can't wait to be a teacher

Hi!! I'm Leigh. 22, xe/xem/xyr, aspiring secondary English/Language Arts teacher, frequent over-user of the blue heart emoji, and deeply into a lot of fandom junk. (hmu @adhdcoreteacher for that junk lulz) I'm usually on my philosophy blog since that's what my BA is in, but like, I'm here sometimes, too.

[fairycosmos]

i hate when rich people condescend with the whole 'money can't buy happiness' argument like listen. just because buying your fourth car didn't fill the void in your deluded disconnected-from-reality life doesn't mean not having to worry about food/ bills/medicine wouldn't greatly improve the mental health of literally everyone else on the planet

[theorangedead]

[woo-sustainability]

this is here bc i thought it was a shitpost before i realized tumblr was telling me “hey, you follow the sustainability tag, how’s this?”

[whitepeopletwitter]

[edwad]

excuse me mr bossman but i just read marx and he told me your exploiting me for surplus value and basically i’m here to proletariat you to death. goodbye

[girlwithalessonplan]

"My Chromebook isn't charged," is the new "I don't have a pencil."

[andyoucallmeupagain]

Warren to Bloomberg oil on canvas

[teachers-are-nerds]

WOW SO

Today is my first day subbing for a middle school English classroom

I am absolutely LIVING

I adore these 6th graders

[divinum-pacis]

Prayers for Peace:

Christian:

Lord, we pray for the power to be gentle; the strength to be forgiving; the patience to be understanding; and the endurance to accept the consequences of holding to what we believe to be right. May we put our trust in the power of good to overcome evil and the power of love to overcome hatred. We pray for the vision to see and the faith to believe in a world emancipated from violence, a new world where fear shall no longer lead men to commit injustice, nor selfishness make them bring suffering to others. Help us to devote our whole life and thought and energy to the task of making peace, praying always for the inspiration and the power to fulfill the destiny for which we and all men were created. Amen.

Jewish:

May it be your will, Eternal One, our God, God of our ancestors, that wars and bloodshed be abolished from the world, and bring into the world a great and wonderful and lasting peace. And let no nation lift a sword against a nation—let them learn no more the ways of war!

Let all who dwell on earth simply acknowledge the truth of truths: that we have not come into this world for the sake of quarreling and war, nor for the sake of hatred, jealousy, anger, or bloodshed; rather, we have come into this world only to know You—may You be blessed eternally!

Therefore, have mercy on us, and fulfill among us what is written in your Scripture: “I shall give peace upon the earth, and you shall lie down with none to make you afraid. I shall abolish from the earth the predatory beast. The sword shall never come upon your land. Justice shall roll down like the water, and righteousness like a mighty stream. For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of The Omnipresent, as the waters fill the seas.”

Muslim:

In the Name of Allah, the beneficent, the merciful: Praise be to the Lord of the Universe who has created us and made us into tribes and nations that we may know each other, not that we may despise each other. If the enemy incline towards peace, do thou also incline towards peace, and trust in God, for the Lord is one that hears and knows all things. And the servants of God Most Gracious are those who walk on the Earth in humility, and when we address them, we say, “Peace.”

Buddhist:

May all beings everywhere plagued with sufferings of body and mind quickly be freed from their illnesses. May those frightened cease to be afraid, and may those bound be free. May the powerless find power and may people think of befriending one another. May those who find themselves in trackless, fearful wildernesses - the children, the aged, the unprotected - be guarded by beneficent celestials, and may they swiftly attain Buddhahood.

Hindu:

Oh God, lead us from the unreal to the Real. Oh God, lead us from darkness to light. Oh God, lead us from death to immortality. Shanti, Shanti, Shanti unto all. Oh Lord God almighty, may there be peace in celestial regions. May there be peace on earth. May the waters be appeasing. May herbs be wholesome, and may trees and plants bring peace to all. May all beneficent beings bring peace to us. May the Vedic Law propagate peace all through the world. May all things be a source of peace to us. And may thy peace itself bestow peace on all and may that peace come to me also.

Jain:

May the entire universe be blessed;  May all beings engage in each other’s well beings. May all weakness, sickness, and faults diminish; May everyone and everywhere be healthy, peaceful, and blissful.

