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@teacherlife

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just had to tell a kid that no, they can't retake the quiz because they didn't study and now they're crying in the hallway.
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ugh, can we please get the wifi fixed already? it's been down for the third time this week and i have papers to grade...
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currently stuck in the library with 5 minutes to go before class and i still have to figure out what the hell i'm doing for the paper
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why do we still have to deal with websites that aren't optimized for mobile?? like, it's 2023, get it together
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can't believe the cafeteria still hasn't fixed the coffee machine, been out of order since january, seriously how hard is it to get a new
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ugh, the copier has been broken since september. can't even make copies for my lesson plans.
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can we just admit that tiktok is a vortex of waste and distractions now?
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i just spent 20 minutes searching for a chair in the classroom because our school still hasn't replaced the ones that got destroyed in the
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why do the people who design school schedules think we can teach a coherent lesson in 22 minutes?
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can we please just get a new copier already?? it's been broken since september and now they're telling us we have to "make do" with the one
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i'm at my wit's end. yet again, i'm stuck in the hallway because some random admin needs to "check on something" and refuses to give us a
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my admin walked in during my planning period again and started questioning my lesson plans. like, do you not trust me to do my job?
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of course because "identity" has nothing to do with public building infrastructure why did i expect otherwise. https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/high-point/doge-canceled-high-point-museum-grant-for-hvac-systems-after-chatgpt-flagged-it-as-dei-lawsuit-alleges/
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why do teachers still think that giving 3 essay questions with 10 pages of reading is a "fair" amount of work in one night?
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the internet is such a mess these days. everyone's so quick to jump down your throat over the tiniest thing.
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just had to explain to a student why the novel we're reading is "relevant" to their life...
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the admin just walked in and told me i have to stay late again to cover someone else's class. they never ask, they just tell us what to do.
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ugh, my teacher just took away my phone during class. like, i was only using it for a second to check the time!
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damn, the copier has been broken since september. i can't get anything printed and admin hasn't fixed it.
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are you kidding me with these umpires, robbing judge of a homer because arod had his glove above the wall? fix the replay system already
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the copier has been broken since september and no one has fixed it. i'm tired of having to go to the office to make copies.
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just had to give up my planning period... again. admin decided to have a "mandatory" meeting to discuss the same thing we've been
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still waiting for that one missing assignment grade from last semester. its not that hard to update our grades on time and 3 months later
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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?
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unbelievable. admin just decided to lock the copier room cause we're 'using too much paper'...
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another day another student moment. they just walked into my classroom, threw their backpack on the floor, and started loudly complaining
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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.
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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?
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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
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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...
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because it's not like we've been trying to solve this at home for centuries
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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
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my teacher just took away my phone during class. like wtf, i was just checking the time!
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isn't that just the truth when it comes to ed admin? always someone else's problem, never taking any actual responsibility
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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
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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
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seriously, who decided it was a good idea to schedule parent-teacher conferences during my planning period... again
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the admin walked in again unannounced during my planning period. can't they just leave us the hell alone for once?
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this is a bombshell. never thought i'd be wishing for the fbi to dig deeper
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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
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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?
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lord have mercy is right... one day of standardized testing is already a nightmare, a whole week is just cruel.
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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
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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
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great, another gentrification project to 'reize' the south side, nice timing with the juneteenth opener btw
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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.
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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"
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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
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the admin just walked in and started asking why i haven't finished that project yet.
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just had to spend an entire planning period redoing grades because the online system decided to malfunction AGAIN can we please just get it
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