The Introverted English Teacher
@bethcteach.bsky.social
Reader, writer, & learner who believes in the power of stories & storytelling to create empathy.
25 years as a public school teacher find me enjoying the teenagers and hating the bs.
25 years as a public school teacher find me enjoying the teenagers and hating the bs.
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This is a terrible story--both because of the trap that was set (either in advance or ret-conned to seize a moment) for this graduate student but also because the student's department failed her. The 1st problem is easy to see, but I want to explain the 2nd one. 1/x
btw, every "reasonable" person who's own posting stuff like "well, the prompt was unclear," or "she actually kind of did the assignment OK so maybe the TA overreacted"--you are also part of the problem! You're laundering the deliberate targeting of a TA and a blatant abrogation of academic freedom!
This thread is 💯. Labor precarity in academia means the evisceration of faculty governance and academic freedom, opening the door to administrative purges of the most vulnerable. And faculty-esp tenured faculty and academic leaders-who aren't defending their trans colleagues are enabling it.
December 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
This is a terrible story--both because of the trap that was set (either in advance or ret-conned to seize a moment) for this graduate student but also because the student's department failed her. The 1st problem is easy to see, but I want to explain the 2nd one. 1/x
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LONG RAMBLING EMOTIONAL THREAD:
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
December 2, 2025 at 3:59 AM
LONG RAMBLING EMOTIONAL THREAD:
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
It's World AIDS Day. Since the Administration has decided to keep it quiet, I'd like to share my introduction to AIDS.
I grew up in Seattle. My mom remarried a man who had a brother who was a King County Sheriff's Deputy. His name was Terry and he was gay. 1/x
Soon to be fab thread; can’t wait to read it after work
Uh-oh, Melania's Christmas decorations are up. Let's check them out.
First up, the traditional presidential Lego portrait.
Look, this whole thread will sound like a shitpost but I swear these are real.
First up, the traditional presidential Lego portrait.
Look, this whole thread will sound like a shitpost but I swear these are real.
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Soon to be fab thread; can’t wait to read it after work
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Here's a fun one I haven't seen talked about: If you don't have a meta glasses et al. policy in your syllabus, you might want to think about adding one for the spring. Also whether you're okay with them being worn during exams.
December 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Here's a fun one I haven't seen talked about: If you don't have a meta glasses et al. policy in your syllabus, you might want to think about adding one for the spring. Also whether you're okay with them being worn during exams.
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This is a wonderful, even spectacular, thread.
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
December 1, 2025 at 7:09 AM
This is a wonderful, even spectacular, thread.
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And now for some of my very favourite Smol Paul moments in no particular order, starting with the first ever yeet
November 30, 2025 at 5:19 PM
And now for some of my very favourite Smol Paul moments in no particular order, starting with the first ever yeet
Thread
I have been reading all the "students these days" threads from various sides and I have an essay's worth of thoughts -- there's a lot of complexity and heterogeneity that is hard to communicate on social media. There are a couple of things I will say here though. 1/
November 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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I cannot even begin to express my rage at this lie
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
NEW: The F.D.A. announced in an internal memo that 10 children died "because of" the Covid shot. Other experts want to see proof.
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
“This is a profound revelation,” Dr. Prasad's memo said. “For the first time, the U.S. F.D.A. will acknowledge that Covid-19 vaccines have killed American children.”
F.D.A. Attributes 10 Children’s Deaths to Covid Vaccines
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I cannot even begin to express my rage at this lie
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
reading this through me back into my pandemic EMT life, attempting to resuscitate a child experiencing a cardiac arrest secondary to COVID while a father says “we heard that the vaccine was riskier than COVID for kids” and a mother wails in agony
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With alt text
November 28, 2025 at 9:41 PM
With alt text
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statistically a lot of you won’t know about ocellated turkeys, so, here you go
November 28, 2025 at 1:09 AM
statistically a lot of you won’t know about ocellated turkeys, so, here you go
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Looking to update high school ELA novels for lit circles with more culturally responsive and diverse authors/perspectives. Gr 8/9 bins are looking especially dated! For gr 9/10, Born a Crime by Trevor Noah and The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline are definite keepers. Suggestions?
November 28, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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I deleted Roblox off the iPad because it is a safety nightmare.
November 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I deleted Roblox off the iPad because it is a safety nightmare.
Great thread; time to learn during Thanksgiving break!
I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
November 26, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Great thread; time to learn during Thanksgiving break!
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yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
yes, hello, I would like to place an order for everyone’s funniest stories of holiday food-related family grudges / drama / chaotic incidents / lore
I feel like we need this
I feel like we need this
Currently loving all 8 teens who showed to up esports practice on our first day of break—
Lets them geek out and play video games / make friends w/other teens.
🥰
Lets them geek out and play video games / make friends w/other teens.
🥰
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Currently loving all 8 teens who showed to up esports practice on our first day of break—
Lets them geek out and play video games / make friends w/other teens.
🥰
Lets them geek out and play video games / make friends w/other teens.
🥰
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I hate that negativity gets all the amplification by social media algorithms.
Let’s amplify LOVE instead.
I am beaming love at you. Right now.
Fuck the haters. I defy you. I am beaming extra love right into your face. Relax and be loved.
Let’s amplify LOVE instead.
I am beaming love at you. Right now.
Fuck the haters. I defy you. I am beaming extra love right into your face. Relax and be loved.
November 23, 2025 at 7:40 PM
I hate that negativity gets all the amplification by social media algorithms.
Let’s amplify LOVE instead.
I am beaming love at you. Right now.
Fuck the haters. I defy you. I am beaming extra love right into your face. Relax and be loved.
Let’s amplify LOVE instead.
I am beaming love at you. Right now.
Fuck the haters. I defy you. I am beaming extra love right into your face. Relax and be loved.
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Ok palate cleanse time. In case you missed it, here's my most popular post ever
4 yrs ago today, a family member managed a truly spectacular own goal, splintered his domestic bliss, & in the process, united the world for a day.
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
On popular request, I shall now recreate the livetweet thread from that day
So gather around children, for this is the tale of The Rice Truck Saga
November 23, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Ok palate cleanse time. In case you missed it, here's my most popular post ever
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PSA: if you are cooking a turkey from frozen, put it in the fridge now.
November 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
PSA: if you are cooking a turkey from frozen, put it in the fridge now.
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They line up perfectly.
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 AM
They line up perfectly.
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this is the first time I ever saw Adonis. I had messaged a local rescue to inquire about a different, unavailable cat. the rescue messaged me back saying they had this sweet orange boy who is very hurt and just needed a place to recover, even as a temporary foster home, would we be interested?
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
this is the first time I ever saw Adonis. I had messaged a local rescue to inquire about a different, unavailable cat. the rescue messaged me back saying they had this sweet orange boy who is very hurt and just needed a place to recover, even as a temporary foster home, would we be interested?
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That is the face of a man who doesn't give the slightest fuck that he ate your plums
William Carlos Williams - Charles Sheeler, 1926
November 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
That is the face of a man who doesn't give the slightest fuck that he ate your plums
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It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
Shared by @gizmodo.com: buff.ly/yAAHtHq
November 21, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s widely known (and, I think, pretty uncontroversial) that learning requires effort — specifically, if you don’t have to work at getting the knowledge, it won’t stick.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Even if an LLM could be trusted to give you correct information 100% of the time, it would be an inferior method of learning it.
Mini thread w/interesting story
Well this 2,600-year-old clay letter was a journey.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
November 21, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Mini thread w/interesting story
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Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social