#IEedchat Archive
#IEedchat is a great way for Inland Empire (California) educators to share teaching strategies, educational resources, and more.
Monday May 9, 2016
10:30 PM EDT
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Q0: Introduce yourself and share one of your earliest or fondest memories of your mom.
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A0) Hi, Tom from Arroyo Grande by way of Chino! Used to love it when mom made me eggs with her cigarette dangling from her mouth!
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A0: Kate the Great! ;) ELA Teacher. My mom crawled 300 ft back to barn w/ shattered knee & her horse followed.
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Michelle, RUSD, Mathematics; my mom has very realistic, but high expectations.
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Board Elections start now! Didn't get the email? Contact baord@iacue.com to update your contact info.
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A0: Veronica, I thought my mom was the coolest mom for going on my first field trip to the zoo
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Hi all. Tom Ashley, Tech TOSA . In 60s/70s my mom would take all 6 of us kids to car camp at beach. https://t.co/1aktRDBJjz
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. Tiger Mom before the term was coined?
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A0: Mark Synnott. Tech Coach. Early memory... my mom dancing an Irish gig like she used to in Ireland when she was a little girl.
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A0: Jed Math Geek / Tech TOSA
My mom's smile. Genuine, makes kids around the world melt.
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Moms on field trips are always awesome. Definitely sharing similar memories for me.
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Q1: How did your mom influence your view of the importance of education when you were growing up?
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A1:My mother always told me that if I wanted to be succesfull, I needed to do well in school.
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A1: She always said that our grades - good or bad - were ours. We earned them, so we were never scolded or paid for them.
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A0: Chad tech TOSA
I remember my mom making us homemade play-doh and letting us put in the food coloring
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A1: My mom loves books. She inspired me to read for the love of it. I never stopped. Eventually, I became an English teacher.
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A1 Kimberly Knight-My mom didn't want sissy girls so she taught me to catch lizards, play baseball, and get dirty
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A1) My mom and her dad were teachers. We always had lots of books.
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A1: My mom (and dad) gave me/us a lot of autonomy, but had rules: No Ds or Fs ever & I had to go to college.
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A1pt2: She also told me that I wouldn't always be first and that I had to learn humility.
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A1: education was never optional. We were expected to do well. She did not hover over us, we just knew what was expected.
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A1: my mom always made sure we had lots of new books in the house, even though we didn't have a lot of money
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a whole house of new worlds to explore
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Hi sorry I'm late. A1- Mom was a valedictorian so that was the goal she set for me.
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. I really like that. There is a philosopher in your mom.
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It's like that old Kenny Loggins song..
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wow, apple's don't fall far from tree
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A1: Influence big time on compassion with learners and peers.
Also: we make our own standards.
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I rebelled and was #11 in my graduating class
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Mine too. We'd go out to dinner & each take a book.
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Wow, you really showed her! Way to go, fight the power
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Q1b: How "hands-on" or "hands-off" was your mom in terms of checking up on your school work and how did she hold you accountable?
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learning is messy, that's good teaching.
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I was smart enough to work the system.
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and sassy enough to do it (:
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A1b) No one checked my school work. Was that even a thing in the 70s? "Just don't let the cops bring you home" was our mantra.
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A1b: She was hands-off on checking up on school work. She said she trusted me. I never wanted to break that trust.
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for this.
incentives were our own value in the learning, not the reinforcement from extrinsic factors
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A1b: fairly hands-off for me, she just always encouraged me to do my best. Nice to be me w/o any pressure
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A1b: Hands off. She focused on working with my younger brothers - mild SPED - & left me to fend for myself.
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A1B: My mom was all up in my business, every single day did you do your homework? and what grade do you have and so on
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a1b My mom was a helicopter mom b4 that was a thing. She gave me extra hw too. If it wasn't an A it wasnt good enough
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A1b: I'm 51 so I barely remember, lol. I remember my mom was always involved with my schooling but never really had to pester me
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Your mom and my mom could have been homies.
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A1b: I always assumed laissez faire, but later learned that she pushed for placement in certain classrooms in early yrs.
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A1b: in elementary--VERY, she was room mom. JR. High+ I was on my own. She taught me to ........
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I try to instill this in my Ss but it's hard when parents insist on rewarding them.
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That was the mantra my mom used on my younger bro, but not on me
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helped that she also worked at the school
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A2-My mom(and dad) worked a lot so we could go to private school for middle and high school. https://t.co/AjWkU3onRm
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A1b) My parents were very hands off. they went to conferences, but that was it. No assemblies, concerts, games, or anything.
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I'd "like" this three times if Twitter would let me.
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A1b cont.... "do what I have to do, so that I can do what I wanted to do!"
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A1b cont.... "do what I have to do, so that I can do what I wanted to do!"
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I remember a conversation in cred program, don't give everything a value. Sometimes just do it just to do it.
