Compromise in Our Relationship - RELAX #95

[@ChespinCraft]

Colleen saying she had 15 minutes between classes is WILD. We had like 3 minutes MAX, which is why I never used my locker because there was not time!

[@angelcortes7947]

We had 7 minutes. I guess we were lucky.

[@shelahphillipsen7019]

@@angelcortes7947 we had 7 as well

[@kingcrabroll]

We had 5 minutes and we would have to pay for lockers… awful

[@mik-moon]

Same here. 15 minutes is absolutely insane lmao

[@summerb7796]

15 minutes is CRAZY

[@nicoleg2402]

The way he explained homeroom is exactly how homeroom works. And we too only had 3 minutes in between classes.

[@nicoleg2402]

We had a homeroom because if there was a fire that’s where we had to go stand (outside) because our homeroom teacher was responsible for us and our well being

[@noodleMoodle253]

Colleen is shocked by the concept of home room the same way we’re all shook that she got 15 minutes between classes 😂

[@allisondaugherty5963]

I only had homeroom for student body/council elections and standardized testing

[@waterbird1998]

I grew up in Indiana and we had home room class. I agree with Colleen that was pretty stupid.

[@silentmozart]

Right 😂

[@playwithmeinsecondlife6129]

'72 to '76 in NE Pa we had homeroom, a word the spellchecker knows, at the start of every day.

[@CourtneyDenniston21]

I had home room before high school. But at every school. I have ever been to I has 5 minutes between each class and to be honest if 6 girls in the school are all on their period and all the stalls are filled plus got to go to locker to switch books well its a known fact that i will be late every day for a week once a month!! Lol I even tried carrying all my books with me everyday in my back pack but when u go to the bathroom on one side of the school because it's closer and then you have class across campus. Man it was rough. I'm so glad I'm no longer a student!!

[@KaciRealAdvice]

Hello, former educator here: the point of homeroom was to have a home-base throughout your four years at a school. It gave you a teacher you could build a relationship with and a community of other students you saw every morning from freshman year to graduation. Any social emotional learning mandated by the state also happened during this time and if you were on an activity schedule for a pep rally or half day it made it easier to have a home base to go back to for that time than trying to guess whose period you would be in and where you would stay! I loved having my homeroom throughout high school!

[@green182dork93]

This is interesting. I never had the same homeroom teacher. Every year it was different. Having the same one could've been nice though for the reasons you listed.

[@kmarie5301]

Hey I know why homeroom is a thing!Colleen I just listened to the podcast and I know why schools have homeroom. It’s mostly to extend the attendance period to make sure attendance is correct. Even though school starts at 7:45 you’d be shocked how many people come 10-15 minutes after that. I am a teacher and I update my original attendance because so many kids come in late. So they make them go to a room where the teacher’s only responsibility is to take attendance (it’s easy to forget) and that the attendance taken is the most accurate. Love you!

[@mxxxn]

It's also a good time for the kids to finish their breakfast if they grabbed it on the way to school & doesn't cut into class time which should be all teaching/learning. I personally found homeroom to be a great transition point into a school day cause coming straight into a class or going right into opening up a textbook is a bit jarring, that 10 minutes is nice for prepping to go into student mode

[@0n3c3nt]

I always thought yeah this is to make sure the late kids (me) have time to get there and fully wake up before you go to actual class where you have to use ur brain 😂

[@0n3c3nt]

Also so the late kids (again me) didn’t disturb the whole class by coming in late.

[@theperuccis]

We also had the same homeroom teacher all 4 years and that teacher was like your "safe" teacher. It was someone you could go to with bigger issues

[@theperuccis]

Also we had 7 mins between classes and they did start and end at random times like 8:26 and 11:53

[@faithkelly9661]

colleen’s opinions are so strong 😂 calculus is NOT required in high school. erik was correct about only going to algebra. same with physics

[@TdScar]

Yeah I literally never would’ve graduated 😂 even in college all I had to do was like the second dumbest math class. Not even close to calculus. And earth science which was so easy and I still had to take it twice

[@ellawachtel66]

Where I live it was required to have physics

[@katelynn6851]

I have to take Calculus in college 🤧🤧🤧🤧🤧 but the highest math in my high school was calculus if you wanted to but some could end with like a trigonometry class or pre-cal

[@Alyssa-Michelle]

Aaaaand if you had a science class your senior year you can drop a math class bc science is considered math….at least in my old school district in CA

[@ssunnybunniasmr]

calculus is required in my high school…

[@deannacm7022]

Erik is so PATIENT!

