Bronwyn Harris

#Educator, #author (Literally Unbelievable, Letters From the Inside), public speaker, auntie, lifelong #Californian. She/her. http://BronwynHarris.com

Have been called One Outspoken Educator and hope I earn the title

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2026-04-16 18:02:53 UTC

guess where I am going today after work? Guess!
No, I am too excited to wait for you to guess
WE ARE GOING TO THE DOG PARK

2026-03-29 04:43:55 UTC

I finally figured out the name of one of my all-time favorite books of my childhood and got SUPER excited to reread it and... it's out of print and I can't find it anywhere :(
If anyone has a copy of One Hundred and Eight Bells, please let me know.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3701871-one-hundred-and-eight-bells

2026-02-09 20:01:40 UTC

Wrote a blog about teacher strikes in CA.
(no idea why it won't thumbnail but it's making me mad)
https://tigerthegecko.blogspot.com/2026/02/the-endless-cycle-of-teacher-strikes.html

2026-02-07 06:13:00 UTC

Check out this brave strong little doggie, 3 days post op where both tibias were completely cut through, had the cut ends realigned, and metal plates screwed in
72 hours after!
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2026-01-28 22:43:58 UTC

I need these doomsday clock people to just stop. It’s not changing anything, it’s just stressing us all TF out. It’s not even good performance art.

2026-01-08 02:22:04 UTC

I think my brain actually can’t handle what happened in Minneapolis. Like when I try to think about it, my brain kind of skitters away.

2025-12-26 06:23:50 UTC

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criminals

2025-12-26 05:12:12 UTC

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I have electric through a local provider so PG&E is heat and cooking. It's usually about $60/month in the coldest months and it was $113.

2025-12-26 04:57:20 UTC

My PG&E bill is twice what it usually is on a winter month. The jerks.

2025-12-25 22:33:15 UTC

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oh this is exactly what I’ve been looking for!

2025-12-25 22:21:42 UTC

Bay Area: any good sources that show where roads are flooded/unsafe to drive? Last night I drove home from Berkeley and there were definitely parts of the drive where roads should have been closed but weren’t.

2025-12-22 03:33:55 UTC

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and yet…

2025-12-21 20:14:24 UTC

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oh dear

2025-12-21 07:46:14 UTC

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still?

2025-11-08 01:10:42 UTC

My friend asked me to finish a Christmas stocking her grandma was knitting for my friends son when she died.
It’s almost done; I just have to do the toe.
I’ve never made a top-down sock in my life. I always do toe up. Please send help; there is no pattern.
#knitting

2025-11-06 23:50:40 UTC

This is my view every time I prepare any food at the counter.
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2025-10-12 02:06:07 UTC

There’s a bronze statue of a wolf in Jack London square in Oakland and today I saw this German shepherd approach it, sniff it, give a small growl, sniff it some more, do a play bow, and go back and sniff it. Very confused dog trying to make friends.
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2025-09-26 21:25:43 UTC

Teachers!!
There is a newish way of teaching long division that looks something like this. The one we all learned as kids is the “standard algorithm,” what is this one called?
I’m trying to find some videos to help some of my tutoring students parents learn and it’s gonna be a lot easier to find them if I know what it’s called!
(or if you have any suggestions for videos, I am all ears)
ETA: there’s a mistake on this that I didn’t even notice (not my paper)
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2025-09-17 02:39:36 UTC

My Spanish teacher speaks English at about the same level I speak Spanish so it's fun to teach each other idioms and sayings.
Today I taught her "too bad so sad" and she loves it.
She was then telling me about how the richest people in Mexico dislike the current administration (and the one directly before this one) because they now have to pay taxes and she keeps saying "too bad so sad"
I'm very proud.

