Suspiciously Nice Prof
@niceprof.bsky.social
The very opposite of too cool for school.
An emotional human--So, a regular one.
Have a writing prompt, on the house.
#Writing Prof
An emotional human--So, a regular one.
Have a writing prompt, on the house.
#Writing Prof
It is hard being a kid because they will tell you that you can't put chocolate milk in your cereal.
But then you grow up, and you can put chocolate milk on whatever you want.
But then you grow up, and you can put chocolate milk on whatever you want.
January 19, 2026 at 2:20 PM
It is hard being a kid because they will tell you that you can't put chocolate milk in your cereal.
But then you grow up, and you can put chocolate milk on whatever you want.
But then you grow up, and you can put chocolate milk on whatever you want.
Society has changed so much in the last two decades that, if you suggest not allowing student phones in classrooms, people will act like you're a sadistic madman.
That...didn't use to happen.
That...didn't use to happen.
January 17, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Society has changed so much in the last two decades that, if you suggest not allowing student phones in classrooms, people will act like you're a sadistic madman.
That...didn't use to happen.
That...didn't use to happen.
Ask your class to make as may words as they can out of another word in 5 minutes (kinda like boggle).
Play the game occasionally through the term and keep reminding them that the more they play with words the better their vocab recall will be. And it's fun.
Play the game occasionally through the term and keep reminding them that the more they play with words the better their vocab recall will be. And it's fun.
January 16, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Ask your class to make as may words as they can out of another word in 5 minutes (kinda like boggle).
Play the game occasionally through the term and keep reminding them that the more they play with words the better their vocab recall will be. And it's fun.
Play the game occasionally through the term and keep reminding them that the more they play with words the better their vocab recall will be. And it's fun.
Making something is always a win.
January 16, 2026 at 2:40 PM
Making something is always a win.
Controversial take: Grading "a little every day" actually takes significantly longer than grading the full pile in one go.
There might be mental health benefits to small bites (especially if the assignments are rough), but practical scheduling has me avoiding multiple stop/starts. I need flow.
There might be mental health benefits to small bites (especially if the assignments are rough), but practical scheduling has me avoiding multiple stop/starts. I need flow.
January 15, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Controversial take: Grading "a little every day" actually takes significantly longer than grading the full pile in one go.
There might be mental health benefits to small bites (especially if the assignments are rough), but practical scheduling has me avoiding multiple stop/starts. I need flow.
There might be mental health benefits to small bites (especially if the assignments are rough), but practical scheduling has me avoiding multiple stop/starts. I need flow.
There should be a signed form for students who retake our classes where they have to promise to act surprised when they see my lessons again.
"I promise not to be bored. This class is interesting and not at all like a rerun." (Student Signature)
"I promise not to be bored. This class is interesting and not at all like a rerun." (Student Signature)
January 13, 2026 at 1:30 PM
There should be a signed form for students who retake our classes where they have to promise to act surprised when they see my lessons again.
"I promise not to be bored. This class is interesting and not at all like a rerun." (Student Signature)
"I promise not to be bored. This class is interesting and not at all like a rerun." (Student Signature)
Community college is the best. I get aalllllll the students. It's a box of experience chocolates every semester.
These people might never have had a chance to talk to each other if not for our class.
These people might never have had a chance to talk to each other if not for our class.
January 12, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Community college is the best. I get aalllllll the students. It's a box of experience chocolates every semester.
These people might never have had a chance to talk to each other if not for our class.
These people might never have had a chance to talk to each other if not for our class.
Husband and I have a sizable age gap which he jokes makes us look like a sugar daddy situation, and he loves leaning into it.
He just made a show of having me pay for my purchase at checkout with "his" card.
We have the same account.
He just made a show of having me pay for my purchase at checkout with "his" card.
We have the same account.
January 10, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Husband and I have a sizable age gap which he jokes makes us look like a sugar daddy situation, and he loves leaning into it.
He just made a show of having me pay for my purchase at checkout with "his" card.
We have the same account.
He just made a show of having me pay for my purchase at checkout with "his" card.
We have the same account.
I think it's time for the good-hearted people who imagine they're not good/smart enough to go into politics to do so.
