Author of true crime/memoir #CatchTheSparrow from @BloomsburyPub. Teacher, actor, aerialist. Repped by Dan Conaway (@hyperbolyst). She/her. IG: racheljrear
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26 May 2022
If they arm teachers, trust me that training will be a website where you click through minilessons & get a little certificate after like 25 minutes, & we will be forced to do it in a staff meeting after school when weโre already tired, & the DOE will say we were all fully trained
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18 Apr 2025
I am so proud of my friend Mikey Baratz for this measured, kind, empathetic interview he gave about his friend, the detainee and Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi.
This quote Omar Jimenez highlights is my favorite thing Mikey said.
16 Apr 2025
"The ability to hear things that are uncomfortable or painful or just make us feel bad is important. And that's a foundation of our democracy today and Mohsen embodied that," says Mikey Baratz, a friend of Mohsen Mahdawi who was a prominent organizer of pro-Palestinian protests at Columbia University.
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5 Sep 2024
This quote has been breaking my heart since yesterday. Itโs like heโs been waiting for this to happen, like itโs to be expected someday. And honestly, I get it. #Appalachee ๐
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3 Mar 2024
Retweeting for myself!
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14 Dec 2023
The children who died eleven years ago at #SandyHook would be seniors now. Their teachers would still be teaching, or theyโd be happily retired. ๐
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12 Dec 2023
Even after my hopefully soon departure from this godforsaken career, I will always love teachers madly.
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28 Nov 2023
Me, to 13-year-olds during freezing fire drill: Whose voice do you need to hear in an emergency?
13-year-old: Yours?
Me: Correct, so stop talking.
13-year-old: Ms. Rear?
Me: Yes, child?
13-year-old: This might not be the right time, but you have killer fashion.
Me: I'll allow it.
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1 Nov 2023
Thank you to @585mag for including #CatchTheSparrow in your holiday book guide! I do feel such a connection to the Rochester area, so this means a lot.
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3 Oct 2023
Happy #BannedBooksWeek from this teacher/writer. Screw the censors. Read dangerously.๐๐
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30 Sep 2023
20 amazing years with youโฆ Today on your birthday we donโt only celebrate your life & memory but also the legacy you left behind. September 30th has been designated as Vanessa Guillen day in the state of TX. โค๏ธ Happy Birthday sister, please visit me in my dreams. Haces falta.
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The teacher's workday is not designed for us to create or even modify curriculum. This is why boxed programs are the easiest way for teachers to stay working within contract hours AND the biggest threat to effective instruction.
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11 Sep 2023
This is one of the most upsetting things Iโve seen regarding this fiasco. And Rosie is like gently editorializing while trying to get them to stfu. Cringe turned to 11.
Found the video...Danny bet Ashton to french kiss 14 year old Mila during one of her first scenes. Notice how he downplays his actions. No wonder Ashton covers for Danny, they have dirt on each other! Birds of a feather...
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5 Sep 2023
Thanks for including FROM A WHISPER TO A RALLYING CRY by @PaulaYoo! Great addition to a curriculum of true crime nonfiction for young adults.
1 Sep 2023
So heartened that my sabbatical research project has been published in @VoicesNCTE! True crime for young adults is a mostly unexplored genre with a lot of value. #TrueCrime #YA @PaulaYoo @DashkaSlater @Chessy_Prout publicationsncte.org/contentโฆ
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So heartened that my sabbatical research project has been published in @VoicesNCTE! True crime for young adults is a mostly unexplored genre with a lot of value. #TrueCrime #YA @PaulaYoo @DashkaSlater @Chessy_Prout publicationsncte.org/contentโฆ
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