2025-09-12 01:27:50 UTC

Kaiser NorCal will have updated COVID vaccines starting Monday Sept 15

2025-09-11 22:54:49 UTC

Since I can’t travel to all the beautiful places in the world, I’m appreciating the beautiful places where I am.
This is a 5-7 minute walk from me. Not bad, huh?
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2025-08-20 19:36:28 UTC

I had so, so much I needed to do this morning.
I went and sat on a bench by the duck pond at crab cove instead.
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2025-08-19 19:08:34 UTC

This was Santa Cruz Island. Gorgeous. I want to go back.
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2025-07-31 04:19:42 UTC

I had coffee today with a former student who grew up alternately in foster care and in shelters with his mom who was/is addicted to heroin. He was adopted at age 17 by a woman who was willing to also adopt his 4-year-old brother and thankfully she's turned out to be great.
He told me we're family and that I have been the most stable person in his life. He's 21 now and working as a teacher's aide and at an after school program and is naturally really really good with kids, especially those with anger/impulse control issues because he knows that. He's been in therapy and told me that it's the best thing to ever happen to him and that "all Black men need to be in therapy, seriously, it's so good"
He told me I've started generational healing because I helped him heal and now he's helping kids heal.
I don't have words to describe how I feel <3

2025-07-29 23:58:48 UTC

OK if I called to make a police report, twice, and both times the dispatcher took my info and asked if I wanted a call back or an officer to show up and obviously said a call back because I don't want the police anywhere near me, I just needed documentation for my landlord.
And if both times they never called back.
And then say, I called back to see why they never called back and they told me that in their records both times the officer said they called back, once advising me what to do and once leaving me a voice mail
And yet my call log says I GOT NO CALLS THOSE DAYS AND NO VOICE MAILS
then who do I need to tall that their officers are falsifying reports, flat-out lying??
I'm so mad. I didn't even want to talk to them and would have been satisfied with "there's nothing we can do" and a police report number but the fact that they lied and are trying to gaslight me; I am VERY ANGRY RIGHT NOW

2025-06-23 04:59:38 UTC

My friend got me a shirt
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2025-06-21 23:32:26 UTC

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2025-06-21 23:26:54 UTC

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I live here now. In this hammock.

2025-06-21 23:26:37 UTC

The new park at ocean beach has HAMMOCKS

2025-06-08 02:57:49 UTC

Anyone who works for ICE should never get to eat a taco again.

2025-06-01 22:13:11 UTC

Why does salesforce transit center smell like hot dogs? No hot dogs in sight.

2025-04-22 22:05:38 UTC

The sweater is coming along. I can’t get my phone camera to do justice to the colors; they’re much deeper and richer than it looks.
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2025-04-19 03:12:44 UTC

Today on the original 21 Jump Street there’s a disturbing episode about teenagers being committed to psych hospitals that are… not good places.
Johnny Depp goes undercover to one and sees the abuses and then gets transferred to “State Hospital” when they won’t believe that he’s a cop. State Hospital is a nightmare of a place that’s dark and grimy and understaffed. His coworkers finally find him in a cot, rigged up, having never been admitted but just warehoused.
This was 1988, so I’m assuming it was a commentary on the changes made under Reagan.
I also blame Reagan.

2025-04-05 20:33:29 UTC

My favorite sign of the protest was made by a tiny kid who was carrying it.
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2025-04-04 02:15:13 UTC

I've had accounts with vanguard for ~20 years and I've never seen an email like this.
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2025-04-04 00:00:14 UTC

Every time I prepare food. Every. Time.
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2025-04-03 03:31:26 UTC

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The student SCREAMED AT THE TOP OF HIS LUNGS.
I was really confused and startled because he’s seen them before and he’s never been scared before.
I asked him what on earth was happening and he said, “I’m trying to help their self-esteem. You said they are trying to scare us so I’m trying to show them how scary they are and make them feel good about themselves.”
😂 😂 😂

2025-04-03 03:29:45 UTC

OH BOY I have a good student story for you all.
I have a 9-year-old student who is autistic and comes up with ways to surprise me all the time.
I also have a cage with three baby opossums in it because I am volunteering for a wildlife rescue. And I see students in my home.
Today he came over and looked at them and asked why their mouths were open. I told him they are trying to scare us away by showing us their teeth, but that it’s hard to think they’re scary when they’re so cute.
1/2

