Mandy Johnson, NBCT
@beesjohnson.bsky.social
public school teacher / hs english / reader
ma - english literature / almost MSEd - ed ldrshp
#NBCT ‘23 / almost #ISTE certified
#aiEDU Trailblazer Fellow
i teach online 💻🎧👩💻📱
i love lower case letters
ma - english literature / almost MSEd - ed ldrshp
#NBCT ‘23 / almost #ISTE certified
#aiEDU Trailblazer Fellow
i teach online 💻🎧👩💻📱
i love lower case letters
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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Cory Booker as he breaks Strom Thurmond's speaking record: "I'm not here because of his speech. I'm here despite his speech. I'm here because as powerful as he was, the people are more powerful."
April 1, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Cory Booker as he breaks Strom Thurmond's speaking record: "I'm not here because of his speech. I'm here despite his speech. I'm here because as powerful as he was, the people are more powerful."
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USAID’s website has been deleted, all that is left is a note saying all personnel are now on administrative leave and personnel outside the US are to be brought home. Completely illegal, no act of congress or even executive order was signed to dismantle the agency
February 5, 2025 at 2:29 AM
USAID’s website has been deleted, all that is left is a note saying all personnel are now on administrative leave and personnel outside the US are to be brought home. Completely illegal, no act of congress or even executive order was signed to dismantle the agency
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Head into next week with the confidence of a crow. 🪶
December 16, 2024 at 4:38 AM
Head into next week with the confidence of a crow. 🪶
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I have "Fozzymandias" stuck in my head and have absolutely no idea whatsoever to do with it. "Look upon my works, ye mighty, and wokka wokka"? That's nothing. Infuriating.
December 12, 2024 at 12:04 PM
I have "Fozzymandias" stuck in my head and have absolutely no idea whatsoever to do with it. "Look upon my works, ye mighty, and wokka wokka"? That's nothing. Infuriating.
Ursula K. Le Guin writing "Expand this, describe undertomb more, + labyrinth" to herself in the first draft of The Tombs of Atuan is extremely relatable and really quite magical to see, in a way (I'm in the archive today and it's just as full of wonders as you might think)
December 12, 2024 at 9:47 PM
I was engaged in work things basically from 8 AM to 830 PM and my brain is exhausted. When is break.
December 12, 2024 at 6:45 AM
I was engaged in work things basically from 8 AM to 830 PM and my brain is exhausted. When is break.
feeling attacked! and seeeeeen.
December 2, 2024 at 2:44 AM
feeling attacked! and seeeeeen.
i have a lot to do, but i feel like it's financially responsible to finish reading this book first. my brother & i have a $200 bet on who can read more books each year. i've never won but this year I'M CLOSE. i'm never this close by this time of year and he's got a flight to NYC and back this week.
December 2, 2024 at 12:08 AM
i have a lot to do, but i feel like it's financially responsible to finish reading this book first. my brother & i have a $200 bet on who can read more books each year. i've never won but this year I'M CLOSE. i'm never this close by this time of year and he's got a flight to NYC and back this week.
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My friend Carlyle did a whole ass animated short to Dracula's Lament as his final animation project in school
youtu.be/RP_LhiOp_Po?...
youtu.be/RP_LhiOp_Po?...
Dracula's Lament
YouTube video by Carlyle W
youtu.be
December 1, 2024 at 6:25 PM
My friend Carlyle did a whole ass animated short to Dracula's Lament as his final animation project in school
youtu.be/RP_LhiOp_Po?...
youtu.be/RP_LhiOp_Po?...
I never got over this not being a real thing. If Eli Roth can give us Thanksgiving, then Jason Segal should be able to make this a reality. We need it.
I don’t want to force anybody into anything, but it’s a great time for Jason Segel to release a full length puppet-led vampire musical.
December 1, 2024 at 11:55 PM
I never got over this not being a real thing. If Eli Roth can give us Thanksgiving, then Jason Segal should be able to make this a reality. We need it.
