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Sunday, March 24, 2019

2019 Medley #6: WTF Edition | Live Long and Prosper

2019 Medley #6: WTF Edition | Live Long and Prosper

2019 Medley #6: WTF Edition



Dear Life: WTF, Shooting Teachers as PD, Children are Trying to Save the Planet, Intelligence: Not a Plus for Presidential Candidates
WTF! Some days are like that.
DEAR LIFE: WTF
Everyone who knows me or reads this blog knows by now that our BFD of NEIFPE, Phyllis Bush, passed away last week. Last year Phyllis gave me a tee shirt that said, “DEAR LIFE: WTF.”
I agree. The children of Indiana have lost a champion in the fight to save public education.
You can read some of the many tributes to Phyllis HERE.
“Whether it is taking a kid to the zoo or to Zesto for ice cream, whether it is writing a letter to your legislators, whether it is running for office, whether it is supporting your favorite charity, DO IT! Monday morning quarterbacks are of little use to anyone. Whatever you do, live your life to the fullest. Do what matters to you.”

Godspeed, Phyllis. You were a teacher. You did what matters.
SHOOTING TEACHERS AS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: WTF
There aren’t enough WTF’s for this news. The idea that teachers need to “learn” how terrifying it is to be in an active shooter situation is just WTF insane.
The problem is not that teachers (and students) don’t know how to react in an “active shooter” situation…the problem is that there are too many f#%@ing weapons in the hands of lunatics.
During active shooter training, some Indiana teachers were “shot execution style” with “projectiles” that caused welts and blood, according to the  CONTINUE READING: 2019 Medley #6: WTF Edition | Live Long and Prosper