English Nerd Moment!
Who is your favorite author to read & who is your favorite author to teach?
I'll go first:
Read = Ann Martin (Babysitter's Club, it's still one of my favorite reads)
Teach = Langston Hughes

Life is so much better when you can fast forward thru commercials.

Curious, for scotch, are you all traditionalists, rock(s), or neat?

Seafood Ceviche recipe anyone? Appreciate it!

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Anyone playing Dordle?

Any golfers here? Relatively new to Austin and starting to get back into regular play. Been playing at Falcon Head, always looking regulars to avoid the constant randoms.

Has anyone watched the 4th season of 13 reasons why?

Anyone done a bourbon tour in kentucky? Looking for pointers. Do we make our own itinerary. Is there a package tour or group thing i can join.

Hii! Anyone from Coimbatore looking to avail the summertime meal for this month ?! :)

Looking for a bingeable show that's not too serious. An easy watch type show that's only ~30 minute episodes... Thoughs??!!?

Best take out brunch spot in dc/ Arlington right now? I’m craving a delicious egg Sammy that I can take to go and eat on the go right now!

It's freezing tonight bitter cold. I just ordered Chinese and I'm not sure if that was a shitty thing to do. I think they need to make money so if no one calls that wouldn't be good. I did tip well

Wednesday Wordle 326 3/6

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Any good bottomless brunch recommendations in manhattan?

Anyone got extra tickets to worlds or is going?

What if airbnb gives you a similar suite than the one in the picture but it is still not the same suite? And you tell airbnb but the host says its not accurate and says you are a disrespectful host?

Best bars to watch the fifa final?

This demands for Bwe coffee or Dorians drinks

What is your favorite VICE documentary?

Thoughts on cigar smoking?

What’s next on your expensive wishlist to make this job a little more comforting?

I’ve seen this rant a lot so I know we all have that one partner—but for the love of god can you just forward me the emails when you get it?? I see you got this urgent request over 10 days ago 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

I’m a junior in big law and in the short time I’ve been here, I’ve noticed that counsels produce perfect drafts and yet aren’t partners but partners can’t write two sentences without numerous typos. Shouldn’t counsels be partners and partners counsels instead?

Anyone in the Houston area?

What’s an honest PM salary range for some Midwest cities? Minni, etc etc.

What’s your hourly rate for web development and where are you located? If you’re able to share, I’d really appreciate it. My agency is trying to figure out how to strike a balance in quoting website projects. We’re based in New Orleans and are not looking to gather comp set data. We just need some validation.

What’s your opinion on math homework? I teach 4th grade and have always given it but I’d like to see what others do and weigh out if it’s really worth it. If I give it, I feel like I should spend class time going over it but on the other hand I stress myself out trying to keep the absent work organized and those that don’t even do the work.

Koi batayega ye sensex ko kya ho rha hai? Paisa dalne k liye wait kar rha tha socha aur neeche jayega..aur upar ja rha hai.

Is it a good decision to take part in OWN SAP offered by SAP labs ?? Can someone explain pros and cons of it ?

Anyone in consulting and doing OE? Using bench time for J2+ seems like a good opportunity in this environment, considering it wouldn’t look out of place to remain on the bench for quite a while

Brady's March to the sea. It's like the sequel to Shermans March...

Starting a cold brew popup business. Thinking I want to print stickers to stick to my clear cups for branding since printed cups would be pricy. Thoughts on if it’s worth doing this? And any sticker vendor recs? TIA!

Any job openings?
skills - core java springboot microservices
yoe 6.10

Anyone here going to the EY holiday party this Thursday alone? I am 😅 and i think i’d be fun to meet other gals and keep each other company!

Anyone taken Oracle Cloud Cert exams? How was your experience?

Anyone successfully book a flight with sky miles to the Maldives from the US? Based in ATL and every time I switch to the sky miles option I get no results. Thinking it’s due to airline partners

Are the UKI CCs been instructed to share the talent discussion outcomes (I.e. Feedback) with counselees by 30th Oct as our NA colleagues have?

Want to get thoughts culturally on A&M vs EY in general - as I’m looking at different practices (OTS, PE) but also anyone who has done work in different practices

When you teach a novel in class, do you assign pages for students to read at home? They never do it! How can we finish anything?

Creative projects to do as a summative for Of Mice and Men?

What are some projects you’ve had students do to show the influence of classical works in a genre?

Does anyone have a good term paper topic for seniors? It needs to be persuasive/argumentative in nature.

I teach British Lit. For anyone else who teaches this, what are some of your favorites to teach? I have been doing Beowulf, The Canterbury Tales, Macbeth, Etc., but want to add something new this year

What are some reading centers you do with your 5th - 6th graders while you pull a small group?

Happy Friday!!!! How many of you have started using these one-pagers I hear all the Lit teachers talking about? Do you get thoughtful, quality work from Ss?

When beginning a piece of literature, I first help the kids access the relevant culture. I have used web quests, but I have found that the kids researching their choice of topics and creating Slides containing information and pics results in more students participating. Recently they researched heraldry for the Medieval Era and reproduced either a family crest that they found or created their own personal crest. Anyone have other activities they use?

My district is thinking about purchasing HMH into Literature for our reading and writing curriculum. We currently use Lucy Calkins Reading and Writing Workshop and are not happy with it. Does anyone have experience with HMH? Pros? Cons? Any info is appreciated! Thank you!

Here's your save-my-sanity question of the day. Our classes end-- for the year-- in 3 weeks. We also will have testing and finals. Do you think "1984" + misc dystopia will hold Sophomore interest?

How do you engage your students in more reading outside of what is required in the classroom? With each passing year I am finding an ever shrinking population of students, including honors students, who actually read beyond what is posted in social media or video games. Students willingly volunteer that they do not read and most parents see it as a non-issue. I tell my students that the best readers are usually the best writers. What are some strategies that you use beyond reading logs ?

How many teachers are using Nearpod?

Alternatives to The Hate U Give that still has a #blacklivesmatter theme?

I recently moved to a different district and am starting to plan ahead for next year. What novels and plays do you think are worthwhile and essential for 10th, 11th and Pre-AP? I have many in mind that I have used before but am really looking for some fresh ideas!

I teach middle school reading intervention, but I am noticing a high amount of students at our school do not have any phonemic awareness. What are you best ways to combat this?

I can not teach a phonics class and I already pull small groups. Any resources? Wanting to plan over the summer for next year.

Anyone familiar with the Read180 program? Curious what people think who’ve tried it.

I’m thinking about moving up to a high school English position from 8th grade English. Mainly I’m looking for a change. Any thoughts on the differences I’d be facing?

I have high school children of my own, but disciplining high schoolers has always intimidated me for some reason. I have excellent classroom management, but I feel like high schoolers are a little smarter ab getting around rules and less worried about consequences.

I’m told by an hs tchr that the grading load is ab the same.

I’m a 6th grade ELA teacher. I am struggling with teaching writing. Any advice to give?