#Chicago Math Tutoring

[testprepchicago]

Elevate Your Math Skills with Premier Tutoring in Chicago

In the heart of Chicago, a quiet yet powerful movement is reshaping how students approach math. With academic pressures mounting and the importance of STEM education on the rise, personalized math tutoring has become an essential resource for many families. Let's delve into why Chicago Math Tutoring is flourishing in Chicago and how it can significantly enhance a student's learning experience.

The Increasing Demand for Math Tutoring

Today's educational environment demands a robust understanding of mathematical concepts from an early age. As students face more challenging curriculums, the need for extra support outside the classroom has grown. Personalized math tutoring meets this need by offering tailored instruction that helps students overcome their unique challenges.

Chicago's diverse student population benefits greatly from individualized tutoring approaches. Each student’s learning journey is unique, requiring customized strategies to help them succeed. This personalized attention is something that traditional classroom settings often cannot provide.

Key Advantages of Math Tutoring

Individualized Learning Plans: Math tutors in Chicago design bespoke learning strategies that target the specific needs of each student. This personalized approach ensures that foundational gaps are addressed, paving the way for long-term academic success.

Increased Confidence: A significant barrier to math success is often a lack of confidence. One-on-one tutoring creates a safe space where students can ask questions and work through problems without the fear of embarrassment. Over time, this leads to greater self-assurance and improved performance.

Flexible Scheduling: Tutoring in Chicago offers adaptable scheduling options to accommodate busy family routines. Whether sessions are held after school, on weekends, or even online, the flexibility ensures that learning can happen at the most convenient times.

Test Preparation: Math tutors also play a crucial role in preparing students for important standardized tests, including the SAT, ACT, and various state exams. By focusing on test-taking strategies and practice problems, tutors help students achieve their best possible scores.

How to Choose the Best Math Tutor

Finding the right tutor is essential for effective learning. Here are some tips for selecting the best math tutor in Chicago:

Educational Background and Experience: Opt for tutors with strong math backgrounds and substantial tutoring experience. Those with teaching certifications or advanced degrees can often provide more structured and effective tutoring.

Compatibility: The tutor-student relationship is vital. Ensure that the tutor’s teaching style aligns with the student's learning style and that they can communicate effectively and positively.

References and Testimonials: Seek out reviews and testimonials from other students and parents. These insights can help you gauge the tutor’s effectiveness and reliability.

Initial Assessments: Many tutors offer a first session or assessment at no charge. This allows you to evaluate if the tutor’s approach suits the student’s needs without a long-term commitment.

Conclusion

The surge in math tutoring services across Chicago reflects a collective drive towards academic excellence. By investing in personalized math instruction, parents are equipping their children with the skills and confidence needed to excel not just in math, but in all areas of their education. From improving grades to excelling in standardized tests, the benefits of math tutoring are clear. Embrace the opportunity to enhance your child’s math abilities with the best tutoring Chicago has to offer, and watch them unlock their full potential.

[julienbakerstreet]

Most audacious claims from Baring-Gould's biography of Sherlock Holmes:

Moriarty was briefly Holmes' childhood math tutor and they hated each other.

Lewis Carroll was Holmes' professor at Oxford and they became good friends.

Holmes met Karl Marx and hung out with his anarchist friends because of their shared interest in assassinations, but wasn’t interested in politics enough to pay attention to Marx's economic theory or attach any significance to it.

Holmes toured America as an actor where he acquired a taste for oysters, met Chicago gangsters, and gained a firsthand knowledge of buffaloes.

Holmes had a lifelong feud with George Bernard Shaw over Shaw's opinion of Sarasate.

Holmes and Irene Adler had a lovechild during the hiatus who grew up to be Rex Stout’s detective Nero Wolfe.

Sherlock Holmes solved the Ripper murders. Watson also solved the Ripper murders, independently of Holmes.

Watson wanted Holmes to marry Violet Hunter so they could have a double wedding.

Holmes particularly liked to assist clients named Violet because it was his mother’s name.

Holmes spent part of the hiatus researching the Yeti at the behest of the Dalai Lama. He discovered the Yeti but found him "a mild, inoffensive creature" and kept its existence a secret so it wouldn't be hunted or imprisoned in a zoo.

