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Dorie
@doriec.bsky.social
Currently teaching: elementary Spanish, k-6 world lang methods, and qual research methods

PhD in Applied Linguistics & Discourse Studies. Interested in how Spanish language education can perpetuate racism against Spanish speakers. Pronouns: any 🇵🇷 🏳️‍🌈
Not a huge fan as someone who has had their copy written work stolen by generative AI platforms, but at the very least, Canva seems to be compensating artists when their style is stolen by AI.
November 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
I need you all to stop what you’re doing and listen to my niece and nephew singing “Let’s call the whole thing off” while dressed as Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong for Halloween 🥹
November 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Barbie
October 28, 2025 at 1:16 AM
My 5th graders think this is Mary Poppins
October 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
According to my 5th graders, this is Ed Sheeran
October 28, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I’m sorry, I can’t. I have plans.

The plans:
October 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
My hometown FB page never disappoints. 👑 🌟 🐪 🐪 🐪
October 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
A gift for anyone who’s still awake…

here’s a photo of a crow I’ve befriended
October 16, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The key to befriending crows. Feed them a breakfast that’s better than what you make for yourself:
October 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Weekly recap of befriending the crows: they’re starting to trust me and are letting me get closer
October 12, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Language teacher friends, I’m dead. My very own son thought that if he earns the “Seal of Biliteracy” they print a little tiny image of a seal on his diploma
October 11, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Your friendly reminder going into the weekend.
October 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The past few days have been a bummer, but this little one is still making me smile
October 6, 2025 at 9:29 PM
🥹🥲
October 5, 2025 at 12:56 AM
In a world that’s falling apart, this little one has brought me a lot of joy
October 5, 2025 at 12:54 AM
With #alttext because this is important and everyone deserves to read it
October 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My monstera albo is still pushing out half moons and I couldn’t be happier 🤩
September 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
This is like the grown up version of the Polar kids flavors: Unicorn Kisses, Dragon Whispers, Yeti Mischief and Mermaid songs
September 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
And I totally sent this to my friend who suggested it

I guess we’re “geriatric” hotties 😂
September 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I set up a TrailCam in my backyard to film the murder of crows I’ve been feeding daily, and this short clip of (what I think is) a juvenile Cooper’s hawk is one of my favorite things I’ve captured.

Why are its talons so comically large??? 😆
September 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Today I tried to draw the 🤒 emoji on the board in class, and let’s just say I’m glad my students are young and innocent
September 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
I keep seeing this float around social media.

America would rather force her children to be heroes in the face of unspeakable violence than take the steps needed to protect their lives.
September 1, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This Labor Day, remember that unions and the labor movement brought us:

-Weekends
-Minimum Wage
-Social Security
-Child Labor Laws
-This very holiday
-& so much more!!

(Poster by Ricardo Levins Morales which you can buy here: www.rlmartstudio.com)
September 1, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Same 😌
August 31, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Bought a trail cam so I can spy on the murder of crows I’ve been befriending for the last 3 months.

Named it “murder cam” then decided to add the emoji in case there was any confusion
August 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM