Sashera's Thingz

Okay so this is more like my "things" Blog, theres an art blog somewhere too

[ranmagender]

This is honestly the only way I can accurately describe watching this movie as an adult pokemon fan.

[sasherasthingz]

Words simply cannot describe how much I relate to this.

[breastforce]

“Particularly prone to serious procrastination problems are children who grew up with unusually high expectations placed on them…or else they exhibited exceptional talents early on, and thereafter “average” performances were met with concern and suspicion from parents and teachers.”

Holy SHIT

WELL THEN

[appropriately-inappropriate]

Yep.

They actually tested me for a learning disability in high school because I was consistently failing math.

They discovered that I actually scored in the 80th percentile in that sort of learning.

Problem was, in every other subject, I was in the 99.8th percentile.

I had never learned how to study because I never needed to—and then, when something proved to be even the slightest bit challenging, my brain went

“LOL nope this is impossible abort”

Meanwhile, this entire time I’m scraping by in subjects like English. The assignments I did turn in, I’d score top marks—but I’d avoid turning in projects I didn’t think were “good” enough.

Essentially, my brain had two settings: “100%” or “0%”.

This sort of Baby Genius shit makes kids and adolescents neurotic and self-destructive.

[cassiebones]

We learned about this in Child Development. And we learned to reward hard work and not good job. Like don’t say to a child, “oh you are so smart.” Say “Oh did worked so hard.” Be proud of the child, not the achievement.

[beyondthetemples-ooc]

Be proud of the child, not the achievement.

[thalassarche]

Decades of research have been done on this by Dr. Carol Dweck. When the emphasis is placed on effort (a factor people can control) rather than talent (an innate skill), it’s a lot easier to see mistakes as a learning opportunity rather than something you just won’t ever be good at. And kids who were encouraged by effort were also more willing to take on more challenging work and considered it a lot more fun, while the kids who were praised for their intelligence were reluctant to put themselves in a situation where they might lose that identifier as a “smart kid” by making mistakes, so they preferred to do work they were confident they could master. Also, the kids praised for effort wanted to compare their results to kids who got higher scores, to see where they made their mistakes, while those praised for intelligence wanted to compare their results to kids who scored lower, to reassure themselves.

Not only does this set up “smart” students for a lot of trouble when they enter college and start being regularly challenged, the effects last long beyond that. It can be very hard for the “you’re so smart!” kids to unlearn as they become adults and struggle with even common adult things, and are afraid to ask for help because of that lesson they learned from misguided praise that they are supposed to be smart and supposed to know the answers. 

[kyanve]

…Honestly +1 here.  It’s very well researched and documented and yeah.  Making the emphasis on “You succeed and we are proud of you b/c you are SMART as an intrinsic quality!” makes failure/setbacks/difficulty -TERRIFYING- b/c if you’re “smart” it doesn’t happen and if you fail that means you’re not smart and that’s what everyone’s drilled into you as your main point of worth.

And the rates of anxiety disorders among “gifted student” kids are kinda horrifying.    

[swampgallows]

This is why “you’re so smart” means absolutely nothing to me any more. It’s used as punishment as often as it’s used as praise. 

[wigglyflippingout]

#i hate how real this post is

fucking same

[star-spangled-jackass]

that explains a lot

[goatfrog]

I love psychology and how psychoeducation can inform people like this. 

Intelligence is this nebulous kind of human construct that we’re not quite sure how to define (we have a vague idea about some of the factors involved, but try finding a definition that everyone agrees with). Everyone has their different inherent strengths, but mainstream academia celebrates a very, ah, pragmatic view on intelligence. So in addition to praising hard work over achievement, I’d say (reiteratively, to what a lot of other people have said elsewhere) that more than just Math and Literacy based intelligence needs to be celebrated within educational settings. 

Praise kids for hard work. Not just on the things that school requires of them, but on the things that their minds are geared towards, whether it be literacy or maths, or music, art, bug catching, lego construction, and other broad or niche skills. Deconstruct the box that children in school are forced into. 

[the-unabridged-journals]

Hahaha literally my life

[kamilicni-caj]

😂😅😰😟😓😔😟 …

[myothertardisisonthemun]

Complete Tangent but…. This is something that bugged me about Jimmy Neutron.

The kid is supposedly super smart but that’s not all you need to make the sort of things he had, you need to put in an amazing amount of work, and also lots of money.

It was that part of the show that I found unrealistic.

[sasherasthingz]

Re-blogging because I feel a deep connection to this. Every time someone says “oh my gosh you are so talented at art!” I feel horrid... like I already know I need to scribble and practice more than I do, but I cant bring myself to do any art because if I draw something I know it wont be perfect... and it bothers me SO MUCH.