During the hiatus, Holmes became the first person to make a partial ascent of Mount Everest. He was able to do this because the Vernet branch of his family are natural-born mountain climbers.

Holmes fought a pterodactyl that his cousin, Professor Challenger, brought to London. Watson saved Holmes from the pterodactyl by killing it.

Watson was an amazing billiards player and he only ever played with the chief maker of billiards in England.

Holmes started eating royal jelly from his bees to prolong his life and lived to 103. He gave Mycroft this royal jelly as well, which allowed him to be the head of the British Secret Service through both World Wars.

Source: Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street: A Life of the World's First Consulting Detective, William Baring-Gould, 1962

[xomakara]

Here is my NCT MASTERLIST where you will find ongoing/complete series and stories.

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The stories are NOT actual representation of the idols’ personalities in real life and are just works of fiction.

SERIES

The Highlights of Romance | Ongoing | In which you're a bestselling author and become friends with your neighbors. But when your life suddenly becomes the center of attention, will your life be a novel in the works? [Mark x Reader]

BY MEMBER

💦 Inked By You | 10.1K words | smut, college au, friends to lovers You're best friends with Johnny and have had feelings for him for awhile. You think he's only attracted to you because of your tattoos but it's so much more.

💦💔 Only One For Me | 11.4K words | smut, idol au, friends to lovers, scandal, slight angst Hanging out with your friends at the hottest club in Chicago, you never expect to see Johnny after you had left the idol life, your friends and him after a scandal. Johnny says he misses you and shows you how much he really does miss you.

💦 Body & Soul | 3.4K words | smut, threesome, non-idol au You just want to have sex with Johnny but Doyoung keeps interferring so you and Johnny try to convince Doyoung into having a threesome.

💦 Come On Over | 5.2K words | smut, threesome, idol au Haechan doesn’t want to be seen as a cute, little baby boy to you so he asks Johnny for help to seduce you.

💦 Making Music | 10K words | smut, college au, rivals to lovers, professor!johnny You and Johnny are rival music professors who are forced to work together on a joint project. Through the process, you get to know each other better, eventually giving into the attraction you have for each other.

💦 Between Us | 9.5K words | smut, idol au, polyamorous relationship, established relationship, threesome, jealousy When Johnny and Yunho get a little too jealous that you can’t pick a favorite between them.

💦 Closet Fun | 2.3K words | smut, idol au Taeyong drags you into a closet for some fun quality time.

💦 Private Lesson | 2.7K words | smut, idol au You’re tutoring Yuta in Math but he wants a biology/anatomy lesson instead that leads to sexy time.

💦💔 Blessings | 6.7K words | smut, idol au, pregnancy, dad!Kun, slight angst You find out that you're pregnant and happy that you have Kun and others to help you navigate this journey.

💦 An Office Affair | 2.7K words | smut, office au, CEO!Doyoung Doyoung really needs you when he sees that you're wearing a short skirt at the office meeting.

💦 Body & Soul | 3.4K words | smut, threesome, idol au You just want to have sex with Johnny but Doyoung keeps interferring so you and Johnny try to convince Doyoung into having a threesome.

Coming Soon

💦 Warrior of My Heart | 6.4K words | smut, historical/fantasy, knight!Jaehyun You returned home after a successful journey with your knight Jaehyun. Your brother, the king, wants you to start marrying and you knew there was one person that you wanted.

💦 Desiring You | 6.4k words | smut, college au, friends to lovers When Jaehyun has an inkling that you were touching yourself and thinking of him, he wants to know all your sexual fantasies.

💦 Forever Only | 4k words | smut, idol au, birthday sex Jaehyun comes home to find you getting off on his bed.

💦💔 No Clue | 11.9k words | smut, college au, friends to lovers. slight angst You’re in love with Jaehyun, your best friend, but he has no clue. You have suffered in silence as you have watched him date countless of girls left and right. Graduation is coming up, and you are running out of time to tell him how you feel. Will he finally see that it should have been you all along, or will he break your heart forever?