We have too much of the opposite.
We have too much of the opposite.
January 8, 2026 at 12:42 AM
I think it's time for the good-hearted people who imagine they're not good/smart enough to go into politics to do so.
We have too much of the opposite.
We have too much of the opposite.
Being 39 is becoming more picky about candy than vegetables.
Just a complete tastebud turnaround from what I started with as a kid.
Just a complete tastebud turnaround from what I started with as a kid.
January 7, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Being 39 is becoming more picky about candy than vegetables.
Just a complete tastebud turnaround from what I started with as a kid.
Just a complete tastebud turnaround from what I started with as a kid.
Teachers: I need a book that's newish and so *out there* that the chatbots won't be able to do the work for my students.
Me: (holds up Piranesi so fast my arm hurts)
Me: (holds up Piranesi so fast my arm hurts)
January 5, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Teachers: I need a book that's newish and so *out there* that the chatbots won't be able to do the work for my students.
Me: (holds up Piranesi so fast my arm hurts)
Me: (holds up Piranesi so fast my arm hurts)
Accidentally forgot to change everything about my life over break, and school starts back tomorrow.
Every. Time.
Every. Time.
January 4, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Accidentally forgot to change everything about my life over break, and school starts back tomorrow.
Every. Time.
Every. Time.
Just did all the little family admin jobs I've been dreading.
Took me an hour.
Brains are illogical manufacturers of dread. My dread-maker is about as accurate as chatgpt.
Took me an hour.
Brains are illogical manufacturers of dread. My dread-maker is about as accurate as chatgpt.
January 2, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Just did all the little family admin jobs I've been dreading.
Took me an hour.
Brains are illogical manufacturers of dread. My dread-maker is about as accurate as chatgpt.
Took me an hour.
Brains are illogical manufacturers of dread. My dread-maker is about as accurate as chatgpt.
Looking at certifications and their job prospects and thinking "I don't know if that salary is worth the hassle tho."
Then realizing I am a teacher making half of said salary...
Need to rethink some things.
Then realizing I am a teacher making half of said salary...
Need to rethink some things.
January 1, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Looking at certifications and their job prospects and thinking "I don't know if that salary is worth the hassle tho."
Then realizing I am a teacher making half of said salary...
Need to rethink some things.
Then realizing I am a teacher making half of said salary...
Need to rethink some things.
If you hate a job you have to do, turn on the stop watch feature to see how long the job actually takes.
Schools me every time.
Schools me every time.
December 30, 2025 at 7:45 PM
If you hate a job you have to do, turn on the stop watch feature to see how long the job actually takes.
Schools me every time.
Schools me every time.
Dear Teachers,
How many days does it take, after the semester ends, for you to sink back in to your hobbies?
I still approach my laptop and veer sharply away, like we're similarly poled magnets. Can't. Reach. It.
How many days does it take, after the semester ends, for you to sink back in to your hobbies?
I still approach my laptop and veer sharply away, like we're similarly poled magnets. Can't. Reach. It.
December 30, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Dear Teachers,
How many days does it take, after the semester ends, for you to sink back in to your hobbies?
I still approach my laptop and veer sharply away, like we're similarly poled magnets. Can't. Reach. It.
How many days does it take, after the semester ends, for you to sink back in to your hobbies?
I still approach my laptop and veer sharply away, like we're similarly poled magnets. Can't. Reach. It.
"You will be left behind if you don't use gen A.I."
Like, I am literally concerned gen A.I. is causing the dumbing down of our society. Why would I want to join in?
Gen A.I. is not good for our brains.
Like, I am literally concerned gen A.I. is causing the dumbing down of our society. Why would I want to join in?
Gen A.I. is not good for our brains.
December 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
"You will be left behind if you don't use gen A.I."
Like, I am literally concerned gen A.I. is causing the dumbing down of our society. Why would I want to join in?
Gen A.I. is not good for our brains.
Like, I am literally concerned gen A.I. is causing the dumbing down of our society. Why would I want to join in?
Gen A.I. is not good for our brains.
My brain automatically views my surroundings like an alien trying desperately to blend in here on earth.
"Oh jeez, I'm lazing around on Christmas. This can't be right."
