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What Are We Talking About?
What Are We Talking About?
Author: Bill Glynn and Brian Dempsey
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Two veteran teachers sharing stories and experiences in the classroom, while venting and talking about the challenges of education. Together, along with an occasional guest, they try to make sense of some of the common problems in the field, while providing strategies and tips to dealing with some of the most common and frustrating obstacles teachers face today.
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Episode 50! Holy smokes!! We're so excited, thrilled, and even surprised that we've made it to 50 episodes. We so appreciate the support and love we've received over the last couple of years as we fumbled through the process. Today, we had a lot of fun playing another game with each other, as we drafted administrators, teachers and students from various films and television shows to make, what we feel. is the ultimate high school movie.Please let us know who we missed or even whose school you'd rather attend! #twoteachers #whatarewetalkingabout #veteranteachers #highschooldraft #educationalhumor #hashtaghighschool #episode50
Happy February Break! Sorry for the late posting, but better late than never! Today, we truly fight through the episode trying to figure out, "what are we talking about?" We touch upon "Things Kids Say," "Collective Nouns" and of course, a whole bunch of nonsense.If you're on vacation, we hope you're enjoying every bit of it. If you're not, we're happy to provide a break from the hustle and bustle! Either way, we appreciate you listening and continuing to support us.#veteranteachers #twoteachers #highschoolteachers #edcuationalhumor #whatarewetalkingabout #collectivenouns #thingskidssay
Happy Groundhog Day! We're hoping that Punxsutawney Phil does NOT see his shadow today, but in the meantime, we're talking nonsense per usual. We need a lot of help with deciphering what kids say, fact checking, and a few other questions that you might be able to help us out with, so please, comment, get involved help us begin to understand what we are talking about!Congrats to all the teachers who have made it past the half-way point of school - keep warm and thanks for listening! #twoteachers #highschoolteachers #thingskidssay #whatarewetalkingabout #educationalhumor #teacherobservations
Happy MLK Day! Hard to believe we're closing in on the 90 day mark of the school year. Today, on this snowy day, we dive deep and discuss the Night School experience and compare and contrast that to every day schooling. We also find another game to play: where did the food originate?As we approach the midway point of the school year, we hope that you've been finding success and thus far and appreciate you taking the time out of your busy schedules to give us a listen. Reach out to let us know if there are any topics you'd like us to cover, or if you have any thoughts on any of the things we've already covered.#twoteachers #highschoolteachers #whatarewetalkingabout #communityeveningschool #nightschool
Happy New Year and welcome back from hopefully a relaxing and recharging winter break! Today, we share some stories from over break, along with a few that we ran out of time to tell last time, and play a new game called "Spoon or Fork." We're so excited to kick off another year and hopefully continue to spread some joy, or at least offer a break from the chaos of life through our podcast. Thank you for your continued support!#twoteachers #backfrombreak #highschoolteachers #spoonorfork #bookswap #whatarewetalkingabout
Happy Holidays and congrats on making it to the final week before vacation! Today we get into the holiday spirit by drafting songs for our own "Mount Rushmore of Christmas Music" as well as sharing a few more "Things Kids Say."With the end of 2025 quickly approaching, it's hard for us to ignore the rollercoaster of a year it has been. But as we've mentioned on several episodes, it's our friends, supporters, colleagues and family who have helped us get through it and we can't thank you all enough. Please have a healthy, happy and safe holiday and we can't wait to get back to it in 2026! Happy New Year!#twohighschoolteachers #mountrushmoreofChristmassongs #whatarewetalkingabout #educationalhumor #thingskidssay
We are thrilled to have another guest on the show today - "The Vizual Killah," Mr. Dan Correia! Dan went from full-time classroom teacher to a part-time classroom teacher and curriculum coordinator administrator. We chat with him and compare some of his experiences with our own in the educational world.As always, thanks so much for joining us. Please share, subscribe, follow, and comment! #threeteachers #highschool #whatarewetalkingabout #wutangname #educationalhumor
Happy Thanksgiving! We are so very excited to have our good friend and FULL TIME TEACHER, Zack (Zakk? Zac?) Botelho join us today. Although we do face a few minutes of a technical issues with the mics, we discuss the co-teaching model, good teaching practices, and learn more about Bill's strange behavior in the school's common kitchen area!We are so grateful to all of our listeners and to our co-workers, both past and present. We often don't take the time to express this, but please know that you all are appreciated!#twoteachers #whatarewetalkingabout #coteachingmodel #educationalhumor #highschoolteachers
First and foremost, Happy Veteran's Day (tomorrow) and thank you to all of our Veteran listeners and beyond for your commitment, dedication and service!Today, we continue to talk about food, as well as a very grim situation that we're currently facing at school.Please continue to reach out, comment, like, subscribe, share, and anything else you can do to help us grow and improve as a podcast. Thanks so much for listening - enjoy the show!#educationalhumor #twoteachers #highschoolteachers #whatarewetalkingabout #podcast
Happy Halloween, everyone! Despite the spooky season and other scary events taking place, we are hopeful that we can bring some joy to your day with today's episode! Today, we bring up some "old faithful" topics, such as AI, Dungeons & Dragons, and movie talk, but with a new twist to each!So, sit back and enjoy - we can't fully articulate how much we appreciate you listening, along with all your support and contributions!#whatarewetalkingabout #twoteachers #highschoolteachers #educationalhumor #teachingAI #dungeonsanddragons #standbyme
