What Do You Do When a Student Mentions a Murder?

Andrea: [00:00:00] My grandfather fell asleep in the corner and the students came in and they thought he was dead. So they went and got the office ladies to come and check on him because they're like, we think the sub's dead.

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Hey, teacher besties. Welcome to How to Survive the Classroom, and I'm barely surviving today. I, for those of you guys watching on, uh, YouTube, let me just show you. Do you guys see the blisters that are forming on my hands? So gross. And it is [00:01:00] entirely my fault. Um, I went to CrossFit this morning. Um, and here's, here's the thing about CrossFit you guys, because I didn't wanna join, alright?

Like I've mentioned a little bit here and there that I, I do CrossFit because of course, because of course I did. Because you can't do CrossFit without telling everyone you do CrossFit, um, which is. You know, that was one of the biggest hurdles is I was like, I don't wanna join a CrossFit gym where everyone makes you feel like garbage about yourself.

And so I decided I would try it out because they also had a, a deal for teachers and I was like, amazing. Yes. I will be cheap and I will take that discount. Thank you. Um, and so I started going and at the time that I started, it was owned by this woman who was so sweet and it was honestly like the most supportive, gentle way of coming into CrossFit.

Like in my head it was gonna be like one of those bootcamp scenarios where people are yelling at you. People are passing out and, you know, their kidneys are failing, they're going into rhabdo, like all of that, right? Um, so that's what I was [00:02:00] emotionally, spiritually prepared for. So I show up the very first time I go to CrossFit and the girl, you know, asked me what my fitness background is and stuff.

I didn't understand any of the terminology. None of it. Like, she's like, okay, now do like a, a lip clutch. Like what? I still dunno the terminology clearly. And. I, she had to work so hard with me just to understand how to lift the terms, all of it. 'cause there's a whole new set of terms to learn, right. But they were so gentle.

She nev, she didn't even ask me to do what everyone else was doing. She like, very gently walked me into it, which is the reason that I, I now enjoy going and I can do most of the workout, right? Most of it because I still can't do like a pull up or anything like that. But. What has happened this summer, and I feel like this is something that CrossFitters and CrossFit gyms in general will do, is they will shut off the air.

During, especially if there's a holiday like Memorial Day or 4th of July or some sort of patriotic holiday, [00:03:00] these CrossFit gyms will shut off the air conditioning and you will then do probably one of the hardest workouts of your life. So a lot of times they'll do like a weighted vest workout where you then have to go and run, or you have to do, there was one, I can't remember what holiday it was for, but we had to do a thousand box step-ups.

A thousand. Box, step up. And you were supposed to wear a 30 pound weighted vest for it in memory of, um, a fallen soldier. And they, it's like, it's always named after that soldier. Right? And this summer there's been several times where they like cut the air off and they're like, no, it's fine. Like it's about mental toughness.

And I'm like, it's not about mental toughness. It is about you guys being too cheap to run the air. And here is my problem with CrossFit gyms across the country. Why do you think. You need to manufacture hardship in order to get self-esteem. It makes me so angry, like the workout itself, like I'm there for the [00:04:00] fitness, I'm there for the workout.

I have not lived such a soft life. I need to then. Put myself into heat exhaustion to prove to myself that I am a good person. I'm sorry, that's, I am not that insecure and I'm so sorry that you are, but turn on the air conditioning. Alright. I cannot with this kind of like bravado. And they're like, no. Well, you know, the veterans who were deployed, they didn't get air conditioning.

You know what, I'm married to a veteran. And I know a lot of veterans, they gave us the permission to use the air conditioning because I can guarantee you if they were sitting out in the desert and they found out you were doing this insane workout without air conditioning, you have the option and choose not to take it.

They're gonna be like, that's so stupid. I don't know any veteran that is like, oh my gosh. Thank you so much for working out. Without air conditioning on my behalf, that really makes my quality of life and my financial situation and this deployment so much better. It really helps me in [00:05:00] substantial ways, like grow up.

It has nothing to do, it's just like it's making you feel better about yourself. That's all it is. Anyways, um, just coming in with so much hate today and I, I don't know why I actually had a great weekend, you guys. I was in Washington this weekend, which was the first time. I've been to the Pacific Northwest.

I had a beautiful time. I went with Andrea Kasari. We did this Andrea Squared thing, um, at the show, which actually made it very complicated about like talking about who was getting what time, how we were gonna cut things up and all of that. Because it was like, Andrea's gonna be doing this, which is why I just, I, I call her Kasari.

