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Every book in the History of Literature summed up in a single sentence

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I ugly-laughed at several of these.

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John Mulaney, a true ADHD icon

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I love how he gave this bit at an autism benefit because it is also a heavy Autism Mood™

gh0sthoodie

This is the most relatable thing I’ve ever seen.

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…………………i zoned out while listening to this and realize when it started replaying for the 3rd time…………………………..

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couldn’t resist

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hisnamewasbeanni

Sunday night feels.

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me after a quiet day in: Time for a quiet night in

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“mood” is basically the equivalent of “amen”

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and now I am picturing an entire congregation solemnly intoning “big mood”

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“May the Lord be with you.”

“Bitch you too the fuck!”

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zoreta

This is an actual, legit problem in Russia.

Kronotsky Nature Reserve, like most nature reserves, is pretty remote and relies on gas generators for electricity, and keeps jet fuel around in case a rescue copter is needed.

Thing is, these gas drums are just out in the open. And then the bears found them, and discovered that huffing the fumes got them high to the point of passing out. So now there are all these bears addicted to huffing jet fuel, and they’re teaching it to each other.

One one hand, nobody wants bears addicted to huffing highly flammable, toxic crap. It’s not healthy or safe for the bears to just pass out.

On the other, remove the jet fuel… and you have a population of bears going through drug withdrawal, and a bunch of nature reserve workers stuck with them in the middle of nowhere. Additionally, bears have started seeking alternate sources, like trailing behind a helicopter in hopes of fuel leaks, so taking away their source might be… ill advised.

michaelpoe

This one of the most Russian things I’ve ever read.

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thebeckiest

So I used a new icebreaker today and it went really well. I got it from this blog (x). It’s really great for getting kids to work in teams. I’ve already got them set up in their Classcraft teams (even though we can’t actually get signed up for Classcraft until tomorrow), and I think it generally worked really well to get them to bond.

Here’s the gist: Have each team write 30 things they all have in common on index cards. (I’m lucky in that our team has a ludicrous number of index cards hoarded. I don’t know who ordered them, but no one uses them in the bulk numbers we have.) They start off really silly (”We all have…eyes!”), but eventually they get into some slightly more personal stuff (”None of us has ever had a cavity”). It lets them see immediately that even though the people in their group may not be their best friends, they have at least a few things in common.

Then you have them build a card house/tower/whatever out of the index cards. I told them they couldn’t use any adhesives, but they were allowed to fold the cards. I was thinking of Cardhalla at Gen Con (where elaborate card structures are built and then destroyed for charity).

Anyway, I think it did the trick in most cases. Another nice thing is that almost all the kids experienced failure when their first attempt fell down. They all started with the same idea, then when each structure failed, they changed tactics and learned from their failure.

This tactic doesn’t work well, and it was the first thing every single group tried.

The best structure of the day!

I think I’m going to take a little time tomorrow to explicitly talk about how that illustrates a growth mindset. Very few kids gave up after the first (or second or third) time their structure fell. I even heard a kid say, “Adapt. Improvise. Overcome,” which was pretty great.

advanced-procrastination

I’m going to unashamedly steal the crap out of this. Did you think 30 was a good amount, or might it work better with more/less?

thebeckiest

Please do! I think it would work with more, but probably not with less. I think a time limit on both the index card writing and the structure building would be helpful too

wincherella

This is awesome! A perfect Kingdom Day activity for the beginning of school. Thanks for sharing it.

ummno

Expert teaching tip: find your people

I don’t mean buddy up with your department because they’re who you see all the time.

I mean find people who share a brainwave. Maybe you teach social studies and they teach math but you both want to change the world and you both want to take advantage of half-price wine night on Tuesdays.

Maybe they teach PE and you teach Reading but you both want to go to yoga or run after school.

Maybe you’d both rather die than yoga after work and meet on weekends at the coffee place to plan next to each other independently with coffee.

It doesn’t matter. Find your people. They will make you a happier person and better teacher. They will not judge you. They will challenge you and support you.

For this school year, whetherits your first, or tenth, or twenty-first, I wish you all A Person who is Yours.

dwendog

And if you can’t find A Person at your school, then actively consider whether you really need to stay there past the end of your contract. It’s much easier going to work every day when you’re around your people.

sodomymcscurvylegs

NOTHING is funnier to me than the fact that Dumbledore literally designed the PERFECT protection for the Philosopher’s Stone but still let the McGonagall enchant a giant chess set and Snape make a Legend of Zelda puzzle purely for the DRAMA of it all. And y'all say Dumbledore wasn’t ever visibly gay.

catboybreeder

Dumbledore when Snape and McGonagall came to him with their suggestions, knowing FULL WELL how unnecessary they were:

seleneofthejungle

Flitwick, approaching nervously: Dumbledore, I heard that Snape and McGonagall are helping, and I’d like to design a – Dumbledore: – a room filled with enchanted keys. Flitwick: – a room filled with enchanted keys! Dumbledore: