Back to School Survival Manual

Back to School Survival Manual: A Girlfriend's Guide to an Organized and Successful Homeschool Year | Alicia Michelle

How I feel when I think of going back to work tomorrow after winter break staycation #TeachersofLitsy #ChipmunkCat #CatsofLitsy

mom2bugnbee I'm with you, Chipmunk! 3y

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TheBookHippie

Back to School Survival Manual: A Girlfriend's Guide to an Organized and Successful Homeschool Year | Alicia Michelle

Off we go

Bookwormjillk Good luck! 3y

bnp Good luck - to you & my sisters both! 3y

kspenmoll I hope your day was a good one! I was sick yesterday & today but will be back at school tomorrow. 3y

TheBookHippie @kspenmoll will see how long we stay in 😬 3y

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TheBookHippie

Back to School Survival Manual: A Girlfriend's Guide to an Organized and Successful Homeschool Year | Alicia Michelle

We are all in school today all districts and schools.
We try to stay outside as much as possible
To everyone else out there teachers and students I am sending so much light! May we all stay safe 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

JaclynW Take care!! 💕💕💕💕 4y

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TheBookHippie

Back to School Survival Manual: A Girlfriend's Guide to an Organized and Successful Homeschool Year | Alicia Michelle

Me and the lead teacher
FIRST DAY Of SCHOOL
Had to take my glasses off couldn‘t take it anymore 🤣😬

ASAP (Alternative Suspension Accountability Program) – Students who are suspended and expelled can complete their schoolwork at Escape while working towards peace, restoration, and personal growth. Volunteers are integral in working side-by-side with students.

Cosmos_Moon Sounds like amazing work. We need to squash that school to prison pipeline in America. Children need better support and second chances when they screw up, which probably results from lack of home support for most. Nice work! 4y

TheBookHippie @Cosmos_Moon I call it the loves of my life ❤️ I totally agree and we call it PIK parent impaired kid 😩 the prison pipe line has to stop 4y

Nebklvr What great work! Thank you!! 4y

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TheBookHippie @Nebklvr ❤️❤️❤️ 4y

GingerAntics What you‘re doing is so important. 💙💙💙 From what I‘ve seen, far too many kids are suspended starting way too young (preschool suspension shouldn‘t exist...forget that preschool shouldn‘t exist either). Even alternative schools without proper support can really mess a kid up. 4y

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics we take 8-12 graders we are hoping to go 6-12 but COVID 😩 so hopefully someday they suspend from kindergarten up in this county. Deplorable. No solution. Most these kiddos have undiagnosed learning disabilities or trauma not caused by self. As you well know. 4y

GingerAntics Sadly, that‘s how it happens. The few that aren‘t in any of those categories before being suspended usually end up that way when they come back. I went to HS with a kid who was so smart, never in trouble, pre ap everything. He moons his friends after school, gets caught by an assistant principal who tells him to come to his office in the morning. Kid‘s got the honesty to show up next morning and is immediately shipped off to alt school. 4y

GingerAntics When he got back, he couldn‘t stay out of trouble. He had to adapt to survive alt school and could never make his way back. He acted like he had PTSD at times. I don‘t think he graduated. Never would have happened if they‘d just given him detention. 4y

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics everyday story. Drives me insane. I just keep going. So unethical in my opinion. I‘m terrified of four more years of Betsy DeVos. 4y

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics I‘ve seen that happen so often. Just infuriating . 4y

GingerAntics This was way before her. W was president when I graduated high school. It is far too common, and to think they send elementary kids there, too. They‘re being set up to fail. It‘s entirely unethical. I can‘t imagine regular schools under DeVos. That woman. I have no words. It‘s unethical that schools are allowed to entrap and coerce students, and then expel/suspend them. So wrong. I can‘t even. This is NOT why I got into education. 4y

GingerAntics It really is. This kid was a small freshman to begin with. He was sweet and sensitive and SO smart. They ruined that for him, because he was acting like a teenager. What a shock, he was a teenager. I can‘t even begin to imagine what it was like for him in there. I work with someone who used to run that school. All 4 years of HS are in one classroom with one teacher so they all end up behind and smaller kids get hurt. 4y

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics we‘re non profit and get a lot done by sheer love and grit ✊🏼✌🏻so our kids get an amazing education the ratio is 1-4 or 6. Lots of one on one. We fight for them. We get them basic needs and the help they need. Oy W UGHHH even he looks good to me now 🤣 4y

