Caitlin 🚗 🧀 Driscoll
@TeacherOnTopic
Half dad on my father's side. Unionized. Personal account, tweets are my own views. I teach little kids and coach big ones.
First day of school with students was today. My day went somewhat off the rails before I even left the house. I was zipping my backpack, getting ready to leave so I would be at work five minutes early, when there was an urgent pounding on the door.
They're bad habits now, but at some point they were coping strategies or survival skills, so I can't be too mad at myself for them.
I am so accustomed to children grabbing my hand to hold that when it happened at a ball game recently, I didn't even really notice. The friend I was with had to tell the kid I wasn't his mom.
It feels like it should be wrong to put a stuffed animal into your luggage.
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When you see Oklahoma's abbreviation listed right after Ohio's, it's like, oh ok
Sesame street got me on the ropes with this
Just for today, try to be little again. 💛
Today was the last day of summer school. Looking forward to being a different kind of tired starting tomorrow.
LOUD
What’s something that was true about you at age 5 that is still true today?
I didn't want to be disrespectful and take a photo, but we walked past an Amish buggy with four passengers and at least two visible Stanley cups.
my parents expected As & were aghast at A-s. there was no celebration of excellence & no tolerance for mediocrity. grades were a measure of my worthiness. I think about this when I assess my students. what do grades mean to them & what are alternative ways to motivate learning?
you know what people love at parades? fire engines. bright and loud and heroes use 'em
I don't mean to brag but I'm like if Pedro Pascal was a chick. Not as in looks, but like. The vibe.
Kids around the corner are selling balloons. (Last year they sold paper airplanes.) I had no cash but they insisted on giving me a freebie, so now I am walking the dog all over the the neighborhood while carrying this lovely, um, sword.
Dear Caitlin, If an object has a cool function, but you never use it, then to you, it is useless. Sincerely, Your Kitchen
Today is a Wednesday that wants to be a Saturday.