[@lyndsieferraro9205]

Ooof with how fast Colleen was talking in this one my anxiety went through the ROOF. But I’m also 30 weeks pregnant so that’s probably more of the reason. Anywho we have a block schedule as well but we had 8 classes for the semester. 4 classes per day and each day would alternate. We also have like 6 minutes for passing period and home room but we called it AEP and it was the same teacher every year. It was 25 minutes long in between first and second block and we would finish homework, vote for student council, homecoming things, announcements, it’s how they assigned lockers, we could go to other teachers rooms and get help with homework and such if we needed it. I finished many last minute assignments in AEP the day they were due 😂😅

[@jessicaochoa2394]

Noo this gave me anxiety and I am not pregnant…

[@heidiebersole2265]

We had the same homeroom teacher throughout all four years of high school so it was a chance for one teacher to really get to know you and act as an advisor for academics, but also for mental health, etc…

[@mallorym.]

Yes this! I graduated from high school in 2015 and I still have a good relationship with my homeroom teacher💙 She was the best!

[@JMart0]

Yes!

[@MargauxNeedler]

Nice! That's great

[@haileysheets]

This!!!

[@Kaalyn_HOW]

I always take Colleen's side when no one else does, but I literally wanted to throw my phone the first 20 minutes. She's literally yelling non-stop and not letting him get a single sentence out to explain, and then mad she doesn't understand. I felt like I couldn't even breathe and it was making me all but panic. Erik's exasperation was me. But yes, we had exactly 3 minutes to trade classes. All the times were like 12:23 9:48, etc. And yes, we had to run. And we started at 7:20. As for homeroom, with a 6-day cycle, kids could start in different classes every day of the week, so...even though they CAN take attendance and do announcements, for things that needed returned to the homeroom teacher (order forms, permission slips, schedule selections, etc), papers or separate 'announcements' (esp those that were grade-specific), etc, it was easier to be all done in one consistent, grade-segregated room. Especially to find the "right teacher" a student would be with to receive a "them-only" message from the office or something. We also had 9 periods a day, with like 8 classes at a time (when you add in electives), so the number of rooms you could end up in at first period, mixed in with different grades, was a lot of variables. (Ex. You MIGHT always start in English, orrrr your first period happens to be one that's split 2 days in gym, 2 in Health, and 2 in study halls).

[@jenniferbridi7678]

It was used for attendance and announcements with same teacher all 4 years

[@cristinar2772]

Omgg yes

[@xmofongo1x]

Aaaannnnnddd your locker was usually located next to your homeroom so you could always go to it before classes start. And sometimes you didn't have classes with your friends but had homeroom with them (mine were grouped by grade and last name so my best friend with a last name close to mine was in there with me) so it was a nice little good morning before hellish classes

[@brief402]

Thank you for actually explaining homeroom. I swear some people just never thought into the reason why which is why they don't know. And its hard explaining to people who have never had homeroom because as you're trying to explain it they keep interrupting with questions. Like bro, if you just chill for 2 minutes and listen to me completely before you jump in I'm sure you'll get it. That being said, I also had the 4 classes a day system for one of the 5 schools I attended in my life. It is pretty fricken sweet. You get to spend so much more time on a sibgle subject you get to build up a lot more knowledge. Plus it makes retaining info a little easier considering you only have to focus on so any subjects. This school had "electives" you would have for either a few days a week, or even a full month a semester. It was a cool experience

[@brief402]

@@xmofongo1x bro my locker was never near homeroom XD And we had weird ass lockers where there was sections. We had the door part that was normal height, but it was so skinny you could barely fit a empty backpack in there. And then there was a lever that popped open a cubby on top of the lockers that was where you placed your books. Really inconvenient to short people though.

[@jessikasanchez4530]

Colleen needed to relax here lol

[@courtneyr214]

Also Colleen we DID have only 3 minutes between classes. It kind of drives me nuts that you disbelieve Eric’s experience! Haha Also we never were required to take calculus or any of the high level maths.

[@PtxXtp]

She always disbelieves things she didn’t experience. It drive me nuts as if her experiences are the only way things could have been. Usually Erik has stories that most of us relate to yet she is just flabbergasted.

[@ivanamendez478]

Because she is self centered, she proves that constantly. She always invalidates Wrik's experiences just because she never experienced that. She's so toxic.

[@brief402]

I mean precalc was the senior math at my high school, and those who excelled took ap Calc or ap physics. Those were your options

[@ashlyn8414]

I love when Eric talks about his East Coast high school experience because it’s exactly like mine and I cannot fathom the fact that Colleen had 15 MINUTES to get to each class!

[@Litlgi14]

Colleen you were driving me insane not understanding the concept of homeroom. We had homeroom from middle school through high school. Everyone was usually split up alphabetical order and they would just group you into different teachers classrooms (not usually your 1st period teacher but sometimes it was) & you go there first thing in the morning and sit for like 20 minutes, the teacher takes roll, they do the announcements, etc. Then the bell rings & you go to 1st period. Also our time between classes was usually 2-3 minutes

[@julianicholexox]

I’m angry Colleen doesn’t understand the concept of home room 😂😂 in a loving way I’m like COLLEEN ITS JUST HOME ROOM lol love you guys!😊

[@amberlynyoung2125]

... same 🤣🙊

[@heather4190]

Same!!

