Crying in My Car: A Podcast for Teachers

The Unexpected Twists of the Evolution of Education

Are we being too rough on the new guys?    Welcome back to Crying In My Car, a podcast for teachers! Join our hosts Devin Siebold and James Yon as they ask the question, what are these older teachers' problems with the new guys? We also have a secret technique that teachers can use to destroy the competition on field day. Finally how did a couple of teachers just get cheated out of 2,000 bucks just because the school board didn't send out an email? We all hope for a warm reception whenever we start a new job, unfortunately not all veteran teachers are as welcoming to new teachers as others. We’ve had plenty of experience with this, but luckily they're not all bad stories, for every crotchety educator there is an obi wan esque teacher ready to share their lessons and stories. However, it's more funny to talk about the former rather than the latter right?  We all know about field day right? We look forward to it every year, and let us tell you what, those kids aren't ready for the competition. Devin shares a hilarious story on how he used underhanded tactics to sweep the competition. Tune in to find out exactly how he did it and maybe you can use it in your next field day.  Now us teachers don’t get enough credit and sometimes we really need some good news. Well one school district gave a whopping 2,000 dollar bonus to any teachers who returned to their classroom in the fall! Which is awesome news, however they neglected to let anyone know, therefore taking away any initiative to actually come back in the fall. We don't know about you but we feel like writing an email would have been a pretty decent idea to make this initiative work.    Jump right in! 3:25 Teacher Bonuses Revealed 11:40 Classroom Controversy: The Hair Debate 20:15 Generational Differences in Teaching 29:00 Special Guest Insights 35:45 Teachers' Struggles & Triumphs 42:10 Unexpected Rewards of Teaching   So do your stretches, make sure you sent that email and tune in to this week's episode of Crying In My Car, a podcast for teachers.  _________________________________________________________ Crying In My Car Podcast: Presented By Bored Teachers

Where is the line for sending students home?!

There's no way he can fail all of us… right? Welcome back to Crying In My Car, a podcast for teachers! Join our hosts Devin Siebold and James Yon as they ask the question, can teachers fail a whole class? And we can’t help but notice that people who hang out with the principal after work gets special treatment, is that fair? Finally, should we believe kids when they say their sick? Or are they just trying to get out of the spelling test for this week? We’ve all heard the old excuse of “well they can’t fail all of us”, but according to admin, teachers definitely could. At the end of the day, if everyone is failing, is it actually on the students, or is the teacher not covering material well enough? Do the kids deserve a curve, or do they need to lay in the bed they've made? Tune in to find out what we think!   We feel like we’ve all been in the situation where you find out your boss is actually a pretty cool person, but is it moral to go grab a beer with them after work? I mean yeah sure, when I'm hanging out with our principal I get a better schedule, and smaller classroom sizes, but that's not favoritism right?    Sick students are such a common occurrence in the classroom, but why haven't we gotten a better system for sending them home? Have we learned nothing from the pandemic? Why do we send sick students back into the classroom after visiting the nurse? Is it our job to clean up after a student blows chunks, or should their parents have listened to them when they said they weren’t feeling good?   Jump right in! 04:22 - Classroom Failure Debate 10:45 - Admin Role Controversy 15:30 - African-American Teacher Exodus 21:58 - Favoritism Fallout 29:15 - Teacher-Administrator Dynamics 33:40 - Peer Pressure Tactics   So grab a bucket and a mop because our teachers might have to clean up a bit of barf on this week's episode of Crying In My Car, a podcast for teachers.  _________________________________________________________ Crying In My Car Podcast: Presented By Bored Teachers

Gaming: Your Child's New Career?