2025-04-02 00:14:50 UTC

Thank Senator Booker and his staff:
https://www.booker.senate.gov/contact/write-to-cory
Or one of these ways:
306 Hart Senate
Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Phone: (202) 224-3224
Fax: (202) 224-8378

2025-03-26 23:14:44 UTC

So my high school dog walker came to take Zora to the corner and back because (because that's all she can do for right now until after knee surgery)
But she COULDN'T because as soon as she got onto the sidewalk some boys from her school started bothering her.
“Why don’t you want to talk to us, come on, we just want to talk, what are you deaf, what's wrong with you"
So we spent most of tutoring time (she is also a student) talking about how to ignore men/boys and what to do if you feel threatened and how if she sees them here ever she can just come in and wait for them to go and
I AM SO MAD
SHE IS FIFTEEN
girls and women should just be able to exist in public spaces.

2025-03-16 01:20:49 UTC

Look I am fine with sharing a bench but this ravel was huge and wanted my sandwich so I had to let him have it.
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2025-03-11 21:08:33 UTC

OH HI MY NEIGHBOR IS BACK TO NOT PICKING UP AFTER HER DOG
After she’s been threatened with eviction
After the landlord told her to get it together or he’d tell the city she has four dogs (the limit is three)
After animal control showed up and warned her
After she cried and told us that she’ll be homeless if she gets evicted

2025-03-10 02:18:37 UTC

"Are you always going to wear a mask?"
-I have not gotten a cold in 5 years
-My 88-year-old grandmother will be on maintenance chemo for the rest of her life
-I don't have PTO
-Long COVID is terrifying
I don't wear a mask all the time in public by any means, but I wear it in crowds (today in the theater for sure), on public transit, and anywhere with terrible ventilation. I love my exercise classes and they're very small but there's *no* ventilation and I'm just the weirdo who wears a mask
I work with kids and used to get a cold every month or two. THIS IS BETTER.

2025-03-04 04:34:35 UTC

Today I learned that Mastodon people all have strong opinions about Open Office vs Libre office vs Word.

2025-03-04 04:12:37 UTC

Today I worked with a third grader on multiplication. I told him that zero was an easy one to remember because it made all other numbers turn to zero. 4 x 0? Zero. A million times zero? Zero. I said, "Zero is a bully that way."
He said, "But in addition, zero never gets anywhere. It doesn't change a number at all. I think that's how it became evil; the wretched origin of zero." (yes, he really said that)
I said, "That sounds like a great story to write.
His eyes LIT UP and he said, "Please can I write that story?" When I agreed, he said "THIS is why I LOVE going to Bronwyn!"
The story is barely started but includes the lines:
“Zilch had a wretched soul because nobody wants to be zilch”
(That was because it doesn’t change the number in addition)
"But one day he discovered ’times’ and what it can do” (change all the other numbers to zero)
And then zilch laughs an evil laugh.

2025-02-26 21:38:17 UTC

As I am passing out the red cards for people to know their rights against ICE, a trans friend asked if I knew of anyone making similar cards for trans and gender non conforming people to know their rights.
I don’t; does anyone else?

2025-02-08 05:19:32 UTC

I’ll tell you guys one thing: I’m going to try not to ever complain about the wait at an emergency vet again because what’s worse is when your dog is so sick that that don’t make you wait but let you cut in front of everyone.

2025-02-06 19:10:46 UTC

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Me too. I'm pretty worried about the knee now that we can't do surgery while she's on steroids. But the cancer would have been much worse.

2025-02-06 18:37:22 UTC

Zora:
Confirmed to be inflammatory polyarthritis, most likely autoimmune.
She's had two doses of steroids and seems MUCH better. Small chance the steroids could cause a stomach ulcer so hoping not.
No cancer.
We have a specialist appointment a week from tomorrow, on valentine's day.
Things I don't know:
-if she'll have to be on steroids forever
-what to do about the knee injury if she has to stay on steroids (they can't do surgery while she's on steroids)
-if this affects her lifespan
But it's not lymphoma, which the vet said is not curable in dogs. So it's the better option, even though not great.
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2025-02-05 20:43:20 UTC

Zora update: the two main possibilities right know are lymphoma or an autoimmune arthritis thing.
If it’s lymphoma they can often get about a year of good quality of life with chemo but that’s all.
If it’s autoimmune it’s hit or miss, it could be cured or treatable for her whole life or not treatable.
She’ll be here overnight again with fluids for the fever.
I’m so sad and scared.