[@ToochieTooch]

Same! LOL...she was so aggressive about it, meanwhile us east coasters find it extremely normal.

[@brittanybraden2465]

I’m halfway paying attention… lol. Is she saying she thought home room was home ec? Lol

[@lexi-4]

@@brittanybraden2465 yes

[@maggiedelnoce]

For as sensitive as Colleen is about some things, she sure is chill about calling people stupid when it comes to concepts she doesnt agree with 🤣

[@jordansilver7067]

THIS 😂😂

[@cristinar2772]

Yesssss

[@hannahgilbert437]

They have talked about this. It’s their dynamic and Eric said he doesn’t mind

[@dkfkf6720]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@amandakirk6861]

Colleen: who said you say bagel weird? I think you say it fine Colleen in a previous podcast:Lovey you say bagel weird lol

[@latterdaycovenantliving]

Same episode she talked about CREAM cheese instead of Cream-Cheese

[@inbeautyreviews6622]

YES! Lol

[@katherine7444]

She can’t keep her stories straight

[@aarguellez1803]

@@katherine7444 well she has ADHD so that's probably why😂

[@madisonhuckabone8983]

My high school experience definitely sounds more like Erik’s. We had like 3-4 minutes between classes. Classes would start at random times. And we had a home room. Except our home room was thirty minutes. That time was used for free study time, attendance, announcements, and sometimes class activities. Home room was useful.

[@ellabella3469]

The fact colleen got 15 minutes between classes is insanity. I remember RUNNING to my next class because I had 1.2 milliseconds to get there 🤣

[@kyliewardell4602]

Omg Colleen talking about home room is killing me. She’s driving me insane and I’m not hating. Bro, it’s just home room, it’s not a hard concept.

[@danichesney1876]

Bless Erik bc I wouldn't have been so patient. She was so high strung about the subject it was getting under my skin listening 💀 😭

[@Emily-gp9sw]

😂 I feel like she understands the concept but is just baffled by how stupid it is so in her head she's like "wait I must not be understanding it correctly... I have to be missing something... where is the logic" 😂

[@brief402]

@@Emily-gp9sw I think the logic is having all the grades in their specific place so getting info to and from those grades is easier. Where as a soon as "class" starts they get all jumbled and can have multiple grades in a single classroom. But as kids in high school we don't get this, after high school, you only get it if you think about it 🤔

[@alexiasmith8338]

not colleen’s best episode. hearing her calling others stupid just because they don’t think/ do things just like her is like listening to nails on a chalkboard.

[@sashamatsumoto174]

Erik I’m from New Zealand and I literally watched First Day on tv here when I was younger, and then when I was reintroduced to you in haters back off, I was like omg why is this person in the depths of my memories?? I guess that first day show just really resonated with me 😆 I’m so glad you brought it up in this episode 🙌

[@melissavail8607]

Oh my GOODNESS. I LOVE Colleen but the way she keeps interrupting Eric and telling him he's wrong when she never attended school on the East Coast is driving me nuts hahaha 🤣

[@jaliehelton4184]

I remember Colleen saying Eric said bagel weird and cream cheese weird and now they are discussing it like it wasn’t colleen that said it 😂

[@itsme_savv28]

Do you have the timestamp from that episode?

[@jaliehelton4184]

@@itsme_savv28 no I wish but I think it was a vlog awhile back.

[@Raindropsundropgumdrop]

@Jalie Helton a podcast* cause i remember this

[@ayyekrisssy]

Colleen my high school definitely only gave us 3 minutes between classes and we had classes starting at random times lol.

[@SimplyKikiLove]

Colleen I love and adore you, but please let Erik explain so you can get a better understanding. My anxiety was through the roof him trying to explain the concept of home rooms. With love😌

[@jenniewesterlund2898]

It gave me so much anxiety too 🙈 and frustration and headache 🥲 (love her though)

[@andreapalomera]

Eric is 100% right about homeroom!! I also went to public school in California but I did not have homeroom in high school I had it in middle school. Homeroom for most people is just a place you go to, to take attendance and start the day, but for me we did all that AND we had read for like an hour which was awful because school started at 7:45 and reading for an hour that early in the day just put me to sleep. We read books and took quizzes on them for points and based on how much points you got that would determine your grade for homeroom. There was even a mandatory reading tutorial class afterschool for kids who were not getting enough points. Anyway in middle school we had 3 minutes to get to each class and in high school we had 5.

[@ryianeeberhardt2950]

Colleen was stressing me out the first half of this podcast lol

[@valaya.3]

Okay I think I get it now 😅

[@kathrynlovine2190]

I was literally about to say this

[@cindylou21659]

Colleen Eric's story on home room is 100% true. I graduated in 1978 we had home room as well its just to make sure you are at school then they send you to your 1st class. Now when i was in school we did learn cooking, sewing as well we also had drivers ed class in school. School now a days have all change.

