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What Are We Talking About?Sun's Out, Guns OutHappy 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 #educationalhumor2025-05-1253 minWhat Are We Talking About?1.21 GigawattsWelcome 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 #wawtapodcast2025-04-2853 minWhat Are We Talking About?Casablanca InsanityHappy 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 2025-04-1453 minWhat Are We Talking About?Academic MilieuIt'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...2025-03-3152 minWhat Are We Talking About?An EntmootHappy St. Patrick's Day!We are back and have a lot of catching up, so there's a wide range of topics covered in today's episode. Jams vs Jellies? We got that covered. General educational beliefs or misconceptions? Yup, we talk about that. What about fantastical creatures and some of their origins? Well, we took care of that as well.As always, your continued support means the world to us, so please continue to share, follow, comment and support - it certainly is noticed and appreciated.2025-03-1755 minWhat Are We Talking About?Math is Like a PuzzleWelcome back from vacation! You might be a bit sluggish after a vacation week with the family, but hopefully today's episode will give you that extra boost of energy you need; we have a very special guest to fill in for Bill and to offer a new perspective in the education world: Johnny Dempsey, a 4th grade student. As always, please like, subscribe, share, comment, and continue to support us however you can - we cannot fully express how much we appreciate it. #education #twoteachers #Februaryvacation #highschool #specialguest #humor2025-02-2422 minWhat Are We Talking About?All In!We are very excited to have a very special guest with us today - Ms. Keryn Cordo, our co-worker and local "expert" on AI and plagiarism detection. We honestly learned a lot from our brief conversation with Keryn, and hope you do as well.As always, we so appreciate all of your support, comments, and feedback. We hope you enjoy this week's episode and wish you all a safe and relaxing February vacation break next week!#twoteachers #education #aidetection #plagiarism #highschool #humor2025-02-1053 minWhat Are We Talking About?7 TabsHey hey - thanks for joining us for another episode. Bill and I break down the end of the semester and grading, while debating a few other foolish things (per usual).
As always, we appreciate your continued support, follows, comments, etc. Don't be afraid to get involved and respond to this week's question: how many tabs are you working with on your work computer?
#twoteachers #highschool #education #humor #howmanytabs #whararewetalkingabout2025-01-2749 minWhat Are We Talking About?Jelly BowlHey hey - we're excited to be back at school and with you to talk about our return to the classroom after a much needed winter break. We also share and discuss a couple of books we've recently read and end on the ever-so-popular segment of "Things Kids Say."
As always we can't thank you enough for your continued support, but we would still love to hear from you. Like, follow, subscribe, share, comment, DM... whatever! Just continue to get involved with us so we can take over the podcast world in 2025.
#education #twoteachers #highschool...2025-01-1355 minWhat Are We Talking About?Your Papa is Here!Today Bill and I talk about the joys of school leading up to break before exploring the film The Impossible a bit closer, debating whether it not it should be labeled as a Christmas movie or not.
As this is our final episode of 2024, we can't fully express our gratitude and appreciation for all of your support throughout the year. We sincerely hope that each and every one of you had the happiest of holidays and wish you all a Happy New Year! Enjoy these final days of vacation and we'll see you next year!
...2024-12-3054 minWhat Are We Talking About?Magic Genie BallsThere's finally just one more week of school until Christmas Break and we couldn't be more excited about it. While discussing some traditions surrounding this time of year both in and out of school, we get into another round of "Buy or Sell", and by request, we also share a few more "Things Kids Say."
As always, your continued support and interaction is helping to make this podcast possible, so a huge thank you to all the supporters and followers. Good luck this last week of school and we hope you all have a restful and relaxing...2024-12-1657 minWhat Are We Talking About?Resting Indifferent FaceHappy Holidays! Today we discuss the treats, traditions and all the.... fun.... that can often arise around this time of year. As it is the time to express thanks, we simply cannot express our full gratitude for all of you!
Whether you've commented, left a review, spoken with us in person, or even just listened, YOU have made this so much fun for us. With only a few more weeks until another vacation and all the chaos that ensues leading up to it, we truly appreciate you taking time to listen us fumble through this!
...2024-12-0258 minWhat Are We Talking About?Who Ever Heard of a Snozberry?In this exciting episode, Bill and Brian try to conquer way too many topics and fail miserably in the process! They do manage to briefly discuss some educational change as a result of the election, parent conferences, and make more than one Eminem reference.
When it's all said and done, YOUR support and feedback is not only keeping them going, but deeply appreciated. Be sure to like, share, comment, etc. to continue to grow the #WhatAreWeTalkingAbout community.
#educationalhumor #twoteachers #highschoolteachers2024-11-1855 minWhat Are We Talking About?The Social ContractHappy Voting Season!
Today's episode brings us back to the warm days of summer with Part 2 of our interview with our History teaching colleague, Steve Botelho (aka, Bittah Dominator).
