#Best quote in the short story.

[elliott-the-creature]

Manatee. Lol, fishface, you’ll never fly

(inspired by @sinusoidaldysfunction )

[mariocki]

"We should stop thinking in terms of 'compensatory education' but consider, instead, most seriously and systematically the conditions and contexts of the educational environment.

The very form our research takes tends to confirm the beliefs underlying the organization, transmission and evaluation of knowledge by the school. Research proceeds by assessing the criteria of attainment that schools hold, and then measures the competence of different social groups in reaching these criteria. We take one group of children, whom we know beforehand possess attributes favourable to school achievement; and a second group of children, whom we know beforehand lack these attributes. Then we evaluate one group in terms of what it lacks when compared with another. In this way research unwittingly underscores the notion of deficit and confirms the status quo of a given organization, transmission and, in particular, evaluation of knowledge. Research very rarely challenges or exposes the social assumptions underlying what counts as valid knowledge, or what counts as a valid realization of that knowledge."

- Basil Bernstein, Education Cannot Compensate for Society, in Education for Democracy (2nd ed., 1972)

[falil]

So

I had this idea

The Miya twins

being brothers yk

forgot their first names so it'll just be blondie and gray except they're both actually brownhaired here since they're like 13 yo or smt (bare with me 🙏)

basically the prompt is "Gray : How can I be homophobic, my bitch is gay

Blondie: I'M NOT!!?"

They both share pretty much the same taste in girls, okay

Like every time Blondie sees a pretty girl at school, he'll tell Gray and if Gray finds a hot actress/female singer, he'll tell Blondie...and it kind of became one of their things.

But as he grows up Blondie slowly realizes that he also finds this guy from their volleyball club kinda pretty 🤨?

Okay, boys can be pretty too so what? It can't be that big of a deal 🙄

And oh, well, the lead actor in the movie Gray just put on on their shared laptop was also pretty hot 🤨?

Blondie was reeeally trying to focus on the lead actress- which is the reason they picked this movie in the first place- but was the scene where the lead actor rip off his shirt really that necessary🤨🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈??? NO he think the fuck NOT

Of course he wasn't going to discuss it with their parents and certainly not with Gray because he would tell their parents, so he did what all teenagers his age do at that age.

Googling it.

The twins have to share a computer at the moment since Gray spilled fcking Sprite on his... and that's how he found out about Blondie's search history (cuz that dumbss forgot to erase it and seems like he doesnt know about private browser mode neither)

Gray: omg ya so gay!!

Blondie: wtf-

Gray (showing the history) : I'm so going ta tell ma and pa!!

Blondie: What?! No, ya won't!! (he was really starting to panic and tried to get the computer back)

Gray: Damn, relax dude, I'm just messing with ya- ya can tell me, ya know that right? I won't judge ya.

Blondie: ya literally judging me, right now!!

Gray: Yeah, right, I was just saying, cuz like- actually how do they do that? Seems like a real pain in the ass -if ya know what I mean, huh 😏

Blondie: SHADDUP, I'm not gay!! and why did ya just watch it? Maybe ya the one who likes these kind of things!

Blondie: I'm not-

Gray: Well I'm certainly not the one bothored about it and who looks like he's about ta burst into tears

Gray: yeah whatever, I dont care

He was already moving on so fast, watching the stupidest video on ytb, eating popcorn

Blondie (with a pout) : Seriously, does it really not bother ya? at all?

Never did he really care what others thought of him. but maybe his brother's opinion mattered. A little.

Gray (already forgot the subject, mouth full with popcorn): what?

Blondie: urg. the gay thing.

Gray: Like I said, whatever. I don't care

Blondie: and... ya won't tell da parents?

Gray: Why should I

Blondie: I don't know... I thought ya would want yer revenge bc I snitched on ya, about the cookies and all

Gray: oh I am going to get my revenge. but not now. not with that. besides, I think ya're bi, not gay

Blondie: by?

Gray: yeah, like bisexual. it means ya like both men and women

Blondie: How do ya know all that 🤨🏳️‍🌈?

Gray (shrugs): Stuff I read on da internet. Ya know. when ya know how to use it.

Blondie: Oh fuck off! (pushes him aside to sit and watch the video with him)

So they did kept their thing of showing each other someone they personally find attractive.

turns out they do not share the same tastes in guys at. all.

Fin.

