I’m here. It’s was a long hard day. Three tough, tough challenges today. But I had my friend by my side. Tough afternoon when I stepped in some bilDUNGsroman. It was fine in the end, tho. #WeirdEd
#WeirdEd I'm Doug, bombastic rock star front man of a never ending education funk machine and my hero tonight Geddy Lee because he is proud to be him and is so good no one can argue.
#WeirdEd Chris from Brooklyn
Setting aside "Dad" as the real-life hero, I liked reading Captain Marvel growing up (of late, "Shazam"). And I have over 100 Doc Savage paperbacks... so him?
#WeirdEd Emily, South Florida, 6-8 Band & Chorus; a hero of mine is the HS band director I feed to who is presenting a session on intersectional feminism at @NAfME in November. 💯
#WeirdEd@btcostello05 is running the show tonight, so all you stop looking at me for confirmation like you're my students the first time my student teacher taught.
Kory, Innovations Teacher from Byron, MN. I honestly don’t know if I have people that are my hero. People I admire, look up to? Absolutely, but hero? I’m not sure. Firefighters, EMT, Police, thise people are heroes in my mind. #WeirdEd
#WeirdEd Thomas Mision. Fresh teacher job hunting in Minnesota. I'm my hero, because this is my story.
Damn it, I can't find the right gif, so here's the video https://t.co/GAPfdjJ4ZV
If @btcostello05 had asked for favorite hero, that would have been fictional character for me too... I got picky with reading the word choice. #WeirdEd
#WeirdEd Thomas Mision. Fresh teacher job hunting in Minnesota. I'm my hero, because this is my story.
Damn it, I can't find the right gif, so here's the video https://t.co/GAPfdjJ4ZV
#WeirdEd A1 I want Frodo as my sidekick because Samwise Gamgee is the hero of that story and I will harp on this theme until the Valar kick me out of the West
Pancho from Don Quijote is my favorite, but actually I'd consider myself my ideal sidekick... I'm really good as a helper, whoever is leading. #WeirdEd a1
I think that is the appropriate reaction to that statement. #weirded This chat stems from a conversation I had with a girl in my class when I asked her about the challenges her female character faced. She said does wearing a dress in the woods count? I died inside #weirded
A1: I am trying really hard not to act like Leslie Knope (Parks and Rec peeps), but it’s really hard to narrow down this list of badass women I wish I could work with. #WeirdEd
Dang! It's been a few months since I've joined in. Sorry! Still like the group though. No BS just the facts. Well, nevermind there's actually a lot of BS but in a different meme kind of way 😁. #weirded
My dad was a WWII vet, too. Not my hero exactly, but he was honest and ethical and compassionate and had a great sense of humor. I try to reflect those good qualities in how I am in the world. #weirded
A1: I have the best (school) sidekick in @megan_hacholski. Enjoying the days that I have left. She is a wonderful counterbalance. Neither of us are both really up or down low at the same time. We are constantly looking out for the other. She is the sister I wish I had. #weirded
sad truth, I stretched to find good female sidekick examples for what I was writing for tonight. If they aren't the main character they are the "love interest" #weirded
My plastic pig Piggy was a great sidekick. He used to help me keep annoying people out of my personal space. He used to say, "Don't botha me, man. Don't botha me!" #weirded
A1 Always taking @CristinaDajero as my side kick! We are just better together! We know how to bring out the best in each other, challenge, support, and encourage each other! #WeirdEd
A1: I like to think of myself as the sidekick. I want to be the person who supports the hero. I want to empower my students to be super themselves. I'm more Penelope Garcia than Agent Prentiss. Let me provide you what you need to be awesome! #weirded
#WeirdEd I kind of want a Death of Rats style of sidekick. Just sort of carves off some of my work to take care of with special expertise and leaves me more time to do the rest of it. Also a great conversationalist.
