Sarah Mulhern Gross
@thereadingzone.bsky.social
NBCT, English @ High Tech, past chair @alanorg Walden, AIP MAT Bio @ WCS, NYTimes Learning Network, #nerdcampNJ organizer
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I would pay a substantial amount of money to know how she chose her giant square emoji face to attach to this tweet.
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
I would pay a substantial amount of money to know how she chose her giant square emoji face to attach to this tweet.
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#ThesisoftheWeek for Week 3 of October is inspired by a beautiful poem by Marjorie Saiser entitled "Crane Migration: Platte River." Find this prompt & others on the Poetry as Practice Blog! (Photo credits: Chris Helzer/The Nature Conservancy & USGS) poetryaspractice.blogspot.com/2025/09/intr...
October 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
#ThesisoftheWeek for Week 3 of October is inspired by a beautiful poem by Marjorie Saiser entitled "Crane Migration: Platte River." Find this prompt & others on the Poetry as Practice Blog! (Photo credits: Chris Helzer/The Nature Conservancy & USGS) poetryaspractice.blogspot.com/2025/09/intr...
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September 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Check out our upcoming #CEL virtual session open to all NCTE members & literacy leaders. @tanisleads.bsky.social @oonziela.bsky.social @hcodymiller.bsky.social @bnjmnkwdcck.bsky.social @sjeducate.bsky.social @thereadingzone.bsky.social @teachkate.bsky.social @angelastockman.bsky.social
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feels like the holidays start earlier every year
September 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
feels like the holidays start earlier every year
The memes are the ideology. I really wish more people understood that over the past decade.
Every time I reported a student using a meme like Pepe as a school avatar I was told to calm down because “it’s just a joke”.
The jokes are a meme and the memes are the ideology now.
Every time I reported a student using a meme like Pepe as a school avatar I was told to calm down because “it’s just a joke”.
The jokes are a meme and the memes are the ideology now.
September 14, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The memes are the ideology. I really wish more people understood that over the past decade.
Every time I reported a student using a meme like Pepe as a school avatar I was told to calm down because “it’s just a joke”.
The jokes are a meme and the memes are the ideology now.
Every time I reported a student using a meme like Pepe as a school avatar I was told to calm down because “it’s just a joke”.
The jokes are a meme and the memes are the ideology now.
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Launching a resource that I hope helps ELA teachers! Thesis of the Week = low-risk formative literary analysis practice. Weekly poems & practice w/ thesis statements are NOT for a formal grade, but intended to grow students' writing efficacy. poetryaspractice.blogspot.com/2025/09/intr...
Introducing Thesis of the Week for the 2025-2026 School Year
I've created Thesis of the Week as a resource for teachers to utilize as they wish. It is intended to offer students low-risk practice oppo...
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September 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Launching a resource that I hope helps ELA teachers! Thesis of the Week = low-risk formative literary analysis practice. Weekly poems & practice w/ thesis statements are NOT for a formal grade, but intended to grow students' writing efficacy. poetryaspractice.blogspot.com/2025/09/intr...
“Don’t say thoughts and prayers. These kids were literally praying. They were in church.”- Mayor Jacob Frey
August 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
“Don’t say thoughts and prayers. These kids were literally praying. They were in church.”- Mayor Jacob Frey
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‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens theonion.com/no-way-to-pr...
August 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens theonion.com/no-way-to-pr...
Again. 😭 I’m so tired of being angry while politicians send thoughts and prayers.
Do. Something.
Do. Something.
August 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Again. 😭 I’m so tired of being angry while politicians send thoughts and prayers.
Do. Something.
Do. Something.
You know what’s great about the state of education? Every single tech company advertises an app/extension to teachers, lets them use it for free, and then makes it a paid subscription.
August 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
You know what’s great about the state of education? Every single tech company advertises an app/extension to teachers, lets them use it for free, and then makes it a paid subscription.
Rewatching Derry Girls; it’s just as funny as the first time I watched it.
a nun says you terrify me in front of a chalkboard
ALT: a nun says you terrify me in front of a chalkboard
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August 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Rewatching Derry Girls; it’s just as funny as the first time I watched it.
I am not at all surprised to learn that the most right-wing NJ teacher influencers are also pro-AI and pro-standardized testing.
August 15, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I am not at all surprised to learn that the most right-wing NJ teacher influencers are also pro-AI and pro-standardized testing.
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A lot of folks not in the classroom making decisions negatively impacting the classroom—folks who will face absolutely zero consequences for these decisions while students and teachers do.