[portokali]

here's another tag game cause @pinknoisemp3 is a real one and tagged me to share 9 books i wanna read in 2023!! it's a game ive been tagged in before so pls don't take offense i never did it when you tagged me, i always meant to 🙏🙏

tagging some besties i talk abt books w but no pressure! @quillsand @soupbi @pherelpis @mousmoula @catboypranparakulisaro @darkside-cookies @byrons @teabox and anyone else who wants to!

[familiarquotation]

I just can’t help it, living the way I’ve lived all my life. The only experiences I’ve had have been in crazy dreams of movie stars. When I met someone nice in real life, I feel as though I were in some kind of big bottle, as though I couldn’t touch the person, no matter how hard I tried.

Kurt Vonnegut, Who Am I This Time?

[writingthethoughtsaway]

“Do you even realize?

Your anniversary of being with her,

Is also the anniversary of me losing you.

Congratulations.”

- S. C. C.

[reviewkun]

Top 10 best short story collections of all time You Most Read

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[betarityasmaharani]

Sayang yang malu malu

Di tenang malam, bulan terhampar memberi temaram melawan gelap Bagaikan penjaga rahasia cinta yang tak terungkap

Gemintang malam menari seusai dekapan senja, Sementara hati menyanyi rindu yang entah bagaimana bisa

Di langit hitam, sang bulan tersenyum lembut Bermain peek-a-boo dibantu awan mengejek hatiku yang tak patut

Dalam cahayanya, dibalik keheningannya, ia tahu ada dua jiwa bersatu Terpenjara ikatan indah yang tak terlihat sebab malu malu

Dibalik tirai malam bulan menjadi saksi atas keindahan rasa yang tercipta Mencatat setiap bisikan kata-kata Mengiringi tarian dua hati yang saling mengisi meski hanya lewat doa

Dua hati

Membersamai Yang tidak mesti memiliki Justru bisa jadi Mungkin itulah pesona cinta sejati Cinta yang hakiki Tanpa banyak tapi tapi Hanya memaklumi tanpa henti Meski kelak ada cinta lain mengisi Tetap cinta yang ini tak tertandingi

[arolesbianism]

hello gamers minor life update I have been doing Real bad lately so I will likely continue to be very inactive, but hey on the bright side I have been fleshing out some eternal gales lore I reworked a while back and I can happily say that Dodie no longer completely contradicts the very nature of reality in eternal gales and the fog tower™ officially has a real reason to exist again so hell yeah to that

[dbtimesnews]

मोटिवेशनल स्टोरी – एक राजा की अद्भुत कहानी

यह एक राजा की अद्भुत और जबरदस्त मोटिवेशनल कहानी है | किसी नगर में एक राजा रहता था | राजा बूढ़े होने को आ गए पर उनको कोई बेटा नहीं हुआ सिर्फ एक बेटी थी | राजा को बहुत चिंता होने लगी की अब मेरा इतना बड़ा साम्राज्य कैसे सम्हलेगा ? इसकी देखभाल कौन कर पायेगा ?

एक दिन अचानक भगवान का नाम लेकर राजा ने यह निर्णय लिया की कल सुबह जो भी हमारे दरवाजे पर आने वाला पहला व्यक्ति होगा मैं अपनी बेटी से उसका विवाह कर दूंगा और अपना नया उत्तराधिकारी बना दूंगा |

अगले दिन सुबह – सुबह एक फटी पुरानी कमीज पहने एक लड़का दरवाजे पर दस्तक देता है | राजा ने प्रभु इक्षा समझ कर अपने निर्णय के अनुसार अपनी बेटी की शादी उस लड़के के साथ कर देता है और अपना सारा राज – पाट उसे देकर पहाड़ो पर सन्यास को चला जाता है |

अब ये नया राजा राजपाट के बारे में जानकारी इकठ्ठा करने की कोशिस करता है | राज्य कैसे सम्हालना है ? युद्ध में कैसे जाना है ? क्या तैयारी होनी चाहिए ? ताकि बहुत अच्छा राजा साबित हो | उसने अलग – अलग काम अपने अलग – अलग मंत्रिओं को दे रखा था जैसे राजकोष वित्तमंत्री को , सेना की बाग – डोर सेनापति को , और ऐसे ही अन्य कई मंत्रिओं को अपने मंत्रिमंडल में शामिल कर रखा था 