She's very funny if you've never, um, seen her. She also tours with board teachers and all of that. Um, but we had an incredible time. We went to Spokane. And Tacoma, and I'd again never been to the state of Washington before. Tacoma's, like right outside of Seattle and Spokane is on the other side of the state, four and a half hours away.

And, um, guys, if you've never [00:06:00] been to Spokane, it's a place, it is a, it is a place that. I have now been, um, it was so funny because I, I, a lot of the people in Spokane that came to that show, like there were some people that drove like two and a half hours to come to the show, which genuinely is so meaningful to me.

Like, so incredibly kind. They came so from so far, but that also meant that most of the crowd was like not attached to Spokane as a place and a great example of Spokane. So I saw three things, and this is also how I introd my show, by the way. Um. Experiencing the culture of Spokane was, I was, we were walking, there was like three blocks from our hotel to the, the club, the Spokane Comedy Club, who were so sweet and so wonderful to us.

And we walk over and I'm seeing, like, first thing I see is like a man juggling while walking down the street with like the bowling pins, right? Like not balls, like bowling pin juggling, right? So that to me, having the bowling pins, that's. You are prepping, right? Like you are planning ahead [00:07:00] for this situation.

And I'll, I'll share with my producers the clip so you guys can see it. Because it turns out that the juggler also worked at the club. Um, there were two jugglers that worked at the club and then we get to the club and in the back room there was a beautiful, beautiful painting of a turtle doing cocaine off the back of another turtle.

And then right outside the club there was what could very possibly be human feces on the ground and. I, I kind of feel like that really kind of embodies the vibe I got in my very short time in that area. I, I also went to a great cider spot. Um, a few people told me, go to a sushi place. It's called sushi.com in town.

It was closed by the time we finished at the cider spot, which made me very sad. Um, but yeah, it was wonderful. The people in Spokane were so kind. It was just so funny when you get little glimpses of these cities and it's like, alright, and everyone, you know, when I told the crowd. That this was my first time in the Pacific Northwest, and my [00:08:00] only impression of the state of Washington so far was the walk from the three blocks from the hotel to the club, and the entire audience went, Ooh.

Which is kind of brutal. Um, but yeah, it was an incredible time. Tacoma. I really loved, again, it was very quick. Um, I had the sweetest Uber driver, which I also feel like is symptomatic of how you feel about visiting towns and stuff like that. So yeah, I just had a great time. If you are unaware of whether or not I'm gonna be in your town, check it out on educator andrea.com/tickets that has all of my dates for the Teacher's Lounge Show and my independent dates.

So if you go to Teachers Lounge Live. Dot com. That one has all the ones that I'm doing with Gasper and Phil. But if you're wanting to just come and see me, regardless of whether or not I bring boys with me, um, you can go to educator andrea.com/tickets. I'm gonna be in Chicago on September 6th. I'm going to be in Indianapolis in October, October 11th, I think.

Um, I also have my teacher's lounge shows in Tempe, Arizona, and. [00:09:00] In Irvine, but I think by the time you guys are hearing this, those are probably over. So yeah, just check out the dates on there. I'm gonna a bunch of different places And guys, I think, I think I'm kind of funny now, like now that I've done my set and it's really good, you guys need to come and hear it and hang out with me, especially if you're a podcast listener.

And please do tell me when you come to the meet and greet afterwards. 'cause we, we include meet and greet at all of the shows. Um. Tell me if you're a podcast listener, because I feel like you guys are like extra special in my heart because not everyone is a podcast listener. Some people just like see the reels and stuff like that.

But, um, yeah, I just so appreciate everyone who's coming out. I'm very, very excited because I know for sure I'm gonna get to meet some of you in a, in a couple of shows, uh, from now. So thank you guys so much for your support. It is absolutely incredible and I'm having the absolute best time. So, uh, without further hating on CrossFit.

And Spokane. Let's listen to the first, uh, voice memo that was sent in. And if you have [00:10:00] not yet sent in a voice memo and something chaotic happened and now you are just starting to remember it, please, please, please send it in because we want to hear it. So here is the first one sent in for this week. 

Voicemail: So this happened when I was in third grade.

