Melissa Goldman
@magistraaurea.bsky.social
Current Math teacher, former Latin teacher; forever nerd and LGBTQ+ advocate (she/they).
Pretty much running off of spite at this point.
Pretty much running off of spite at this point.
I suspect this is true of many fields. Most times I have considered leaving education, it is some version of this wish.
Working in games means your answer to the question "If you could do anything you wanted in life, what would it be?" isn't a different career, but the same career in a kinder version of the same industry.
November 25, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I suspect this is true of many fields. Most times I have considered leaving education, it is some version of this wish.
Finally did more than thinking about pre-ordering @chadtopaz.bsky.social's "Unlocking Justice." Double bonus that my favorite local bookstore, @ravenbookstore.bsky.social, had it in their search. Triple bonus that it will likely be a post-birthday surprise to future-me when I get the pickup call.
November 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Finally did more than thinking about pre-ordering @chadtopaz.bsky.social's "Unlocking Justice." Double bonus that my favorite local bookstore, @ravenbookstore.bsky.social, had it in their search. Triple bonus that it will likely be a post-birthday surprise to future-me when I get the pickup call.
Attacking yarn is exhausting.
November 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Attacking yarn is exhausting.
I did not see them. I only ever saw a small portion of the VERY large crowd.
Coming out of the craft store with posterboard, I pass a couple going in.
Her: We're here for the same thing.
Me: See you tomorrow.
Her: We're here for the same thing.
Me: See you tomorrow.
October 18, 2025 at 11:38 PM
I did not see them. I only ever saw a small portion of the VERY large crowd.
Coming out of the craft store with posterboard, I pass a couple going in.
Her: We're here for the same thing.
Me: See you tomorrow.
Her: We're here for the same thing.
Me: See you tomorrow.
October 18, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Coming out of the craft store with posterboard, I pass a couple going in.
Her: We're here for the same thing.
Me: See you tomorrow.
Her: We're here for the same thing.
Me: See you tomorrow.
This feels like my sign to put down the phone and pick back up the pumpkins I am crocheting to give out at the GSA Halloween party.
Please believe me when I tell you:
Double the fuck down on your spiritual practice now.
You are going to need it.
And no, that doesn't have to be a prayer-god thing.
The thing that sustains and nourishes you.
That makes you more alive to yourself, the world, others.
More present.
More:
Double the fuck down on your spiritual practice now.
You are going to need it.
And no, that doesn't have to be a prayer-god thing.
The thing that sustains and nourishes you.
That makes you more alive to yourself, the world, others.
More present.
More:
fortify inside
why spiritual practice matters during the rising authoritarian tide
www.lifeisasacredtext.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:07 AM
This feels like my sign to put down the phone and pick back up the pumpkins I am crocheting to give out at the GSA Halloween party.
Decided today was a day to go in and pet the cats at Espurresso Cafe!
October 3, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Decided today was a day to go in and pet the cats at Espurresso Cafe!
Intersection of years of reading Ancient Greek and learning SQL:
I can't help but read the use of ; as a statement terminator to be a question mark.
#DataScience #Classics #AncientGreek #SQL
I can't help but read the use of ; as a statement terminator to be a question mark.
#DataScience #Classics #AncientGreek #SQL
September 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Intersection of years of reading Ancient Greek and learning SQL:
I can't help but read the use of ; as a statement terminator to be a question mark.
#DataScience #Classics #AncientGreek #SQL
I can't help but read the use of ; as a statement terminator to be a question mark.
#DataScience #Classics #AncientGreek #SQL
Reposted by Melissa Goldman
Why do they want to control people on the autism spectrum?
Honey, why do you think that one kid in the story wasn't afraid to call out the emperor's nudity?
Honey, why do you think that one kid in the story wasn't afraid to call out the emperor's nudity?
September 24, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Why do they want to control people on the autism spectrum?
Honey, why do you think that one kid in the story wasn't afraid to call out the emperor's nudity?
Honey, why do you think that one kid in the story wasn't afraid to call out the emperor's nudity?
One of my favorite ways to spend a Saturday evening. #KCBaby #KCCurrent
September 20, 2025 at 10:58 PM
One of my favorite ways to spend a Saturday evening. #KCBaby #KCCurrent
Could be interesting to share this in my Data Visualization class.
Extremist murders by ideology, 2013 to 2022. www.pbump.net/o/reassessin...
September 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Could be interesting to share this in my Data Visualization class.
1st GSA meeting in new setting. Something said made me realize wife and I have been MARRIED longer than any of the high school students have been alive, and we had been together over a decade before that.
Then a student called us "vintage lesbians," and I have decided to embrace being "vintage."
Then a student called us "vintage lesbians," and I have decided to embrace being "vintage."
September 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
1st GSA meeting in new setting. Something said made me realize wife and I have been MARRIED longer than any of the high school students have been alive, and we had been together over a decade before that.
Then a student called us "vintage lesbians," and I have decided to embrace being "vintage."
Then a student called us "vintage lesbians," and I have decided to embrace being "vintage."
I'm working in Special Education again, but online so I can also protect/improve my health.
i wrote this post in july two years ago when blue sky had around 200,000 total users and i thought i would ask again
tell me what u are doing
be proud of what u do and share it here
tell me what u are doing
be proud of what u do and share it here
tell me what u are doing
be proud of your work and share it here
be proud of your work and share it here
September 11, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I'm working in Special Education again, but online so I can also protect/improve my health.
August 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Wife: I spent so much time in airports today that I started a book in one and finished it on the plane here. I think you'll like it--"Automatic Noodle" by @annaleen.bsky.social
Me: Guess what I bought this week...
Me: Guess what I bought this week...
August 30, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Wife: I spent so much time in airports today that I started a book in one and finished it on the plane here. I think you'll like it--"Automatic Noodle" by @annaleen.bsky.social
Me: Guess what I bought this week...
Me: Guess what I bought this week...
Just finished the first full week with students, and I realized that I didn't cry at all and only once doubted my ability to keep this up for the whole year. I don't remember the last time I could say that about a new school year.
August 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Just finished the first full week with students, and I realized that I didn't cry at all and only once doubted my ability to keep this up for the whole year. I don't remember the last time I could say that about a new school year.
Calli is snoring behind me as I work late at my computer. I feel like she is rubbing it in.
August 26, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Calli is snoring behind me as I work late at my computer. I feel like she is rubbing it in.
15yo is reading "The Odyssey" in his English class, @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social's translation.
Wife informed him that I have opinions about translations. Surprising nobody, he has not asked me for them.
Wife informed him that I have opinions about translations. Surprising nobody, he has not asked me for them.
August 23, 2025 at 2:14 AM
15yo is reading "The Odyssey" in his English class, @emilyrcwilson.bsky.social's translation.
Wife informed him that I have opinions about translations. Surprising nobody, he has not asked me for them.
Wife informed him that I have opinions about translations. Surprising nobody, he has not asked me for them.
It finally arrived. And where better to start reading than the cat cafe?
August 21, 2025 at 9:39 PM
It finally arrived. And where better to start reading than the cat cafe?
No cheating, post the last pic of your pet.
August 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
No cheating, post the last pic of your pet.
Reposted by Melissa Goldman
just barely made it through the week
August 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
just barely made it through the week
Reminded of Nero and the Olympics of 67 AD.
Trump gets presented with medals from the 1984 Olympics, then says, "can I say I won them athletically?"
August 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Reminded of Nero and the Olympics of 67 AD.
In my early teens, my dad gave me permission to read anything from his collection (very extensive sci-fi, plus a range of nonfiction and academic books). By late high school, he valued my opinion on what I read and automatically passed along fantasy novels he received.
I especially don't think parents should be monitoring what fifteen year olds read in fine grained detail.
I think they should have conversations with their kids about appropriate reading material, and maybe read some of the same books and talk to them about it.
I think they should have conversations with their kids about appropriate reading material, and maybe read some of the same books and talk to them about it.
July 30, 2025 at 6:46 PM
In my early teens, my dad gave me permission to read anything from his collection (very extensive sci-fi, plus a range of nonfiction and academic books). By late high school, he valued my opinion on what I read and automatically passed along fantasy novels he received.