GingerAntics Right? I‘ve had that thought. I would take W back gladly to get rid of Trump. 🤦🏼‍♀️🤣 I cant remember who but after Charlottesville a comedian said with Trump we‘re looking back at W and thinking “he led us with his eloquence.” It‘s funny and sad because it‘s true. 4y

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics At this point I‘d take Regan back that‘s saying a lot considering my countless arrest protesting during those years. 4y

GingerAntics Oh wow, that‘s saying a whole lot. 4y

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics 😩 4y

JaclynW Thank goodness for Litsy and conversations like these! They make me feel less alone and crazy. Conversations like this don't often happen in some of my circles. I haven't been able to get on Litsy a lot lately and I've missed aspects like this. It's good for my soul. Thanks for being nourishing, open, and welcoming! @TheBookHippie @GingerAntics 4y

JaclynW And @TheBookHippie thanks for the work you do! I'm in awe of your spirit and purpose. You make such a difference to so many! Good luck this year with the extra Covid complications (on top of previously mentioned hardships in this line of work). ❤️ 4y

TheBookHippie @JaclynW ❤️❤️❤️❤️I love it when you‘re here!!! Keep the hope! 4y

JaclynW @TheBookHippie ❤️ 4y

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BookishMarginalia

Back to School Survival Manual: A Girlfriend's Guide to an Organized and Successful Homeschool Year | Alicia Michelle

On this last day of winter break, I‘m binge watching Masterchef Junior surrounded by 4 of 6 #catsofLitsy #MiaCat #BonBonCat #TrickyCat #DavidCat (See my cool new #SockMonkey socks?)

Leftcoastzen 👏😻 4y

umbrellagirl Cozy 🐱🐱🐱🐱 4y

Bette Best afghan ever! ❤️🐱👍 4y

LunaAubry My type of day before school! I feel that, though. Tomorrow is the first day of our spring semester and I‘ve spent the day binge reading and watching Netflix! 4y

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CindyMyLifeIsLit

Back to School Survival Manual: A Girlfriend's Guide to an Organized and Successful Homeschool Year | Alicia Michelle

I‘ve made it through the first week back! I‘m sleep-deprived, my feet hurt, and I‘m having trouble adjusting to eating lunch at TEN IN THE MORNING 🤬, but otherwise, it was clear sailing! 😁 Here‘s to a great year, #teachersoflitsy!

Lynnsoprano I don‘t miss the sore feet! #Retiredteacheroflitsy 5y

laur89 I understand the struggle!! Lunch for me is now at 1 PM - I spend my pre lunch period talking over the growl of my stomach 😅 5y

CindyMyLifeIsLit @laur89 I envy you! I‘m not a breakfast eater and the usual things I bring for lunch are NOT appealing to me at 10 am, so it‘s been difficult. I just didn‘t eat anything the first couple of days, but that resulted in making me feel sick. There‘s an answer out there—just have to find it! Maybe you could surreptitiously grab a few animal crackers or something between classes—that might quiet the stomach beast! 😜 5y

laur89 @CindyMyLifeIsLit I don‘t do breakfast either - I exist purely on coffee until lunch! I should start bringing a snack to hold me over. Maybe you could just bring a granola bar or some fruit, and save your lunch until a later break time! 5y

CindyMyLifeIsLit I‘ll probably try the granola bar thing, but they gave me all my breaks in one big lump in the morning. I‘m back-to-back classes until almost 3. 😒 5y

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alisiakae

Back to School Survival Manual: A Girlfriend's Guide to an Organized and Successful Homeschool Year | Alicia Michelle

Took a reading break to work on one of our favorite things, organizing back to school supplies! 😍😍

Bookzombie I still love school supplies. I get a little excited when they start setting up the back to school displays in stores. 😊 I'm not in school and don't have any kids, lol. 5y

Johanna414 Love school supplies! 5y

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WhatThePuck

Back to School Survival Manual: A Girlfriend's Guide to an Organized and Successful Homeschool Year | Alicia Michelle

After a 12 year hiatus, let's try this again. This will definitely hinder my reading challenge. #soold #sendalcohol

sudi Good Luck 🍀 5y

Reagan You can do it! I went back and graduated at the ripe old age of 38. #nevertooold 5y

julesG Best of luck! You can do it! 5y

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Caroline2 Oh exciting!! 👏 5y

Megabooks Awesome!! 5y

tournevis 👏👏👏👏👏 5y

Crazeedi Congrats! I finished my degree at 42!! 5y

WhatThePuck @sudi @Reagan-reads @julesG @Caroline2 @Megabooks @Crazeedi thanks! It's been awhile! Hopefully I'll be done by the time I'm 40 and my oldest will still be in high school. Idk how we'll handle it if we're both at the same school. 😂 5y

