This Is Why I'm Crying

To end off the year we have a special guest from DancED Movement Project! Andrea joins us for a great conversation about the amazing benefits the Arts and how teaching at over 200 schools has shaped her career as an educator. A perfect way to end 2025!

Not enough mics, educational insight, a lot of laughs, and everything inbetween (including awkward silences) from three collegues and friends of the podcast. We hope you enjoy listening as much as we did recording this episode.

We are back for a brand new season/school year at This is Why I'm Crying and we are already getting thrown some curveballs. We talk starting up the year, reasons we love our jobs, and the complexity of going on strike as a teacher. We are sorry it's been a while but we are back and ready to get this new school year going with you all!

It's been a while! The whole gang is together for a end of the school year recap! After a slight hiatus with the madness of the May and June, past guests and a brand new one have come together to talk about the good, bad, and messy parts of their own year. We hope you are enjoying the summer as much as we are!

We are back and swinging with a new episode and a NEW GUEST! This episode is all about what makes a school a place you want to be, no matter if you're a student OR a teacher. We are joined by a co-worker who speaks on her experience going to high school in Texas and what can make-or-break a teacher wanting to stay at a school. LOTS to dig in on this episode so enjoy! Make sure to hit the link...

This is a special episode for TIWIC. We are joined by two guests and break down the MADNESS that was our Ultimate Fictional Teacher March Madness bracket. We talk about upsets, misses, and how we got to the final four. Then take a deep dive into who we think might win and why. Turns out we can get a lot more introspective than we thought!! Skip to the bracket talk at around 15:00 Thank you to ever...

Our March Madness Fictional Teacher Edition bracket is LIVE and we take a deep dive into the match-ups and potential winners? Also a new pen emerges as a possible new favourite? Tune in and hear whats up!

It's still February but Spring is just around the corner! The warm weather is changing us, the kids, and everything that goes with that. We give more details on Teacher March Madness and talk about Teachers Convention must-dos!

Is Valentines Day the best Candy holiday? If we made a Teacher March Madness bracket who would be on it? Welcome to the new year...we are already holing on for dear life!

Welcome back to part two of this special episode! Carl and Ian are full of stories, favourite teachers, and a history lesson on GSAs in Edmonton. Thanks for listening!

The holidays are done and we have a brand new two-part episode coming your way to start off 2025. Paul's brother and his husband (the beautiful Irish voice you're about to hear) share their school experiences and shed some light on why our annoying early 2000s internet culture might be more similar to the brain rot Tiktok culture we see now than we think.

This episode starts off spicy and ends up sloppy. School is ramping up for the holiday season before it slows down for a much needed break. Thanks to the awesome students and amazing submissions that have helped get us through the most wonderful time of the year!

As we dive into winter we talk about students lack of weather awareness, creeping closer to the holiday season, and what you might not want to see during a parent-teacher interview on zoom!

This week on TIWIC we have Teacher, Coach, Athlete, and all around great guy Brett Richards. We talk about student athletes navigating the world of education, boarding schools, and how life shapes your outlook on work. Lock in!

After a gauntlet few weeks we are back talking Europe trips, new challenges and changes, and being the person you want your students to be. Don't forget to submit our stories on our Instagram page!

This weeks episode travels somewhere between real tears at school, favorite whiteboard pens, and the best candy to get from students post-halloween. It's a trick-or-treat of a listen!

This episode has everything. Sports, curriculum in the 1960s, excessive cursing, and where we tend to draw the line in the classroom when things get out of hand.

Welcome back! This week Danni and Paul talk about the school year starting in August and whether we all like it or not. They also break down some questionable question-box submissions and unpack some classroom chaos.

Welcome to This Is Why I'm Crying! We are so glad you stumbled upon our little podcast and hope you enjoy about a half-an-hour of stories as we (Danni and Paul) take you along for a ride filled with school drama and trauma. This episode we introduce ourselves, each share one of our own stories, and also share a submission from one of our lovely fans! We hope you enjoy!