Drew Daudelin
@drewdaudelin.bsky.social
Dropping “fuck yeah” in department meetings since 1999. Outdoorsy, bookish, teaching-adjacent. Maryland.
I’m not really surprised that a Catholic church did this in Chicago. But I couldn’t help making this.
October 12, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I’m not really surprised that a Catholic church did this in Chicago. But I couldn’t help making this.
Age Verification? I played “Stunts” on an MS Dos computer. Before Stunts, my video games came on 5 1/4” floppy disks.
July 11, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Age Verification? I played “Stunts” on an MS Dos computer. Before Stunts, my video games came on 5 1/4” floppy disks.
There’s this: NO DUH. See my last tweet about student profiles. This is not CAUSATION, bros. And next, the basic structure of HS pretty much guarantees more instructional time than college. HS classes are often daily, 50-minutes to 90 minutes long, or every other day, 90 minutes, for whole year.
July 2, 2025 at 1:29 PM
There’s this: NO DUH. See my last tweet about student profiles. This is not CAUSATION, bros. And next, the basic structure of HS pretty much guarantees more instructional time than college. HS classes are often daily, 50-minutes to 90 minutes long, or every other day, 90 minutes, for whole year.
Now let’s look at this. Again, maybe there’s a lot of elided statistical work that is actually good research. But that doesn’t appear in this argument. The comparison here is between AP exam takers and students in a college class. AP exam takers are ATYPICAL.
July 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Now let’s look at this. Again, maybe there’s a lot of elided statistical work that is actually good research. But that doesn’t appear in this argument. The comparison here is between AP exam takers and students in a college class. AP exam takers are ATYPICAL.
Next up, this. CB boasts that only 60-75% of students earn the “c” credit or better on exams, vs 75-90% of college students in courses. Now maybe there’s some fancy stats going on here, or maybe this is bullshit. Because you’re comparing HS students (sometimes sophomores! Juniors!) to college
July 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Next up, this. CB boasts that only 60-75% of students earn the “c” credit or better on exams, vs 75-90% of college students in courses. Now maybe there’s some fancy stats going on here, or maybe this is bullshit. Because you’re comparing HS students (sometimes sophomores! Juniors!) to college
Imma start here: I would never call the AP EngLang rubrics “detailed.” They merely gesture at objectivity. “Has a line of reasoning” and “uses evidence to support ideas” are basic things; there is little language about the actual quality of that line of reasoning or that evidence.
July 2, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Imma start here: I would never call the AP EngLang rubrics “detailed.” They merely gesture at objectivity. “Has a line of reasoning” and “uses evidence to support ideas” are basic things; there is little language about the actual quality of that line of reasoning or that evidence.
Not my 9th grader calling Romeo a fuck boy in a literary analysis essay for class 😜😜😜😜😜
June 12, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Not my 9th grader calling Romeo a fuck boy in a literary analysis essay for class 😜😜😜😜😜
Total student loads at a small public high school. 118 will increase as we enroll 9th grade. 147. 110 for dept chair. 128 will increase as we add 9th graders. 167 won’t change. 42 for a teacher we share with another building. 127 might creep up. 50-60 for the librarian…
June 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Total student loads at a small public high school. 118 will increase as we enroll 9th grade. 147. 110 for dept chair. 128 will increase as we add 9th graders. 167 won’t change. 42 for a teacher we share with another building. 127 might creep up. 50-60 for the librarian…
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May 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Post a movie character who you think would be an anti-vaxxer— hard mode no villians. Both of these dudes:
March 19, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Post a movie character who you think would be an anti-vaxxer— hard mode no villians. Both of these dudes:
First scrimmage of the new season for the girls’ lax team!!!
March 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
First scrimmage of the new season for the girls’ lax team!!!
Friends, you can vote with your wallet too. It would be swell if everyone joined completely at every step, but do whatever you can personally. Do your best to send the message to corporations that they ain’t people
March 2, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Friends, you can vote with your wallet too. It would be swell if everyone joined completely at every step, but do whatever you can personally. Do your best to send the message to corporations that they ain’t people
Whose brilliant fucking idea was it to give 82 juniors in AP English a practice test complete with 3 essays?