💦✨ Baby On Board...Again | 6.4K Words | smut, fluff, non-idol au, dad!Jaehyun Jaehyun wants to be a dad again.

💦 Completely Yours | 3.5K words | smut, husband!jaehyun, soon-to-be-dad!jaehyun, established relationship Jaehyun gives you unconditional love before he enlists.

Coming Soon

💦 Exploration | 3.6K words | smut, office au, coworkers When you stepped into an adult store looking for new toys, you didn’t expect to step out of one with your office crush, Jungwoo.

💦 Crash Landing | 6.4K words | smut, space au, sci-fi You meet Jungwoo in a space station and you both instantly hit it off.

💦 Waiting For Your Love | 3.6K words | smut, college au Mark is secretly your boyfriend, takes you to his place and wants to take your relationship to the next level.

💦 Falling For the Cowboy | 5k words | smut, western au You take over your late grandfather’s old farm, meet your charming neighbors and townspeople, and fall in love with Mark, the handsome cowboy.

💦 Bedtime Surprises | 1.9K words | smut, idol-au Mark comes home from practice and finds you waiting in bed for him.

💦 Birthday Cake | 4K words | smut, birthday sex It’s Mark’s birthday and you have a very special surprise for him.

💦 Movie Night Mischief | 5.1K words | smut, idol-au, threesome You go on tour with your best friends, Mark and Jaemin. You're watching a movie with them one night, when things take an unexpected turn.

💦✨ No One But You | 6.8K words | smut, blast from the past, dad!Xiaojun One drunken night with Xiaojun gave you the most precious thing in the world, your son. Years later, Xiaojun returns from overseas and finally gets to reunite with you and his son.

💦 Strip Poker | 4.3K words | smut, game night Hendery has been eyeing you for quite awhile and when your mutual friends decide on a game of strip poker, Hendery is in it to win it. His prize: you.

💦 Talk Dirty to Me | 2.2K words | smut, idol au, phone sex You’re needy and horny but your boyfriend Renjun is on tour. You both decide on phone sex and you’re begging him to come home to you.

💦 Diving Into You | Series - COMPLETED | smut, just pure smut In which Lee Jeno really, really craves sex from his girlfriend.

💦 Love Me Now | 4.7K words | smut, idol au Jeno just wants to love you.

💦 Physical Therapy | 2.3K words | smut, hospital au, patient!Haechan Haechan sprained his ankle and is staying at the hospital. Being very horny and needy, he asks his pretty nurse for special treatment…

💦 Physical Therapy (pt. 2) | 2.7K words | smut, hospital au, patient!Haechan Haechan is still in the hospital but you're back to help him with his treatment.

💦💔 Coming Home | 6.4K words | smut, idol au, long distance, slight angst You and Haechan try to cope with a long distance relationship but when you land the opportunity to write a ballad song, you finally get to reunite with Haechan.

💦 Come On Over | 5.2K words | smut, threesome, idol au Haechan doesn’t want to be seen as a cute, little baby boy to you so he asks Johnny for help to seduce you.

💦 Next Door To Forever | 12.3K words | smut, college au, one-night stand, nerd!Haechan You thought you would never see the guy you’d have a one night stand with but when you meet Haechan again at a club and when you find out he’s your neighbor, you can’t help but be intrigued by him.

💦 A Heavenly Night | 4.1K words | smut, idol au, friends to lovers Jaemin takes you out on a date. But as friends? Tired of being friendzoned, you confess your feelings. Little did you know that he felt the same way.

💦 Oh, Mommy | 1.9K words | smut, dad!Jaemin Jaemin watches as you breastfeed the baby and ends up wanting sex afterwards.

💦 Movie Night Mischief | 5.1K words | smut, idol-au, threesome You go on tour with your best friends, Mark and Jaemin. You're watching a movie with them one night, when things take an unexpected turn.

Coming Soon

BY UNIT

💦 It Started With a Kiss | 6.2K words | smut, idol au, foursome, birthday sex You always spend your birthdays with DoJaeJung since your birthdays all land in the same month. After being friends and fuckbuddies with them for the longest, you're finally ready to have all three of them as your birthday present.