नए राजा के संचालन में राज्य बहुत बढ़िया से चल रहा था | सारी प्रजा पुराने राजा की बहुत तारीफ कर रही थी की , क्या राजा चुना है महाराज ने , समस्त प्रजा के हमदर्द बनकर सदैव खड़े रहते है |

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[starpros-sunshine]

Nothing like the feeling when you feel like you're supposed to be productive but there's not really much you can do so you just sit back and simmer in your inferiority complex and contemplate the fact that grades really are more of an arbitrary method of judgement in a way certainly influenced by personal bias and the teachers mood and opinions and the students day and overall mental state and that they really say nothing about a students abilities and capabilities and even if my teacher told me i produce a slodge of unhelpful wordmaterial that doesn't mean I suck at the english language and am incapable if bringing things to the, to put it in her words, " 'points' which are often repetitive" with my limited analytic vocabulary. As if the grasp I have on the english language isn't at least native level. As if I'm not perfectly capable of being short and concise. Just because I'm not the best at interpreting short stories and mark my quotations wrong which, I might add! wouldn't be a bloody issue if they actually told you what to do different when they correct their blasted rigged exams. But yeah sure me not revising is the issue.

[divinesymmetry]

Lunch with the Person Who Dumped You: The For-Old-Times'-Sake-Lunch

It's like a movie adaptation of your favorite novel, a theme park ride version of your favorite movie. It's a Xerox of a Xerox, a shadow of a ghost.

- Raphael Bob-Waksberg, Someone Who Will Love You in All Your Damaged Glory

[taasgirl]

lover - oscar piastri

summary: y/n is a songwriter who writes plenty of songs however no one realizes that they're made by her (and about oscar hehe)!

a/n: the outcomes of the races are fictional, and the order in which these songs have been written (assume fearless was written this year ygwim?). also no face claim!!

liked by yukitsunoda, oscarpiastri, and 33, 287 others ynusername romance is not dead if you keep it just yours! lovelovelove being able to come home for race day!! i'm so proud of u osc 🩷

oscarpiastri I'm so lucky 🥰 liked by ynusername

user27633 Y/N IS A SWIFTIE CONFIRMED!?!?!

ynusername of course!!

user16372 u literally take the cutest photos of oscar

user82537 y/n quoting paris... i'm so up

yukitsunoda 😆😆

landonorris You're my favourite wag

ynusername wow how considerate

liked by taylorswift, landonorris, and 1, 287, 387 others oscarpiastri Unwinding before Japan 👊

ynusername tehee we're cute

oscarpiastri You're cuter landonorris Get a room

taylorswift ooooh she's working hard @ ynusername

user62584 WHAT THE FUCK ARE U DOING HERE???

user98274 OSCAR IS FRIENDS WITH TAYLOR HUH

user61192 i did not expect to see taylor in the comments of oscar's post tagging y/n!

user92898 no fr like what is going on

user93829 Everyone shut up about taylor look at the beauty that is y/n omd

view ynusername's story...

liked by jackantonoff, phoebebridgers, and 55, 918, 278 others taylorswift In honour of my album 'The Tortured Poets Department' release a week ago, I wanted to thank my biggest musical inspirations! Thank you Jack, Lana, and Y/N for helping me the best artist I could possibly be, without you'd guys I'd be nowhere (thank you y/n for writing the cheesiest, cutest, sexiest songs ever)!!

user51862 who is y/n

user01827 She's dating f1 driver oscar piastri but also now apparently a songwriter idk...

user72973 Wdym thanks y/n for writing?? you're telling me the twitter stans were right??

user62863 y/n is singlehandedly uniting f1 and the swifties

ynusername thank u tay 💓💓

user52868 Girl has been living a double life

user51929 ohhh so this is why taylor was commenting on oscar's post😭

liked by oscarpiastri, taylorswift, and 108, 276 others ynusername well now that the cat is out of the bag, who wants to hear a story? i assume u all said yes.

on one of our first dates, oscar made me a bracelet (yes that one) and i thought (and still think) that it was one of the most romantic gestures. so obviouslyyy i wrote 'lover' about him hehe. yes we only knew each other for at most three months when i wrote it, but i love him so much, he's my forever.