Q2: Donkey is an incredibly well developed character. He accepts everything but his own true love(and his advice)? What’s some advice you’ve ignored that you should have taken? #weirded
#WeirdEd Yeah, freaking Ratatoskr.... He'd sass you about taking hits. Long cooldown though, but you can summon him during a fight and he MAY give you health or rage. Just stuck with the attack summons though, but after battle healing or rage recovery is possible with him
A1: I like to think of myself as the sidekick. I want to be the person who supports the hero. I want to empower my students to be super themselves. I'm more Penelope Garcia than Agent Prentiss. Let me provide you what you need to be awesome! #weirded
Q2: Donkey is an incredibly well developed character. He accepts everything but his own true love(and his advice)? What’s some advice you’ve ignored that you should have taken? #weirded
What a great sidekick I hadn't thought of, though I think he takes the lead in most sketches #weirded funny side note, one of my students used to be a kid on sesame street #weirded
Q2: Donkey is an incredibly well developed character. He accepts everything but his own true love(and his advice)? What’s some advice you’ve ignored that you should have taken? #weirded
#WeirdEd I'm actually a really great sidekick and support, especially to others. Dependable, jumping in, and work with some1 long enough, anticipate needs and do small group
#WeirdEd a2 a friend gave me advice based on her experience with her dad and how to handle it... I actually told her I wasn't ready to take the advice. It would have been better if I had been able to, but I couldn't.
#WeirdEd A2 stop being a damn procrastinator. Also I'm better than I give myself credit. Curse you impostor syndrome.... Or whatever you call it these days.
#WeirdEd I'm actually a really great sidekick and support, especially to others. Dependable, jumping in, and work with some1 long enough, anticipate needs and do small group
That advice has come from family, and I am choosing to keep that private. Most teacher advice, I think I have been open to take it, if I agree with it, of course. :) #WeirdEd
Q2: Donkey is an incredibly well developed character. He accepts everything but his own true love(and his advice)? What’s some advice you’ve ignored that you should have taken? #weirded
A2: There's a lot of good advice out there that just doesn't work for me right now. Sometimes it's me, sometimes it's my kids, sometimes it's time or space or materials. But when the planets align, I'll be ready. #weirded
I don’t get/give much either. I usually get the “when you have kids..” But I am single and doing whatever I want so..it doesn’t go anywhere. I also get the “you’re single, do whatever you want,” even though that’s what I’m doing. #Weirded
#WeirdEd Q2
Take 1/2 hour a week to call parents.
Honestly 30 minutes is probably a lot, but I hate calling parents. But communication is key. I struggle.
There once was a deputy named Fife
He carried a gun and a knife
The gun was all dusty
The knife was all rusty
Because he never caught a crook in his life
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#WeirdEd A2 AND THEN I ignore a lot of advice that includes the word "just" when it comes to teaching.
I'm not answering the question right. That's how the chat goes.
A2 (sorry I’m late). Advice I still need to take? “You need to be writing.” Someone knew I process that way years ago and I am just now figuring it out. #weirded
And the Weird part is that Bronn sort of disappears in the later books, but he made such a great foil, esp after the actor who played Ian Payne left b/c of cancer, so they gave his part to Bronn #WeirdEd
Q3: Hermoine Granger is a sidekick who may actually be greater than the hero, yet she differs in many ways to Harry for the sake of the storyline. How might you amplify another as their own hero?
My verrrrry favorite advice. We're reading and writing and totally engrossed and someone's like, "Have you considered multimedia? To make it fun?"
OKAY SO FIRST OF ALL
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Q3: Hermoine Granger is a sidekick who may actually be greater than the hero, yet she differs in many ways to Harry for the sake of the storyline. How might you amplify another as their own hero? #weirded
#WeirdEd A2 In the morning, I should've made waffles ...
No, but really, I should've put myself out there more with ... just about everything. Played it safe too often, which wasn't so safe.
Hermoine Granger is a sidekick who IS TOTALLY THE ACTUAL HERO OF THE STORY MY GOD HARRY WOULD BE DEAD TEN TIMES OVER yet she differs in many ways to Harry for the sake of the storyline.... #fixeditforyou#weirded
Q3: Hermoine Granger is a sidekick who may actually be greater than the hero, yet she differs in many ways to Harry for the sake of the storyline. How might you amplify another as their own hero? #weirded
#WeirdEd A3 DISAGREE! They're co-heroes. I'm gonna nitpick this because Harry would be D-E-D a hundred times over if not for her. She's not a sidekick.
Anyway...to thw question
Q3: Hermoine Granger is a sidekick who may actually be greater than the hero, yet she differs in many ways to Harry for the sake of the storyline. How might you amplify another as their own hero? #weirded
A3: I like to think I’m very creative, and whenever I come across a problem, I like to find creative solutions. I like to do that in the situations I’m in. Pretty good under pressure- plenty of practice. #WeirdEd
#WeirdEd A3 Pull them along kicking and screaming, making them struggle (b/c the struggle is real) so they'll realize they can do more than they think they can
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Leonard from Big Bang Theory
Dwight Schrute from The Office
These are just my recent shows... struggling to think of other shows or movies.