💦 Perfume | 8.6K words | smut, idol au, foursome Doyoung, Jaehyun, and Jungwoo all get a bit too jealous of each other when  you have sex with them individually.

💦 Our Love is Infinite | 14.6k words | smut, college au, poly relationship, sixsome You’re in a relationship with five guys that are utterly devoted to you.

💦 All About You | 6K words | smut, college au, poly relationship, sixsome You and your five boyfriends go on a trip.

[swiftfootedachilles]

Hi! 47, 48 and 49 for the headcanon tag if you are still writing them please ty ily 🧡🖤

47. AU if they had a more normal childhood- How would they be in high school? (Would Ian be a jock? a cheerleader? would he be popular? Would Mickey enjoy studying? what's his favorite subject?) i don't think there's a universe where ian and mickey have normal childhoods and still come out the other end as ian and mickey. but if they had somewhat-stable childhoods? i think they would still be the goofy army kid and the drug dealer. mickey would barely make it to graduation and he would be a class behind, but he wouldnt drop out without even finishing freshman year like in canon. ian loves rotc but he doesnt have tunnel vision fkr joining the military, because hes not as desperate to get away and start a new life. maybe ian gets his math tutoring from mickey, and mickey studies for english tests with ian. i love aus where they are more than just secret fuckbuddies in high school. i need more of them holed up in ians room at dinnertime, passing cigs and joints, teaching each other about inverse trig functions and symbolism in the great gatsby. yeah a lot of things are still shit and they still make a lot of mistakes. yeah mickeys dad is still a piece of shit and ian barely makes it through senior year from the stress of his diagnosis. but it's better. and they are still ian and mickey. so it's all still worth it in the end

48. After awhile, do you think people got to Ian and Mickey for relationship advice? (Gallaghers / friends / franny ) i definitely think debbie tries to subtly hound mickey for info about sandy. what she's doing, where she's at, who she's hanging out with. at first mickey tells her to ask sandy her fucking self, but he realizes 1. he has to be nicer to the only free welder he knows 2. nothing he does to deflect the questions actually makes debbie leave him alone. so he answers her curtly and holds in his annoyance for debbie's obsession with his cousin. eventually he actually tells her something worth listening to, and debbie takes the hint and tries a new tactic for approaching sandy (debbie hasn't been able to get her out of her head and she needs closure or she's gonna combust)

i think lip and tami also sometimes try to drag gallavich into their fights. "you know what it's like living together in a small space, tell her im right." "you've made your relationship work for a while, why dont you give him some advice on how to do the same thing." ian tries to stay out of it because hes very biased toward lip, but mickey honestly dgaf about lip and tami's relationship so he tells them they're both equally and dumb and annoying and they better find someone else to talk to about all this relationship shit before he rigs their duplex with c-4s

49. Gallaghers post canon: Does Lip go back to school/ gets a profession? Do all of them talk to Fiona? What happened with Debbie and Heidi/ Sandy? Franny? Does Carl open the cop bar/ stays a cop? Does Liam live with Lip and Tami? How does he deal with Franks death? okok i have many thoughts about post-s11. i will be as succinct as possible as to not write a 10 page essay about my fanon theories. if y'all want that you'll have to pay me to go on a podcast or smth.

i don't think lip goes back to school, at least not in the near future. maybe further down the line, but for now he's in the mechanic and refurbishing business. which honestly he can make a hell of a lot of money doing so i see no reason why he would feel the need to go back to school and burn himself out and be in debt all over again.