I think I was like eight or nine at the time. We had a substitute teacher at the time, and the thing was, was that he was a World War II vet. So at, to preface this, I'm 27, so I comes in and he's like trying to teach us stuff about discipline and everything, and I just remember being like, this is weird, whatever.

It goes on and as we are, we're like eight year olds. We're going crazy because you know, our teacher's not there, so he. Ends up calling us a bunch of NAZI s's. And we're like, I don't know what that just meant, [00:11:00] but I didn't like it. And he goes, oh, I didn't mean that. Whatever. The next day we all come in and we're ask our teacher, we're like, Hey, what does this mean?

And she's like, where did you hear that? And we told her that he called us all that. And he goes and she goes, oh. We're gonna have to have a talk. Didn't see him again for the rest of the year, but that man came back after to be one of the best subs ever. We had him like all through middle school, all through high school, loved him.

I miss him. God rest his soul. Mr. Canal was the best teacher, substitute teacher you could ever have. Always sang the songs, even in high school. We loved his song, but man, their grade was crazy.

Andrea: Here's the thing. Here's the thing that is a crazy thing to say to a group of third graders, but I also feel like this is so symptomatic of finding out in the worst possible way that you are [00:12:00] teaching at the wrong level. Like it sounds like he crushed when, when he taught middle and high school and like subbed for those grades, but when he was doing the younger grades, it became just.

So unbelievably clear that this was not it for him. I kind of wonder if he was trying to be sarcastic and like do a funny bit when he said that. Like, especially if he introduces himself as a World War II veteran and then, but I, I can't imagine calling a bunch of students Nazis. That's crazy behavior. I Oh man.

Oh, man, I, I do remember when I was in school though, we had a student, or we had a sub who we loved, right? Here's the thing. Even if the substitute is well-liked and well loved by the students that they're subbing for, that does not always translate to, oh, the student is gonna be, or this sub is gonna be treated super, super [00:13:00] well.

In fact, it might mean that that sub's life is gonna be. A little bit worse. Um, because if you are a favorite sub, it usually means that students have found a way to either make you laugh or make themselves laugh by terrorizing you. And I remember there were different schools where I had a, I would have like, we have a sub list, right?

Of like different subs that would work with specific teachers and schools. And I had, there was one sub at, at one of the schools I taught at that all the kids loved. But the reason the kids loved this sub is because he let them get away with everything. Like he would be in the corner on his phone and the students would be like, can I go to the bathroom?

And we would be gone for 40 minutes. Like, that's the, and you would, here's, here's how we knew. Not because the students would snitch on themselves. Absolutely not. Instead we would find out because we would be. Not absent, and this student who went to the bathroom would then show up in our class and we're like, what are you doing here?

I'm in [00:14:00] the middle of instructing. And they're like, no, no, no. Mr. So-and-So said it was fine if we left. And I'm like. No he didn't. I'm sure he didn't. And, but I mean, you know, it, it also, I don't wanna come down too hard on this sub because it's hard being a substitute teacher. Um, I have a lot of subs who come to my shows and they always look just about as stressed out as like a first year teacher because first year teachers like that first year is really brutal, especially if your students know that it's your first year.

But you do start to like find your path and your way. Whereas substitute teachers, you're just, every time you go to work, everyone sees you as a mark. You know, like everyone is like, well how are we going to destroy that person's soul on this day? Um. Also my, my grandfather is, who by the way is 99 years old.

Grandpa Doc, happy birthday. Uh, he just had his birthday at the beginning of July and he's 99 and he is also a World War II vet. Um, [00:15:00] and he subbed for a long time. He was actually a small town doc for a very long time. And then after he retired, you know, here's the thing, if you live to a hundred. You get a good chunk of your life in retirement.

So he retired I think at like 65 and after that he started subbing. Well. Like many older men, I think he was in his seventies when he started subbing. He likes to take little afternoon, afternoon naps. And so he would be in the corner, the students would be working, and my grandfather would kind of just do one of the, like, tilt his head back in his chair and sleep, um, especially between classes.

And so he said there was one time where he was sleeping. It was lunchtime. All the kids were outta the room. It was lunchtime and my grandfather fell asleep in the corner. And the students came in and they thought he was dead, and so they went and got the office ladies to come and check on him because they're like, we think the sub's dead.[00:16:00] 

Because to be fair, when you do get older, even when you're sleeping peacefully, it does look like you have died. That is a hundred percent true unless you got sleep apnea or something and there's enough noise happening, like people are continuously concerned that you are dead every time you take a nap.

