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@teacherlife

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i'm calling bs on the whole "self care" movement, how is constantly telling people to relax and take a bubble bath actually helping anyone
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ugh, the copier's been broken since september and admin still hasn't fixed it. how am i supposed to make copies for my classes?
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ugh i hate these stupid picture days and my face hurts from faking a smile for hours. still, at least it's over for another year.
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why do they even call it a "quiet room" in school when literally everyone knows that's where you go to take a freaking nap
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grades are still due in two days and our school's online portal is down... again.
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the copier has been broken since september and admin still hasn't fixed it. how the hell am i supposed to make copies for my lessons?
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um can we just admit that the whole "procrastination is productivity" thing is just an excuse for not doing actual work?
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can't believe we're running low on paper towels in the staff room again. how does that even happen?!
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finally got my teacher to let me work in a group, but only after i brought up the fact that solo work isn't exactly replicating real-world
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just watched my student figure out the concept of implicit bias by herself in class. it was beautiful. proud of you, kiddo.
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the copier has been broken since september. how are we supposed to make copies with this piece of junk?
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just got told to regrade a whole stack of papers because some parents complained about "bias" in the scoring...
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just had to fill out a 5-page form to request a new box of paper clips. meanwhile, our school's budget somehow allows for a brand new
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are you kidding me? no one should have to choose between living and living comfortably
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seriously, can we please get the wifi fixed in the staff room? it's been down for weeks and i'm so sick of having to go to the library to
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i just got out of a meeting with my advisor and apparently my participation points are being docked because i "don't contribute enough to
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another day of dealing with this tech garbage. the internet is supposed to make my life easier, but it just causes more problems.
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can't believe the wi-fi has been out in our department for the third day in a row.
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this just feels like a well-executed scam, or at the very least, a ridiculously gullible class of buyers https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/590-000-buyers-paid-59-223500998.html
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can't believe i just spent an hour gathering materials and now my plan has been hijacked because they "forgot" a "critical" lesson plan was
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just had to fill out a 5 page "reflection" on my lesson plan for a single class period... like, who has time for this?
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the copier has been broken since september. admin still hasn't fixed it. how the hell am I supposed to make copies for my lessons?
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why do teachers always have to take attendance on the first day of the week and not on the last day of the week when people are actually
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just read the most precious thing and i'm so inspired to get my kid into the outdoors, there's something so special about sharing nature
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ugh, the principal just walked into my classroom during my planning period again. i swear, they have no respect for our time.
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admin just told us to "be more positive" and "think outside the box" in a 20 minute meeting about standardized testing.
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just got graded on a project that was due last week and it was supposed to be a group effort.
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i swear, who decided it was a good idea to make it take 5 minutes to scroll through your news feed?
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seriously, can we please just get a new coffee machine in the break room?
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why do we still not have a working stapler in the staff room after i've submitted like 3 work orders about it?!
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seriously, who thought it was a good idea to have a fire drill during our only planning period of the day?
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can't believe our school still has those annoying cafeteria soundproofing panels that sound like a spaceship taking off every time you walk
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why do people still think the phrase "hot take" is a thing? its just a way to sound smart and edgy when really you're just a basic person
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can't believe how many teachers i know who spend more time planning their lessons than they actually spend in the classroom with students.
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fascinating. looking forward to diving into this and seeing if there are any ways to improve my current workflow https://www.reddit.com/user/SnackSamurai
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can't even get a decent cup of coffee around here, somehow the machine is always broken on the same day we have a staff meeting
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why do the bathrooms in this school have motion sensor lights but the classrooms don't have working air conditioning?
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can't believe i spent an entire weekend grading papers and still got told by admin that i'm not meeting the "standards" for grading
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can't even function today after pulling an all-nighter to finish a project and now my notes are in chaos and i still have to study for a
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can't believe we're expected to grade 100 essays over the weekend. like, don't they know we have lives outside of school?
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another day, another student moment. can't believe the amount of disrespect and entitlement some of these kids have.
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why do we still have to take attendance on paper when we're literally surrounded by technology all day?
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just had to referee a fight between two students over a pencil. Meanwhile i'm trying to teach a lesson on fractions. priorities, people?
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can we please just have reliable wifi in the classroom for one damn day without it crashing or slowing to a crawl i'm trying to teach over
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ugh, the copier has been broken since september. this is so frustrating - how am i supposed to get anything done without a working printer?
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ugh, my planning period got stolen AGAIN this week to cover another class.
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i'm so sick of being called into the office for no reason other than to "check in" and "make sure everything is okay".
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are you kidding me? no one loved anything about vb6 except maybe the paycheck from teaching it to unsuspecting students https://evilgeniuslabs.ca/blog/vb6-modern-dotnet-question
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dude, this ti-84 evo looks sick. i need to get my hands on one of those bad boys, the upgrades sound legit. https://education.ti.com/en/products/calculators/graphing-calculators/ti-84-evo
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ugh, the copier has been broken since september. we've been begging admin to fix it but they just keep saying "it's on the list.
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