Language Arts, Social Studies and ELL teacher in a 21st-century classroom. BA, BEd, MA. Opinions are very much my own.
Sep 18 • 36 tweets • 5 min read
Okay, I'll make a thread about tonight's #abed telephone town hall for teachers, but only until I get too bored or angry to continue. #abpoli #ableg
The first question is "When will the new schools get announced?" and I got distracted choosing a GIF for my previous tweet so I missed the first part of the answer.
Dani just said "We'll be able to move very quickly" and talked about announcing projects as they're ready to go.
May 10, 2021 • 10 tweets • 4 min read
Do you ever wonder what @jkenney was thinking when he assembled his ragtag caucus? Did he want a bunch of MLAs who aren’t very smart, so they wouldn’t question him, or did he want better but these were the best people willing to align themselves with him? (1/10)
#ableg#abpoli
He ended up with a functionally illiterate Education Minister who produced a plagiarized curriculum full of factual errors, while allowing more than half the province’s schools to get #COVID19AB, forcing all the schools to close. (2)
Mar 30, 2021 • 25 tweets • 8 min read
Here’s a long 🧵 about some of what bugs me about the proposed #abed Social Studies 6 curriculum.
Remember, the kids learning this stuff are about eleven years old. They like fart jokes. They stick French fries in their nose, and they need help if they think a piece got stuck.
First, they have to learn about religions: Christianity, Judaism and Islam each get their own outcome, with eight, eight and three learning outcomes, respectively. To me, that’s not balanced. 🤔
Mar 28, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
So 300+ people have landed on my profile from my last tweet (of which ~250 are probably Issues Managers... 🙄) and I just want to say both HELLO 👋🏼 and that while I may use humor and satire to express my point, I do believe that my expectations are reasonable: (1/4)
I believe that there should be evidence of the public health plan changing in response to changes in the virus and what we know about the virus in our community, and I believe that our elected officials should be communicative, responsive to all stakeholders, and transparent. (2)
Nov 24, 2020 • 11 tweets • 6 min read
A thread of UCP MLA's encouraging you to hold them accountable for their failed pandemic response:
