There is NO reason (at all) for any child under the age of 15 to have a smartphone.

My first cell phone was a tracfone in middle school to call my parents when I needed to be picked up from tennis matches.

Phones should not parent kids, and neither should tablets, television, or any device.

I know this sounds weak, I know it.

But kindness is one of the few things we carry that can make a difference for each other.

We can’t undo all this hate, but we can still make life a little easier for others.

A feeling I didn’t know was possible has now become a daily reminder:

Getting your picture taken with your favorite musician and setting it as your Lock Screen makes the picture BETTER because it zooms in on an already high quality photo

Senator Mike Rounds (R-SD) introduced S.5384 earlier this week, proposing the elimination of the U.S. Department of Education. This bill would transfer education authority entirely to individual states, raising serious concerns about equitable access to quality education across the nation.
#EduSky

It took my ALMOST 30 years but I finally got to take a Fosse jazz class = W

Taking a Fosse class wearing heels = … not sure I’ll be able to walk tomorrow 👯‍♀️

If I have learned anything from my maternal grandmother, it is to hold onto cards and mementos from past events.

I have cards with her handwriting on them, letters from students, and thank you cards. 🥰

There’s definitely a dying art of writing notes to people, but I will always appreciate it.

Your reminder the organization behind those Christian "He Gets Us" ads you'll see during the Super Bowl also gives tens of millions of dollars to the Alliance Defending Freedom, the far-right lawyers who overturned Roe and write most of the anti-trans laws in the country

Taylor Swift really just ruined the weekend of my birthday by announcing her album drop the day after I turn 30 😠

It’s crazy to think about how sometimes the universe will just make you sick for a week as a means of telling you to relax and take your foot off of the accelerator.

Did I want to be out sick for a whole week? Nope. Did I need this time to recoup and relax? Yup.

I think I am the “it” cousin for my two youngest cousins who live in Texas. My uncle texts me time to time, and the last 3 exchanges have involved interactions about me with my cousin who is 6. 💁🏻‍♀️

I am SO EXCITED to be cowgirl Barbie for Halloween this year! Here’s the reference picture for me and Nate: #barbenheimer #barbie #oppenheimer

I presented at my first state conference this weekend! NYSAFLT’s annual conference is one of my favorites to attend, and this year was no different. Looking forward to the next one in Niagara Falls!

Tapping into my millennial brain and assigning my 8th grade students a PPT party project was a great idea on my end:
✅ I learn about what my students do & don’t like to do
✅ review how to use GUSTAR with verbs
✅ watch my students extend their sentences with adjectives as explanations
#langchat