So much to do today! I assembled my new desk chair which is so excellent. I have listened to my Spanish podcasts. I am am reading Legends and Lattes, which is so cute and fun. I have sort of graded a project, and now I'm going to check on my dad's dog. I have not made plans for the new week. 🤷♀️
December 1, 2024 at 11:38 PM
So much to do today! I assembled my new desk chair which is so excellent. I have listened to my Spanish podcasts. I am am reading Legends and Lattes, which is so cute and fun. I have sort of graded a project, and now I'm going to check on my dad's dog. I have not made plans for the new week. 🤷♀️
Super proud of the time I took for myself and family this week. Trying to stay chill about the grading and planning I need to get done this weekend with just three weeks left in the semester.
a cartoon drawing of alice from alice in wonderland
ALT: a cartoon drawing of alice from alice in wonderland
media.tenor.com
November 30, 2024 at 2:31 AM
Super proud of the time I took for myself and family this week. Trying to stay chill about the grading and planning I need to get done this weekend with just three weeks left in the semester.
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Poetry is an orphan of silence.
—Charles Simic
—Charles Simic
November 29, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Poetry is an orphan of silence.
—Charles Simic
—Charles Simic
In other news, we are one hour and ten minutes from being on break and this is me 🫠. Trying to finish some work and thinking about how I’m going to blow up my plans for next semester in the name of more choice and agency for my students.
November 22, 2024 at 10:13 PM
In other news, we are one hour and ten minutes from being on break and this is me 🫠. Trying to finish some work and thinking about how I’m going to blow up my plans for next semester in the name of more choice and agency for my students.
Excellent. I teach where I went to high school. Our community colleges now offer two years free & lots more resources. I would have qualified for this in hs. Even with my unpaid stu loans, I don’t begrudge the students who will benefit from this. A college education change my entire family’s life.
Nearly half a dozen institutions of higher education announced plans this week to make tuition free for undergraduates whose families make below a certain income threshold, starting in fall 2025.
University of Texas, MIT and others announce free tuition for some undergraduates
Nearly half a dozen institutions of higher education announced plans this week to make tuition free for undergraduates whose families make below a certain income threshold, starting in fall 2025.
www.npr.org
November 22, 2024 at 10:08 PM
Excellent. I teach where I went to high school. Our community colleges now offer two years free & lots more resources. I would have qualified for this in hs. Even with my unpaid stu loans, I don’t begrudge the students who will benefit from this. A college education change my entire family’s life.
Every year, I'm bummed to not be at NCTE. Last year, my district invited me to go & I felt like I should stay for my mom's birthday. Turned out she passed in October & I would have been too much a mess to go. But the year before, it was 5 MINUTES AWAY & I didn't go then either? Maybe someday soon.
November 21, 2024 at 5:09 AM
Every year, I'm bummed to not be at NCTE. Last year, my district invited me to go & I felt like I should stay for my mom's birthday. Turned out she passed in October & I would have been too much a mess to go. But the year before, it was 5 MINUTES AWAY & I didn't go then either? Maybe someday soon.
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“The lovers, the dreamers, and me” and “the broken, the beaten, and the damned” are the same people.
November 18, 2024 at 11:54 PM
“The lovers, the dreamers, and me” and “the broken, the beaten, and the damned” are the same people.
I found Simon Groth because of his epic copyright statement and I slammed the BUY button so hard when I learned about this book which seems like magic.
I am so excited it shipped today. Only 7,193 miles before I have it in my grabby hands.
I am so excited it shipped today. Only 7,193 miles before I have it in my grabby hands.
November 19, 2024 at 4:23 AM
I found Simon Groth because of his epic copyright statement and I slammed the BUY button so hard when I learned about this book which seems like magic.
I am so excited it shipped today. Only 7,193 miles before I have it in my grabby hands.
I am so excited it shipped today. Only 7,193 miles before I have it in my grabby hands.
i wouldn't say i'm super proud of my first post, but i was stressing out about it.
i had to rip the bandaid off.
i had to rip the bandaid off.
November 19, 2024 at 3:06 AM
i wouldn't say i'm super proud of my first post, but i was stressing out about it.
i had to rip the bandaid off.
i had to rip the bandaid off.
the high in my socal town today was 65 so the world should prepare for me to be insufferable about the cold.
a close up of a man 's face with a beard and long hair in the snow .
Alt: a close up of a man 's face with a beard and long hair in the snow .
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:04 AM
the high in my socal town today was 65 so the world should prepare for me to be insufferable about the cold.