[@selyndaariel4609]

i love your profile picture!

[@cindylou21659]

@@selyndaariel4609 thank you

[@KW93747]

THANK YOU ERIK “how are they going to get interested in it if they aren’t offered it in high school” 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@damarisrivera4301]

Colleen is driving crazy with this one!! She needs to chill and let Erik speak!

[@annetolman7032]

My relax for this week is Christmas tree lights. I feel like every year there’s a strand that stops working and then it takes forever to untangle them and get them all working and looking good.

[@Eringwil5]

Home room is a safety thing! If something happens at the school, when in doubt go to your home room! The teacher knows you well and you always have a base classroom to go to.

[@erinm7645]

Colleen: "I don't like knick knacks, I don't like clutter" Meanwhile the Miranda room is filled floor to ceiling with any tiny piece of a memory, stuff from old shows, and so many boxes from Haters in the old garage, the car couldn't fit. Lol Colleen, you dork.

[@katieakin9397]

I don’t think meaningful letters from fans, etc. count as knick knacks

[@jewelz00]

I think Colleen might like the Finnish education system: mandatory music class, art class, basic cooking & home maintenance class, woodworking class, and sewing class 😃 …but also, Finnish language & literature, at least two foreign languages, math, physics, chemistry, biology, geography, religion, history, social studies, philosophy, PE & health education 😅

[@afuhrm21]

That is a lot! How do you guys fit all of that in? At my school, we have “core classes” (some variation of a math, english, science, and social studies class) that we have to take every year, and a few other classes like art and health that we have to take every few years. I couldn’t imagine trying to take all of those classes!

[@indreduobaite13]

Basically same in Lithuania!! Except we had no philosophy or health education but we had economics for a year and a few other random classes for a bit. I'm always shocked that in the US most classes are mandatory for so much less time

[@indreduobaite13]

Also how long were your breaks between classes? Because for me it varied between 10, 15, 20 or 30 in different schools. Of course most of them were 10 except for 2 longer ones. I can't imagine having only a few minutes. Your brain needs breaks

[@jewelz00]

@@indreduobaite13 Oh hi, labas 👋🏼☺️ Well, economics is certainly a useful skill, too! And for sure, adequate breaks are a must! Recess was always 15min and all students were ”forced” (firmly encouraged by teachers:) to go outside to get fresh air and play. Every single recess. A pretty smart move on their part. 😅 Lunch break was 30min.

[@brief402]

I feel like I would love that for my kids. Learn it all baby!

[@ZimtPorridge]

Colleen: "Dunkin Donuts is terrible!" Colleen: suddenly remembers that she worked for them Colleen: "I actually like Dunkin donuts!!" The panic in her voice 🤣

[@bethbuckingham4260]

This was very funny to me that they didnt edit this out lmao

[@dkfkf6720]

EXACTLY. She’s so fake and full of crap.

[@tskyy93]

I literally had 3 minutes to change classes. And yes, my classes started at weird times. Like 1:27 or something. The fact that Colleen had 15 WHOLE MINUTES is absolutely INSANE.

[@maddielaplante6789]

I love that Colleen is like knickknacks are not her thing yet her Miranda office is literally full to the brim of every knickknack anyone’s ever given her lol

[@inbeautyreviews6622]

Poor Erik, it almost feels like she’s attacking him for literal facts about high school. I’m sorry, I love Colleen but she really needs to RELAX. Home room was a real thing, it’s also the room we used for study hall.

[@ssunnybunniasmr]

I think she’s just very passionate about things she doesn’t understand so it’s not about attacking Eric. She literally said it’s not his problem. It’s the school systems problem I had an advisory, which is basically a homeroom and it was a complete waste of time.

[@aprilgeewhiz3814]

My husband likes clean lines and minimal decorations. I like memories and the knickknacks that bring up those memories. We’ve been married for 38 years and it’s still a struggle!! I felt the decorating conversation to my core!

[@lilorphin24]

😂 Colleen is describing Home Economics class - sewing, cooking, baking, balancing a check book, etc.

[@brookelouise8765]

Of course Colleen doesn’t track packages, she has like 10 arrive every single day 😂 No one could keep up with her orders haha

[@libbycoleman3153]

It’s so funny because colleen always has the most bizarre stories from her childhood and strange experiences from her high school yet she’s shocked when she hears about Other peoples normal stereotypical experiences (No hate at all)

[@Skyez_553]

Podcast idea: I think you guys should do a episode called tortilla talk questions we’re you ask people to leave tortilla talk questions on whatever platform you guys would chose and then just answer the tortilla talk questions for the whole episode but obviously still do The who needs to relax segment. love you guys!