JacqMac Congratulations! And good luck! 5y

DaveGreen7777 Congratulations! Wishing you the best! You got this! 👍 5y

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MicrobeMom

Back to School Survival Manual: A Girlfriend's Guide to an Organized and Successful Homeschool Year | Alicia Michelle

1. Heading to the Jersey Shore. It‘s supposed to rain ☔️😥
2. My semester started this week.
3. NYC
4. Sloth slow chill relaxed and symbiotic algae in their fur! Cool!
5. 76F and rainy! Blah! ☔️
#friyayintro @jesshowbooks

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Nessavamusic

Back to School Survival Manual: A Girlfriend's Guide to an Organized and Successful Homeschool Year | Alicia Michelle

First day of school, starting my 20th year of teaching. Happy new school year to all the teachers out there #teachersoflitsy

Seekingtardis Thank you for being amazing and molding young minds!!! 😍😍 #teachersarethebest 6y

mrp27 Have a great school year 🍎 6y

Lovesbooks87 That's amazing! Hope you have a great first day back! 6y

MonthlyBookClub Have a great first day!!! 6y

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AsYouWish

Back to School Survival Manual: A Girlfriend's Guide to an Organized and Successful Homeschool Year | Alicia Michelle

1. Ravenclaw
2. I tried, I think I only bailed on one, Hatchet
3. Number the Stars
4. Hatchet-hated, To Kill A Mockingbird-disliked
5. Harry Potter

#back2school
@Mandigolightly

Mandigolightly I‘ve never read Hatchet. It looks so dull! 6y

AsYouWish @Mandigolightly I had to read it for one of my college classes and it made me physically ill, so my professor gave me permission to stop reading it. 6y

Mandigolightly @AsYouWish aww nice prof! 6y

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britt_brooke

Back to School Survival Manual: A Girlfriend's Guide to an Organized and Successful Homeschool Year | Alicia Michelle

• art and math, always

• I liked them all

• I didn‘t do organized extracurriculars, but I spent most of my free time obsessively listening to alternative music or cruising around with my friends.

• Pirates

#HelloThursday

wanderinglynn

SamanthaMarie I spent a lot of time driving around our town and the outskirts of it with my friends, too. I think that must be such a high school thing to do 😂 6y

britt_brooke @SamanthaMarie Yes! 😆 I‘m from a pretty small town and there wasn‘t much else to do. 6y

SamanthaMarie @britt_brooke Yes! Same here. We did a lot of driving and just hanging out in each other's backyards on summer nights. 🤷🏼‍♀️ Hahaha! Thank goodness for books 😊 6y

wanderinglynn Thanks for playing! 😀 6y

britt_brooke @wanderinglynn 💚 6y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage

Back to School Survival Manual: A Girlfriend's Guide to an Organized and Successful Homeschool Year | Alicia Michelle

📚 English (but somehow I majored in Business / Marketing in college)
💱 Statistics (worst college grade)
☕️🥤Socializing at the student union
🐾 Panthers

#HelloThursday

wanderinglynn

wanderinglynn Stats was my worst grade too! I was a liberal arts person and yet they still tortured us with the math. 😕 Thanks for playing! 😀 6y

DGRachel Oh, I loved my statistics class in college. I almost changed my major from English, but that would have required Science for Majors classes and I knew there was no way I was going to be able to handle that. Math classes were not a problem, but I struggled with every science course I had to take in college and those were non-major level classes. 😔 6y

britt_brooke I also majored in business and sucked at statistics. 👯‍♀️ 6y

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BarbaraTheBibliophage @wanderinglynn @britt_brooke 🙌🏻 to no more stats. I did use them in a job many years ago. Agony. 6y

BarbaraTheBibliophage @DGRachel I was lost in any math beyond accounting. Algebra never sunk in for me. 6y

DGRachel @BarbaraTheBibliophage That‘s interesting. I failed my one and only accounting class in college and I now work as an accountant for an international construction management firm. Go figure. (Not attending class was probably my error there...LOL) I always liked Algebra, but I struggled with anything dimensional like geometry and analytic geometry. I can‘t envision 3D in my head. 6y

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TheFunkyBookworm

Back to School Survival Manual: A Girlfriend's Guide to an Organized and Successful Homeschool Year | Alicia Michelle

