Coded Language Heard at RMHS by Kathryn Broullire https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage en-us 2020-11-05 20:45:45 UTC 2026-02-02 21:37:27 UTC hello@padlet.com "high-achieving" kathryn_o_broul https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917304387 2020-11-12 16:45:52 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917304387 "those kids" kathryn_o_broul https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917305877 2020-11-12 16:46:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917305877 "those kids" who can't/won't do... (as proxy for on-level students of color) kathryn_o_broul https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917306438 2020-11-12 16:46:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917306438 "diversity and inclusion" kathryn_o_broul https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917311480 2020-11-12 16:47:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917311480 "high poverty schools" as proxy for communities of color kathryn_o_broul https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917312112 2020-11-12 16:47:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917312112 "at-risk youth" kathryn_o_broul https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917316463 2020-11-12 16:48:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917316463 "your kids" when referring to ESOL students kathryn_o_broul https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917317766 2020-11-12 16:48:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917317766 "You know how THEY are." kathryn_o_broul https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917319554 2020-11-12 16:48:40 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917319554 when a teacher says “ I know students like that “ thinking all black boys are the same . kathryn_o_broul https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917323117 2020-11-12 16:49:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917323117 Sped in reference to students in Special Education kathryn_o_broul https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917325481 2020-11-12 16:49:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917325481 I think a lot of the coded language that I hear in education is a product of previous failed attempts to address the issue of systemic racism. Phrases like "college ready," "at-risk youth," and "achievement gap" are all terms that have been used in education research and thus have become a part of public education lingo. kathryn_o_broul https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917328314 2020-11-12 16:50:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917328314 On-level as something that is negative. As I stated before, the make up of on-level classes is mostly minority students. kathryn_o_broul https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917329708 2020-11-12 16:50:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917329708 "Those kids... that is not a good school, but this is a good school... underrepresented... historically underserved... that class is my worst class... my on-level kids can't handle that... " (the list could be exhausting) kathryn_o_broul https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917332063 2020-11-12 16:50:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917332063 I’m not sure but I’m bothered when staff use the words “lazy” and “those kids” to describe certain populations of students but not others. kathryn_o_broul https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917333313 2020-11-12 16:51:11 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917333313 kathryn_o_broul https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917340563 2020-11-12 16:52:34 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917340563 "He probably doesn't have a lot of support at home" kathryn_o_broul https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917343198 2020-11-12 16:53:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917343198 "I don't know how to contact home because I don't speak Spanish" kathryn_o_broul https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917345328 2020-11-12 16:53:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917345328 "achievement gap" kathryn_o_broul https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917349677 2020-11-12 16:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/917349677 I can understand why my child has an issue with "that" teacher https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936758777 2020-11-18 14:19:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936758777 I've been called out for saying to a student of color that they must've not gotten any "home training". It was perceived as racist, so I don't say it anymore. https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936762904 2020-11-18 14:19:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936762904 I don't like when he hangs out with "those type" of kids https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936763354 2020-11-18 14:20:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936763354 "good neighborhood" vs. "tough neighborhood" https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936764585 2020-11-18 14:20:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936764585 I'm guilty of calling groups of students "high fliers" when talking about planning for different academic levels in the class merilyahorwat https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936764616 2020-11-18 14:20:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936764616 "You can't do that... "they" don't want us to succeed... said while bringing attention to the color of their skin brendansmallory https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936764719 2020-11-18 14:20:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936764719 "one of your students" regarding ESOL or ELL's https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936766734 2020-11-18 14:20:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936766734 Not sure that this goes in this specific column, but the idea that we've moved away from Student First, and refer to students as "Special Ed Students" or "ESOL Students" rather than students who happen to be designated as ESOL, or students with accommodations. susan_t_leckie https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936767549 2020-11-18 14:20:43 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936767549 FARMS kids https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936768808 2020-11-18 14:20:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936768808 "at risk" kids when addressing mostly low socio-economic and brown and black students https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936769551 2020-11-18 14:20:54 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936769551 Can the non AP/IB students really keep up with the class (in relation to mixed groups within one section). derek_a_letourneau https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936769925 2020-11-18 14:20:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936769925 "cluster" aaron_m_bernstein1 https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936770160 2020-11-18 14:21:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936770160 "Those kids are a bad influence on my son/daughter" https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936770722 2020-11-18 14:21:07 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936770722 Apartment dwellers https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936772064 at risk
those kids
when referring to one child but talking about the child in "they" terms drives me insane. Can't get anymore blatant than that]]> 2020-11-18 14:21:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936772064 At RM elisabethavincent https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936772229 AP/IB, Honors, on-level classes. We use the level of the class to categorize the kids, rather than talk about the different content/DOK level of learning in the classroom.
And of course, we can picture who those kids are...]]> 2020-11-18 14:21:23 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936772229 "Sped" teresajboyd https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936772694 2020-11-18 14:21:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936772694 People still using the term "ED" rather than "SES" merilyahorwat https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936772853 2020-11-18 14:21:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936772853 antoinettejphillips https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936772895 Open access is only going to dumb down the curriculum.]]> 2020-11-18 14:21:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936772895 "group home" aaron_m_bernstein1 https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936773674 2020-11-18 14:21:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936773674 https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936774642 Hearing Certain students don't "belong" in upper level classes. If a student is interested in a subject and wants to push themselves they should be given the chance to do so and it is frustrating when "gate keeping" occurs]]> 2020-11-18 14:21:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936774642 Those are Twinbrook kids... or Lincoln Park damonamonteleone https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936776315 2020-11-18 14:22:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936776315 If you let those kids in the program it will lose its prestige damonamonteleone https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936779245 2020-11-18 14:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936779245 Can you all help us ... https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936779651 2020-11-18 14:22:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936779651 "proper English" or "correct speech" etc. https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936780698 2020-11-18 14:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936780698 email to counselor lis damonamonteleone https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936781817 2020-11-18 14:23:03 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936781817 "The MYP kids" molly_a_clarkson https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936783748 AKA the students who join the DP in 11th grade, who are much more likely to be Black or Latino than the ones admitted through the MCPS magnet program.]]> 2020-11-18 14:23:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936783748 comes from a "broken home" https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936783764 2020-11-18 14:23:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936783764 "on level" "Honors" "ESOL classes" https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936784096 2020-11-18 14:23:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936784096 at my previous school, "they live DOWN new Hampshire ave.. like way down. referencing the ESOL students coming from white oak https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936784223 2020-11-18 14:23:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936784223 "Other side of the tracks" https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936785442 2020-11-18 14:23:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936785442 "They should be able to do this" or "they should know this already." merilyahorwat https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936785691 2020-11-18 14:23:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936785691 Is he/she IB? https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936786771

]]> 2020-11-18 14:23:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936786771 Referring to a teacher schedule as "tough" based on the number of on-level classes they are teaching or saying things like "At least you have all honors in the afternoon" stacey_m_boccher https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936866856 2020-11-18 14:37:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/936866856 She's a single mom https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/943552220 2020-11-19 21:25:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/943552220 This kid has to go. How do we get (him/her) out? https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/945160592 2020-11-20 13:38:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kathryn_o_broul/codedlanguage/wish/945160592