Make education worse, climb the ladder = education in America
Make education worse, climb the ladder = education in America
So, secondary ELA teachers.
My district demanded all teachers start teaching curriculum today, on the second day of class. Do you know what texts are assigned for today, the second day of class?
English 1: Marigolds by Eugenia Collier
English 2: The Refusal by Franz Kafka
🫠🙃
My district demanded all teachers start teaching curriculum today, on the second day of class. Do you know what texts are assigned for today, the second day of class?
English 1: Marigolds by Eugenia Collier
English 2: The Refusal by Franz Kafka
🫠🙃
August 15, 2025 at 2:52 AM
A lot of folks not in the classroom making decisions negatively impacting the classroom—folks who will face absolutely zero consequences for these decisions while students and teachers do.
Make education worse, climb the ladder = education in America
Make education worse, climb the ladder = education in America
My FYP is currently Taylor Swift, Bonrad edits, Gilded Age behind the scenes, 90s-2000s music, and the fall of democracy. As they say in John Proctor is the Villain, “I contain frickin’ multitudes!”
August 15, 2025 at 2:04 AM
My FYP is currently Taylor Swift, Bonrad edits, Gilded Age behind the scenes, 90s-2000s music, and the fall of democracy. As they say in John Proctor is the Villain, “I contain frickin’ multitudes!”
This fall we are getting new Taylor Swift music, Wicked: For Good, new Ed Sheeran music, and the finale of The Summer I Turned Pretty? 😍🥰
August 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM
This fall we are getting new Taylor Swift music, Wicked: For Good, new Ed Sheeran music, and the finale of The Summer I Turned Pretty? 😍🥰
As an OG elder Swiftie this is wild and amazing. (Why yes, I did start a free trial of YouTube Premium so I could watch this ad free on my TV).
August 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM
As an OG elder Swiftie this is wild and amazing. (Why yes, I did start a free trial of YouTube Premium so I could watch this ad free on my TV).
*English teacher hat on*
I am so fascinated by how Jenny Han is centering the female gaze in this season of TSITP (esp the last 2 eps). It’s jarring how the relationship b/w Belly + Conrad is so different from what we see in the majority of media. 1/2
I am so fascinated by how Jenny Han is centering the female gaze in this season of TSITP (esp the last 2 eps). It’s jarring how the relationship b/w Belly + Conrad is so different from what we see in the majority of media. 1/2
August 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM
*English teacher hat on*
I am so fascinated by how Jenny Han is centering the female gaze in this season of TSITP (esp the last 2 eps). It’s jarring how the relationship b/w Belly + Conrad is so different from what we see in the majority of media. 1/2
I am so fascinated by how Jenny Han is centering the female gaze in this season of TSITP (esp the last 2 eps). It’s jarring how the relationship b/w Belly + Conrad is so different from what we see in the majority of media. 1/2
I saw John Proctor is the Villain for the second time yesterday. I can not stress enough how incredible this production is. I cried again, and my friends who were seeing it for the first time were stunned by the production. You have until Sept 7 to see this show. It should be mandatory viewing.
August 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I saw John Proctor is the Villain for the second time yesterday. I can not stress enough how incredible this production is. I cried again, and my friends who were seeing it for the first time were stunned by the production. You have until Sept 7 to see this show. It should be mandatory viewing.
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Do people not remember the sexist manboys in Home Improvement or Everyone Loves Raymond, Girls Gone Wild during every commercial break after 10pm, or cancelling Ellen because her character came out as gay? Any feminist, queer, or trans representation could only be found at the small indie theater.
Anyone talking about the 90s like it was a feminist haven free of a manosphere has clearly forgotten about what the 90s was actually like or never bothered to study it
August 2, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Do people not remember the sexist manboys in Home Improvement or Everyone Loves Raymond, Girls Gone Wild during every commercial break after 10pm, or cancelling Ellen because her character came out as gay? Any feminist, queer, or trans representation could only be found at the small indie theater.
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August 2, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Flashbacks to the Eras Tour tonight as I frantically search TikTok for clips from the performance of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl.
My reaction so far is OH. MY. GOD.
My reaction so far is OH. MY. GOD.
August 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Flashbacks to the Eras Tour tonight as I frantically search TikTok for clips from the performance of Jesus Christ Superstar at the Hollywood Bowl.
My reaction so far is OH. MY. GOD.
My reaction so far is OH. MY. GOD.