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One of my students turned in a paper arguing that Hamlet and Macbeth both view death as a solution to their problems and the only difference is that Hamlet wants to kill himself and Macbeth would rather kill everybody else and I honestly treasure this insight.

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The Punk/Emo divide was clear even in the time of Shakespeare.

I’ve never fully grasped the concept of “Being surrounded by family and friends and still feeling crippling loneliness”. I guess now I do.

The Mysterious Sydney Barker ~ aKa ~ 23 year old cat lady

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“You will hear thunder and remember me, and think: she wanted storms.”

— Anna Akhmatova, You Will Heart Thunder

This is my grandpa Douglas Brown, we are from the reserve of Gitxaala (English: Kitkatla), and are Tsimshian. I had a fellow indigenous coworker generously gift me two jars of oolichan grease, and I gave my grandpa one. This kind loving man who taught me compassion and care plans to make a small trip to my workplace and thank my coworker in person for gifting me and my family with these small treasures. So thank you Grandpa and Nakita (coworker), for showing nothing but love in an emotionally hard time in my life.

#indigenous #indigenous people care #both these people showing nothing but love #the people of the saltwater thank Nikita from the Nass #my small eagle clan loves you #aboriginal and thankful #First Nations #fish #jarred #grandpa #coworker

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Mr. Rogers had an intentional manner of speaking to children, which his writers called “Freddish”. There were nine steps for translating into Freddish:

“State the idea you wish to express as clearly as possible, and in terms preschoolers can understand.” Example: It is dangerous to play in the street.

“Rephrase in a positive manner,” as in It is good to play where it is safe.

“Rephrase the idea, bearing in mind that preschoolers cannot yet make subtle distinctions and need to be redirected to authorities they trust.” As in, “Ask your parents where it is safe to play.”

“Rephrase your idea to eliminate all elements that could be considered prescriptive, directive, or instructive.” In the example, that’d mean getting rid of “ask”: Your parents will tell you where it is safe to play.

“Rephrase any element that suggests certainty.” That’d be “will”: Your parents can tell you where it is safe to play.

“Rephrase your idea to eliminate any element that may not apply to all children.” Not all children know their parents, so: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play.

“Add a simple motivational idea that gives preschoolers a reason to follow your advice.” Perhaps: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play. It is good to listen to them.

“Rephrase your new statement, repeating the first step.” “Good” represents a value judgment, so: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play. It is important to try to listen to them.

“Rephrase your idea a ﬁnal time, relating it to some phase of development a preschooler can understand.” Maybe: Your favorite grown-ups can tell you where it is safe to play. It is important to try to listen to them, and listening is an important part of growing.

Mr. Rogers Had a Simple Set of Rules for Talking to Children - The Atlantic

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Rogers brought this level of care and attention not just to granular details and phrasings, but the bigger messages his show would send. Hedda Sharapan, one of the staff members at Fred Rogers’s production company, Family Communications, Inc., recalls Rogers once halted taping of a show when a cast member told the puppet Henrietta Pussycat not to cry; he interrupted shooting to make it clear that his show would never suggest to children that they not cry.

In working on the show, Rogers interacted extensively with academic researchers. Daniel R. Anderson, a psychologist formerly at the University of Massachusetts who worked as an advisor for the show, remembered a speaking trip to Germany at which some members of an academic audience raised questions about Rogers’s direct approach on television. They were concerned that it could lead to false expectations from children of personal support from a televised figure. Anderson was impressed with the depth of Rogers’s reaction, and with the fact that he went back to production carefully screening scripts for any hint of language that could confuse children in that way.

In fact, Freddish and Rogers’s philosophy of child development is actually derived from some of the leading 20th-century scholars of the subject. In the 1950s, Rogers, already well known for a previous children’s TV program, was pursuing a graduate degree at The Pittsburgh Theological Seminary when a teacher there recommended he also study under the child-development expert Margaret McFarland at the University of Pittsburgh. There he was exposed to the theories of legendary faculty, including McFarland, Benjamin Spock, Erik Erikson, and T. Berry Brazelton. Rogers learned the highest standards in this emerging academic field, and he applied them to his program for almost half a century.