[sasherasthingz]

I have Scrolled down about 6 posts on my Tumblr Newsfeed and all of a sudden its nothing but The Pet Collective... WHAT IS GOING ON??

[sasherasthingz]

Im bad at Social Media...

I just realized I had another outlet to work with... Im starting up a new endevor where I do a bit of livestreaming before I attend my regular day job, but at the request of my friends iv been doing what I call Photoshop Fridays, and I work on my art stuff~ twitch.tv/sashera if anyone's interested, I should be up in about half an hour from this post and twitter.com/Sashera2 is where I post regular updates about when I go live <3

[sfa2mikio-archive]

I’m sorry but it’s really annoying to see this keep happening on my dash. For those who don’t know,Pixiv is considering shutting down access to western users.

Why?

Because of edits and reposts onto social media sights, such as Tumblr, Facebook, even Twitter. The problem has been here for the past months and I really just get sad seeing everyone reblog edits and reposts of art that’sUNSOURCED.

I’m sorry if I seem bitchy, but this is a critical issue, because not only would this cut off fandom posters, it cuts off any person in the US from accessing Pixiv.

Pixiv artists are already deleting their works and accounts, more and more artists are deleting everything because of this. I have alreadymade a post about this on my main,  and so havetwo ofmy friends. You may say we’re throwing a big deal about this, but the thing is- we’re just trying to make sure that us fans and future fans have the art resources.

Things to know:

ZEROCHAN AND WEHEARTIT ARE NOT SOURCES.

I REPEAT. ZEROCHAN AND WEHEARTIT ARE NOT SOURCES.

If you really absolutely don’t know, try the Google Images source thing.

Or better yet-saucenao is a better one, as if it’s a pixiv work, it shows you the original pixiv link, if it’s deleted or not, and the artist.

If you don’t know the source, DO THOSE STEPS ABOVE, and if they don’t work, state you don’t know it and ask around.

Oh, and biggest thing for the Vocaloid fandom mainly, along with other fandoms:

this is a list of pixiv artists who do not want their art reposted or edited at all.

If you ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO REPOST THEIR WORK, ASK THEM FIRST! It won’t hurt you to be polite, and even if they don’t understand english they probably will understand what you’re saying.

[kuro-hachi]

I find this very relevant to this blog so I hope you’ll allow me to give another PSA.

(Thank you endless-chocolate for sending me this link)

I see this happen on my dash sometimes and I’m not gonna lie, I did consider unfollowing the people that reblog unsourced fanarts. Especially more so on those so-called one piece confessions/dirty op confessions whatever. It’s getting ridiculous. 

However, it’s my belief that every one of you are wonderful people who respects others, especially those who have worked hard in drawing and writing all the wonderful doujins and fanarts. So I hope I can raise some more awareness to this.

As usual I’m going to illustrate it in an easy way. (read right to left)

What supposed to happen:

What you’re doing when you don’t source:

What you’re making the artist do:

Every artist grow by displaying their work and getting critique. But when their work is spread around without any credit to the artist, AND EVEN MAKES THE OWN ARTIST DELETE IT FROM HIS/HER SITE it lost the purpose and meaning.

What you should do from now on (if you haven’t been doing so):

Here’s a guide on how to use saucenao. If it’s from pixiv, saucenao will most likely find it. If it doesn’t, use google image search.

If an artist spend their time to draw that fanart, I think we can spend a bit of time finding out the proper source/credit.

This has been another PSA from Dark Honey.

[curryuku-deactivated20200429]

cant stress enough about this topic, please source everyone

[oshawott]

【 Such a tragedy we have avoided.. 】: Let me just pause ooc for a moment.

[cobaltstarlight]

I am proud to be raising awareness of this serious issue!

Please spread this around so less and less of a problem will continue!

[sasherasthingz]

Cannot. Share. Enough. Times!!!!

[eruphadriel]

[rainydayscoffeeandbooks-deactiv]

Girl of crows and roses. omfg. That’s the prettiest thing ever.

[trippingoverthings]

The Throne of Moss and Thorns. Pretty. Maybe I’ll make that into a URL or username or something. 

[skellyskellymunster-deactivated]

Girl of Ravens and Sun

[smalltown-ghost-deactivated2018]

Queen of Blood and Storms. I like ^^

[corinneduyvis]

Princess of Ash and Fire. NICE. I’ll take it.

[rain--wave-deactivated20260104]

The King of Death and Storms

2 EDGY 4 U

I always knew I was a villain

[tomascrescent]

Throne of Storms and Fangs

Welp.

[rockpapertheodore]

Woman of Storms and Death

metal af

[vastderp]

Sword of Moss & Shadow. Yeah sounds about right. I like the damp

[proserpine-in-phases]

man of blood and bones

i mean sure if you want to be literal

[biomechanical-magitech]

The boy of wolves and bones

….That’s incorrect on all levels

[zanzaflux]

The Princess of Stone and Rain. Okay.

