Favorite Tweets #15

samjshahi’m watching a video of myself teaching #ugh #hatethis #twitteringtotakeabreakbeforeistartcrying

untilnextstop@samjshah OMG how about I talk a mile a minute. My wait time looks like, “Got it? Good. Let’s go on to the next thing.” #iwanttostabmyself

samjshah@untilnextstop we should definitely do it together. are you coming to my room or am i coming to yours? or should we just do it in the bowl?

untilnextstop@samjshah The self-stabbing or the watching of the video? I’m “done” w/ the vid… I skipped over half of it. #sleepyandmycompupterisslow

samjshah@untilnextstop the stabbing, i was talking about :) i can’t seem to find a “good” clip.#hypercriticalORreality #idontknow

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sophgermaini will never be a morning person. #pleasestoptalkingtomeatbreakfast

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cheesemonkeysf@samjshah I think those straws are sucking a disproportionate amount of great ideas through your hat directly into your brain.

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samjshah@ddmeyer someone in our math group was talking about her teaching concerns, & she said “i guess i just wanna be less helpful” (@bowmanimal)

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sarcasymptoteHere is a ringing endorsement for @ddmeyer as presenter: Even stuff I’d seen on his blog was made fresh. Plus, I never reached for my flask!

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TPDonaldPearl Kane: Leadership s a behavior, not a position. #klingsi11

mrpendog#klingsi11 the tip of the iceberg is like the rest of the iceberg prk

untilnextstop“Win small, win early, win often” for motivating and sustaining long-term change. #klingsi11

samjshah“Things don’t get solved at meetings, they get solved before meetings.” #wordsofwisdom#doubleedgedsword #perceivedasproforma

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epdobbs#klingsi11 use the words “continuous improvement” instead of “change”. Model the culture of always looking how to do things better. – PRK

samjshah@epdobbs we do “cont. imp.” at our school, but it is a double edged sword. burnout, &it gets twisted to “everything we do isn’t good enough”

epdobbs@samjshah Ahhhh. Got to remember the celebration, then the improvement. I need to remember this in my teaching too.

samjshah@epdobbs yes, i too often forget the celebration. that’s key, ain’t it. SHOOT.

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samjshahi am wearing shoes that are not my own. #thisisafungame #whowantstoswapnext

bowmanimal@samjshah please tell me if you swap with someone so i know where my poor shoes end up

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srikvlteswaranYou’re dull like a constant in calculus. If we differentiate, you disappear.

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samjshahBEST POEM EVER. Getting it printed on a poster for my class: http://www.ashokkarra.com/2009/11/tom-wayman-did-i-miss-anything/

samjshahthe opportunity is out there, but you have to choose to participate. “show up.”

samjshah“we are each other’s harvest.” it implies that your reflection, process, etc., is not just for your own sake.

samjshah“we are each other’s harvest.” when a kid is absent, it is the rest of us who suffer. it’s like if a dancer is absent, the dance falls apart

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sophgermain“are we in polite company? I thought we were at a math conference. ” – awesome old dude.

sophgermain@samjshah its like a movie I am in a room with a bunch of old math teacher dudes bantering about lack of sleep and booze.

samjshah@sophgermain we have that here in NJ, except we’re not old and there isnt enough booze.

sophgermain@samjshah thsi conference has so much drinking.

sophgermain“i’m so old when god said let there be light I turned over and flipped up the switch.” -presenter

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samjshah“we undermine the amount of influence we have with kids. 50 minutes a day 4 days a week is powerful. even 5 minutes a day is powerful.”

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druinok@lmhenry9 @jreulbach @samjshah was this the night that J was drunker than all get out? If so, I remember that night too :)

samjshah@lmhenry9 @druinok @jreulbach she was doing body shots off of a frog she found on the shore.

sarcasymptote@samjshah @lmhenry9 @druinok @jreulbach jesus christ.

jreulbach@samjshah @lmhenry9 @druinok you just NEVER know about frogs…. #princecharming

jreulbach@druinok @samjshah @lmhenry9 @sarcasymptote that’s what I’m talking ’bout!

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jreulbach@samjshah In fact, @sophgermain is my summer romance novel. #married

cheesemonkeysf!!!!! “@k8nowak: @samjshah @pamlpatterson @sophgermain on last report#conferenceguy dreamy, fun/smart, all up in soph’s grill with digits”

jreulbach@k8nowak @samjshah @cheesemonkeysf @pamlpatterson @sophgermain and#conferenceguy eats ice cream cone paper. #notlying

cheesemonkeysf@samjshah @jreulbach @sophgermain Yes- an ACTUAL #conference guy who isn’t fatally weird or married #basicallythehumanunicorn

cheesemonkeysfRIGHT! Conference=Exeter!!! “@jreulbach: @k8nowak @samjshah @cheesemonkeysf@pamlpatterson @sophgermain #conferenceguy is also MATH TCHR.”

jybuell@jreulbach @sophgermain we’ll put him in a + hangout and ask him math and relationship questions.

sophgermain@jreulbach @k8nowak @samjshah @cheesemonkeysf @PamLPatterson seriously went away from Twitter for like a minute and you all went batshit.