[@HelloJenni20]

I’ve been watching you guys for a very long time, even before Erik was in the picture. I was in an abusive relationship and watching you and Erik gave me so much hope that I could have a good relationship one day. I’d always hear you guys call each other lovey and I wished I could have my own person to call lovey, I thought it was so cute. Now I’m finally out of that horrible relationship and I have my own lovey now 🥰 I just wanted to thank you guys for being here and giving me hope during such a horrible time in my life ♥️

[@silentmozart]

COLLEEN ALSO LET ERIK FINISH HIS SENTENCES 💀 Why you always cutting him off? Lmao.

[@tristianjennings8371]

We had home room, it was always after lunch and you had the same teacher every year for all 4 years of highschool. It was a way to connect with a teacher and they offered support in a lot of different ways. Home room was used for announcements but also for example, senior year your usher for graduation was your home room teacher, you got your cap and gown in home room, etc. also all your yearly paperwork was done in homeroom. It was a way to give students a specific teacher for SATS, you reported to the same homeroom teacher for a lot of things.

[@katiemiller3]

Mine was always after lunch too. Different random teacher each year. I was just to give us a midday break and we worked on assignments.

[@messa432]

Yes this!

[@TheMunchyelena]

Did Colleen live a normal life her teen years? The majority of schools have homeroom. My son is in high school and has homeroom and it starts at 730... also on east coast. . I'm pretty sure it's a high school thing maybe middle school too. Homeroom is where they take attendance and do morning announcements. Eric said it perfect. I feel like their are so many things she's clueless about that most of the world has heard of. I think Colleen needs to relax about homeroom 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@heather4190]

Haha! 100%!!

[@amandaxjune613]

Yes! We live on the east coast & my son has had homeroom since 1st grade

[@dustmite723]

I live in australia and we have this also. It’s usually called form though

[@indreduobaite13]

Not most of the world though. The American education system overall is really weird in my opinion and so so different from most of the world. Although I'm sure some countries can relate

[@viv868]

LOVE the new podcast space and how u guys filled it out!!! the shelf with the salt lamp, puppets and little boat loveee love love !!!

[@pandaperseus714]

Home room sounds like Tutor Time in British schools - we just sat in a room with our tutor who did the register, and sometimes other tutor groups made quizzes for everyone to do, and one Christmas term we just watched Home Alone each morning

[@manonmincieli7309]

Hello Teacher Here :) I also grew up on the east coast and experienced home room 😂 my best guess for why we have home room is for 1-attendance 2-announcements and 3- to accept any required papers/handouts that are school related. Also by having this designated time it doesn’t take away from any instructional time from teachers :) Throughout the day as students change classes teachers are required to take attendance to ensure students are in attendance in all of their classes but home room does serve a purpose for students to be able to get school required material/ handouts, hear announcements, and take attendance! I hope this helped!

[@supitschar]

Colleen not having the equivalent of homeroom is so crazy to me! I’m from England and even we have this, but for us it was called Morning Tutor, it was to get us registered, read announcements and do any non-class related stuff!!

[@Ambersworld720]

I'm from the Midwest we had homeroom as our 3rd hour class but it was an actual class for us and was 90min long. It was to do homework, work on projects, meet with clubs that we were apart of and get tutoring help. Also we definitely only had 3mins max to get to our classes and we would get tardy slips for even a minute late.

[@courtneyr214]

That was closer to my experience! Except we couldn’t talk. It was for catching up on homework or literally doing nothing. 😂 I’d use it to write notes to friends. Haha

[@green182dork93]

That sounds like a study hall. Super interesting how every school does this stuff differently.

[@courtneyr214]

@@green182dork93 Definitely! Our homeroom was like study hall! Same thing.

[@elizabethmarie8069]

I was on a block system and it was so great! Yes, home room was a short period before your first class for morning announcements and stuff. My home room was whoever my first block teacher was so we didn’t have to go to a separate class. We had 5 minutes to get to our next class.

[@carolcurotto6144]

I LOVE Dunkin ! Cold brew cold foam (medium): 4 pumps French vanilla, 4 pumps of liquid sugar , made w oat milk . Absolutely delicious

[@BffKLAM]

*me a physicist that loved learning physics in high school* Colleen and Erik - *they can just wAiT to specialise in it* Me - 👁️👄👁️ 💧

[@cstump2005]

Erik’s knick knacks are so sweet!! I love that they all hold such special memories

[@lexig7697]

As someone who works at a high school in Santa Barbara, this was hilarious to listen to 😂 we start at 8:20am, have 4 minute passing periods, and none of our classes ever start on an even time, Colleen would hate it😂 we don’t have homerooms, but do have time built into a period for announcements and things like that lol

[@xmofongo1x]

Didnt she go to a Santa Barbara high school?

[@melrhea12]

Please do a 2 hour+ podcast sometime soon! These never last long enough!

[@GiannaGodsversion]

Yes blow this up so they see it!!

[@TheSkinnyZ]

Truth!

[@Heyymabadd]

They have 3 kids lol 2 hours is not an easy thing to accomplish

[@babykristel16]

Agreed!!!!!

