dmmetler

What does it say that I’m impressed by Abbotts music room? That’s probably about 10k of instruments. Either they forgot to remove the bribes, or at some time in the past the district actually funded it, or the former music teacher spent a lot out of pocket (probably the latter. I personally own thousands of dollars of classroom instruments.)

I’m glad Courtney is back-and I appreciated getting to see the kids in action.

Gregory probably qualifies as having ARFID. Kudos for Barbara for realizing that the mushrooms would chain well with buttered noodles. Not surprised at the golf course using Abbott at all. Sadly, that’s common for urban schools.

On the Daphne needs an interpreter for Chemistry, there is literally a NSF funded program to train interpreters to interpret science classes, particularly chemistry (they bring interpreters in training, deaf college students, and college faculty together to work on projects over the summer), and it’s been going on for 20+ years. The idea that UMKC is hosting a program specifically for Deaf students and hasn’t considered that need seems…unlikely. Also, my kid struggled with Organic Chem-and went to every help session offered and tutoring at the campus tutoring center and studied with classmates. So did probably half the class. Daphne did NONE of that-despite being in a program designed to provide support services and qualifying for services through the university’s program for students with disabilities. I might excuse it the first time through the class because freshmen are sometimes stupid, but the second??

I’m glad they did something with remote learning, because that’s now part of reality for teachers-and next to impossible with younger kids.

I’ve been a music teacher for 30+ years, the first 10 in a school which had ALWAYS had a Christmas concert. When I came in and insisted that we needed to do a winter show, it was like I’d shot Santa. It was miserable. I think most of the parents decided I was Jewish because they couldn’t understand why I’d object. My city has a Christmas tree lighting and a Christmas parade…despite the fact that we have a mosque and a Moslem day school. I now do a fall concert before Thanksgiving and explain that “It avoid conflicts during the busy holiday season”-and the parents love it. So do I. So maybe Abbott’s music teacher just chooses NOT to do a winter show? We know there was one since we saw her teaching Janine’s class recorder.

I use a parachute in my preschool music classes and have had to bring it out for the older kids in the after school program because they get so excited when they see it-one sadly told me that you stop getting to play parachute after 3rd grade.

I snorted at the "Do Skibdi toilet next" because that is SUCH a big thing for my students. (My intern commented one day that "That's the fourth kid who Skibidi'd me today!) I also loved the kids NOT wanting to Bob for apples. I mean, these are kids who went through school shut downs due to COVID. They're going to be germ-aware. And the "Why aren't you dinosaurs"....

I taught in a similar school to Abbott in Memphis for 8 years and could have counted the number of not-Black students on the fingers of one hand-we had one Latino family.

One of my teen music students told me I need to watch this. I'm really enjoying it-I love music theater :)

My only problem with bringing in the CC students is that library science isn't a degree offered at 2 year schools. Essentially, they'll be getting an untrained volunteer, when the pilot was with someone who obviously knew she was doing. It'll be great experience for the college students, but it's not going to be the same as having a trained librarian. I did like that the district person went to the CC first. A LOT of students start at the CC for financial reasons, and especially if your plan is to teach, it's a good idea to get through college without or with minimal debt-and he's ended up in the same position Janine has with her Penn education.

In one of the schools I worked at, we had a social studies lab (artifacts, costumes, videos,photo sets etc) and a science lab. Both had, at one point, had a full time teacher who managed them. Both were locked and teachers sometimes would sneak in and borrow stuff, but otherwise, they weren't used due to budget cuts. I can easily see the same happening with libraries in urban schools.

Cursive first is a thing-i want to say that traditional Montessori is cursive first. Motor skills wise, it's easier in many ways than print, and is less prone to reversals. The reason for doing print first is to make learning to read easier so you don't have as many forms of each letter at once. (There are already multiple ones just in printed text that kids will encounter while learning to read).

I love the CGI on Cerberus. And yeah, he's just a good boy who wants to play and be loved.

They're well set up for a UNIT spin-off like Torchwood, with Kate, Shirley, Mel, Donna, and very light doctor content. Which I would watch the heck out of.