My district is on a design quality mission, and one of the things I appreciate is that we are prioritizing engagement - and acknowledging that fun can be engaging, but something engaging does not necessarily need to be fun. #weirded
#WeirdEd A3 By learning how to give opportunities for others to actually speak and show themselves. Some of those is by presenting ideas that aren't commonly presented in a *cough*white*cough* centric ideals.
I did say she is in many ways greater than Harry. I was trying to use her as an example (like Watson) as someone who could be superior to the hero, but doesn't take away from them #weirded
A3: I really try to empower anyone who walks into my room to engage with kids on their own- parents touring, principals doing a fly-by, paraprofessionals or observing teachers or whoever. My room is an open book, we're all in this together, you don't have to defer to me. #weirded
I love getting to call out the hidden qualities of the kids that I get to work with...the things that they take for granted. Boosts their self-confidence and reframes their perspective. Is this too serious for #weirded?
Q2: Donkey is an incredibly well developed character. He accepts everything but his own true love(and his advice)? What’s some advice you’ve ignored that you should have taken? #weirded
I dunno. The best heroes never seem to realize they’re heroes (or end up as tragic and fallen). So I want to help people do heroic things while they still believe they’re are not a hero. #WeirdEd
Q3: Hermoine Granger is a sidekick who may actually be greater than the hero, yet she differs in many ways to Harry for the sake of the storyline. How might you amplify another as their own hero? #weirded
HOWEVER, what's the name of the series? I mean, it's not, Hermione Granger and the Huge Textbook of Glory or whatever.
Just saying. This irritates me, as did the way JK went by JK and not Joann...I mean, it's the world, but jeez. #WeirdEd
A3: In celebration of our differences pick some not like you, maybe you do not like them very much and bring out the inner hero. It might change everything. #weirded
A3 Try not to begrudge people bc I don't like them or get along with them. Listen to their words/ideas and be open to them. Don't be such a damn lobster #weirded
That’s easy. I take my “Professional Hypewoman” status very seriously. Although, I know I need to continue to hype my co-workers more regularly. I’m working on that! #WeirdEd
Q3: Hermoine Granger is a sidekick who may actually be greater than the hero, yet she differs in many ways to Harry for the sake of the storyline. How might you amplify another as their own hero? #weirded
#WeirdEd That might be too graphic ... maybe like the eagle throwing the eaglet out of the nest from atop the aerie and then swooping down ...
nah, I'm just not getting it ...
#WeirdEd to explain, I mean that they become heroes in their strong moments and with the right encouragement and support. Basically, give the sidekick a quick kick, and then step back and let them hero.
#WeirdEd a3-
Leonard from Big Bang Theory
Dwight Schrute from The Office
These are just my recent shows... struggling to think of other shows or movies.
#WeirdEd Amplify others by stepping to the side so they can get at the mic. Handing it over. But I suspect Herminone, and many of those like her, don't want to be the hero", they just want to be good and get the work done. Can't force a hero either
Q2: Donkey is an incredibly well developed character. He accepts everything but his own true love(and his advice)? What’s some advice you’ve ignored that you should have taken? #weirded
#WeirdEd Amplify others by stepping to the side so they can get at the mic. Handing it over. But I suspect Herminone, and many of those like her, don't want to be the hero", they just want to be good and get the work done. Can't force a hero either
#WeirdEd A3 You can't be a hero if you don't have a plot that's moving you along a character arc. You have to someone's plot in order to see them as a hero. Um, #relationships or something. That feels too bumper sticker for this chat, but I think it's still true.
A3: Amplify by listening (to women and people of color). Quiet your own voice to allow others to be heard. Just saying, Hermione knew her biz. #notasidekick#WeirdEd
I think this, maybe, is our job, as teachers? Right? To amplify all of the heroes -- the wacky ones, the quiet ones, the wild-eyed ones, the sleepers -- and be a faithful sidekick who slips into the shadows? #WeirdEd
A3-1: I’m not a schmooze. I don’t like getting a lot of attention for ‘being important.” I like helping others get it, as long as those people recognize that I helped them. #WeirdEd
Story my mom used to tell and I only recently looked it up. Lobsters can't climb out of buckets they're caught/thrown into bc they keep pulling each other back down #weirded
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I love Hermione. (so proud when I figured how to pronounce name.) Is this not what we strive to do w our own students? Ex: 2nd grade boy, no mom, dad struggling. Me: hug every day. "Happy to see you!" Beginning to trust. YES!
