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Earth Science Side Conversations
2 Students: Teacher! Teacher!
Teacher: What is it?
One of the Two Students: At night does the land get colder than the ocean?
Teacher: Yes it gets colder, because it doesn't have a specific heat.
The other Student: See! Haven't you seen Aladdin? It's not like one of the them there are going to say "Oh! It's freezing! I need a winter coat!"
Project Roster
The thing about this blog being called Unconventional Tales implies that I am telling more than one story. Which is true.
So a quick round-up of things I am currently working on when I’m not teaching small children!
On the Unconventional front, I’m hoping to get published within the next two years or so. I really believe in this book, y’all, and I know a lot of other people do too.
Sketching out ideas for an audio dramedy about a hotel on Valentine’s Day weekend and the pitfalls of having to serve guests, their significant others, and their other significant others. Once I have an idea of where I want things to go, I might enlist some friends to do a read through for shiggles. And the title is Side Conversations.
Looking over an old pilot I wrote about a guy that decides he wants to open a secular funeral home due to one bad experience too many at a funeral. That one is Speaking Ill. Should there be an original screenplay competition on the horizon, I’ll probably be touching that up and submitting it.
My big, big idea that’ll take years to write, Rue. This was actually inspired by the character of Aunt Petunia in Harry Potter. Basically, what is it like to be the “normal one” of a pair of siblings and what happens when said sibling gets themselves killed and you end up raising their extraordinary kiddo? Only Rue herself is going to have a lot of dimensions we get to explore. And possibly a trilogy. Wowie.
So on the scale of none to done, Unconventional is definitely the one that is in its closest to finished form, with Speaking Ill as a close second. My other two are in very early stages and will definitely take time (or a very hyped up summer or two) to write. But I guess it’s nice to see all of these ideas here and to share them, even if just to say “Hey, these are things I’m doing!”
I missed writing, and I especially missed letting my own imagination and ideas run wild without constraints. I love working with others too, but it’s also been a long, long time since I’ve consistently written things down for me. It’s as if a floodgate of ideas just opened and I’m drowning in a sea of characters, plots, and dialogues. It’s exciting. But it’s also a bit overwhelming, to be honest.
I’m going to write these things with the intention of just getting them down. If they get published or performed, cool. And if not, then, I made an art. I wrote some things. And that’s pretty cool too.
Classroom Drama: Redirecting the Disengaged: The Student Defector
Classroom Drama: Redirecting the Disengaged: The Student Defector
Great classrooms possess a culture of respect, cooperation, and focused participation in the relevant subject at hand. But a certain type of student can ruin such a culture. I will call this type of student a defector because he or she engages from classroom participation via constant side conversations which disturb learning. Also, a student defector may simply be a non-participant who…
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Boredom and Side Conversations in Ritual
Boredom and Side Conversations in Ritual
Another common question I get from people who lead rituals is, “How do you get people to stop having side conversations in ritual?” Truth is, I don’t often have this problem, so it took me a bit to figure out some suggestions I could offer. However, then I went back to some of my early training in rituals and remembered that most of the logistical problems in any ritual (or other facilitated…
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Leading Monsters ingressive Meetings - Part 2, Multiple Conversations
Side conversations poison meetings as to destroying focus and fragmenting participation. Approach 1: Ask in contemplation of cooperation Start by asking community to cooperate. Look at the middling of the credit union (instead respecting at the talker) and believe: "Excuse he (pause into gain everyone's attention). I know all relating to your ideas are important. So, please let's have one speaker at a time." "Excuse yourselves. I'm having difficulty hearing what ]contributing participant] is proclamation." "There seems to be a great deal of interest for this issue. Could we be with one just head speaker at a half time?" These statements diplomatically acknowledge that a side conversation is occurring lacking naming the participants or putting them on the spot. Unpropitious statements, such as: "Hey you! Stop that!" will create hard feelings that unstring your effectiveness as a leader. Approach 2: Change the process If side conversations continue, change the rules so that make cooperation more convenient. With example, you could use a speaking prop. A speaking prop is an use that entitles the holder to speak. When the person finishes speaking, the prop is approved on to the next person who wants to speak. Possible props include a gavel, paper cup, or intermedium. If you are working on a controversial issue, select a soft object, such as a teddy bear or splash ball. Alter ego reduces trochee and potential injury (if thrown). Introduce the new store by way of saying: "We seem as far as tell a pot of mania for this spread out. So, let's get to do that only the villain supporting the gavel (cup, teddy bear, foam ball) may speak. Is that okay?" Notice this phrase begins with a complimentary acknowledgment as to the situation (multiple conversations) followed by a suggestion and ends with a request for cooperation. Use these techniques to achieve lay of your confabulation. This is the second re a seven part lead item concerning Managing Monsters in Meetings.<\p>
When a student is talking while I am lecturing.
Side convos :-P
I hate talking on the phone and the person you're talking to is having side conversations...Smh
I just heard a side conversation that actually made me think
I'm not sure what the beginning of the conversation was, I was just passing by, but one of the girls said "You know, if you can't spend time alone, by yourself, you do not know yourself. And if you don't know yourself you just need to spend time alone." Think about that.
