Are you a Badass Teacher?
By Joan Richardson, Editor-in-Chief, Kappan magazine (PDK International)
Want to know how American teachers are feeling these days? Judging from the new Badass Teachers page on Facebook, the answer is angry.
Started by three individuals who know each other only through Facebook, the Badass Teachers page started at 4:45 pm on Friday, June 14. In an hour, BAT had 1,000 members and has been gaining about 1,000 members every day since then. At last count, more than 21,000 Facebookers were following the page. The activity has become so rapid that the site now has 49 administrators just to keep up with new requests to join the group. (The group has since developed a website and Twitter handle as well.)
And Badass followers are not just following this page, they are posting like crazy. Hundreds and hundreds of angry, funny, and irreverent posts and responses every day. Barely anything else
Want to know how American teachers are feeling these days? Judging from the new Badass Teachers page on Facebook, the answer is angry.Started by three individuals who know each other only through Facebook, the Badass Teachers page started at 4:45 pm on Friday, June 14. In an hour, BAT had 1,000 members and has been gaining about 1,000 members every day since then. At last count, more than 21,000 Facebookers were following the page. The activity has become so rapid that the site now has 49 administrators just to keep up with new requests to join the group. (The group has since developed a website and Twitter handle as well.)
And Badass followers are not just following this page, they are posting like crazy. Hundreds and hundreds of angry, funny, and irreverent posts and responses every day. Barely anything else