The second part of our conversation was a little more philosophical than our first, as we reflect on some of our own teaching practices, as well as discuss our expectations for the upcoming year and cell phone use in the classroom.
As always, we thank you for your support, feedback and interactions. Please leave a comment or follow us on our Instagram page @wawta...2024-11-0436 minWhat Are We Talking About?Vulture CultureToday Bill and Brian play a little trivia with the collective nouns of the animal kingdom, as a way to introduce some of the wacky happenings at their school. They once again get into "Things Kids Say" and contemplate the significance of events in the education world vs a common professional workplace.
As always, share, like, subscribe, comment... do it all! Your support does not go unnoticed!
#education #humor #twoteachers #highschoolteachers #vultureculture #whatarewetalkingabout2024-10-2152 minWhat Are We Talking About?Gordon WoodOn today's episode, we go back in time, as we share Part 1 of the conversation we had over the summer with our friend and colleague, Bittah Dominator himself, Mr. Steve Botelho.
In our conversation, we speculated how the upcoming school year would be, while hearing some of Steve's educational philosophy and insight as a history teacher. We had so much fun speaking with Steve that we lost track of time and had to break up our sit-down into two parts.
We appreciate any feedback and/or comments - both help us grow and try to...2024-10-0743 minWhat Are We Talking About?Wind BlockSo glad to have you back for another thrilling episode! Today, we have a lot of fun breaking down some WuTang names of friends and listeners, while also discussing the impact a school schedule can have on students and teachers. We also introduce a new segment of the show called, "Things Students Say" where we reveal how old we are without actually telling you our ages!
When it's all said and done, we once again have to give all of you a shoutout for your continued support and feedback. So buckle up (if you're driving) and enjoy...2024-09-2354 minWhat Are We Talking About?The Mad DreamerAnd we're back!!!
You know what that means: summer holiday is over, and school is here! We are so excited to be back and are so appreciative that you're here for the support, feedback, and follows.
Today's episode is all about our first week back at school, some of our experiences and strategies, and really just us trying to shake the rust off from our break from the pod. We also, for the first time, recorded this episode from outside, so bear with us as we battle some of the surrounding elements.
Despite...2024-09-0951 minWhat Are We Talking About?The Sunday of SummerWe finally found some time in our busy summer schedules to keep our promise of dropping a summer episode - today, we talk about what we've been up to, including home projects, family vacations and a little summer reading.
As always, your support is so appreciated and welcomed. Please subscribe, like, comment, follow, or do whatever else you do to help make this podcast a success.
We hope you've been enjoying your summer and can't wait to get back into the swing of things once school starts up again in just a few weeks!2024-08-1242 minWhat Are We Talking About?A Million Tiny ThanksIn our Season 1 Finale, we reflect on the school year, issuing grades to various elements we've experienced and even express our gratitude! We are looking forward to getting back to recording next season and already have some big plans and ideas, but want to congratulate all of our teacher friends for making it through another school year and hope you have a safe, restful and enjoyable summer "holiday."
With the idea of reflection in mind, we would like to take an opportunity to not only thank you all for tuning in every other week to listen to...2024-06-101h 03What Are We Talking About?The Book SmashIt is Memorial Day, the unofficial sendoff to summer, and because we are so excited to have a day off from school today, to celebrate, we are giving you today's episode AD FREE!
Today, we finally break down the topic of summer reading, sharing some insight to our personal feelings on the matter, while discussing the various versions and experiences we've had along the way.
Please remember to comment, subscribe, like and follow on Apple and Spotify podcasts, as well as on Instagram @WAWTA_Podcast. As always, we so appreciate the support! #education #summerreading #teachers...2024-05-2756 minWhat Are We Talking About?The WolfIt's a baker's dozen for us! In today's 13th episode, we briefly reflect on last week's Teacher Appreciation Week, along with our good friend, Tom DeSantes, who returns to the show to finally answer the question of how/why he made the move into the field of education.
As always, your support means so much to us, so please like, share, comment, follow, subscribe, or anything else you can think to do to help our podcast grow! #whatarewetalkingabout #education #podcast #humor #teachers #teacherappreciationweek #highschool
2024-05-131h 05What Are We Talking About?I'm a Fob GuyIn today's episode, Bill and Brian are officially in the final stretch of the school year, sharing a few experiences from their April vacations and further discussing "things they don't get" in the education world.
The feedback and support has been a highlight of the show for both hosts, so jump on board by subscribing, following, and interacting - who knows, maybe your feedback will be the next topic of discussion!
Don't forget to check out the show on Instagram @WAWTA_Podcast. #teachers #education #humor #highschool #whatarewetalkingabout #podcast2024-04-2953 minWhat Are We Talking About?I'm Not a Math GuyHappy April Vacation to all the educators out there! Today, we "report" from our vacation destinations, with more than a few interruptions and digressions. We also introduce a newer segment to the show: What I Don't Get (in the education world).