the siblings keep in contact with fiona. i like to imagine she eventually moves much closer to chicago like fort wayne or springfield. somewhere that makes long weekend visits possible. they definitely facetime and are on good terms. if she moves closer i can see liam possibly moving to live with her? or at least stay with her during summer break

fuck heidi i really dgaf about her. i hope debbie and sandy can at least make up and be cordial with each other. i think they are very off-and-on for a looong time. toxic situationship that neither can seem to get away from. they both got shit they gotta figure out if they ever wanna be girlfriends again. sandy throwing debbies trauma in her face was FUCKT UP. and what the hell was with her secret son?? that plot was weird as hell😭

carl dont need to be a cop so yeah i will make him a bartender instead. fuck the cop bar thing, but they can have, like...a cop night or something. like tuesdays and thursdays during happy hour they get a discount or smth. but i REFUSE to turn it entirely into a cop bar. carl lives in the apartment above it

ummm okay so first and foremost lip is NOT selling that house idc what anyone says I AM NOT LETTING HIM DO THAT. DO YOU KNOW HOW BAD THE HOUSING MARKET GOT IN 2021? FUCK OFF. he and tami are either gonna have to suck it the fuck up and live in the gallagher house (ITS A FREE FUCKING HOUSE!!!!) with liam and probably also debbie and franny at least for a little while longer, or lip has to stop being an idiot and live in one of the MANY FREE HOUSING OPTIONS TAMIS FAMILY GAVE THEM. DONT piss me off phillip. with carl, ian, and mickey out of the house i don't see why they can't live there for at least a couple years. debbie can take her time finding an apartment while still living there, liam can have some semblance of normalcy in his life without having to move schools, the older sibs can get their own room (lip and tami, debbie, liam, franny and fred), if they can't make it work then they can't make ANYTHING work. it's literally half as crowded. and i think liam takes franks passing really hard, but i like to think everyone is much more supportive of him than ian was toward mickey when terry died. liam, carl, and mickey can have a heart-to-heart about their complex relationships with their dads. i dont think fiona comes up for the funeral - she probably goes on a bender in miami lbr. but i imagine liam has a decent enough support system that he won't be traumatized by franks deathl

[mike-haters-dni]

GIMMIE THE FUTURE MIKE HCS I BEG

oh boy here we go time to dig through my adopted oc's lore

The first thing you notice about post-coming-of-age Mike is that he holds his face a lot more softly. The teenage angst has burned away and revealed the tender, affectionate (and sometimes vaguely sad) core it was protecting. Make no mistake, the judgy bitch will still come out if the situation calls for it, but he no longer approaches every social interaction assuming the other person is going to hate him. Turns out he can actually be pretty charismatic when he doesn't feel the need to be a dick in preemptive self-defense.

The low self-esteem never completely goes away but it does diminish to the point where he can occasionally believe people actually like him and maybe he deserves to be happy. He even gets to the place where he can accept most compliments, except if you specifically imply he is either kind or attractive, which he will reflexively scoff at. The two things he can never truly believe about himself 😔. El finds this endlessly frustrating ofc.

During high school, Mike is the first one to get a car (birthday present from his rich parents) so it becomes his job to carpool everyone to school, as well as drive El anywhere she wants to go at any time. idk anything about cars but its black and pretty nice (Karen is absolutely treating her kids after they almost died in a monster war) and Mike lowkey mostly agrees to favors because he likes driving it around so much.

Actually no one else but Lucas gets a car bc why go through the hassle when you can just barge into Wheeler residence at any time and guilt Mike into driving you. He does have a driving toll however, and that is maintaining full control of the stereo, which he uses to blast hair metal.

(El fucking hates hair metal but she's too nice to admit that to Mike, who eventually figures that out on his own after seeing her visibly tense up whenever he plays it. She never fully admits to hating it but she also doesn't really deny it when he says that she obviously does. This also applies to 90's Mike getting into grunge)

The only reason El graduates high school is because Mike absolutely insists that she can and acts as her personal (unrelenting) tutor for the last half of 12th grade (love her but she's really not good at school), despite her best efforts to persuade him to just let her give up because "Did you know that you can legally drop out of school at 18?" ("Yes, but having a GED is really important if you want any opportunities in life." "…See I don't even know what that is." ":/") Luckily, Mike is a talented and very passionate Explainer of Things and took all the classes she's in last year (he's in AP classes now obv) so it all works out, though after she passes her last final she makes him swear to never ask her another math problem again.