I am more wondering how all of you amazing edunected individuals can be the Hermoine to so many Harrys and Rons without making them seem lesser #WeirdEd She makes everyone around her better. I want to be that
This makes me think of the teacher in the book "Frindle," who (spoiler alert) played the villain against a student because she knew the story needed one in order to get the kid to be his own hero. #weirded
Word. Hermione was busy trying to GSD. Literally so busy she had to time travel (hello, all women). She didn’t have time for glory. *Ahem Goblet of Fire* #weirded
Now there's a guy who was born to sidekickhood. His main character development is, like, getting over being the sidekick in every single relationship he has. #WeirdEd
I think this, maybe, is our job, as teachers? Right? To amplify all of the heroes -- the wacky ones, the quiet ones, the wild-eyed ones, the sleepers -- and be a faithful sidekick who slips into the shadows? #WeirdEd
A3: The longer I've been teaching, the more jaded I am about "amplifying." it's not a thing I do purposefully, it's just a thing that happens when I'm around because I'm dang good at what I do. See: Hermione. #WeirdEd
I don’t want to say this..but my mind is on teacher mode and I’m sorry for eyerolls..but..Ron Weasley is my personal example of growth mindset sometimes. He’ll take time to work with but is ready to learn. #weirded
I think this, maybe, is our job, as teachers? Right? To amplify all of the heroes -- the wacky ones, the quiet ones, the wild-eyed ones, the sleepers -- and be a faithful sidekick who slips into the shadows? #WeirdEd
And truly, I think we all know teachers who make it about themselves, and students just cannot become heroes in these rooms unless they are mini-versions of the teacher. It's ugly. #WeirdEd
#WeirdEd Yes! It should be inherent in the instruction. It's probably why I mentioned opportunities? I dunno, there's probably some flowery way of saying it, but brain's not working.
When it comes to pronouncing Hermione, I'm reminded of Col. Flagg meeting Winchester and pronouncing Charles's sister's name, Honoria, like it was a social disease
#MASH#WeirdEd
Yes. It's a challenge for me because I am an F not a T. But often my gut feelings are spot on and when I second guess myself, I end up regretting it. #weirded
#WeirdEd a4 Villain? One who does evil on purpose? No, I don't want that for myself. But I'm ok with being the misunderstood strange confusing adult that is perceived that way until the end of the movie/episode/season.
#WeirdEd A4 Possibly. Anime is notorious for the existence of "rivalries" that strive to better both the main protag. & his rival/archenemy/secondary protag. Though it kinda has elements of a toxic relationship....
yeah Ron is straight side kick material all the way. It makes you want him to succeed, to get the girl, until the hero starts dating his sister (why do best friends always go for the sister?) #weirded
#WeirdEd A4 I think you can be the antagonist without being the villain. You can be on the opposite side of the Hero vs. ___ conflict formulation without being evil. Teaching is sometimes setting up those obstacles in order to get the hero in gear and growing.
A4: VERY infrequently, I play the heavy. It's not my wheelhouse, it takes mustering up of courage. But it has been beautiful a handful of times: "You will not cry about this. You will turn around, breathe, and you will get it done." #weirded
#WeirdEd A4 IDK if it's OK to be the villain, but it does seem to turn out that way sometimes. More antagonist than outright baddie, I would think (hope?)
A4: Struggling w this q. I think sometimes teachers are villains whether or not we sign up for it. We represent things to kids - sometimes love &support, sometimes authority &constrictions. Kids sometimes come with baggage #weirded
A4 My gut answer is no. We should never be the villain when it comes to our kids. Do we need to be tough? Not back down? Absolutely. But my hope is no S ever sees me as the villain that they can’t talk to me if they need to. #WeirdEd
#WeirdEd A4 Let's change the terms a bit. Villain is associated w/evil, evil isn't what we do (tho some Ss think otherwise) BUT, to antagonize isn't always evil. It's to rustle up status quo, shake up the Protag's beliefs, esp if they're heading down a dark path. We can do that
A4 Challenge them, yes. But being a villain? Oh hell no. Right now I am angry with my brothers because we are struggling financially instead of having my mom's condo as a financial cushion. This goes back to 2012. https://t.co/IURXmSe20B#weirded
A4: Maybe just temporary villains. Like that character you think is bad but for real had your back the whole time. If you’re beloved 100% of the time, are you challenging/pushing enough? Luke didn’t always love Yoda. #WeirdEd
The Ginny thing is the only thing I dislike about the Harry Potter series. Not the dead parents thing. The “I’m dating my best friend’s sister” thing. Dude, you had Cho Chang. C’mon... #rant#weirded
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@btcostello05, @oolalume, @edutinker, @janamaiuri
A4 My gut answer is no. We should never be the villain when it comes to our kids. Do we need to be tough? Not back down? Absolutely. But my hope is no S ever sees me as the villain that they can’t talk to me if they need to. #WeirdEd
#WeirdEd A4 An Antagonist can provide a medium through which the protagonist can see their reflections, to see if they're heading in a direction through ruin or improvement.
#WeirdEd A4 Let's change the terms a bit. Villain is associated w/evil, evil isn't what we do (tho some Ss think otherwise) BUT, to antagonize isn't always evil. It's to rustle up status quo, shake up the Protag's beliefs, esp if they're heading down a dark path. We can do that
And some heroes are just unlikable, like some students are not likable no matter how much you try. I can’t imagine having Deadpool as a student. Wait, I did. Not my best moments. #weirded
Q5: Cameron is an amazing hero. The story is as much about him. Ferris is trying to help him, but he is trying to “fix” him. How might you deal with a hero who is trying to fix you rather than help? #weirded
#WeirdEd I taught a simpler concept w/my 4th graders during student teaching. If they had a better foundation in the past, I'd do something as in-depth as my post. Bc of several issues in 3rd grade, it wasn't to be. :(
Still love 'em though.
A4: I think a villain is defined by perspective, so it’s possible to be a villain without even realizing it. And that’s okay depending on the circumstances. But, again, it depends on the definition of villain. #weirded
A4: I've found in almost every SoC's story, there are powerful villains who think themselves heroes. #WeirdEd
The folks tormenting my students the most all think of themselves as powerful heroes saving the "little people" of our city with their courageous knowing betterness.
#WeirdEd It's like in the new Star Wars movie- Solo is the villain. Him and Chewie kill like a thousand people. They laugh during it. Chewie bites a guy's face off. That's WHY Han calls him Chewie. Remember the thing with 3PO and he chess? Not a joke.
Oh, Spoiler Alert
Yeah, I actually expected more out of Ginny given that she the only girl in the Weasley family tree for quite a while.
Just so she could marry Harry? meh
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@msmusiced, @btcostello05, @oolalume, @edutinker, @janamaiuri
Simply put, I do not deal with them well. You want to “fix” me? No way. You want to guide, suggest and encourage? I will happily take that advice. #WeirdEd
#weirded Sorry I'm late - lots of sick in the house....
A5: tough question, some the best intended disasters come from applying your own version of "fixing" rather than facilitating the needed, intrinsic fix (derived from the fixee?) time for #nyquil
Simply put, I do not deal with them well. You want to “fix” me? No way. You want to guide, suggest and encourage? I will happily take that advice. #WeirdEd
#WeirdEd@xianb8 has an excellent point. There's a danger to assuming the role of antagonist or villain, we can descend to zealous self-righteousness that we burn the futures of our students.
A4: I've found in almost every SoC's story, there are powerful villains who think themselves heroes. #WeirdEd
The folks tormenting my students the most all think of themselves as powerful heroes saving the "little people" of our city with their courageous knowing betterness.
Q6:Often sidekicks don’t share their side of the story. What is something you feel about teaching or school that you might feel embarrassed to share? #weirded
A3: As a teacher it's an asset to be bad at stuff. Creates space for students to step up and fail and succeed on their self-owned and led projects.
Then again, Granger was never a sidekick. JK literally had to write her out of stories early cause she was too powerful. #WeirdEd
Q3: Hermoine Granger is a sidekick who may actually be greater than the hero, yet she differs in many ways to Harry for the sake of the storyline. How might you amplify another as their own hero? #weirded
A3: As a teacher it's an asset to be bad at stuff. Creates space for students to step up and fail and succeed on their self-owned and led projects.
Then again, Granger was never a sidekick. JK literally had to write her out of stories early cause she was too powerful. #WeirdEd
Q3: Hermoine Granger is a sidekick who may actually be greater than the hero, yet she differs in many ways to Harry for the sake of the storyline. How might you amplify another as their own hero? #weirded