[@ivanamendez478]

@@Heyymabadd you act as if they ever actually take care of all 3 of their kids. They have her mom, a nanny, and a babysitter for F plus Kory.

[@slhoog8164]

When my kids were in high school, they also had homeroom, but it was the same teacher for all 4 years, so that provided an ongoing relationship with that teacher, who could then often provide a solid recommendation for them for college applications. It was attendance, but also other things like handing out information on events, graduation, etc. Once per week there would also be more extended time where other things like mental health topics were addressed.

[@InMyHonestOpinion1]

Hi Colleen (if you see this). Love you, but your interrupting Erik makes it so hard to listen to. He either gets louder to be heard, and two people telling their own thoughts at the same time is an overload, or he doesn’t get to finish his thought. I really appreciate when you are conscious of it and catching yourself to apologize and wait. Thank you and Erik for the happiness you bring to everyone ❤

[@JourneyWithCP]

We had homeroom too. First 10 mins for announcements and whatnot. I think the purpose was so that everyone had a "home base" or consistent group they would see to start off each morning through out the year.

[@blahblahart5]

We had Adult Living where we were taught to balance checking accounts, payroll tax and such. Home Economics was cooking. We had sewing along with art. We had crowded hallways and would have to hustle from one part of the building to the next. I feel like this episode was a whole mood.

[@justsayinhi]

Erik has to deal with this EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.

[@lauraa4294]

I think Colleen needs to RELAX about homeroom.

[@MsRak19]

Sounds like Home Room is the same as Registration in the UK. You have an assigned room, class and teacher. That teacher is responsible for doing the register. Its just to make sure all the kids are accounted for and to give a starting point to the day as well as a go-to teacher for pastoral stuff. Fairly straightforward and logical concept!

[@mickellebreann2955]

i love erika talk on his nicknacks and al the beautiful memories he has connected wit them ! awwww

[@silentmozart]

Colleen tries so much to force her experience/opinion as the ONLY experience 😭 she’s sitting here telling him his experience in school and how school systems work outside of Cali weren’t real and not true. He’s sitting explaining it perfectly and in the most simple fashion. Calculus isn’t required. Physics isn’t required. Everybody don’t have 15 minutes to get to the next class. Homeroom exists. Also they have cooking classes called Home Ec, and classes where you build things called Workshop lmao. Sis this stuff exists. Girl it’s okay Erik didn’t have the same california living school experience as you 😭 Most of us can relate to Erik’s school experience more and I’m from the south. Lol.

[@dkfkf6720]

It’s because she has zero respect for him and doesn’t give credit to anything he says.

[@meganmary92]

Worded perfectly I am from New England and I had home economics and shop.. in middle school and Colleen was home schooled for most of her life she only went to a few years of public school so she missed a lot.

[@Kirsten-fg8km]

@@Natasha.08 no one was being cruel to her. She was invalidating someone else's experience.

[@ashleya8187]

I love Colleen but yes, she does do this and it does get frustrating unfortunately

[@caseyhansen4467]

Honestly same I’m from the south too and I relate to him

[@belenfdr]

Just because your not used to something it doesn't mean it's automaticaly stupid.

[@maggiekelly5183]

A home room is basically room you are assigned to go to every morning of a year of school you sit there to have attendance ( I also had to have lunch count in home room in mornings in middle school so they would know if you were buying lunch)

[@Sierra_erra]

As a military brat who was in multiple schools.. culinary arts was a class I partook in. Also, I took Child Development. Not sure if they offered classes like that for you Colleen, sounds like not 😂 but definitely classes for cooking and caring for children. Might I add, homeroom was a random classroom within the building and our homeroom “teacher” was the teacher whose classroom that belonged to. In homeroom we (25 ish students) gathered each morning and the teacher took attendance. Each home room had students with the same letter of their last name (alphabetically). This was important later because throughout the next four years of highschool, you have home room with the SAME people. It was the only place you’d gather in a classroom during your high school years, that you would be with the same people (sometimes new faces if new students started at that school with the same letter of your last name). Not to mention, come graduation day, You would be seated in alphabetical order next to each of the people You spent 4 years in home room with. Pretty cool concept. Anyway.. you’ll never read this but it may help someone else 😅 HOME ROOM IS SOLELY FOR ATTENDANCE AND ANNOUNCEMENTS . then off to your 1st period class and so on and so fourth. Yessssss each class takes attendance but that usually will gauge whether or not a student is skipping school. For example.. if someone was accounted for in home room, but not in 1st period but accounted for again in 2-5th period - it shows faculty that you in fact were making out with your boyfriend in the back of the theater (guilty) and skipped class. 😊 look girl.. you asked for an in-depth explanation of home room and the adhd in me is on a rampage. Hope this helps 😂

[@itsmeeleg5528]

My son is in high school. And yes. Still does home room. I did a home room. It’s normal. School has a lot of pointless things.

