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Jennifer Orr@jenorr.bsky.social |
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Long time elementary school teacher, author of Demystifying Discussion and co-author of We're Gonna Keep on Talking
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Kate Messner
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Hot take: I'm truly not interested in hand wringing over how much people will miss enjoying the books of men who have turned out to be abusers. I'm far more concerned about the missing art that women haven't been able to create/publish because they crossed paths with such men.
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Jennifer Orr
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And I hope her wrist is okay.
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Jennifer Orr
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My RN mother has mentioned, numerous times, how my teeth were retarded. They came in late. Medical terms don’t always age well or fit in mainstream language well.
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Jennifer Orr
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Because currently doing the job is apparently not enough proof.
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Jennifer Orr
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Yay! I love this show so much! I’ve seen the first episode four times, once I watched, then I slowly convinced each family member and watched it with them. Totally worth it.
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Jennifer Orr
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The difference in the ways I define busy in the summer vs during the school year is astounding. Summer = there’s something on our calendar? I’m overwhelmed! School year = a day without at least three things on the calendar? Fantastic! I’ll get so much done!
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Jennifer Orr
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My own children (ages 20 and 17) who have me (who won an ISTE award for early elementary tech use) and my husband (a college history professor who leads international workshops on digital humanities) are DEEPLY anti-AI. It gives me much hope.
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Jennifer Orr
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Today’s trip to the library began and ended with me complaining to my 17 year old about how oppressively hot it was. (Followed by the realization that I needed to hit another library, one I could walk to. For a brief second I thought, “We should walk.” Then my brain kicked in.)
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Jennifer Orr
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I visited two local libraries near me today (I'm teaching a children's literature course this summer and needed some specific titles). Both were buzzing with activity and people of all ages. It brought me immense joy.
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Jennifer Orr
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It is so fascinating. We have an almost-14-year-old chihuahua we rescued when he arrived in a shelter in Arlington after the explosions in Beirut in 2020 (he'd been in a shelter there). He either dislikes or is scared of just about everything. But the fireworks don't bother him and it is a gift.
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Jennifer Orr
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I haven't. It's been on my list but I've been hesitant as it seems dystopian which isn't really my thing. I'll be curious to hear what you think.
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Jennifer Orr
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Whoa. It's also my youngest's 18th birthday. Their 10th birthday was rough.
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Jennifer Orr
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It is easy to start doomscrolling and just keep at it. It's a challenge I fight every summer. This summer, I've managed to read quite a few books already and hope to keep working through my to read list (of mostly books for fun).
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Jennifer Orr
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It hit me today what a metaphor for this time the movie The Birdcage is. Hypocritical republicans doing all they can to use liberals to cover their flaws while said liberals bend over backwards to accommodate the republicans. I’m not sure I can enjoy the movie any more.
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Jennifer Orr
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It’s absurd, isn’t it? It hurts me a little every time I visit a college town.
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Jennifer Orr
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Our pup, post bath.
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Jennifer Orr
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You have earned all their gratitude, for sure! This is our front walk every morning this time of year. My teenagers and I try not to leave the house until after my husband as he's 6'2" and gets all the webs for us.
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Jennifer Orr
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It feels like your birthday or Christmas! Bonus!
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Jennifer Orr
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This definitely feels like an @idislikestephen.bsky.social question. And I'm so curious to hear his and others' thoughts now that you've asked.
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Jennifer Orr
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I spent the day at SFMOMA with my youngest and it was wonderful!
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My mom has been doing her hearing aids through Costco for quite a while now. She does live full time on an rv and Costco has the benefit of being almost everywhere.
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Jennifer Orr
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Something with Social-Emotional Learning vs Punishments/Consequences
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Jennifer Orr
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We flew through Istanbul when we went to Egypt a couple of years ago and that was clearly the goal then. I’m seeing it more and more recently.
