#probably i should

[elskiee]

guys there's this woman on my front porch she's so beautiful and perfect should i pick her up and marry her

[podagogue]

"I don't have to listen to you."

So I'm overlistening to this conversation a teacher is having about a defiant student. I'm going to preface this with the obvious fact that I have zero background with the kid or even the situation that brought up the comment. But this teacher's response of "Well actually you do. That's not how this works," really doesn't sit well with me.

But actually why does the student have to listen to you? What did you ask them to do? Why did you ask it? Did it need to be completely immediately or just that moment? Was it a complex ask? Have you given the student a reason to trust that your ask is not only going to be safe but that it would benefit the child in some way?

WHAT DID YOU DO TO EARN THE TRUST OF THE STUDENT TO LISTEN TO YOU?

We want to teach students to think critically... question authority. Except yours? You're exempt? You're infallible?

And even if they do need to listen to you--provide some reason as to why. Even if you're repeating yourself. Or maybe you need to remind the student to think of why. And try to start to design a plan to get there before the defiant behavior surfaces.

So yeah. I'm in a bad mood right now. And being anti social at a gathering of white women in suburbia who think that kids are terrible these days. They're wondering why they can't be like we were, perfect in every way.

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[allyouhavetodo]

Hamilton Tidbits

So, I am (very slowly) making my way through the Chernow Hamilton biography.

And there’s this story in it about James Madison that I feel I should share. (Maybe I’ll share other historical tidbits as I go? But this one, in particular, is gold.)

Did you know that James Madison, a president of the United States, once nearly studied himself TO DEATH.

He studied so hard to complete a three year course of study in just two years that he became too ill to travel for a whole YEAR afterwards. He didn’t even get to go to his graduation.

You might as well have just finished the program in the normal amount of time, you dumb dumb.

So, anyway, this is the kind of competitive weirdos our founding fathers were. Typical intelligent white boy hubris.

But at the same time it is sort of the most relatable thing I have ever read about one of our founding fathers? Because study until you die and/or want to die is definitely a place I have been in my life.

[kurosmind]

...does anyone know any way to stop the hair from falling? (no it’s not the common shedding) 

[maoyuuki]

[alternianchancery]

[heavenmetals]

i feel like i should start watching snk

[pskyche]

I totally forgot that I wrote a homestuck fanfiction