[@nursesara1213]

It’s basically just a place for students to check in and talk to friends, homeroom is just a short time where students can start (or end) their day at a safe, supportive home base. Teachers can take the time to get to know their students, and they can offer guidance and information to help them navigate school/ life.

[@amandaardis9142]

its mind blowing me how colleen didn't know homeroom existed. Erik explained it perfectly this convo made me giggle, I had only a few mins to get to each class and mu high school was ginormous

[@jesspillaymusic]

I could not stop laughing at the homeroom rant. Eric: "why are you yelling at me?!" 😂😂 I went to private high school and also didn't have homeroom. Attendance/annoucements happened in our first period. 15 minutes between classes sounds luxurious!

[@kenidyreece]

I graduated in 2020 and had homeroom in high school. it was a normal sized amount of kids in the class, like 20 to 30 kids, and it was alphabetical order. my last name starts with a B so there was always kids with A and B last names in my homeroom but I think they did it in alphabetical order that way it was easier to hand out official school paperwork, eventually graduation information, picture day forms just a way to have an organized system where the students are.

[@LauraGonzalez-zq6be]

Colleen’s description of school makes high school in movies make more sense. I went to school in FL and my school experience is just like Erik is explaining. Whenever I watch scenes of high schools in movies I think “this doesn’t make sense.” But maybe it’s like that in cali 😅

[@michichristine]

Colleen out here acting like students are ready to learn right at the first minute of the day.... The 10 minutes is also a chance for people to socialise, build relationships with your home room teacher and settle down for the morning getting you into a good headspace ready for learning. It's so you have a class that you 'belong' to, instead of mixed students and teachers for different subjects. I'm getting so stressed by Colleen being so aggressive with her opinion. She complains about "waste of time" yet she saw no issue with 15 minutes between each class.

[@ohteehee6696]

Home room is important because it’s essentially where teachers just take attendance and give out announcements like Erik’s saying. It’s a lot less chaotic than just doing it in like English class or any other class. It’s solely focused on making sure everyone assigned to that room gets there! And then after 10-15 minutes of making sure to sign in everyone including late kids..school can start! And If you get there early enough you can also study or finish homework! Also I went to high school in cali too and I only had three classes and I didn’t even get 15 minutes 🥲 that’s wild

[@skittlez1717]

As a Jersey girl everything Erik said in this podcast is 100% true 😂 Dunkin’ always put the entire packet of cream cheese on your bagel and we literally only had 3 minutes to get from each class!

[@SammyShoots2]

this was so infuriating to listen to… colleen being confused about homeroom & erik not being able to explain it properly oh my god

[@brittanybraden2465]

I love Colleen … but he probably could have explained it better if she’d let him talk lol

[@SammyShoots2]

@@brittanybraden2465 lol oh definitely

[@dedra1514]

Colleen would be baffled by my high school schedule. We started at 7:21am and ended at 2:12pm, 8 periods/classes a day, 4 minutes between each class. The times of each class were different every day, and we ran on a 6 day cycle (A-F). The different days of the cycle accounted for which days we had labs, study halls, minors (2 or 4 times a cycle), and lunch. (If you wanted to take an extra class, they let you not have a lunch period). Mondays and Thursdays had the same schedule, just periods 1-8, but some classes were 47 minutes, some were 48, and some were 50. Tuesdays and Fridays had the same schedule, where we had “knight time” in between periods 3 and 4. Knight time was like our home room, but they made us do bonding activities. On these days, some of the classes were 50 minutes, some were 44 and some were 41. Wednesdays we had periods 1-8 and then 8B and the end of the day, which was like a free period. Classes were either 41, 43, 44, or 45 minutes. Don’t know how I ever managed to keep track of it all lol.

[@nikchike]

Home room is literally just a study room slash preparation for your day of classes. I liked it.

[@ajs8186]

I ❤ Erik’s shelves and his collection of memories.😊

[@likeacutie]

Home room is so true. I live in Alabama and I always had homeroom, but only in highschool. Now, my children have these same homerooms, it's a weird concept hearing you guys talk about it, I guess I've never thought about it. Love you both!!

[@danichesney1876]

I can't imagine having more than 3 mins between classes that would've been a dream 🙃 I'd be stopping for a snack, going to the restroom, and socializing

[@bellZ6100]

I live in SOUTH AFRICA and even we had homeroom and no time in between for classes. The bell would ring and you had to run to your next class and it would start as soon as everyone was there

[@michaela_xo]

girl your school was not normal. I'm not even from the US and I had 'homeroom' my entire life. it's just for admin and literally whatever isn't related to your actual subjects 😭😭

[@hannahhirt6684]

Hey, I’m a teacher! So for us, home room is 25 minutes every morning when the kids first get to school. We do listen to announcements together, but then we have certain days of the week for certain things. Mondays and Fridays we go over mental health related issues, Tuesdays and Thursdays we check grades and do homework, Wednesdays we read. The kids have the same teacher throughout their time in the school to help promote healthy relationships with adults you trust. We also have a required FACS (cooking, sewing, laundry) and Tech Ed (woodworking, metal working, technology). We have optional money management (taxes) and various language classes. Gym, health, art, and a music class of your choice is required at some point during your time at the school, but you can take more if you want. A lot of schools have to cut these out for budget reasons. Schools are terminally underfunded and understaffed and the first things to go are the classes that the kids like the most. This was long, but I hope it helped!