So, um, but yeah, my grandfather also World War II, vet subbed, he's not subbing anymore. You know, 'cause he, but he is, we, I think he might still be driving, to be honest, I think his, I think my aunts and uncles and mom are trying to convince him to stop. But my grandfather is just an absolute boss, so he probably still is.

Even if they told him not to, I'm, he's probably taking the keys and going for a spin. So. Alright, let's go ahead and listen to the second voice memo set in today. So the craziest 

Voicemail: thing that ever happened in my classroom, granted I have been a teacher for two years, so. Not a long time. Craziest thing that ever happened, there was, um, a sweet [00:17:00] little, uh, sweet little boy.

A 14-year-old gang member was murdered near our school near the end of the year last year. It was really upsetting. So sad I didn't know him. He went to a different school. But then my student starts talking to us about how he was. There and like what happened at this gang murder and stuff like that. And I had to fricking call the detective.

And because they had no leads at that point and I was, I had to call them and be like, you need to come interview this boy. Really, really sad. This boy is now legitimately in a gang, but he's such a sweet little boy. He takes flowers to his mom's grave. Ah, kids kill me because. He's so sweet and he is a gang member and he was at a murder, but to me, he was just my little Daniel boy.

And he would just, he, you know, he was just a sweet little boy. He, he [00:18:00] built blanket forts in my class, but no, he's a gang member, so that's super fun. Um, however, I would much rather. I work where I work in a very low income area than anywhere else. These kids are amazing and I love them, even if they're gang members.

Andrea: Yeah. You know what? I think the craziest part of her story is that it's her second year. And she's already experienced something like that. I, I, I think people who watch teacher movies where there are gang members in the class, they get this weird impression that like, these kids all come in ready to fight you as the teacher.

Um, like, I'm trying to think of, of the big ones. I mean there's the, oh gosh, Aaron Gruel book where. It's Freedom writers. Freedom writers, um, that I remember watching when I think I was like in high school or something, and the Freedom Writers story, where all of these like rival gangs are all in one [00:19:00] class and they're all like awful to her and awful to each other in the class and all of that.

And I think there is that expectation. So when you meet students who are legitimately like affiliated, so u usually at the school level because you weren't allowed to be. Officially a gang member. The school and I, in the district that I worked in there had previously been a lot of gang violence and stuff like that, and it had gotten tamped down for the most part, pre COVID.

And then when COVID hit a lot of these kids from these communities were. Alone at their houses, their families were at work all day. And the access to like the community, the support, the food, all of that stuff that they would normally have gotten from school, they didn't have access to. So during the pandemic, a lot of these kids that would have been in school with us getting support and community, all of a sudden were now on the street.

And there were adults that were out there. And those adults, a lot of times were gang members. And [00:20:00] so in these communities, this gap of leadership and community was filled by the leaders of these gangs. Um, and so you would have a kid who. Like is inside building blanket forts and then is out there at a shooting or is out there seeing a murder and those are the kids who aren't coming from families that are already built to kind of support that lifestyle sometimes.

So I mean, I remember I vividly. Vividly. Remember I had one student who I sat with him and I was talking to him about what he did that weekend. He's like, miss, you don't wanna know about what I do. And I'm like, okay, calm down. Like I'm not scared of you. And he's like, well, you should be. And I was like. Why though?

Like you literally can't grow facial hair. So I'm sure you're very scary, but you're my best friend, so I know you're never gonna hurt me. And he is like, I'm not your best friend. I hate you in this class. And I'm like, that's adorable. You're gonna love me. And I made it my absolute [00:21:00] mission to be so unrelentingly.

Aggressively kind and loving to this kid. And he loves me by the way. Um, he recently dmd me and said I was one of his favorite teachers, even though he told me he hated me every single day. Um, and I told him, that's crazy 'cause we're actually best friends and I'm gonna make his best friendship. Bracelets.

So that's a crazy thing for you to say. And like the, these students, these kids who a lot of time find themselves in gangs and in really dangerous situations, what they're looking for is safety in community. Like more often than not, safety, community money. Like those are the things that these kids want and.

I, I would love to say if I grew up in their situation, I would know to navigate away from that kind of kind of false safety. But the reality is, is these kids don't feel like they have a choice. Because if they're gonna walk to school and they know there are these gangs on these streets, and if they think you're affiliated with one or the other, you're in more danger.

