Work From Home Desk
Hi! I am a teacher at Public School Zero and I’m working from home this summer on the Redesign of the Redesign of the Redesign of our math curriculum. Although each redesign has been a goldmine for the textbook publisher, I’m still paid the same wage.
Like most teachers, my salary has not kept up with the recent hike in housing prices, so my home office is my bed.
This is a tour of my WFH desk setup.
Baking Tray
Bottom is sticky from Save The Teachers bake sale brownies cooking project.
Sad Kitty Laptop
Confiscated from students, updates no longer supported.
Toilet Paper
For runny nose, might be Covid but I’m out of free tests.
Empty Mechanical Pencil
Leaky pen stolen from husband’s office (on the other side of the bed).
Dollar Store Lipstick
For weekly review Zoom meeting run by Bob who thinks girls should be girls and men should be men and has the power to force me to come back to the office.
Unpaid Bills
Again: paid the same.
Password:
Teachers_Union_Now! Feel free to log into my account and pay off my credit card bills.
Pirates Magazine Also Confiscated From Student
Excellent magazine. Who doesn’t love pirates?
Healthy Plant-Based Lunch
Potato chips are also good for breakfast on the way to work.
Hijacked Netflix Account from Neighbors
Again: paid the same.
Can’t Afford New Eye Glasses
Using magnifying glass instead. Good for reading the fine print on predatory contracts from book publishers and repo notices from my creditors.
Pillow
To scream into. Quilt to catch potato chip crumbs.
Beer
Because.
Beer Opener
Gift from student.
Bra
Off! I may never go back to the office.
Also Read: The Reason No One Wants to Work At Public School Zero