Life As We Know It

English teacher - geek proudly political - Michigan

[dkafterdark]

living my life one library due date to the next

[bibliophelia]

The fear of reading a book you’ve been exceedingly excited about for awhile because what if it isn’t as good as you thought or you don’t want to let go of the anticipation or you don’t want the first time you read it to be over.

[theycallherwanderer]

Actual footage of me teaching 6th grade.

YOU ARE A MASTER OF DISORDER. I REQUIRE NO RESPONSE FROM YOU.

[deardenmarkdiary]

[dukeofbookingham-deactivated202]

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.

[b8rack]

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

[willywaldo]

For #bannedboosweek, a friendly reminder. Fight evil, read a banned book. What’s your favorite? Mine is Nabokov’s Lolita.

[cheshirelibrary]

#greatreadpbs

[pivovarovah]

“Witch-woman, burning goddess, every woman bears within her soul the figure of the witch,”

— Erica Jong, from Witches; “The Figure of the Witch,” written c. 1981 (via violentwavesofemotion)

[hammyyourmemeisshowing]

[allbrainsnosense]

Hamlet Characters as John Mulaney Quotes

(Side note: If John ever saw this he would be so unnerved)

Hamlet: Now we can’t unpack *all* of that.

Horatio: Every time I walk down the street, I need everyone, all the time, to like me so much–it’s exhausting.

Gertrude: And I said, “You can do whatever you want forever.”

Claudius: And then I said “no,” you know, like a liar.

Laertes: And I also don’t want me to be doing what I’m doing.

Ophelia: You know those days when you’re like, “this might as well happen.”

Polonius: You have the moral backbone of a chocolate eclair.

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern: In terms of instant relief, cancelling plans is like heroin.

King Hamlet: Shut up! You’re all gonna die. S T R E E T S M A R T S!

[valtsv]

me talking about hamlet: dumbass edgy bastard goth

some academic: hamlet is a terrible person, a bad friend and son, and a coward

me:

[socialshakespeare]

Midsummer Night’s signups are open through May 3rd!

[socialshakespeare]

Less than 24 hours, sign up now!

[daphneblakess]

Ellen: so I heard you like Macbeth

me: yeah

[Thunder and Lightning. Enter three Witches.]

me: omg Ellen you didn’t

[obscurelittlebird]

[theycallherwanderer]

me, as a supervillain: we are not so different, you and I...

hero, struggling against their bonds: That's not true! I'm nothing like you!

me, rolling out several whiteboards filled with diagrams and charts: No, it's literary foiling. See? I've been very careful about this.

hero: Why? Why are you doing all this?

me, cackling: You fool! For thematic consistency, of course! Now prepare to metaphorically reconcile with your father figure!

[peanuts-comics]

[seenecdoche]

(Checked out 7 books on a whim yesterday and accidentally left backpack there out of sheer excitement)

[dollypartonbisexual-deactivated]

women don’t dress for men, they dress for tan france