[00:22:00] So truly, a lot of these kids are just seeking safety and community. And so for me, every time I had a kid in my class that I knew was affiliated or suspected was affiliated, I really thought, just like with every kid, what my job is, is to give them safety and community in in my classroom. And a lot of times the kids who were affiliated were no problem whatsoever in class.

Uh, mostly because if you get in trouble at school, then that brings more attention to them. Brings more attention potentially to the gang. So there would be times where they would be more concerned about getting in trouble with like, the crew than their parents. Um, because they don't want any, like, extra attention.

Like if they get kicked outta my classroom, maybe their backpack's gonna get searched and then there's product in their backpack or something like that, you know? So I, I always thought it was fascinating to me. Especially my first year when I worked with a girl who, I don't know that she was ever affiliated, but I do know that she was convicted for attempted murder and she had a bracelet [00:23:00] or a anklet on, um, an ankle bracelet.

So for the crimes, you know, like a monitor, a. I don't know what the term is for it, but she had an ankle monitor. There we go. I got there. Um, she had an ankle monitor and she would have that on. And I just remember just being like, that's crazy girl. And I was, I remember very vividly sitting with her the first time I met her.

'cause she was 19 in my class and she had been in prison for six years. So she, when she was 13 years old, had been convicted. Attempted murder. And I remember sitting with her and like real casually, because I, I'm thinking she was in juvie for something silly, right? Like maybe she just got in some fights or whatever.

And I remember sitting with her and being like, girl, what'd you go to jail for? Because I, the, a lot of times you'll have the parole officers will reach out to you, um, especially if it's a serious case like that. And I was like. Why did I have to meet your parole officer? And she's like, oh, I was in prison.

I was like, what were you in prison for? Right. Like, because you don't wanna say it loud enough for everyone to hear, but like there, you know, I was like, what were you in prison for? And she's like, attempted murder. I was like, that's crazy. No, really? [00:24:00] And she looked at me like. No, no, really. And I'm like, oh, that's okay.

Yeah, she was great. She was great in my class. Um, it became very obvi like. She had also found faith when she was in prison. Um, she had attempted to curb stomp a girl, so extremely violent. Attempted murder. Um, but I also learned a lot about her personal life and what her home life was like at that time.

And it was so dog eat dog in the place that should be safest for her. That's the only way she knew how to navigate the world. Um, and she was absolutely darling to me. Um, I hope she's still doing really well because I had a great relationship with her. And just like you said with that voice memo, like.

It's, it's not the kids that you're like, it's not that kid that comes in all the time and is like all pissed off and is rude to you. Like sometimes it's the kid that blink builds like blanket forts and all of that. And I think it's that empathy and that understanding. That really I think makes it a lot [00:25:00] easier to be a teacher is that we understand that behind that bravado and behind all of that is a kid who wants to build blanket forts and maybe doesn't feel like their house is safe enough to do it in.

So, um, thank you for doing what you do and fighting for those kids because a lot of people would hear. This kid's in a gang, this kid's affiliated, and immediately write them off. And I think that the thing that keeps some of those kids from continuing down that path is a teacher that says, you're a great kid and I think you can do better than this.

So thank you for doing what you're doing. Um, and on that, gosh, that guy is that cut? That was like a PBS special. Um. I have other things for you. I have some really cool new teacher resources I found, so I'm gonna share those with you when we get back right after this. Welcome back teacher besties. So I, before these episodes, I always try and find stuff, um, that is gonna be relevant, that's going to take things off of your plate and that is going to be as close to [00:26:00] free or really worth.

The money. Right. So those are like my, my, my testers for whether or not I'm gonna share these with you. So something I came across is that Verizon, as in Verizon Wireless as in. The cell phone company, uh, recently created a website for teacher resources, and you can go on and create an account for free, I think, because every time something's free, I'm like, why are you giving it to me for free though?

It's like, I don't know if I'm just like dead inside, but I'm always suspicious, especially when it's a. Like, it's not a, it's not a nonprofit, right? Like Verizon, I, I get billed by them monthly. Um, so I know it's not a nonprofit. Um, but I think the reason Verizon Wireless is putting together all of these free resources is 'cause they're hoping it leads to teachers buying like their VR goggles or other tech supplies, but.

