Some Of Our Favorite Thoughts On What #TeachingIs

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One example of the tweets teachers are sending out as part of the #TeachingIs campaign.

This week is Teacher Appreciation Week, and teachers are leading a social media campaign called #TeachingIs.

Hillsborough County teachers Julie Hiltz and Jaraux Washington cooked up the idea to push back against the idea that teachers are glorified baby-sitters and share what the job is really like.

Teachers are posting photos, testimonials, anecdotes and other insights from the classroom. You can listen to three Florida teachers talk about what teaching is below. And here are some of our favorite #TeachingIs tweets, after the jump:

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