Teri H
@terieh.bsky.social
Word nerd. Writer. Thinker. Teacher.
Packed up my classroom library today. Until the government funds education adequately, I will stop funding it myself.
June 20, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Packed up my classroom library today. Until the government funds education adequately, I will stop funding it myself.
An engaging and higher-thinking review activity—have big concepts (ours was from our novel study of Fahrenheit 451) on separate slips of paper and have small groups create their own visual organizer exploring how the concepts are related. They got creative with their pens!
May 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
An engaging and higher-thinking review activity—have big concepts (ours was from our novel study of Fahrenheit 451) on separate slips of paper and have small groups create their own visual organizer exploring how the concepts are related. They got creative with their pens!
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I wish students could experience how interesting writing (and reading!) can be, the sooner the better. The degree to which they've internalized these actions as purely instrumental and for the purposes of proving proficiency to a standard or authority is a problem.
March 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I wish students could experience how interesting writing (and reading!) can be, the sooner the better. The degree to which they've internalized these actions as purely instrumental and for the purposes of proving proficiency to a standard or authority is a problem.
During a mentor text discussion today, I told the students to be sure they copy down the sentence exactly, noting the punctuation. Me, the nerd, said, “Because we’re going to be looking closely at that semi-colon.”
Student from the back of the room: “You mean we’re performing a semi-colonoscopy?” 😑
Student from the back of the room: “You mean we’re performing a semi-colonoscopy?” 😑
February 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
During a mentor text discussion today, I told the students to be sure they copy down the sentence exactly, noting the punctuation. Me, the nerd, said, “Because we’re going to be looking closely at that semi-colon.”
Student from the back of the room: “You mean we’re performing a semi-colonoscopy?” 😑
Student from the back of the room: “You mean we’re performing a semi-colonoscopy?” 😑
In class today, a 15-year-old boy critiqued a male character for not being “emotionally mature.”
My heart just about exploded.
My heart just about exploded.
February 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
In class today, a 15-year-old boy critiqued a male character for not being “emotionally mature.”
My heart just about exploded.
My heart just about exploded.
Honestly, the switch to anything but American groceries has been pretty easy. The only non-Canadian items I got today were Chilean grapes and Mexican green onions. 🇨🇦🍁
February 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Honestly, the switch to anything but American groceries has been pretty easy. The only non-Canadian items I got today were Chilean grapes and Mexican green onions. 🇨🇦🍁
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All teachers need more time to do their job well.
Period.
Full stop.
Teachers of literature (and all humanities, really) need time to be good students so they can be good teachers of their content and craft. The world changes so fast and we need time to study it.
Period.
Full stop.
Teachers of literature (and all humanities, really) need time to be good students so they can be good teachers of their content and craft. The world changes so fast and we need time to study it.
February 16, 2025 at 1:24 AM
All teachers need more time to do their job well.
Period.
Full stop.
Teachers of literature (and all humanities, really) need time to be good students so they can be good teachers of their content and craft. The world changes so fast and we need time to study it.
Period.
Full stop.
Teachers of literature (and all humanities, really) need time to be good students so they can be good teachers of their content and craft. The world changes so fast and we need time to study it.
Suddenly, I’m interested in hockey—CAN vs. USA.
February 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Suddenly, I’m interested in hockey—CAN vs. USA.
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Trudeau: "There's not a snowball's chance in hell that Canada will ever be the 51st state"
February 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Trudeau: "There's not a snowball's chance in hell that Canada will ever be the 51st state"
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The part of George Orwell’s 1984 that everyone forgets is how the music and publishing industries have been replaced by a machine that spits out songs and bad novels “without any human intervention.” The goal is to keep you from ever having to think.
February 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The part of George Orwell’s 1984 that everyone forgets is how the music and publishing industries have been replaced by a machine that spits out songs and bad novels “without any human intervention.” The goal is to keep you from ever having to think.
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The way we've framed writing in schools for the last 20+ years made us ripe for the invasion of ChatGPT. We lost touch with what it truly means to write and substituted writing immitations. This was my message in Why They Can't Write. bookshop.org/a/1793/97814...
Why They Can't Write: Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities
Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities
bookshop.org
February 9, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The way we've framed writing in schools for the last 20+ years made us ripe for the invasion of ChatGPT. We lost touch with what it truly means to write and substituted writing immitations. This was my message in Why They Can't Write. bookshop.org/a/1793/97814...