[the-vampire-inside-me-deactivat]

the girl of Rain and Fire, that’s pretty epic!

I’ll use those powers to ruin romantic sunny days and Imma goin’ to make chimneys explode in winter YEAH

[littleroundpumpkin]

The Gates of Bones & Dust. If I’m not a skele I don’t know what I am.

[vixenofthemist]

Queen of Death and Bones…. omg that’s sounds so badass

[sasherasthingz]

Kingdom of Blood and Death *god I am so edgy*

[movedto-nonbinarytyto-deactivat]

I went through 275 pages of my video tag to find these vines among others

[sasherasthingz]

its 2017 and im already done xD

[visor76]

Halloween Lootbox Giveaway

Since I hit 1,600 followers and the Halloween event is finally underway, I figured it was time for a giveaway! And what better prize is there right now but loot boxes!

The giveaway will run from Oct. 12 to 6:00pm EDT Oct. 19.

PRIZES

All prizes will be via gift cards for the system of your choice.

1st Place: 50 loot boxes.

2nd Place: 24 loot boxes.

3rd Place: 11 loot boxes.

RULES

You don’t need to be following me, though I would appreciate it if you were.

1 like and 1 reblog per person for a total of 2 entries each.

No side blogs, please.

 You must have your Ask/Messages open so I can contact you if you win.

You must be willing to share your email address with me so I can send you gift cards digitally.

No heckling the winners, please. If I find out you’re doing it you will be blocked from this blog.

Please don’t tag this as a giveaway. I’ve heard that can cause issues so I’d rather not risk it.

[sasherasthingz]

yeaaaaa \o/

[bechnokid]

Self-indulgent doodle? Why, yes it is!

[glowgaming-blog1]

Kiss before the match!

[sasherasthingz]

OH MY GOD THEYRE SO ADORABLE STAHP D:

[velvetjailofcrimes-deactivated2]

When you get put on a team in Overwatch that says hi to each other before a match

reblog if you agree

[sasherasthingz]

absolutely agree \o/

[silverteahouse]

Overwatch puppies <3

Source: http://www.weibo.com/1762210803/DCCWIeN9J?type=comment#_rnd1467364317385

[onironerd]

@vargrimar lookit all the overwatch corgi cuties :3

[sasherasthingz]

i cannot even ._.

[sashysdesign]

Yea I was absolutely just going to sketch this to begin with… aaaand then I got carried away… you may now call me shipping trash, but I don’t care because Reaper x Mercy is ADORABLE

[sasherasthingz]

Reblog from my arty blog because reasons <3

[randal-mcmandal]

What's your superpower? No rerolls!

[kalgalen]

http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Special:Random

[teacandy-archive]

wow. what a superpower.

[sasherasthingz]

http://powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Zombie_Physiology um... yeaaaaa okay .__.;

[theawesomeworld8]

I drew this as a prediction. All based on Circus performers (Ball seal, Ring Master, Ring Tiger) Pokemon Sun and Moon http://ift.tt/1rFxSnY

[legendarypaws]

GOOD SHIT GOOD SHIT GOOD SHIT GOOD SHIT

[setokyoul]

SIGN ME TF UP 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[platinumswitch]

AYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[sasherasthingz]

DO WANT

[modern-hiccup]

How my friends see me draw:

How I really draw:

[nefzenffxiv]

I’m pretty sure all the art folks out there might appreciate this.

[knit-witch03-deactivated2016092]

I, too, incoherently shout ‘GOH-RILL-UHHHHHHHH’ as I draw. It is my process.

[sassywelder9951]

bonus: me taking advice from my art teacher

[sasherasthingz]

This is actually me xD

[madamhorde]

Hi, all! So I just picked up the New 3DS Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer bundle. It came with a download code for the game, but I actually already own the physical copy.

That leads me to this post. I know Tumblr has a great Animal Crossing community, and I know there are some people who don’t have the game yet. In the holiday spirit, I’m going to host a giveaway for the download code! It’s a $39.99 value, free to one lucky winner.

All you have to do is reblog the post from now (Friday, November 27th) until midnight EST on Friday, December 25th. I’ll put all the entires into a drawing and one winner will be chosen. They will have 48 hours to respond and if they don’t, another winner will be chosen. You may follow me if you would like, but it’s not necessary and it doesn’t increase your chances of winning.

Good luck! I can’t wait to see someone win and design happy little homes.

[coyohti-deactivated20181203]

tl;dr - Redditor whining about being friendzoned gets politely told.

[gillyffish]

This needs to be reblogged until every immature little asshat on the planet gets the message.

[sasherasthingz]

oh my god I have never read anything more relateable than this in my entire friekin life!!