2025-01-16 02:22:14 UTC

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oh I like that idea a lot. I’ll look into buying some to donate

2025-01-16 02:04:30 UTC

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those are the two I’ll eat if they’re in front of me but I’m not excited enough about them to buy them.

2025-01-16 01:51:44 UTC

The thing about Girl Scout cookies is…
They’re not good. They’re just not.

2024-12-27 04:29:47 UTC

I don't know if I've told you all about my trans student from a couple years ago. He came out to me as practice before his parents. He was a little nervous - his parents love him but his dad's really high up at Visa or Wells Fargo or something and is a really nice guy but very much a cishet white man of a certain age.
Well, the dad just found me on facebook (I love this family so that's great) and look what his cover photo is.
I wish all trans kids had this kind of family.
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2024-12-25 03:23:25 UTC

The food guy at the venue: I’m sorry your fries are taking so long. Someone ordered…. Like a comically large amount of food. I’ve never seen such a large order.

2024-12-23 21:28:11 UTC

I'll start with "We're fine," but the dog and I just had a terrifying experience.
My entire life I've heard about "sneaker waves," waves that are unpredictable and out of nowhere and I think I just experienced one???
Zora and I were walking on the beach in Pacifica. And I have a VERY HEALTHY fear of the ocean; my grandmother lived on Stinson Beach -- front yard was the beach -- and that was drilled into me.
I never turn my back on the ocean. I constantly watch for how far up the water comes. I have been to this beach dozens of times and know what it looks like at low tide and high tide.
Zora and I were walking, out of reach of where the water was coming up to, and a wave came out of nowhere and knocked me completely over. I think it was only a couple seconds but it felt like longer. When I could stand up, I saw Zora had been knocked over too but managed to find her feet and run away from the water.
1/2

2024-12-19 01:07:30 UTC

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😂

2024-12-19 00:48:36 UTC

I just sent a text to a student’s parent asking if they wanted a lesson on December 36; how’s your day going?

2024-12-15 07:54:26 UTC

I grew up working class (my dad was a diesel mechanic) and do you know what, my parents were still able to buy a house. And then sell it and buy another house. And then pay off that house.
Here I am, going to be a renter for the rest of my life.

2024-12-15 00:00:35 UTC

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oh I could see that being a problem for sure.

2024-12-14 22:46:27 UTC

Soccer/Ted Lasso question:
Do British football players really make this much money? They never say but for example, Colin, who is not at all one of the superstars, has a giant house and a Lamborghini!

2024-12-07 21:20:43 UTC

After thinking for a while, my biggest takeaway from the tsunami warning, unfortunately, is that people like to feel superior to others.
I saw so many people on facebook, both people I know and don't know, making fun of people who panicked, and obviously feeling superior and it is extremely disappointing.
When an official warning goes out that includes all caps and the phrase "You are in danger" it is extremely unfair to blame anyone for panicking or overreacting.
It's not a lack of critical thinking or a failure of basic science (I have a science degree and it did not include the behavior of tsumanis if they get to the Bay); it was a panic-inducing official communication accompanied by an alarm sound. In addition, it said to go inland and we're in a unique situation where it seems that we're unlikely to be overly affected but we are also on an island, so following instructions to go inland sure sounds like it applies to us.

2024-12-02 19:22:15 UTC

I *never* want to see AI art or read an AI novel. Never.
There are good uses for AI: cancer detection, data analysis, a bunch of stuff I can’t think of at the moment.
So why are we using it to replace the things in life that bring meaning to being human?

