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You know it’s good when it’s 800+ pages but you fly through it 📚

Not too bad to read with this view either!

Finally getting to dive into my TBR with The Little Green Grammar Book by Mark Tredinnick because I’m a nerd for language. Only read about 10% and already he’s explaining concepts so well (he’s a writer so it’s beautiful to read too).

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South Africa, 2025

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あくび

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There's hope.

My co-teacher came up with an idea. She said to me: “I’m going to project a Shakespearean sonnet on the board that you have never seen before. They are going to watch you struggle through it, and they are going to see what it takes to authentically annotate something to attempt to understand it”. This was a good idea because it targeted a pitfall of my teaching: that I already know the answer— a predetermined answer I want my students to come to. Therefore, when I ask the class a question, they are aware that there is an answer in my head I want them to arrive at. This method can stifle students’ voice. So, I stood at the front of the classroom that day, feeling exposed, sight-reading Shakespearean sonnets. With most of the sonnets, I, with the help of the class, could only get to about 75% understanding and accuracy at best. But my confusion — my apparent struggle and frustration in understanding each new sonnet— was key for my students. They felt free to posit their interpretations and even to disagree with me. In each session, a student shared a thought or possibility that not only I had failed to see but was also ultimately accurate. One student couldn’t wipe the smile off her face when she figured out a metaphor that stumped both me and my co-teacher. “This was fun”, she and her classmate said to each other when the bell rang.

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Zendaya wearing ERMANNO SCERVINO – Paris premiere of The Drama

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24 hours left of this amazing kickstarter that fantasy author Alex Rowland is doing for the special collector’s edition (and super cool merch, which it and the collector’s edition will ONLY be available through the kickstarter) of their upcoming Fantasy Romans book “THE WISDOM OF EMPERORS”! If you love academia, Antinous and Hadrian, the Romans, and/or want to support a queer author, check out the link below!

There’s also 3 Extra Special Luxury Handbound Edition left!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/alexandrarowland/the-wisdom-of-emperors-deluxe-collectors-edition/description

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Nikon AF600, Fuji 400, Rhinog Fawr, Cymru by rabbet on bsky

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The Luminous Dead: A Stageplay Adaptation Kickstarter

For all y'all toxic yuri enjoyers, The Luminous Dead by Caitlin Starling (The Starving Saints, The Death of Jane Lawrence) is being adapted to a stageplay this year. For anyone interested in seeing it, performances are happening in Baltimore in June at the Voxel, and a Kickstarter was just announced with a tier for a limited video-on-demand release (among other reward tiers).