English teachers: 😊

I made an offer to a candidate today. It feels really good to make that phone call and hear the other person being happy.

Does anyone know the typical salary for a 1st-2nd year associate at Lewis Brisbois in Los Angeles? L&E

Noob city: how long does transfer take from Gemini to bittrex? I just did .2 to test it and it’s been more than 1hr. I thought it was under 10. This is my first transfer so just curious :)

Why is my Starbucks latte $6.5 bucks all of a sudden 😭😭😭

State bar fees while you’re clerking? Please tell it doesn’t just come out of your own pocket during the two years? 😭

Anyone else cursed with desperately wanting someone to tell you what to do to get better, but knowing that you would never listen?

Hey folks, anyone coming from Hyderabad to Vizag next week?

I was expecting an in-band promotion this year but I didn't get it. How can I raise this to the leaders?

Any pharma shops in Washington DC or metro area?

Taking 8 days off in DC/Jan (over New Years). I want to do some hiking, but not sure where I want to go. Based out of DC. Any recs?

What is a good conversation value for IHG / holiday inn points ? Is “13k points for $100 room rate “ a good deal ?

Most passive aggressive email you’ve ever received go

Does IBM providing mac books to new hires this year or is this domain specific? Lenovo ka thinkpad chhod k dell Hp b chalega.. macbook ki chah ni hai. Plz batao kya process rehta h.

Interviewed for dreamy job in dream city last week. Got a ton of buy signs from everyone I met with, especially CEO & CTO. HR said they would reach out early this week but I haven’t heard back yet

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Hi Friends, is there any opening for checkpoint firewall

Is the office operational now?

What are pet peeves you have as a teacher you have let go of? For me it is subject verb agreement.

How long have you been teaching? Also, what does self care look like for you?

How many teachers are using Nearpod?

I learned so much about group work over the past few days. I now know to assign kids tasks in a group. I am planning a Socratic Seminar for R &J and Julius Caesar. Any insights or feedback?

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’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 first time Junior English teacher. What are some tips for differentiating an honors class from a regular class?

Is there any writing prompts that stand out to you in the responses you get from students? Preferably ones that are outside the box, but I'd love to hear some tried and true traditional ones too!

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

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?

I’m a 7th grade ELA teacher in Texas!

Anyone have any good advice for getting students to think/respond on their own? So many times when I ask them to write their own thoughts about something and to explain why they hold that opinion, many students get stuck and/or turn to the Internet. And then I find myself repeating, I’m asking for YOUR thoughts about this, not someone else’s. I teach grades 9 & 11.

Ever sit down to grade essays you know will be terrible so you put off grading and then you have to force yourself to read them?

What era/genre would you say we're living in right now?

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?

How many of you have a set curriculum and how many of you get to choose the literature/create your own content? Which do you prefer?

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 ?

Those of you who do First Chapter Fridays or similar read-alouds, do you edit out curse words when you’re reading?

What are some fun ideas for projects about describing setting? I was going to have them create travel brochures about the setting of a story of their choice but I think this might be overdone.