This is one of the reasons Rogers was so particular about the writing on his show. “I spent hours talking with Fred and taking notes,” says Greenwald, “then hours talking with Margaret McFarland before I went off and wrote the scripts. Then Fred made them better.” As simple as Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood looked and sounded, every detail in it was the product of a tremendously careful, academically-informed process.

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That idea is REALLY worth learning to talk to the kiddos. Mr. Rogers still has a lot to teach us–especially for our own kids.

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learning languages is fun until i gotta do it for a grade

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Learning new things in general is fun until I have to do it for a grade

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I can’t remember what a good day feels like anymore

How I gained a will to live and a raise

So to start out, I’m a waitress at a family owned restaurant. And I’m basically the boss of everything that goes on at the front of the house.

So I have a list I racked up at the front with things we need to order from our supplier every week. It basically goes

Things We Need

1) brown sugar

2) creamers

3) A Will to Live

4) slurpy mix

It took me two boss’s 3 days to finally read my list and they flipped. When I came in the the next day at 8 am they were concerned as fuck!! They knew I was getting job offers from other companies and were worried as fuck. (My boss passed me a crisp $50 and told me not to leave). So basically a month later, after still joking offer my note, and getting another job offer, I was given another raise (only $0.50) after 6 months. ( I get a $0.50 every 6 months).

So my advise to you in the costumer derive industry.

1) Be the happiest fake you can be. People love a happy and chipper person.

2) Try act as natural as you possibly can

3) Hope that you get job offers in front of your boss (drives them crazy)

P.S That’s the fast track to getting fast raises to your salary

This is all I can at the moment offer my good time “ sales people” for raises and great times

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Fic Rec Friday

A rare pair this week, featuring Jackson/Stiles from Teen Wolf, with recs selected by @fangirlangela. Because even murder-lizards deserve love. 🦎

Teen Wolf - Jackson/Stiles

Come On, Try A Little by @dragon-temeraire, Jackson loses a bet, and Danny uses it as an opportunity. (Teen, 5k)

I’ll Be The One, When it’s Getting Hard to Breathe, You Can Fall on Me by jacksonstilinskis, AU in which every time a person falls in love, a red line like a tally mark appears on their wrist/the tally mark turning black if the love is requited/the tally mark becoming a scar if the person they love dies. (Teen, 2k)

I’ll Dissolve When The Rain Pours In, When The Nightmares Take Me by @clotpolesonly, When Stiles finally managed to contort himself the right way without causing injury, he stared at the words on his inner thigh. And then he stared some more, long enough for the water to grow cold around him, wondering if this was part of the dream. Finally he decided that it had to be real only because his subconscious was not creative enough to come up with this. There, in freckle-brown letters stark against pale skin, was the name Jackson Whittemore. (Teen, 38k)

It Creeps Up On You by 37cats, It’s not like Jackson even likes Stiles, he’s an annoyance that barely registers on Jackson’s radar. But Stiles just smells so damn good, Jackson can’t help himself. (Teen, 3k)

it fills my head up and gets louder by addandsubtract, Also available as a podfic; Derek doesn’t kill him, but it takes three days for the bite to take. (Mature, 16k)

You Complete(ly Irritate) Me by @rospeaks, Five times that it was hate sex and one time it wasn’t. Stiles is pretty sure that none of this is his fault. (Explicit, 26k)

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are there any fics where stiles doesnt want to remind derek of paige? i once read a fic like this i cant find it again :-( help.

Kind of? - Anastasia

Omertà— Be loyal to the oath by Stereklenidus (orphan_account)

(1/? I 6,355 I Explicit)

“Why didn’t you ever tell me that I was just a competition for you?”Derek had never fucked anyone more than once. His rules one meet, one night and no repeats. The hot coffee what was seeping through his pants and the stinging of his skin was the exact reason he never fucked the same Omega twice. Wincing, he took a deep breath and felt his skin to heal. “Babe…” He kept his voice even, despite the churning in his gut.

“Don’t you babe me asshole.” Stiles grated and glared. “Tell me why?”

Derek ignored his comment and leaned back in his seat, perched his elbow the armrest and steepled his finger in front of a mouth considering the question. “I think it would be a good reason to break thing up then. Well, before that I would apologize for fucking you the second or the third or the fourth or other uncountable times and as you have at last found out my little secret. I think it’s better that we break our engagement.”