So play along (or don't), but either way, we hope you have the most relaxing and deserving break before the final stretch of the school year! As always, we can't thank you enough for the continued support and feedback - be sure to check us out on Instagram @WAWTA_Podcast and let us know how we're...2024-04-1558 minWhat Are We Talking About?Are You a Helper Teacher?Today's April Fools episode is no joke! Bill and Brian talk about topics that include special education discrepancies and standardized testing, along with a couple more "Would You Rather?" scenarios.
You don't want to miss out, so be sure to join them each episode by subscribing, liking, and commenting, as well as following them on Instagram @WAWTA_Podcast.
#education #humor #teachers #specialed #standardizedtesting #podcast #whatarewetalkingabout #highschool2024-04-0157 minWhat Are We Talking About?Blank ClassroomsIn this post-St. Patrick's Day episode, Bill and Brian dissect a few teacher pet peeves and take a trip down memory lane to share their most memorable and horrifying experiences as educators.
As always, please take a few seconds to like, share, subscribe and/or comment. Check them out on Instagram @WAWTA_Podcast. Every bit of your support is recognized and appreciated.
#teachers #education #humor #whatarewetalkingabout #podcast #petpeeves #horrorstories #highschool2024-03-1859 minWhat Are We Talking About?Pandora is for Old PeopleToday, we explore our popularity across the globe in this milestone episode, while realizing just how hip and youthful we are. In addition, we also discuss the very real topic of course selection at the high school level before entering another round of "Would You Rather" in a classroom setting.
We can't thank you enough for your continued support and feedback - every bit of it helps us to improve as podcasters and grow as individuals. Don't be afraid to comment or subscribe to the podcast, or follow us on Instagram @WAWTA_Podcast,
#teachers #education...2024-03-0455 minWhat Are We Talking About?Don't Smile Until ChristmasFebruary Vacation is finally here, and so is Episode 7! Today, Bill and Brian fully realize that they, in fact, do NOT know what they are talking about - they keep themselves honest by fact checking some previous episodes, but also continue to dive into the teaching world, discussing some hypothetical scenarios, as well as offer further advice to newcomers in the teaching world.
As always, your comments and feedback are so appreciated and help the show improve and grow each episode. Thank you!
Keep up-to-date and follow them on Instagram @WAWTA_Podcast for clips from...2024-02-1959 minWhat Are We Talking About?The Teacher BandWe are thrilled to have our first ever guest join us for today's episode: none other than Mr. Tom DeSantes! Tom is easily a modern day Renaissance man, as he walks us through his long and winding journey from the marketing and business world to eventually land a job in the teaching profession... well, almost; per usual, we get sidetracked a lot!
Quick disclaimer: the sound quality is less than fantastic - we had some technical difficulties with the audio in production, so please bear with us as we continue to try and figure...2024-02-0557 minWhat Are We Talking About?We're Number 2And we're back! We've made it to episode 5, with the support, feedback and help from all of you, of course! Today, we use our combined 40+ years of teaching experience (yes, we're old!) to offer some advice to those who may be entering the field of education (or maybe those who are still trying to find that missing piece when trying to connect with students?).
As always, we can't thank you enough for joining us on this adventure. We truly appreciate you listening, so comment, subscribe, follow and tell us what we're doing wrong!
#education #teachers...2024-01-2254 minWhat Are We Talking About?Origin StoriesHappy New Year, everybody! Today, we get a little personal and share very different origin stories - how we entered the world of education!
As always, we can't thank you enough for tuning in and supporting this strange journey of ours. Please consider giving us a follow, check us out on Instagram, and comment your thoughts.
#education #humor #originstories #teaching2024-01-081h 12What Are We Talking About?Yellow Dye #5It's Episode 3 and we're getting into the Christmas spirit by talking about our shared passion for Christmas films! In this episode, we'll be sharing our TOP 3 Christmas movie list, while geekishly referencing some of our Analyzing Film class terms and knowledge.
No Scrooges this week, so jump on board and give us a listen. If you know how, subscribe, like, follow, or comment what you'd like to hear about in the new year. You can also find us on Instagram @WAWTA _Podcast. We deeply appreciate the support.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and Happy New Year! 2023-12-251h 04What Are We Talking About?A Duty Draft?With the holiday season officially upon us, today's episode is all about the jolly topic of "contractually negotiated obligations," otherwise known as Teacher Duties. We rank the available duties from best to worst, sharing both the cheers and jeers of each.
Don't forget to share and subscribe. We genuinely appreciate your support and attention.
#education #teacherduties #highschool #teachers #humor #jollytopic #duty #draft2023-12-1158 min
What Are We Talking About?Emergency Joy!In our FIRST EPISODE EVER, we fumble our way through the process, set some goals, and talk about some of our recent experiences with Professional Development, with more than a few derailments on various topics that make up the teaching world.
We'd love to have gain your support through subscribing to and sharing the podcast. Otherwise, just give us a listen.2023-11-271h 04