(Checks Twitter and Facebook.)
"No, no, the other humans apparently do this too."
"Oh jeez, I'm lazing around on Christmas. This can't be right."
(Checks Twitter and Facebook.)
"No, no, the other humans apparently do this too."
December 25, 2025 at 6:55 PM
My brain automatically views my surroundings like an alien trying desperately to blend in here on earth.
"Oh jeez, I'm lazing around on Christmas. This can't be right."
(Checks Twitter and Facebook.)
"No, no, the other humans apparently do this too."
"Oh jeez, I'm lazing around on Christmas. This can't be right."
(Checks Twitter and Facebook.)
"No, no, the other humans apparently do this too."
You will have your wages garnished if you default on student loans?
Unless you went to Trump University, which was such a scam that student loans from there were all forgiven by the federal government.
The budget is in bad hands.
Unless you went to Trump University, which was such a scam that student loans from there were all forgiven by the federal government.
The budget is in bad hands.
December 24, 2025 at 2:44 AM
You will have your wages garnished if you default on student loans?
Unless you went to Trump University, which was such a scam that student loans from there were all forgiven by the federal government.
The budget is in bad hands.
Unless you went to Trump University, which was such a scam that student loans from there were all forgiven by the federal government.
The budget is in bad hands.
I have never had a filling before, and kiddo just had his first. They said over and over that it was just a small one but it was still like a 20 minute procedure and I will be extra brushing my teeth tonight.
December 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I have never had a filling before, and kiddo just had his first. They said over and over that it was just a small one but it was still like a 20 minute procedure and I will be extra brushing my teeth tonight.
"Dashes are a sign of A.I."
Never-gonna-give-you-up
Never-gonna-let-you-down
Never-gonna-run-around-and-desert-you
Never-gonna-make-you-cry
Never-gonna-say-goodbye
Never-gonna-give-you-up
Never-gonna-let-you-down
Never-gonna-run-around-and-desert-you
Never-gonna-make-you-cry
Never-gonna-say-goodbye
December 22, 2025 at 12:17 AM
"Dashes are a sign of A.I."
Never-gonna-give-you-up
Never-gonna-let-you-down
Never-gonna-run-around-and-desert-you
Never-gonna-make-you-cry
Never-gonna-say-goodbye
Never-gonna-give-you-up
Never-gonna-let-you-down
Never-gonna-run-around-and-desert-you
Never-gonna-make-you-cry
Never-gonna-say-goodbye
Neat, tightly wrapped presents are the least fun to open. I'm apologizing the whole time and wondering if I should save the ribbons.
Give me a bubbly wrapped blob of good, rippy paper, and I will cheerily shred.
Give me a bubbly wrapped blob of good, rippy paper, and I will cheerily shred.
December 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Neat, tightly wrapped presents are the least fun to open. I'm apologizing the whole time and wondering if I should save the ribbons.
Give me a bubbly wrapped blob of good, rippy paper, and I will cheerily shred.
Give me a bubbly wrapped blob of good, rippy paper, and I will cheerily shred.
No, sorry, I can't meet between 4 and 6 p.m. Those are my stupid hours.
December 18, 2025 at 11:13 PM
No, sorry, I can't meet between 4 and 6 p.m. Those are my stupid hours.
Reading to myself about the state of things, and my teen turns to me all full of concern.
"That was your grading sigh."
You know the news is bad when it has me sighing a grading sigh.
"That was your grading sigh."
You know the news is bad when it has me sighing a grading sigh.
December 17, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Reading to myself about the state of things, and my teen turns to me all full of concern.
"That was your grading sigh."
You know the news is bad when it has me sighing a grading sigh.
"That was your grading sigh."
You know the news is bad when it has me sighing a grading sigh.
At that stage of raising teens where I think my son needs dance lessons, and my daughter needs a no-nonsense self defense class.
Trying to hold back the world's mess with extracurriculars.
Trying to hold back the world's mess with extracurriculars.
December 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
At that stage of raising teens where I think my son needs dance lessons, and my daughter needs a no-nonsense self defense class.
Trying to hold back the world's mess with extracurriculars.
Trying to hold back the world's mess with extracurriculars.