Lululemon cashier: Here you go! Thank you so much!
Me: You, too!
🤦🏼♀️
Me: You, too!
🤦🏼♀️
February 9, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Lululemon cashier: Here you go! Thank you so much!
Me: You, too!
🤦🏼♀️
Me: You, too!
🤦🏼♀️
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i'm tired of being told to stop doomscrolling. i'm just scrolling, it's not my fault there's doom on there
January 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
i'm tired of being told to stop doomscrolling. i'm just scrolling, it's not my fault there's doom on there
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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AOC: I don’t celebrate RAPISTS, so no, I’m not going to the inauguration tomorrow
January 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
AOC: I don’t celebrate RAPISTS, so no, I’m not going to the inauguration tomorrow
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If you're looking for a way forward for reading and writing without capitulating to AI, or feeling like you have to give in an start generating slop, I (not so) humbly suggest my forthcoming book: More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-...
January 16, 2025 at 6:54 PM
If you're looking for a way forward for reading and writing without capitulating to AI, or feeling like you have to give in an start generating slop, I (not so) humbly suggest my forthcoming book: More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-...
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Just fundamentally do not and will never understand assigning writing that will not be read by another human and only be processed via AI feedback. What does that say to students about what writing is for and the meaning of the act?
January 16, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Just fundamentally do not and will never understand assigning writing that will not be read by another human and only be processed via AI feedback. What does that say to students about what writing is for and the meaning of the act?
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Writing is an act of rebellion.
Writing is an act of creation.
Writing is an act of salvation.
Writing is an act of exploration.
Writing is an act of emotion.
Writing is an act of confession.
Writing is an act of speculation.
Writing is an act of reflection.
Keep writing.
Writing is an act of creation.
Writing is an act of salvation.
Writing is an act of exploration.
Writing is an act of emotion.
Writing is an act of confession.
Writing is an act of speculation.
Writing is an act of reflection.
Keep writing.
December 16, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Writing is an act of rebellion.
Writing is an act of creation.
Writing is an act of salvation.
Writing is an act of exploration.
Writing is an act of emotion.
Writing is an act of confession.
Writing is an act of speculation.
Writing is an act of reflection.
Keep writing.
Writing is an act of creation.
Writing is an act of salvation.
Writing is an act of exploration.
Writing is an act of emotion.
Writing is an act of confession.
Writing is an act of speculation.
Writing is an act of reflection.
Keep writing.
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One of my immediate thoughts about HBO not renewing Sesame Street is that we live in a moment where being kind is an inherently political act.
December 16, 2024 at 4:32 PM
One of my immediate thoughts about HBO not renewing Sesame Street is that we live in a moment where being kind is an inherently political act.
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HBO has declined to renew “Sesame Street” for new episodes. The series that’s been teaching generations of little kids since 1969 now has no studio.
Please consider donating to Sesame Workshop to ensure the residents of 123 Sesame Street are still around to teach kids of all needs and backgrounds.
Please consider donating to Sesame Workshop to ensure the residents of 123 Sesame Street are still around to teach kids of all needs and backgrounds.
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December 15, 2024 at 2:12 PM
HBO has declined to renew “Sesame Street” for new episodes. The series that’s been teaching generations of little kids since 1969 now has no studio.
Please consider donating to Sesame Workshop to ensure the residents of 123 Sesame Street are still around to teach kids of all needs and backgrounds.
Please consider donating to Sesame Workshop to ensure the residents of 123 Sesame Street are still around to teach kids of all needs and backgrounds.
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woof. this is real.
Let me walk you through life as a HS English teacher in 2024: I have to revise my midterm project to make it more AI-resistant. I could give a multiple-choice test, but I don't believe that's the best way for students to show mastery in my class, so I've been doing a writing project for years. 1/7
December 12, 2024 at 7:47 PM
woof. this is real.
This reality is also true in Alberta.
A revelation that hit me during my conversation w/ @pernille.bsky.social is the tension & pressure of training American teachers to be superheroes needed to rescue kids from failing economic systems while ignoring those systemic failures. The demand to be superhuman is ultimately dehumanizing.
December 12, 2024 at 6:19 PM
This reality is also true in Alberta.