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Q2: What was your mom's reaction/attitude when you told her your were going to be a teacher? Was it different than your dad's?
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A2: Reaction to becoming a teacher: My mom said "that's great honey". My dad just shook his head.
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A2: She expected it since I'd been saying it since h.s. as a reaction against difficult Ts. Not close to dad, so didn't care.
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a2 Disappointment. I gave up a full ROTC ride for college to become a teacher. Best decision ever despite the relationship strain
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A2: My mom hated financial risk & uncertainty so she liked the steadyness of me teaching. Dad, he told me I'd be sort of poor4life
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A2: My Ma was bummed, the goal at first was for me to me an MD. I told her it wasn't for me and that teaching had always been #2
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A2: my family always knew I would be a teacher, surprised when I became a Math teacher...I always complained about it!
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Amen. Talent, smarts, sassy, etc. gave up a lot of $ to be T, but happiness doesn't have a price
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A2) I can't recall. I think any parent would be proud of their child choosing such an honorable profession though.
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A2: Mom (and Dad) were always good at supporting choices of their children...and pushed me and siblings to figure out those paths.
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I think they knew in some Jedi way that it was bound to happen.
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How might you use their example w/your little one?
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https://t.co/QqNIH2MjC9
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Amen. Talent, smarts, sassy, etc. gave up a lot of $ to be T, but happiness doesn't have a price
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I freaking love that movie, "YOU CAN DO IT ALL NIGHT LONG!"
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ya the relationships are still meh, but I'm happy and I think I help make a difference, so it works out.
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So did that strain in relationship cause the rift now? Or other things too?
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Q2b: Is your mom one of the first people you turn to for advice? Why or why not?
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A2: My mom was relieved that I finally figured out a career path. She probably did a happy dance :) https://t.co/iFWKnTr1jy
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A2b: Not advice, but random answers. I'll text her in the middle of class when Ss ask & I don't know.
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A2B:I usually go with pops, me and my Ma are a bit to passionate and bump heads. Were too alike
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A2b: Mom for advice? YES, because she is a good listener with a strong moral compass. I'd go to dad when I needed an answer.
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In regards to people, always. My mom taught me more about people than anyone else.
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a2b - Nope I'll ask my husband or run a google search.
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A2b: my mom and I only have a 15 yr age diff so we've done a lot of growing up together. advice goes both ways
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A2: it depends. Usually not job related issues.
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A2b: Not always. When the ish hits the fan, yep.
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That moral compass is valuable. Always good to hear that kind of wisdom.
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Q3: What are some of the most common mistakes you see mom's making with their students at school? Be nice...
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Thanks! You're the sweetest! It sounds more traumatic/dramatic than it is, but I appreciate it. Many hugs friend!
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A2b: my mom is great at plain life advice. I can usually ask a question that she somehow answers everything I didn't even think of
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Q0: Veronica My mom has always said "education is your ride 2 happiness & success.That has been my inheritance
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A3 Let's just say some families could do to close read Finding Nemo.
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A3: not holding their own student accountable, bailing them out...
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A3: Fighting their HS Ss fights instead of teaching effective communication with other adults.
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A3: They tend to spoil their kids and not hold them accountable. Lots of enabling from the 11 years I have taught
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A2b-Different parenting & lifestyles, love my mom but not for advice, mostly because we are 2 similar. Dad is the voice of reason.
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A3: Some moms are too worried about how they are perceived by the teacher. They should be worried about their student instead.
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A3) Intervening on their child's behalf for petty things. Advise them how to approach things and let them flap and fly.
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A3:Polar opposite probs: Moms that are completely disengaged & mom's that are over-engaged where S doesn't learn self-discipline.
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At what grade level are you seeing this? Just curious as I've never encountered it.
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a3 - FYI Parents if you take the video game console away, your kids wont die. Remember you're the adult.
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Ain't nothing but truth. You know you're amazing, and if you don't...well listen you are
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I have to remind them of that all the time
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A3: the moms that are too hands off, despite your attempts to warn them.
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I blew a mom's mind when I told her she could turn off the data plan for the Ss phone w/out losing the ability to call.
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Q1: Mom always told me " I'm not rich but I'll do anything to help you be the 1st in our family to graduate from the Univ.".
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Middle School. Specifically reading intervention.
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Q3b: Do you/did you have someone special in your life that was like a second mom?
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A3: parents who can't see what will really help their child because blame is always deflected somewhere else
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A3b: The person I speak of is technically my step mom, but that doesn't matter
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A3b: I had a LOT of aunts and they were like 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th mom.
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A3B My mom's best friend. I respect her like a grandparent but hang out w/her like the cool aunt. She's a rockstar.
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Q3b: I have had a few, at different times in my life.
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Any final thoughts on your mom or moms in general?
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A3b: My first boss. An AMAZING woman, teacher, wife, mother, and businesswoman.
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A3b my grandma was always my 2nd mom, I miss her a lot