2024-11-19 18:53:36 UTC

More clothing recs:
Raincoat? I went to put on my only raincoat and it doesn't fit and looks like it never fit and maybe that's why I've never worn it?
Anyway, I'm in the market!

2024-11-14 21:16:56 UTC

With the Onion being in the news today, I have a funny story from 2010.
My sister is a photographer and, at least when she was beginning her career, often submitted lots of photos to stock sites, as photographers do.
Well, she took Christmas photos of our family one year in the early 2000s.
IMAGINE OUR SURPRISE when we found out she had submitted the family photos to a stock site also by...
seeing our mom's photo on an Onion article.
Yes, folks, click through and you'll see my mother. My real mother.
https://theonion.com/report-mom-just-locked-her-door-1819571701/

2024-11-08 19:58:44 UTC

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Funny story though, that I though of as I found the saltines that are all I can eat right now.
I always tell my students (who I see at my house) that they can bring snacks if they need, but sometimes they're hungry and I forget So I make sure I know allergies and if the parents are ok with me giving their child food.
One mom of a young student asked me, "What are the crackers you gave her? She loved them so much and I've been buying different crackers but none of them are good enough. she only wants yours."
The crackers in question? Off-brand slightly stale Saltines that I got at Grocery Outlet.

2024-11-08 19:57:02 UTC

I am apparently in the "gastrointestinal distress" stage of grief.

2024-11-06 17:18:28 UTC

I am not ok. I don’t know how we keep going. I don’t know how to want to keep existing.
I know that sounds dire enough to worry people and I’m not going to do anything drastic but that’s how bad I feel.
And I know I’m not the only one and it kills me that other people also feel this bad but I can’t even handle myself.
And the dog just wants to go to the dog park but now she’s worried because I can’t get out of bed and I feel terrible for making her this worried.

2024-10-31 03:04:03 UTC

If they repeal the ACA, I’m uninsurable. Please oh please vote.

2024-10-30 02:19:39 UTC

Today a student was writing about “combatants” in a war and autocorrect changed it to “combat ants” and that is just a whole other story

2024-10-26 01:41:35 UTC

I was thinking that mail-in voting is awesome and we should all do it and then someone pointed out that abusive/controlling partners can have more control over their partner’s vote if it’s filled out at home and now I hate everything.

2024-10-24 00:54:49 UTC

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that’s gorgeous

2024-10-24 00:44:28 UTC

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it was the sfba server I guess. I had FOMO all day

2024-10-24 00:32:59 UTC

Hello, is it working again?

2024-10-22 03:46:30 UTC

Ok look I need wisdom on how to get through the next two weeks. I just wish we could fast forward

2024-10-19 00:38:22 UTC

For everyone in swing states who is sick of getting political texts, calls, and other advertising:
Tell you what, let’s abolish the electoral college so that my vote actually means something and I’ll take all the ads from you

2024-10-15 23:23:04 UTC

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herd immunity is a beautiful thing

2024-10-15 23:18:23 UTC

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oh I got them, but I didn’t get any time off and am not retired. Work through the pain

2024-10-15 23:17:23 UTC

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I’m jealous!

2024-10-11 00:20:06 UTC

Remember the Alameda First flyer for city council?
I pointed out that maybe using something riffing off of America First, an extremely problematic slogan, wasn’t a great idea.
His campaign manager dismissed my thought with a “good to see you’re interested; what are your interests for this election?”
A male friend brought it up and they’re changing it.
Hmmm. Wonder why the r campaign manager listed to a dude and not me?

2024-10-10 22:19:34 UTC

Just spent way too much of my Spanish class trying to explain the electoral college system.
My Spanish teacher finally told me to tell her in English because it wasn't making sense in Spanish. GUESS WHAT, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IN ENGLISH EITHER.

2024-10-07 02:56:11 UTC

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a beloved firefighter in my city who was maybe about 40 died by suicide at the beginning of the year. A really truly amazing human who was suffering from PTSD from the job.
The fire department classified it as death in the line of duty, which I think is actually pretty revolutionary, and i think he was beloved enough that this may make some changes.
Some of these professions need serious changes to avoid these tragic outcomes.

