Melissa Johnson, PhD

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Melissa Johnson, PhD

@ladyhistorian.bsky.social

Historian. Associate Professor. Community College enthusiast. Researching 17th-c gossip. Weighs more than a duck. Employed by George and Gracie. She/her.
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Idk how to tag birdsky but can anyone help me id this weird bird from a terrible photo? A bit bigger than a dove, long tail feathers, orangish head, seen in the shrub steppe area of Eastern WA
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Since I went to the trouble of digging it up ... look, teenage me even underlined it!
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Sorry, forgot to pay the cat tax
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Executive decision to grade the last 20 exams and do all the math tomorrow
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Sometimes my George turns into a doodlebug
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I just hate knowing there are people who think like this. Teaching shouldn't be an afterthought and a teaching job isn't a consolation prize.
I just saw the most horrifying, elitist, soul-sucking take on academic teaching over at The Bad Place
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Graded 60 things, let's go see the new number in my to-do list! Oh no.
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When I was 7, my teacher told us to write an article about “world cultures” for school over the weekend. I remembered it late on Sunday so in a panic I made up something called the "Icelandic Fish Festival", figuring said teacher wouldn’t know either way.
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Graded 65 primary source assignments and 90 quizzes and it still looks like this. I'm going to just walk slowly into the desert and let the sagebrush take me
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So far today I have been to the garden store and repotted 3 plants, started a load of laundry, and eaten 2 meals. What have I not done? Graded a single item.
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I did a little grading earlier! The number is lower!
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Perhaps you would like your own personal George post
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I just downloaded the app. Oh no.
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I mean, mostly I just play them and dance awkwardly
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Normal socks for totally normal feet
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My blood pressure is doing bad things
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How many female bodied people who are 5'5" have 23" long arms? I have ridic monkey arms and I don't come close
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