Oh. Mine. Fuck me.
Pictured: the collected works of my students, all approximately 500-ish pages, to be graded by Wednesday. (82 students.x 3 essays x average 2ish pages)
#iteachela 📖
Oh. Mine. Fuck me.
Pictured: the collected works of my students, all approximately 500-ish pages, to be graded by Wednesday. (82 students.x 3 essays x average 2ish pages)
#iteachela 📖
March 2, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Whose brilliant fucking idea was it to give 82 juniors in AP English a practice test complete with 3 essays?
Oh. Mine. Fuck me.
Pictured: the collected works of my students, all approximately 500-ish pages, to be graded by Wednesday. (82 students.x 3 essays x average 2ish pages)
#iteachela 📖
Oh. Mine. Fuck me.
Pictured: the collected works of my students, all approximately 500-ish pages, to be graded by Wednesday. (82 students.x 3 essays x average 2ish pages)
#iteachela 📖
Related. Fuck all these jackboot-sucking clowns
February 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Related. Fuck all these jackboot-sucking clowns
Day 2 at Saddleback. It was cold and breezy and the mountainwas beautifully empty. Glorious day for skiing and riding
January 20, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Day 2 at Saddleback. It was cold and breezy and the mountainwas beautifully empty. Glorious day for skiing and riding
Because work sucks. Good day at Saddleback ME.
January 19, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Because work sucks. Good day at Saddleback ME.
Some of the best, most interesting, most engaged writing in the AP Lang classroom is coming when I explicitly lower the stakes and encourage experimentation. The next step: how do we do all that cool shit even in more serious high stakes work? #iteachela #ela #aplang
January 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Some of the best, most interesting, most engaged writing in the AP Lang classroom is coming when I explicitly lower the stakes and encourage experimentation. The next step: how do we do all that cool shit even in more serious high stakes work? #iteachela #ela #aplang
The real heroes are the ones showing us how to mute ads on the gas pump
January 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The real heroes are the ones showing us how to mute ads on the gas pump
Best title so far this year
December 16, 2024 at 12:45 AM
Best title so far this year
“Research-backed” curricula.
It’s the new buzzphrase linked to “science of reading” and “knowledge-rich” curriculum people (which is just E.D. Hirsch and cultural literacy in shiny new packaging).
It’s the new buzzphrase linked to “science of reading” and “knowledge-rich” curriculum people (which is just E.D. Hirsch and cultural literacy in shiny new packaging).
November 28, 2024 at 1:37 AM
“Research-backed” curricula.
It’s the new buzzphrase linked to “science of reading” and “knowledge-rich” curriculum people (which is just E.D. Hirsch and cultural literacy in shiny new packaging).
It’s the new buzzphrase linked to “science of reading” and “knowledge-rich” curriculum people (which is just E.D. Hirsch and cultural literacy in shiny new packaging).
Today, in student essays I have read: “ The Ethics of Pooping in School Restrooms.” Includes the phrase “you are contributing to the unique, humid scent of the school bathrooms…”
Also, a missed opportunity for a pun. #iteachEnglish #ela 📖.
Also, a missed opportunity for a pun. #iteachEnglish #ela 📖.
November 19, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Today, in student essays I have read: “ The Ethics of Pooping in School Restrooms.” Includes the phrase “you are contributing to the unique, humid scent of the school bathrooms…”
Also, a missed opportunity for a pun. #iteachEnglish #ela 📖.
Also, a missed opportunity for a pun. #iteachEnglish #ela 📖.
Given the state of the Baltimore Ravens’ loss yesterday, it’s worth sharing that one student submitted (over a week ago!!!). an essay about the ethics of firing head coaches, especially Harbaugh… fun read!!!
November 18, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Given the state of the Baltimore Ravens’ loss yesterday, it’s worth sharing that one student submitted (over a week ago!!!). an essay about the ethics of firing head coaches, especially Harbaugh… fun read!!!