2024-10-04 05:45:27 UTC

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I think most of my knowledge of jellied eels comes from British historical fiction 😂
It seems to be mostly that biscuits and gravy “looks gross.” Which sure, maybe, but it’s basically bechamel with sausage and that’s not unheard of

2024-10-04 01:43:17 UTC

There are British people on social media talking about how gross American biscuits and gravy is (it’s very good when cooked well) and…
They eat jellied eels.
Jellied. Eels.

2024-09-21 17:53:37 UTC

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ohhhhh I think you’re right

2024-09-21 06:32:40 UTC

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internalized misogyny and self-hatred? I don’t get it

2024-09-21 06:20:46 UTC

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ok he definitely shouldn’t have had therapy with Freud! 😂

2024-09-21 06:16:59 UTC

Imagine if JD Vance had just gone to fucking therapy instead of [gestures around] all THIS

2024-09-21 04:30:05 UTC

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they’re debating

2024-09-21 03:53:04 UTC

The niece and nephew are making bookmarks for me to sell at a holiday fair (where I sell my books) this year! They get to keep the money from these and are working hard on them.
We’re trying to decide on pricing. What do you think is fair for bookmarks hand-decorated by children?
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2024-09-18 01:36:15 UTC

Sometimes, I swear, my biggest achievement as an educator is that I can manage to keep the “I can’t believe you don’t know this, how many effing times have I explained it and you still don’t get it” face and voice on the INSIDE and still appear extremely patient and kind on the outside.
I think people think I’m much more patient and kind than I am!

2024-09-13 00:07:59 UTC

A fourth grader walked into my house today, saw a harris for president thing and said, “oh are you voting for Kamala harris? I am also voting for Kamala harris.”
She’s 9 😂

2024-09-11 15:42:51 UTC

Something very funny happened on Threads today.
A couple months ago, I posted something about how much money I used to spend on my classroom every year between food for hungry kids, supplies, etc. Someone responded just to argue with me, saying her sister teaches 2nd grade in a very poor area in South Tucson and only spends whatever amount (broken down by category), and that I don't need to go above and beyond like that.
So, whatever, people like to argue.
So now, TWO MONTHS LATER, I get a reply:
"Not in south Tucson. Never taught second grade. I've taught kindergarten and first grade. Can't remember the last time I gave you a breakdown of my school-related spending but your breakdown is wrong."
IT'S THE SISTER.
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2024-09-11 15:09:29 UTC

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2024-09-11 04:10:23 UTC

My brother just texted: “what the fuck is post-birth abortion”?

2024-09-11 01:01:13 UTC

The next person to tell me, "buckle up" about anything that isn't reminding me to put on my actual seatbelt is getting a metaphorical punch to the throat. I hate that phrase; it's almost always condescending.

2024-09-10 23:08:00 UTC

Letters From the Inside: A Journey of Hope Beyond the Classroom and Cell, is available on Kindle or paperback! https://bronwynharris.com

2024-09-09 17:42:19 UTC

I just made plans to meet someone for coffee in a couple weeks. We had narrowed it down to that Friday morning.
Friends: I forgot morning people existed. "Morning" to me means 9 at the *absolute* earliest.
This person suggested 7:30 am.
and the reason they suggested that is because it's AFTER something they are already doing. Something before 7:30 am.

2024-09-05 03:44:43 UTC

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The first time a third-grader confidently told another student that they didn't have to worry because "Ms. Harris wouldn't ever let a bad guy come in and get you," I understood that I would actually die for my students and that it was actually a real possibility.
Do you know what it's like to be underpaid, often disrespected by other adults (just look around threads for examples), exhausted, and know that you might have to die for the kids you're responsible for??

2024-09-05 03:41:35 UTC

I went to the fifth-grade graduation once at the school where I taught and a child, a fifth grader about 10 years old, said in her graduation speech:
"Another way our teachers show that they care about us is they don't let us go to the bathrooms or in the hall when there's shooting."
https://tigerthegecko.blogspot.com/2010/09/5th-grade-graduations.html