Worth the Wait by Dexterous_Sinistrous

(13,381 I Explicit I Complete)

Stiles always had a thing for Derek, but then again, so did everyone else. Stiles just wanted to be seen as different, which was why he waited.

But maybe he waited a little too long.

Prompt: “Stiles shy nerd (SWEET KIND LOVING NURTURING OMEGA PLS!),has a HUGE crush on his bff popular Derek (MFBADASS ALPHA). He keeps on trying to shine through the hordes of Derek’s admirers. Derek sometimes catches scent of his mate but doesn’t know it’s stiles with all the ABO (kate/jen/paige/etc) around. derek tells everything to stiles bcs they’re such bff & he’s comfortable with stiles (sheriff & Talia work together to take care of BH). Stiles usually bows out everytime any ABO tries to talk to Derek bcs he’s not that hot/beautiful like others. then stiles reaches the age to get a mate, tries to confess to Derek but sees derek with somebody and thought derek gets a mate & is heartbroken (but resolves to an unrequited love). Then new OMC comes & tries to court stiles, Derek gets angry but doesn’t know why & tries to gets stiles back (new OMC keeps on getting in the way between them). things happens (Derek realizes stiles’s his mate or something or anything) & happy ending!”

Compatible by nervousubgirl

(7/? I 17,124 I Not Rated)

Stiles is just an average high school girl until one day everything changes. After discovering that she is one of the few human women with the capability to conceive and carry werewolf babies to term she suddenly finds herself surrounded by wolves that want to claim her. Desperate to father children and carry on their dying out species, not all of the wolves will be willing to take no for an answer. For her own safety Stiles has no choice but to transfer to the Shifter Institute and be placed under the protection of alpha Derek Hale who still hasn’t recovered from the pain of losing his last compatible Paige. The alpha will do whatever it takes to keep her safe, even if it’s from her own Institute assigned mentor Kate Argent, who just so happens to be his fiance.

Three Marks by sanam

(8/8 I 113,736 I Mature I Sterek)

And then there was pain again, but this time it was in only three places—his arm, below his clavicle, and next to his heart, all on the left side. It felt like the skin was being sliced apart, ripped open, flayed off—And suddenly it was done.Derek looked across the room and saw the boy on the floor, looking about as bad as Derek felt.”Derek and Stiles learn that

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Be Free, Be Wild, Be Happy

Late night Sydney Barker on white wine

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Hey there lovelies! I was wondering if you could make a list where Derek is the bad boy of the school and he underestimates Stiles but it ends up as Sterek anyway? Or basically badboy!Derek where he starts a meanie and ends up totally in love, doesn't have to be in school but they are the cutest lmao :D Thanks for your help! ~M.

Sterek fics with Badboy/bully!Derek it is! (Mostly high school aus) -Emmy

Serious by AlexTheShipper

(2,135 I General I Complete) *nerd!stiles

Derek asks Stiles out on valentines day, but Stiles mistakes it for a prank. Leaving Derek confused, and Stiles hurt, can their friends fix it?

Don’t Judge a Book by His Cover by captaintinymite (augopher)

(4,510 I Mature I Complete) *nerd!stiles

Stiles doesn’t care about the rumors surrounding Beacon Hills High School’s resident bad boy, Derek Hale. In fact, he thinks the rumors are total crap. Of course, being secretly in love with someone has a way of clouding one’s judgment.

However, he knew for a fact that Derek liked books. So when the two paired up for a final English project, he was excited (but also a little terrified).

But you know what they say…never judge a book by its cover. The same goes for people.

A Devil Named Derek by Mimiminaj

(5,835 I Mature I Complete) *pastor’s son!stiles

Derek Hale is the resident bad boy of Beacon Hills. At 22, two years after his family burned alive, his sister still forces him to attend church every other month. When Stiles returns from his mission trip, Derek practically salivates at the chance to ruin the boy. He wants to take his virginity, and he want’s to take it now. (Dark! Derek. Pastor’s Son! Stiles. Sexual Content)

Good Shabbat by Benaya

(6,055 I Not Rated I Complete) *Jewish!Stilinski family, nerd!stiles

Stiles lost his faith after his mother’s death and now that finally things got back to being normal, someone new has decided to destroy his life again.

