 28.
No arrests of agents committing violence on IL residents.
@govpritzker.illinois.gov
#WhatAreWeDoing?
From Oct. 3 - 28.
No arrests of agents committing violence on IL residents.
@govpritzker.illinois.gov
#WhatAreWeDoing?
Would you rather … help feed a local family in need OR help provide “donations” to the Trump slush fund?
November 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Would you rather … help feed a local family in need OR help provide “donations” to the Trump slush fund?
Nothing like marble racing to cleanse the mental palette.
5 marbles. Bad blood. No fear. Winner take all.
Let’s go!
Let’s go!
November 2, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Nothing like marble racing to cleanse the mental palette.
Amazing coverage …
November 2, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Amazing coverage …
Halloween, English teacher style. Love it.
October 29, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Halloween, English teacher style. Love it.
So … even the Burger King is saying the government of the Wannabe King has no sense, er, cents.
October 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
So … even the Burger King is saying the government of the Wannabe King has no sense, er, cents.
It makes a teacher proud when they got to a protest planning meeting, and a former student is one of the leaders. Just sayin’.
October 15, 2025 at 3:25 AM
It makes a teacher proud when they got to a protest planning meeting, and a former student is one of the leaders. Just sayin’.
From 1830 to 1850, 4,000 indigenous people died on the Trail of Tears due to the greed of the US government. 60,000 people were declared “not American”, forcefully rounded up, locked up, and displaced. The survivors were forced to new lands they were not born in and did not know.
History repeats.
History repeats.
I Learned About It After High School, Obviously Not During….
October 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
From 1830 to 1850, 4,000 indigenous people died on the Trail of Tears due to the greed of the US government. 60,000 people were declared “not American”, forcefully rounded up, locked up, and displaced. The survivors were forced to new lands they were not born in and did not know.
History repeats.
History repeats.