Happy Indigenous People's Day! We are very excited to have ADMINISTRATOR Ryan Morgan on the show today! Ryan works at an alternative recovery program in cooperation with various districts, so hearing his perspective on what education looks like for him is truly fascinating. As we say each episode, please don't hesitate to reach out, comment, share, like, or challenge anything about the show - we love the feedback and appreciate the interaction. #whatarewetalkingabout #twoteachers #highschoolteachers #educationalhumor #specialguest #administrativeperspective
Hey hey - we're back for another episode as we cruise through the first month of school. Today we repeatedly come back to the idea of common curtesies in both the field of education and life in general. As we've said, we always love to hear from you, so please don't hesitate to comment, share, like, suggest, or correct. We're happy to bring your thoughts and ideas to the forefront.Thanks for listening! #education #twoteachers #highschoolteachers #educationalhumor #whatarewetalkingabout
Hey hey - back for another episode as we reach the midway point of September! Today we cover a wide range of topics, including human etiquette, books, lunch choices, and even a potential conspiracy!We do have a question of the week today, so pay attention for that and please let us know what your thoughts are and, as always, if we misspeak about anything! We're so happy to be back and we fully know that your support and engagement is helping to make that happen. Thanks for listening, try not to take us too seriously, and please share, comment, follow, etc. Enjoy! #whatarewetalkingabout #twoteachers #highschoolteachers #taboosoflunch #educationalhumor
We're baaaccckkk! So excited for Season 3 of the podcast - hard to believe that summer is over (for us teachers) and that we're back to school. Today, Bill and Brian talk about the first week back, along with some stories of Bill's wild summer up in the backwoods of Maine!As always, we appreciate your support, feedback and comment, so please don't hesitate to reach out and let us know how we're doing! #whatarewetalkingabout #twoteachers #highschoolteachers #backtoschool #summervacations
Congratulations to all the teachers out there as we enter the home stretch of the school year! Today, we talk about our end of the year, reflecting back on some of the highs and lows of the year, while making sure to get in our fill of nonsense!Though this may be the last episode of the school year, it won't be the final episode of the year! We plan to get together over the summer to put a show together, as well as connect with some others to help provide some new and refreshing perspectives!Thank you so much for anyone listening, commenting, subscribing, spreading the word, and even correcting us! We so appreciate your willingness to listen to our weird thoughts, but we have a blast while doing it, and you make the possible for us! Thanks for a fun school year and we hope you all have a well earned and relaxing summer holiday! #summerholiday #whatarewetalkingabout #twoteachers #highschool #educationalhumor #endofschool
It's already Memorial Day and we hope that you've taken some time to reflect, mourn, and appreciate the many who have served and sacrificed their lives for all of us! Today, we talk a little bit about the end of the (school) year and what that means for us in the classroom, as well as get into some of Bill's unique book choices. We're in disbelief that this is the second to last episode of the season, but we're having fun in the process, and hope you are as well along with us. Thanks again for your continued support and contributions - don't forget to send us a comment, spread the word, or even correct us on our inevitable wrong takes!#whatarewetalkingabout #twoteachers #highschool #educationalhumor #memorialday #endofschoolyear #donutthecat
Happy belated Mother's Day and Teacher Appreciation Week!Once again, we share an assortment of random, but somewhat topical discussions. Vacations, dress codes, pet peeves, and national educational class sizes are all covered!We only have few episodes left before the end of the school year, so if there's a topic you'd like us to converse about or, more likely, hear a mistake, call us out! Hit us up on Instagram @wawta_podcast or drop a comment! Sincerely, thanks for listening! #twoteachers #highschool #whatarewetalkingabout #educationaldiscussions #teacherpetpeeves #educationalhumor
Welcome back from April break, everyone! We are finally in the home stretch of the school year, with just mere weeks remaining! Today, we discuss some teaching practices in terms of student/teacher rapport, assessments, and typing fonts!We appreciate your continued support and always look forward to your feedback, both constructive and critical! Please help us grow by spreading the word. #twoteachers #educationalhumor #highschoolteachers #Aprilbreak #whatarewetalkingabout #wawtapodcast
Happy spring and welcome to another installment of this fantastical journey! Today, we speak a little bit about Jonathan Haidt's (NOT Waidt) book The Anxious Generation (see link below to get your own copy - we do not have any affiliation with the book, but are strong supporters of its message!). In addition, we talk about student apathy and a few other observations about the education world.The audio should be a whole lot better this episode, but we appreciate you sticking around! #twoteachers #highschool #educationalhumor #studentapathy #theanxiousgenerationhttps://a.co/d/h32hv95
It's another episode and another struggle with our audio. Not that you care, but one of the microphones we were using died about 15 minutes into the episode, so once again, we find ourselves floundering auditorily. Either way, we are excited to have you with us for another bit of academic banter.Only a few more weeks until April break (or holiday!), but still plenty of happenings in the educational world. Please reach out and let us know if there's a topic you'd love to hear us chat about, or if you want to just put us in our place. We welcome any and all feedback!Subscribe, follow, share, click, listen, join, and anything else you can do to help us continue to grow and hopefully entertain!




