@middle_teacher_syndromeMichaela | the Balanced Teach

Orange County, CA Teacher MY THING: Project Based Learning, Ai & Engagement. I make school fun. ✌️ MrsArabiaRocks@gmail.com

card updated Oct 27, 2026 · 13 clips parsed · following 682 · 391,100 likes total

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Engagement6.41%normal range

Account summary

@middle_teacher_syndrome has 32,200 followers and 774 videos. Across the 13 parsed clips the average is 123,657 views and 7,570 likes. Engagement to views is 6.41%, which is normal range for TikTok. On the newer half of the feed the response is falling (−4.03 pp). Posts roughly 0.2 times a week. An average clip reaches 384% of the follower count.

Followers

32.2K

+100 in period

Engagement

6.41%

−4.03 pp newer half

Average views

123.7K

median 909

Likes per clip

7.6K

52 comments avg

Shares / saves

310 / 1.3K

1.07% of viewers save

Posting rate

0.2 / wk

reach 384% of followers

Latest clips

13 collected

Still handing out the same story packet from 2006? Here’s what happens — @middle_teacher_syndrome

420:38Still handing out the same story packet from 2006? Here’s what happens when you upgrade from a cheat-able packet to a pr0000

Poetry autopsy for Annabel Lee, and yes, my students were elbow deep i — @middle_teacher_syndrome

2561:30Poetry autopsy for Annabel Lee, and yes, my students were elbow deep in watercolor “blood” and loved every minute. They 11015

my students walk into this every single morning in October and they LO — @middle_teacher_syndrome

1.6K1:58my students walk into this every single morning in October and they LOVE it (the spider gets them every time lol). Ive g384732

Unpopular opinion: engagement is not something you do to a student. It — @middle_teacher_syndrome

Tell me again how I should be using the multiple choice test from the — @middle_teacher_syndrome

9091:12Tell me again how I should be using the multiple choice test from the back of that musty textbook. Or how I should be wo27446

I will never stop letting kids move their seats. Ever. Someone will al — @middle_teacher_syndrome

852I will never stop letting kids move their seats. Ever. Someone will always say it looks chaotic. let them. My kids a6200

I’m a teacher, not a tech person, and this is the most practical AI po — @middle_teacher_syndrome

4191:05I’m a teacher, not a tech person, and this is the most practical AI policy tool I’ve found for schools. My students ask 145418

My 8th graders dumped King George. In slang. And honestly i almost ski — @middle_teacher_syndrome

7081:27My 8th graders dumped King George. In slang. And honestly i almost skipped this project because I thought it was too s395426

Okay I NEEDED to share this with every teacher I know. I asked Claude — @middle_teacher_syndrome

4531:23Okay I NEEDED to share this with every teacher I know. I asked Claude to build me a reading workshop board and it did it214110

I will never stop letting kids redo their work. That’s not lowering th — @middle_teacher_syndrome

6.6KI will never stop letting kids redo their work. That’s not lowering the bar. That’s raising it. When a kid gets a ch11112431

three summers in a row and this is still the most saved video I make a — @middle_teacher_syndrome

124K2:34three summers in a row and this is still the most saved video I make all year. year three of my Canva bulk create tutori7.5K1392.5K10.6K

One thing we don’t talk about enough in education is how much better t — @middle_teacher_syndrome

1.4M0:15One thing we don’t talk about enough in education is how much better teachers get when they’re allowed to stay put. Same87.4K3955452.4K

Hot take: This might be the easiest back-to-school activity you’ll act — @middle_teacher_syndrome

70.4K2:13Hot take: This might be the easiest back-to-school activity you’ll actually look forward to. I used@Canva Sheets + #Bulk3.3K1069204.1K

Engagement per clip

13 parsed clips · newest on the right · click a bar to open the clip peak: 8.2% ER

Jul 28Oct 21Oct 27

Date	Views	Likes	Comments	Shares	Saves	ER
Oct 27, 2026	42	0	0	0	0	0.00%
Oct 26, 2026	256	11	0	1	5	4.69%
Oct 25, 2026	1,627	38	4	7	32	3.01%
Oct 24, 2026	1,304	16	0	0	0	1.23%
Oct 23, 2026	909	27	4	4	6	3.85%
Oct 22, 2026	852	6	2	0	0	0.94%
Oct 21, 2026	419	14	5	4	18	5.49%
Oct 20, 2026	708	39	5	4	26	6.78%
Oct 20, 2026	453	21	4	1	10	5.74%
Oct 19, 2026	6,577	111	12	4	31	1.93%
Jul 20, 2026	124,000	7,458	139	2,545	10,575	8.18%
Jan 18, 2026	1,400,000	87,400	395	545	2,385	6.31%
Jul 28, 2025	70,400	3,269	106	920	4,145	6.10%