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At the age of 19 Padme Amidala was the queen of a planet and had already saved her people from total crisis

At the age of 19 Anakin Skywalker was married and a general in a galaxy wide war and was considered to be one of the most powerful Jedi in history

At the age of 19 Leia Organa was a senator in the imperial senate as well as a leader and spy for the Rebellion

At the age of 19 Luke was making vroom vroom noises with his toy planes

I love him so much

pianopadawan

Reblog if you empathize with Luke

stephendann

At Luke’s age of 19, Uncle Owen established the longest record of holding back the tidal forces of Skywalker bullshit, besting the previous record of 22 minutes set by Obi Wan Kenobi

render94

Ah, le donne... sempre impareggiabili!!!

Ah, women ... always unmatched !!!

mythigal1966

And now, for a very dignified classical music recital...

diggers-colorful-world-deactiva

And they did all that in heels. Let’s see Yo-Yo Ma and his buddies do that....

mugwomps

I bet rehearsals were fun

mjalti

analogueswords

Eight Jews Dead in an Antisemitic Hate Crime, and Trump is Already Victim Blaming

This morning, a white man named Robert Bowers entered Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue, shouted “all jews must die,” and shot 14 people. At least 8 so far are dead.

When asked if this reflected on gun control, the president of the united states said, “If they had protection inside, the results would have been far better…if they had some kind of a protection inside the temple, maybe it could have been a very much different situation. They didn’t — he was able to do things that unfortunately he shouldn’t have been able to do.”

This is victim blaming. He is saying that because these congregants had chosen not to defile a house of g-d with instruments of death, they were shot.

When building the Temple in Jerusalem, it’s said, g-d required the stones not be cut with metal tools, as such things could be used to kill people. We believe that instruments of death have no place in the praising of g-d. We should not be required to sacrifice this value in order to stay alive.

May their memories be a blessing.

analogueswords

I appreciate that people are liking this, but please reblog as well

room-where-it-happens

Paul Musgrave from the University of Massachusetts - Amherst, with a list of some of the questions anyone wanting to “arm teachers” must begin to answer if they wish to offer a serious policy proposal.

marisatomay

Autumn seemed to arrive suddenly that year. The morning of the first September was crisp and golden as an apple.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows [JK Rowling] (via alrightanakin)

samanthainsecondary

Please like or reblog if you are a teacher and you believe 7:38PM is a perfectly legitimate bedtime.

mrchandlerbings

thesecretdiaryofateacher

And I’ve already given the directions three times, written them on the board, and posted them on google classroom…

mrskaaay

This. The past couple of days, I’ve just gotten very short with kids asking for an explanation for the actual 5th time. There are a few I’ve told to figure it out for themselves.

And they did. And we still joked and had a good time later. But they learned they could do it. Sometimes you just gotta Monica it out.

undercovertacobell

You always seem to have all the answers. What do we do to stop Trump? I feel helpless. I know of the elections in November for Senate, Congress, etc. what can we do in the meantime?

I took this question really seriously, so I asked my parents to help me answer this. Here is what my dad said:

Here is what my mom said:

Here is what I say:

First of all, I am sorry for referring to you as “kid” to my folks. It was just a shorthand I used for them to understand in a simple way that I think you are someone younger than they are. They are professors/teachers, and are often tasked with communicating effectively with young people. (also, sorry if my dad misgendered you? I guess kid = boy in his head)

Next: Yes. To what my parents said. When I feel helpless I often turn to them because they are so blisteringly smart and compassionate, and if I seem strong and like I have all the answers, it’s because I come from an incredibly supportive family. I wanted to share that with you.

Furthermore, staying informed in the time of “alternative facts” is an act of resistance. Knowing is half the battle. There’s an app called Countable that will keep you informed of the latest developments in your local government and issues you care about.

Because our representatives are firmly planted in the last century, online activism doesn’t cut through the noise to them—but phone calls do. Here is a website called 5calls.org that helps you make those calls with a script, and is especially effective if you (like me) have social anxiety.

Here is a great “Stop Trump” reading list that @batlordart compiled.

Don’t focus on a mountainous goal like “stopping Trump” and instead expend your energy on things that will make you happier and healthier.

Thriving is our first act of resistance.

Don’t despair. I could vibrate with the conviction of how fiercely I believe it: we will get through this.

math alignment chart

lawful good: "recall from analysis [explanation that is better than your old analysis textbook]"

neutral good: "confirm that this works for your favorite non-abelian group"

chaotic good: "since we made enough sign errors that they cancel each other out, we can consider the proof essentially right"

lawful neutral: "a careful reader will verify that..."

true neutral: "applying the axiom of choice"

chaotic neutral: "for ease of notation, we often omit the vector symbol, hoping that context will make our intended meanings clear"

lawful evil: "left as an exercise to the reader"

neutral evil: "see back of book for hint" [no hint actually in back of book]

chaotic evil: "trivial by category theory"

#this #math #neutral good

The dishes are piling up, I keep reading a book a day as stress relief, and I've genuinely had ice cream sandwiches for dinner two out of the past three nights.

#backtoschool #stress #teacher

dntgetmad

livelovelearnbeach

Goals.

growthliveshere

I will reblog this forever.

teachingfeelslike

After rereading through the “Things I Never Thought I’d Have to Say as a Teacher” post (one of my all time collaborative faves), what I want to know now is this:

What is something kinda strange that you’ve had to completely BAN from your classroom for a ~totally legitimate~ reason (or so you insist) and you won’t budge on it?

(Mine’s Corn Nuts.)

notesfromthemargins

21. And rubber bands. Also the sneeze dab.