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Jennifer Orr
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This is so difficult. I hope your weekend is a smooth one, as much as possible. I feel so lucky to have the relationship with my family that I have. My husband’s relationship with his family is more complicated. It is hard for everyone.
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Jennifer Orr
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She was always more of a dancer than I was! I'm hoping she can help me figure out some of the things that feel sticky to me, dance moves that feel off. If not, we'll probably just laugh a lot!
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Jennifer Orr
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She took as a kid long ago and I think she started back up about a year ago.
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It's been a few weeks because of summer and travel but I'm at my sister's in CA and I just brought my tap shoes down so that we can have some fun together (as she also takes tap class). It'll be interesting to compare our experiences!
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Jennifer Orr
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Amazing! That’s hilarious.
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We're currently in Dublin, CA where we saw the two today. We should have expected it as we traveled out here, but somehow I wasn't prepared.
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Jennifer Orr
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This is fascinating as we live in Springfield, VA and haven't seen one in our area yet! I have clearly just gotten really lucky.
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Jennifer Orr
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Fascinating. I don’t know anyone who has gotten one. In fact, I don’t think I know anyone who has spoken positively of them.
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Jennifer Orr
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We do feel like a streak has been broken and it makes us sad.
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We’ve been in Northern California for about a day and we’ve now seen two cyber trucks. Prior to today we had seen zero. We were not impressed.
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Jennifer Orr
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Absolutely! I reset my move goal when I’m sick because I should not be judged for that awfulness! Also, feel better!
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Jennifer Orr
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That definitely fits where I was a few hours ago when I was trying to finish up packing my classroom up and moving it upstairs. Now I'm too tired for such intensity, but I am with you pup.
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Jennifer Orr
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This is definitely a time when social media can be really hard to handle. I think it really intensifies the various mixed emotions at moments like these. (I love that you have college girlfriends who are still so close!)
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Jennifer Orr
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Oof, yes, that too. My current school is on a military base so we have a very high mobility rate, adding to the significant changes many of our students face at the end of a school year.
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Jennifer Orr
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Don't ask me how to do it yet. I need to get a bit more past the last day and finish packing up my classroom but a few kids are going to be haunting my sleep and I'll be mulling this over to come up with some ideas soon.
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Jennifer Orr
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Today was our last day of school. I have so many thoughts flying around in my head. The one that keeps banging itself into my temple, making itself heard, is how hard this is for some students. Change is so hard for some kids and I am sure there are ways we could support them better.
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Jennifer Orr
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Well now I have learned that too. For better or worse.
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Jennifer Orr
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Finally, I am awed again by the support and encouragement these students and their adults show each other. I am hoarse this morning from cheering last night and I was so much less than many. It was absolutely beautiful.
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Jennifer Orr
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The Cappies were founded by two people. One was Bill Strauss who I loved for his work with the Capital Steps. The other was Judy Bowns who was my theater teacher in middle school and cast me in my first show. By chance, we later did our capstone masters degree class together. It felt full circle.
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Jennifer Orr
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This was extra special for me because not only was I super proud of my kid and their peers for all their hard work, but I played harp in the pit for this show. And the pit won the award for the orchestra. (And so well deserved because the students and adults involved worked hard and were amazing.)
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Jennifer Orr
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Last night I got to spend the evening at the Kennedy Center for the Cappies Gala (like the Tonys for high school theater). My 17 year old was nominated for both Stage Crew and Stage Management (no wins though). The show my kid worked so hard on did win 8 Cappies out of 15 nominations.
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Jennifer Orr
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Does she have a ride home? I’m here attending this year and happy to drop her.
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Jennifer Orr
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10 minutes and $20 this morning to get my 17 year old's drivers license (a Real ID) replaced. Our DMV experiences (in northern Virginia) in recent years have been absurdly good.
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Jennifer Orr
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Not sure I've ever done that before... Wordle 1,085 5/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
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It is so awesome. When my 20 year old was in second grade she read an Elephant and Piggie book for the talent show. I was skeptical but it was fantastic.
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