oscarpiastri I love having a singer for a girlfriend (wife one day)

ynusername hello cat boy

user18739 You're telling me that taylor's most romantic song is literally written by my favourite wag about my favourite driver?? i might pass out

ynusername haha yes! i write a lot of songs for tay

landonorris So this song is basically about ur delusions liked by ynusername

user52863 oh now i need to know exactly what songs you've written

user20939 AND PLEASE RECORD COVERS OF THEM TOO

lilymhe wait so you've been friends with taylor the whole time...

lilymhe AND THE SONG THAT I WANT PLAYED AT MY WEDDING IS WRITTEN ABOUT OSCAR?? ynusername oh my god lily HAHA

let me know if you liked this!! i know it's super short but i'm seriously lacking inspo and ideas omd. also i literally love oscar so much.

i'm also working on a few reqs, so if you have a suggestion or request, let me know because i'd love to do it!!

[tstresors]

I’ve been an Allegra Goodman fan for years, but Sam is hands down my new favorite. I loved this powerful and endearing portrait of a girl who must summon deep within herself the grit and wisdom to grow up.”— Lily King, New York Times bestselling author of Writers & Lovers

What happens to a girl’s sense of joy and belonging—to her belief in herself—as she becomes a woman? This unforgettable portrait of coming-of-age offers subtle yet powerful reflections on class, parenthood, addiction, lust, and the irrepressible power of dreams.

“There is a girl, and her name is Sam.” So begins Allegra Goodman’s moving and wise new novel.

Sam is seven years old and lives in Beverley, Massachusetts. She adores her father, though he isn’t around much. Her mother struggles to make ends meet, and never fails to remind Sam that if she studies hard and acts responsibly, adulthood will be easier—more secure and comfortable. But comfort and security are of little interest to Sam. She doesn’t fit in at school, where the other girls have the right shade of blue jeans and don’t question the rules. She doesn’t care about jeans or rules. All she wants is to climb. Hanging from the highest limbs of the tallest trees, scaling the side of a building, Sam feels free.

As a teenager, Sam begins to doubt herself. She yearns to be noticed, even as she wants to disappear. When her climbing coach takes an interest in her, his attention is more complicated than she anticipated. She resents her father’s erratic behavior, but she grieves after he’s gone. And she resists her mother’s attempts to plan for her future, even as that future draws closer.

The simplicity of this tender, emotionally honest novel is what makes it so powerful. Sam by Allegra Goodman will break your heart, but will also leave you full of hope.

In Sam, Allegra Goodman presents a poignant coming-of-age story that explores themes of class, parenthood, addiction, lust, and the search for joy and belonging. Through the eyes of protagonist Sam, we witness the struggles and triumphs of growing up and finding one's place in the world. This beautifully written novel is a must-read for fans of coming-of-age stories and will leave you feeling moved and full of hope.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“Allegra Goodman knows. She knows families, their griefs and rages, their love and loss: complicated parents and complicated children. In Sam, she goes deep into the heart and soul, and voice of one girl. Sam is a deeply wise and empathetic portrait of this unforgettable girl, making her way into this tricky world and into the reader’s life.”—Amy Bloom, New York Times bestselling author of In Love

“Sam is one of the most evocative and tender examinations of youth that I’ve ever read, and Allegra Goodman fully understands the strange and dreamlike qualities of Sam’s world as she tries to navigate it, populated by adults who mean well but complicate every single moment. One of the best writers around, Goodman has made something truly beautiful, evoking a feeling that is hard to name but stirs inside us with every line.”—Kevin Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of Nothing to See Here

“What seems at first to be a simple coming-of-age story deepens under its own weight and shows itself to be a beautiful meditation on all the ways we love and fail each other. I was moved by the cumulative power of Sam, and I’m still rooting for the characters.”—Ann Napolitano, New York Times bestselling author of Dear Edward

“Bracing . . . Sam’s . . . travails gain heft through [Allegra] Goodman’s perceptiveness, specificity regarding Sam’s emotions, and arresting turns of phrase. It’s impressive how much emotional power is packed into this . . . contained story.”—Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Allegra Goodman is the author of five novels, two short story collections, and a novel for young readers. Her fiction has appeared in The New Yorker and elsewhere, and has been anthologized in The O. Henry Awards and Best American Short Stories. She lives with her family in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ The Dial Press (January 3, 2023)

Language ‏ : ‎ English 336 pages

[writingthethoughtsaway]

“It doesn’t matter if he will remember me forever if he is letting me go right now.

I don’t want to just be remembered.

I want to be next to him still having those moments worth remembering.”

- S. C. C.