samjshah@jybuell @jreulbach @sophgermain i disagree. it’s okay to be a sucky teacher. just as long as he works on getting better. and buys me haribo

park_star@samjshah @jybuell @jreulbach @sophgermain I would like some of those Haribos. #seriously#klout

samjshah@park_star @jybuell @jreulbach @sophgermain no. they are all mine.#comeupwithyourowndemandfor #conferenceguy

jreulbach@sophgermain @k8nowak @samjshah @cheesemonkeysf HELLO! Everyone knows you can’t miss a minute on Twitter, esp when <3 is in the air. #gossip

cheesemonkeysf@park_star @samjshah @jybuell @jreulbach @sophgermain Hey, look. We are ALL open to bribes from #conferenceguy Gummy #unicorns, for example

cheesemonkeysf@samjshah I have to give you credit: you have quickly established yourself as the master of the petulant hashtag #backofforsamwillgetmad

park_star@cheesemonkeysf @samjshah listen, my jones soda tells me that “the rainbow’s treasures will soon belong to you” #hariboforme #dealwithitsam

cheesemonkeysf@park_star @samjshah That sounds like a great fortune! I am so excited. #remembertheunicorns

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samjshah@calcdave @cheesemonkeysf you might hate me, because i am now a unicorn expert on KLOUT but i might be switching my allegiance to ponycorns

sarcasymptote@samjshah @calcdave @cheesemonkeysf @druinok might I recommend the tunacorn?

sarcasymptote@samjshah @calcdave @cheesemonkeysf it’s like a small narwhal.

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jreulbach@samjshah omg!! I’ve got it!! We can G+ and watch/listen to these YouTube vids together while we write!! Just need to stash kids somewhere.

PamLPatterson@jreulbach @samjshah You don’t have a closet for that? (Stashing kids, I mean. :-) )

samjshah@PamLPatterson @jreulbach considering the number of kids i have is less than 1 but greater than -1 and is an integer, i don’t have a problem

PamLPatterson@samjshah @jreulbach I worry when number of kids is not an integral value!

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mathematicsprofI supervised a math club once where they ordered shirts with Mathematicians, we’re number e^(2*pi*i) on them, goofed and ordered e^(pi*i).

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jybuell@sarcasymptote I thought of your rubber chicken student when I was writing it. Still one of the best things I’ve ever read.

sarcasymptote@jybuell thanks. that may be the best thing i’ve ever written, actually. i reread it recently after graduation. i miss that kid.

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samjshah@sophgermain what’s hilar is that i also typed the Fbomb, but switched it. also: are we FB friends? i have many more eyelash pictures!

sophgermain@samjshah MWHAHA we I just tried to search you on fb this came up. this isn’t you is it?#stilllaughing

samjshah@sophgermain oh my god i forgot! some ppl at the kling program did the same thing and found NAKED GUY #thatisntme #imunsearchable

sophgermainhttp://yfrog.com/h27b6vp

sophgermain@samjshah somehow those two things become separate tweets. they are one.

samjshah@sophgermain oh yeah that IS me. how the heck am i searchable? #prettyinpink

sophgermain@samjshah I’m unsearchable, too how do we become friends?

jybuell@sophgermain <slow clap> you have simultaneously won FB and Twitter.

samjshah@sophgermain one of us has to temporarily be unsearchable. or if you’re friends with someone i’m friends with, you can find me through them

samjshah@sophgermain are you FB friends with any tweeps?

jybuell@sophgermain omg. and her name is “sameerathesituationshah”

sophgermain@samjshah I’m not.

sophgermain@samjshah okay ready? I’m gonna be searchable.

samjshahGO! QUICK! also: what do i search for?

sophgermain@samjshah I think myy location is Santa Clara, Ca

sophgermain@samjshah the pic is a little cartoon with my name.

samjshah@sophgermain i can’t find you!!! there are too many!!!

sophgermain@samjshah new plan!

samjshah@sophgermain i will go searchable

joshgiesbrecht@samjshah @sophgermain Can’t one of you just give the other an email address or something?

sophgermain@samjshah did the link work?

samjshah@sophgermain yes, but it won’t give me the optiion to “friend”. wait i’m going to try on mine

sophgermain@joshgiesbrecht dude, this is not a moment for logic. just silliness. #youresmarterthanme

samjshah@sophgermain try my link

sophgermainI can’t friend you either! try mine again I think i fixed it

samjshah@sophgermain nope doesn’t work. i think i fixed my settings. you try my link again!

sophgermain@samjshah YOU WIN!

sophgermain@samjshah thank god. that was stupidtown.

samjshah@sophgermain actually you WIN because i am awesome to be friends with

JackieB@samjshah @sophgermain Glad you two found each other. I was very amused by the whole process.

CardsChic@JackieB I was getting a giggle too… #peanutgallery @samjshah @sophgermain

sophgermaingoodbye imaginary line between twitter friend and facebook friends. #whatdoesthismean?

sophgermain@CardsChic @JackieB shut up it was hard. #smallchildvoice

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ThinkThankThunkToday I was given expert, unsolicited instruction on alligator hunting by two different family members. #familyreunion

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