The Athlete and the Criminal by damnfancyscotch

(12,122 I Explicit I Complete) *breakfast club au

“What’re you doing here, Stilinski? Did you only score half the winning points at the last lacrosse game instead of all of them?”

Stiles snorts and says, “I thought you were locked up, Hale.”

Derek huffs a laugh and drawls, “Not quite yet.”

A Breakfast Club AU

Mr. Tan and Muscular by KostraKitty

(12,440 I Explicit I Complete) *roommates/housemates, lacrosse captain!derek

Stiles’ life had been a living hell since kindergarten where a certain Derek Hale tortured him on a daily basis throughout the years. Stiles is a completely lonely and slightly depressed teenager just trying to get through the days when the worst thing imaginable happened. Derek moved in. Turns out what Stiles thought would be hell, actually turned out to be exactly what he needed.

That’s Debatable by cloudsarefluffy

(16.703 I Mature I Complete) *omega!stiles

Stiles is known for not being a run-of-the-mill omega.

He’s mouthy, stubborn, strongly opinionated, and he doesn’t appreciate egotistical alphas in the slightest. In fact, he’ll tell them exactly where to shove it— … if he could. Sadly, when you’re in a Contemporary Issues class at school with a teacher who loves write-ups, one must curb the tongue to some degree.

Even when lacrosse star and alpha Derek Hale is being a massive asshole, and continues to argue with Stiles every chance he gets.

Love Hurts by DustinMcDreamy

(17,366 I Explicit I Complete)

Stiles Stilinski is a high school sophomore, and his life is a living hell because of senior Derek Hale, but Stiles doesn’t want to do anything about it because he knows something. This is in a “Flipped” format, with chapters alternating between Stiles and Derek’s lives.

You Are My Undoing by Samcgrath

(47,392 I Explicit I WIP) *sick!stiles

Derek Hale is the bad boy of Beacon Hills everyone wants their kids to stay away from so obviously Stiles Stilinski talks back to him. Derek remembers Stiles from years ago, before the fire, and now the kid gets under his skin. Derek’s already dealing with a lifetime of angst, and he knows giving in to his feelings means certain pain. Especially when Stiles gets sick.

In a Moment of Vulnerability by cloudsarefluffy

(87,097 I Explicit I Complete) *omega!stiles, mpreg

While in New York City to visit his aspiring and success-hungry friend Scott, who left for an internship he fought for over several years ago, Stiles runs into an alpha with a devilish reputation and a dark, tantalizing look that precedes him. Couple that with horny loneliness and failed suppressants, and you’ve got the perfect recipe for a one-night stand that will set the bar forever.

But what if forever isn’t something that the one person you’ve given yourself to wants? What if a forever is somehow growing inside of you after a few months pass and a planned heat is missed? What if you don’t know what to do and there’s only so much chocolate that can soothe an aching heart before you feel like you’ve got morning sickness all over again?

This is a story about how Stiles loses his virginity alongside himself, and somehow, he manages to find something he never thought he’d ever have along the way.

Under the Surface by 1jet2unknown

(99,633 I Explicit I WIP) *college au

Stiles had been warned several times by his father to never go near a werewolf. But the 12 year old kid just couldn’t resist its curiousity and even though the wounded wolf he found near the woods should have been terrifying, he brought him home, trying to help him heal. Little did he know that this encounter would bring out a side of him he never knew and would have to hide forever, even with the world around him changing over the years and werewolf turning from mystic legends to open members of the community.When Stiles enters College and his life gets more and more entangled with Derek Hale, it gets harder and harder for him to hide his true self from the world…

The Fire in my Veins by tearsandholdme

(128,742 I Explicit I Complete)

Derek Hale is the resident bad boy that everyone warns Stiles about. They judge him but they don’t know him, not the real him, and it doesn’t stop Stiles from wanting and falling for Derek anyway. He’s got underneath his skin for both of them and no amount of warning is about to keep him away from Derek. Stiles can’t imagine his life without him.

Blue Monday by ExpectNothingGainEverything

(244,036 I Explicit I WIP) *omega!stiles, mpreg

Stiles would have never guessed that the star player of the lacrosse team and presumably the hottest guy in school who everyone wanted a piece of and one of his most hated bullies would turn out to be his soulmate.

Derek would never have dreamed that fate would be so cruel to pair him up with a freak like Stilinski.