Baha’i:

Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity. Be fair in thy judgment, and guarded in thy speech. Be a lamp unto those who walk in darkness, and a home to the stranger. Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring. Be a breath of life to the body of humankind, a dew to the soil of the human heart, and a fruit upon the tree of humility.

Zoroastrian:

We pray to God to eradicate all the misery in the world: that understanding triumph over ignorance, hat generosity triumph over indifference, that trust triumph over contempt, and that truth triumph over falsehood.

[roxilalonde-deactivated20251105]

if movies about men got reviewed the same way movies about women did

“Look. Don’t get me wrong: no one is happier than me to see a man finally starring in a lead role in an action movie (especially when they look as tantalizing in a tank top as Mr. Willis.) but at the end of the day, the hard truth about Die Hard is this: it’s mediocre. The script is bland, the pacing is excruciating, and although it has a few decent lines, it’s trying way, way too hard to be funny and only succeeding half the time. The focus on “male empowerment” is way too overt and comes across as ham-fisted, like the movie is trying to beat the audience over the head with “SEE? MEN CAN LEAD ACTION MOVIES, TOO!” without seeming to have anything more nuanced to say about the matter. Ultimately, Bruce Willis climbing around a building and beating up terrorists for two hours isn’t quite interesting enough to hold this reviewer’s attention. If you can shut off your brain and pretend not to notice the glaringly obvious plot holes riddled through this corporate-engineered script, then Die Hard may be the film for you. If not, however, you’ll probably be better off rewatching Ocean’s 8 instead.”

[kristina100000]

lets bring back romanticism im tired of trying to be rational. were all dumb and we all want love

[snorlaxatives]

how did we as a society develop such an aggressive aversion to the word moist??? like i can’t think of a better word to describe a piece of cake that i want to eat than moist why did it become such a cringe word for so many people? justice for moist!

[yourplayersaidwhat]

I will have you know I am the archbishop of the church of Fuck!

-Our barbarian, after saying fuck like 10 consecutive times (via yourplayersaidwhat)

[apersnicketylemon]

“Capitalism made your-”

No. LABOUR made it. LABOUR made my phone, my laptop, the internet, this website, my clothing, my house, all social media, and everything else. LABOUR makes things, Capitalism doesn’t because economic systems don’t ‘make’ anything, they just determine who gets paid for making things.

[minotaur-in-my-labyrinth]

Fuck it, making a full 3 in a row reblog.

[b9d3h3je2-deactivated20180827]

lmfao = Loving My Friends A lOt

[weepycat]

peak fantasy environment designs:

floaty islands

glowing mushrooms

bigger versions of normal animals

animalistic dragons

deep, sentient forests

sky/space whales

[souichisan]

crystal clutters

multiple moons

planet rings visible from the ground

[library-seraph]

#*banging on table* A DEER BUT ITS BIG

[hjartasalt]

I would like to personally apologize to every teacher whose projects I overthought as a kid to the point that I could barely do them

[hjartasalt]

5th grade teacher: alright class! This week we’re going to be doing something a little different! I want you all to focus on helping others, then you should write down every good deed you’ve done in your notebooks!

10 year old me, absolutely overthinking the shit out of this: but it feels wrong to do good deeds only to gain something in return, isn’t it inherently bad if my reason for helping isn’t just to help but so I can boast about it in a notebook?

Teacher: just… Just do the project please

[lmpressionismus]

8th grade teacher: alright class, please write a letter from the view of a person experiencing this historical event

14 year old me, staring at my paper: how am i supposed to do that when we only summed up what happened? what are the details someone experiencing this would focus on? what were the opinions of people about that? what words that are long since out of fashion would I use? what was the culture like back then and what references would someone make? If I don’t do it it sounds unrealistic and fake can we please do more research first

8th grade teacher: …just do the exercise please

[randaness]

[hjartasalt]

Actually you know what? Stop calling me out like this, I still overthink the shit out of everything I ever do

[chibird]

A floofy cat to remind you all to take it step by step. ✨ One pastel post-it note at a time~

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