First day back at school.... sigh, I should be home reading 😩
Ps- I‘m also annoyed bc I left my flair pens at home and I can‘t make these notes I‘ll never look at again all pretty 😂
#teachersoflitsy

Reviewsbylola My kids would go Gaga over that notebook! 🧜🏼‍♀️ 6y

Melissa_J Wow. You go back to school early! When does your summer break start? My daughter doesn‘t head back until early September. 6y

TheFunkyBookworm @Reviewsbylola Target!!!!! So many great mermaid supplies!!!!!!! 🧜‍♀️ 6y

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JoScho Bless you girl! I feel your pain. Good luck today. ❤️ 6y

Joy0201 Ugh. We have one more week off. And Flair pens are a must💗 6y

BeansPage 💖 the notebook! 🧜🧜🧜🧜 6y

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AsYouWish

Back to School Survival Manual: A Girlfriend's Guide to an Organized and Successful Homeschool Year | Alicia Michelle

😁History, choir, novels, literature, & study hall
😩Math, speech, & PE
🎼Show Choir
🚌Blue Devil (lower elementary), Wildcat (lower elementary-middle school)-the school changed the mascot,& Cardinal (high school)-I changed schools

#hellothursday @wanderinglynn

wanderinglynn Thanks for playing! 😀 6y

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thereadingowlvina

Back to School Survival Manual: A Girlfriend's Guide to an Organized and Successful Homeschool Year | Alicia Michelle

📒 History

📚 Physics

⚽️ Sports in general

🎽 It is not a Malaysia thing

Thank you @wanderinglynn for today's #HelloThursday #BackToSchoolEdition! Brings back lots of good memories I miss my school days! 🙂💕

wanderinglynn Mascots must just be a U.S. thing. That‘s interesting! Thanks for playing! 😀 6y

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RebelReader

Back to School Survival Manual: A Girlfriend's Guide to an Organized and Successful Homeschool Year | Alicia Michelle

1. English
2. Algebra
3. Cheerleading
4. Panther

#HelloThursday

wanderinglynn

wanderinglynn 🙌🏻 I hated Algebra too! Thanks for playing!😀 6y

Kaye What were your school colors ? 6y

RebelReader @Kaye Blue and white were our colors. 6y

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wanderinglynn

Back to School Survival Manual: A Girlfriend's Guide to an Organized and Successful Homeschool Year | Alicia Michelle

#HelloThursday | Back to School Edition

1. Art, Music, & English
2. All the maths
3. Yearbook
4. Patriot

AmyG Yes.... ALL the maths and anything in science that required math. 6y

wanderinglynn @AmyG 🙌🏻 Exactly! 6y

minkyb Totally ALL the maths but especially Geometry 😳 6y

wanderinglynn @minkyb Yes! I had geometry 6th period (last class of the day), and the room faced west, so it was hot, and the teacher was old and had a monotone voice. On top of all that, it was geometry. Horrible class! 6y

minkyb My teacher used to throw broken pieces of chalk at us. The memory is fresh in my mind. I took geometry in high school in 1971‼️ 6y

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AmberWB

Back to School Survival Manual: A Girlfriend's Guide to an Organized and Successful Homeschool Year | Alicia Michelle

After 13 years in the classroom, I am looking to broaden my horizons. Hopefully next fall, I will be on my way to becoming a media specialist! 😊

wanderinglynn Best wishes! Sounds exciting! 6y

Biensoul YAYYYYYYYY!!! 6y

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Purrfectpages

Back to School Survival Manual: A Girlfriend's Guide to an Organized and Successful Homeschool Year | Alicia Michelle

Although I love this time of year for a few reasons, back to school madness is not one of them. Back to school for me means more work and less time to read and be an active Litten. Having the class from hell doesn't help matters either. #notbookrelated #hadtovent #teachersoflitsy

cobwebmoth Hugs! I hope it gets better. 7y

Nat_Reads Hoping your year improves--one tired teacher to another. 7y

Tamra Oh, but thank you for that laugh out loud! You haven't lost your sense of humor ......... yet. 😂 7y

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CoverToCoverGirl Volunteered for many years at the kindergarten level I can appreciate the difference between a great class and a class from hell... teaching is a job greatly unappreciated or valued by many parents, my hat goes off to all of you! 🤗 7y

Purrfectpages @cobwebmoth @Nat_Reads @Tamra @CoverToCoverGirl thanks for your support! 7y

Leelee.reads Sounds like you got a class that needs lots of love. Hang in there! 7y

jmtrivera I relate so hard! 7y

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