They’re giving scholarships to influencers!?   Welcome back to Crying In My Car, a podcast for teachers! Join our hosts Devin Siebold and James Yon as they consider changing their careers to become pro gamers. Is posting on instagram a real job? Of course it is! And apparently colleges are starting to catch on by giving social media influencers scholarships. They also found out this week that private schools are finally starting to become more obtainable for families in Florida, but is that even a good thing? You know, when we were kids video games were a lot simpler, but we've come a long way from cheating by picking Bo Jackson in Tecmo bowl. When you think about it, the gaming industry has grown almost enough to be bigger than the movie industry, so why aren't we encouraging students from pursuing a career in pro gaming?     Being an influencer is the newest and best form of marketing today, and people are starting to catch on. They are now apparently giving scholarships to influencers at Western Government University to study how to become a better influencer. Seriously, where was this when we were going to college!?   This week we have some great news for our listeners in Florida! Governor DeSantis passed a new bill that's going to award $8,000 to anyone who wants to put their kids into private schools! This is great news for parents, almost a little too great, what's the catch here? Tune in to find out more!   Jump right in! 5:22 $8,000 Private School Debate 11:39 Teacher-Turned-Comedian's Journey 18:15 Gaming in the Job Market 25:47 Social Media Degree Viability 33:02 Gaming: Education vs. Career 40:59 Private vs. Public School   So log onto steam and get your twitch stream ready, but first go ahead and check out this week's episode of Crying In My Car, a podcast for teachers.  _________________________________________________________ Crying In My Car Podcast: Presented By Bored Teachers

Sometimes Gold Just Isn’t Worth It

What did they say about us on the hit show Big Time RV?  Welcome back to Crying In My Car, a podcast for teachers! Join our hosts Devin Siebold and James Yon as they share their exciting summer plans that may just involve them reprising one of their classic roles. Have you guys heard about the newest controversy over the Olympics being held in Paris? We got the inside scoop and were going to be breaking it down for you today.  So it's about that time, summer is coming up, and we are counting down the days until school is out. We have some big plans, a lot of trips we want to go on, we’re even thinking about reprising our roles from Big Time RV. If you haven't seen Big Time RV, then where have you been? We made an appearance on that show a couple years ago, and it was funny because the editors made some… interesting choices.  Did you know that apparently the Olympics are held at impoverished places on purpose? Well apparently it's being done because of the low cost of hosting it there and despite the billions of dollars being spent on stadiums, there is no money going into the schools to give basic facilities for students. What's being done about this? What can we do? Tune in to find out!   Jump right in! 08:45 Teacher Dress Code Discussion 15:20 Classroom Generation Gap 22:35 Pregnancy Disclosure Dilemma 29:50 Summer Stress Stories   So get your polish ready because we're shooting for gold on this week's episode of Crying In My Car, a podcast for teachers.

Duck Masters are Paid How Much?!

We Think We’ve Found a New Career path… Welcome back to Crying In My Car, a podcast for teachers! Join our hosts Devin Siebold and James Yon as they discover their new found calling as a Duck Master. They’re not the only ones looking to diversify their portfolio, a group of teachers also decided to change careers into making their own coffee company! Our hosts also ramble on about how fun it is to help their favorite charity, St. Jude Children's Hospital.  On a recent trip to Memphis, we saw probably the coolest thing ever, a hotel with a daily duck parade through the lobby and into a fountain! Now while this is probably the most interesting thing to happen in a hotel since getting slimed at the Nickelodeon hotel in the early 2000s, what's even more interesting is the guy in charge of the ducks, who is called the Duck Master. You won’t believe how much this man is paid to parade ducks around a hotel, however with this salary, we can't help but wonder what it would take to become a Duck Master.  We recently found out about a group of teachers in Nebraska who quit teaching to follow their dreams of owning a coffee shop, River Mill Coffee Company. Talk about a real 180 in career path, however it's been met with great success! Hopefully they make their coffee extra strong for their fellow teachers because they know that we need it.  Finally Devin is getting really swole by doing a pushup contest for St. Jude Children's Hospital. All for a great cause of course, St. Jude does so much amazing work he’s happy to help them out. As a long time supporter of St. Jude, it's always fun to help out however we can!   Jump right in! 2:30 St. Jude Journey Explained 7:45 Special Treatment Debate 13:20 Coffee Brand Success Story 19:00 Fitness Fundraiser Insights 24:40 Combating Bullying with Compassion 30:15 Analyzing Teacher Recruitment Trends   So grab your coffee and make sure your ducks are in a row, and tune in to this week's episode of Crying In My Car, a podcast for teachers.  _________________________________________________________ Crying In My Car Podcast: Presented By Bored Teachers