#learning is fun

[darknessdrops]

[ihopeihaventboredyou]

Hopping to the Devil's Minion side of tumblr to tell you a neat little word fact you might find interesting and use in a fanwork.

The word "minion" and french word "mignon" (a term of endearment) are closely related.

Yup, in the 16th century, it was a derrogative term used by the Parisians for their kings favourites. Although nowadays, I think we usually use it specifically for Henry III's favourites.

He revived the medieval practice of letting a confidant sleep in your bed chamber to signify their status, which doesn't HAVE to be sexual considering multiple family members sharing a bed wasn't anything unusual in the middle ages.

Well, the Cavinists certainly didn't agree that there was no sexual conduct. They were the first to connect the term "mignon" to "lover" and that kinda stuck in France.

I could also tell you that there was a "Battle of the Mignons" but that would be going too far for a quick fun fact post.

Btw, (sources for this are wikipedia and school, which has been a while for me, so if any real French people wanna chime in and tell me what I got wrong, please do!)

Byeee!

[dinosaurwithablog]

Last night, I tried to paint a jellyfish with my watercolor paints. It was fun. I'm still getting used to the way the paint just does things on the paper, but that's a big part of the fun. I'm starting to feel a little more comfortable using this kind of paint. Next, I need to try to paint a bird or a butterfly. I think that would be a fun challenge. 😁😍

[pumpkin-land-usa]

Super cute edit!

[insert-stupid-username]

I love fun facts that make people go "how and why the fuck do you know this"

Here's a fun fact for you: archeologists can tell if something is bone or rock by licking it. If its bone it sticks to your toungue if its rock you got a dirty toungue

Fyi this is a take one leave one post. You have now taken my fact so leave one bitch.

[carabiner-offical]

My sister once told her perisex cis male friend to wear you on his right belt loop 💀

Oops, I know so many cishet dudes at my school who wear carabiners is no one telling them that’s a lesbian thing, although that’s not as bad as the cishet homophobic girl I know who has a giant scissor keychain on her bag

(Well I just learned a new word because I had to look up what perisex)

[chilli-talks-a-lot]

romanticize learning, not school

The education system (in the U.S. at least) sucks! School sucks!

High expectations get set on you and you exhaust yourself trying to achieve them

Often, it promotes unhealthy competition and causes you to compare yourself to other students, even though everyone has different skill sets and circumstances

Being neurodivergent makes it HELL

School doesn't DESERVE to be romanticized. Burnout sucks. You're not going "above and beyond," you're trying to push yourself into unbreathable altitudes.

Rather, consider romanticizing learning:

Researching because gaining knowledge is fun, you like how it feels to understand the world around you

Teaching because you want to spread that knowledge to others

Finding your own engaging methods

Giving yourself control. Learning because you want to.