In order to access their stuff, all you have to do is just go to verizon.com/learning/lesson plans, create an account [00:27:00] and like I said, free account. It's gonna ask you for what school district you're in, what level you teach, and then it will give you recommendations based off of that. They have featured lessons.

Um, so for example, I'm just looking at their homepage right now. Um, they have something that is a virtual experience on Mars, so it's got Earth versus Mars. You begin by using your five senses. They have. Um, so this one plugs into an augmented reality goggle, and I know some schools have these. I've never worked at a school that has like any kind of VR goggles.

I've never even used VR goggles. Mostly because every time I see it's available to do that, I watch other people using it first and it turns me off to it. Pretty quick, but I'm sure it's cool. I'm sure it's great. And I should probably, uh, play with that a little bit. Um, but it also has things like 3D mod modeling in ancient Greece.

So if you had a 3D printer or something like that, that you wanted to have your students learn about [00:28:00] ancient history and how to model things as that, like are shaped like the Parthenon, is that ancient Greece? Yeah, we're gonna go with that, like the. Um, and then we've got stuff about like World War I and math and cybersecurity and eSports and game design.

So a lot of really, really cool resources. And because I'm an English teacher, I always wanna see what they have for that because I feel like in particular, if you're looking at Verizon or somebody like that, that is kind of using this as a gateway to try and get people to buy their. Tech, um, I always wanna say, okay, what are you doing with English?

Because books you can, yes, you can use a digital reader, but we all books. Books are books, you know. Um, so some of the first things they have on here is digital storytelling, branching narrative, which I love that I took a digital storytelling, um, class in college that I absolutely loved. Uh, AI ethics. Lots of different things about how to tell stories.

Digital graphic [00:29:00] design. That's an interesting one to include in English. AI snapshots, rap Odyssey. Okay. So it definitely does have some things I would guess if you were a STEM teacher, this is gonna be a much more. Beneficial resource than for English teachers. Um, history teachers. I think maybe it might have some really good stuff in there too, just because I think that they're trying to use VR to access some of those things and give like more context about, um, the the different things that you are studying.

Um, Ooh, they do have something. Called digital storytelling, the entrepreneurial mindset. So I think that that one's maybe about, you know, resources online and digital storytelling, which is kind of what I do on Instagram and TikTok and all of that. So, um, I just thought that was a really cool resource and I was really surprised to see it because I had never heard about it.

And I feel like I do try and keep my ear to the ground with resources and different programs that are out there. So. Free resources. They've got lesson [00:30:00] plans, they've got presentation tools for it. So check that out, um, and let me know what you guys think and if you have a resource that you are like, oh my gosh, I'm obsessed, please send it to me.

I would really appreciate that. Um, I do try and do as good of a job as possible, trying to find stuff that's gonna be helpful. But I am teaching college now, and so I am not connected to the K 12 teaching. Like. Community as much as I would like to be, it kind of makes me wonder if I should start hanging out in the break room at the lunchroom, at the schools around here, just so I can be like, whatcha guys talking about, whatcha talking about what's going on?

Just so I can stay a little bit more plugged in, um, because I can feel it, you know, like I can feel that I'm, I'm, you know, a little bit removed and that bothers me. So now I'm just gonna be like the weird person who hangs out in the break room and brings them snacks. Okay guys, so we are gonna have a new segment because I have a lot of opinions and I just apparently don't have enough opportunity to share them with you.

And so this segment is called The Hill I will Die On. So these are things that like, I'll fight you about it. I will, I'll [00:31:00] throw hands, not like physical, but like emotional hands, spiritual hands if you, if you get me. Um, and the hill I will die on for this first one is that anyone who makes decisions about schools, okay, so I'm talking the superintendent.

The school board people that are like, especially if you are in some kind of working group for the state government that is trying to pass down legislation, this applies to you, okay? If you touch education in any way, you should be required to substitute, teach. Eight days a year. And the reason I choose eight days is because I think you should have to do two days in elementary, two days in middle school, two days in high school, and two days with special education.

And let me tell you, if they actually required the people who make these decisions to go into the schools and get a taste. Just a little taste that's like two weeks of subbing of what teachers are actually going [00:32:00] through and faced with. It would transform the education world. Profoundly. If you have thoughts about what we chatted about today, unless you're a CrossFit Gym owner, you can email me, andrea@humancontent.com, or you can contact the whole Human Contact Podcast family at Human Content Pods.

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