[@hannahhirt6684]

We also have 3 minute passing time but that is because 1. We are required to have a certain number of “instructional minutes” per year, so longer passing time means more days in school, and 2. Kids are WILD in the halls and they do not need more unstructured time to get into trouble…

[@caylenclouds14]

Erik I love the pipe shelves, they look so good!! You two should fill them with fun podcast related items that we might recognize! Or fan art, something fun like that.

[@mazzanda]

Home room is all about admin. Because everybody does different classes, it’s a way for one teacher to be across attendance of 30 students, and for students to be able to have contact with one teacher (aside from year level coordinators) about the admin of stuff. It also helps that announcements are only specific to the year level you’re in, especially in Australia where high school is Year 7 - 12 (we don’t have middle school).

[@brandycampbell4425]

I don't think Erik's taste is "bro" or man-cave. I enjoy this style and I'm not a dude. It's traditional, classic, and warm. Heavier darker pieces can be classy and modern, depending on styling. It seems he likes classic and warm tones... while you like modern and cool tones. Personally, I'd rather have the warmer tones, it's just sooo much cozier than whites and grays. But there are certainly ways to incorporate both aesthetics.

[@clareperkins304]

I felt so powerful when my homeroom and 1st period were the same. I didn't have to move, everyone else had to rush at 7:30 somewhere else. Also, we did get taught things in homeroom and watched weird inspirational videos and answer a few questions. Most importantly, we had time to do homework or study! Mine was like 45min

[@silentmozart]

Colleen saying she’s “clean” and Erik’s style is more “cluttered” is such a projection 💀 this specific episode is making me look at her different, cs why’re you so defensive this whole time and being slightly bratty? I’m guessing she didn’t wanna give her who should relax quicker bc she knows it’s HER, who needs to relax. So she just thought of one lmao. Like chill. It feels like he’s a guest sometime and not the other host of the podcast. I think she should make her own podcast on the side, bc clearly alot of days she doesn’t seem to wanna share the floor or let him have his opinions/truth without nagging - but then there’s him who is quick to let everything she says be right so it won’t go further than 20 minutes. Example: how she stayed hooked on homeroom for literally 18 minutes and he explained it perfectly. RELAX.

[@TeachDisneyPlans]

As a teacher I can tell you it’s a union thing. You can not just extend an hour by an extra 10-15 minutes. Many teachers have their prep time during first period and would get an unfair extra 15 minutes of prep without students. Also if the just do announcements during first period that cuts into your first hours curriculum time. That’s why there has to be a set home room or advisory time to make it fair for all teachers. I also agree about making foreign language an elementary thing.

[@marieelise7022]

When Erik said: “I’m an everything bagel guy, give me everything!” 😂

[@afuhrm21]

Lots of people are saying their high school experience is more like Erik’s, but mine is a lot like Colleen’s! My school also has a block system, but instead of having the classes every day for a semester, we have the classes every other day for the entire year. And we don’t have homeroom either! Instead, our announcements are during study hall and attendance is taken every block. We also have 10 minute passing periods, and seniors have release periods where we can leave the school if we don’t have a class.

[@andreaat9549]

Anybody else would like to hear Erik speak Spanish??? Just me?? lol I love your guys podcast. I always look forward to listening to you guys!!

[@dancingdaisy09]

At my high school you were assigned a home room freshman year and you stayed with that teacher and group of students for all four years so it was basically like a home base. We would watch the morning announcements, have attendance taken, but it was also near our lockers so it made mornings easier. Basically the teacher is in charge of making sure everyone is on the right track to graduation. We would have additional homeroom periods like once a month to go over our goals and college applications and it’s also the class we presented our capstone projects in. It’s also where we would have to meet before pep rally’s so everyone would stay seated with their own grade. Unfortunately my homeroom teacher was really lazy, didn’t care about us, and was never even there because she was too busy chatting with other teachers 🙄 I met one of my best friends in homeroom though!!

[@voodoochild7533]

Colleen being so perplexed by Home Room had me in tears from laughing 😂

[@valarya]

I was triggered lol

[@_rubyhipster]

My high school didn't have home room either. I'm so confused lol

[@dustmite723]

@@_rubyhipsterit can also be called form. They basically do the roll and tick off who is there

[@_rubyhipster]

@Dust Mite nope, we just went to our first class, they took roll in every class. If they didn't people would just ditch, I live in a town that's like LA in Cali, there is too much stuff by the school for kids to just walk to, so they had it so every teacher took Roll.