After high school he tries to go to college for writing but ends up mysteriously losing the ability to focus on anything or be creative, which causes him to not do any assignments so he starts avoiding going to class out of shame. He rationalizes this as him being tired of school and not needing to go to school for a creative endeavor anyway haha (true), and he ends up dropping out. (Unfortunately, this is just the start of the college/post-college plot line, which is the gang all getting hit full force with the ptsd induced by the Everything upon entering adulthood but uh we don't have to get into that here hehe)

After (attempting) college, Mike and El (who get married at 18 ofc) move to Chicago and Mike gets a boring job as an editor or something just as an attempt to get a career going, but soon quits that as well bc if you're keeping up with the lore you'll remember that El is getting paid restitution by the government so neither of them actually have to work and he really doesn't like working a boring job just to attempt getting a career going. He then spends the next few years working ("working" sometimes) on personal projects, the main one being a sci-fi novel and, eventually, dming at a local game shop, where he becomes a bit of a local geek celebrity for his excellent dming skills and being a generally cool guy. His original campaigns and one-shots are particularly popular, and people keep suggesting that he start distributing them or maybe even sending something to TSR? Hmmm... not something Mike ever thought about doing but he does have the easiest time and most fun coming up with dnd stuff...no way that could be a real career path could it...hmm.....

Seriously tho Mike is like a master dm. You can ask him any obscure question about anything in the game and he can answer instantly with perfect accuracy. And like any passionate gamer he has many Opinions about the editions and a whole set of house rules he runs his games by.

I wasn't originally going to have him and El have kids but then I imagined Mike telling interactive bedtime stories to his 5-year-old daughter and idk man I think that has to exist. Its not until they're like early 30's tho. Also her name is Ava.

[libraford]

gods as someone that was raised in several churches (mom minister so I got all the shitty behind the scenes drama starting at like 4yo and never really believed beyond general agnostic-ish feelings. which apparently is a super common trend for pastor/minister kids to nope tf out of the church asap) the 'forcing you to be The Right Christian™ Or You Don't Deserve™™ Charity' thing hits hard. especially when I psych myself out of asking for help because I'm constantly remembering how openly hostile some of those places are to even poor christian people using their services.

like one particular church (the "open and affirming" one that threw the only trans woman out of the 20 person congregation because the old white guy treasurer learned she was trans after like 8 years and suddenly didn't want to look at her, or "worse", hear her sing) had a monthly meal for the (very poor neighborhood) community. they'd make everyone pray to God for 20 minutes before letting anyone touch even a slice of bread, but lock them out of the sanctuary during church hours because they were, I wish I was joking and that this wasn't a direct quote, "dirty homeless looters". you had to pray correctly to get food but don't you dare sully the churches doorstep trying to attend worship. meanwhile the church people organizing it are going off about how dare these people be standing in line for food instead of attending church as Real Good Christians Should.

🙃

That's fucking frightening and unfortunately I have my own similar stories.

Tw for racism, homophobia, anti-Muslim, and just... really bad stereotypes.

One of the reasons I started walking away from the church (there's a couple reasons) was at our summer mission trip (yes, I know.) In previous years, we had kept local: deep cleaning the homeless shelter, renovating the local Latino advocacy building, soup kitchen stuff. But one of the (more wealthy) girls in our group wanted to try doing a mission abroad.

Best we could do is Toronto.

We signed up with a shelter there and they gave us some tasks. The shelter REALLY played up how bad it was in this part of town- the gang violence, the culture of sin, the regressive way the men treat women in their home country.

So like... I'm from America. I've been to Chicago. Not to compare but like... hmm..

So during the introduction to how terrible it is in Toronto (...?) Our ambassador takes us through parts of town to show us what it's like to be homeless there. It was a very somber thing. We were given a small amount of money and we were to pretend it was all we had. Try to survive on a few coins.

We take our tour. Remember that this is supposed to scare us.

She takes us to an area where we hear drums. We hide behind a building. "You hear those drums? This is a homeless village. Young people come here seeking community, but you will be turned away if you cannot provide a service for them. They will only use your body for so long."

So... I'd been to drum circles before. And this was very much a drum circle. Like sure these people were a little crunchy, but it was pretty clear to me that these guys were just cutting loose after the day of work.

She takes us to the red light district.

"This is the red light district," she says. "This is where all the homosexuals come. You see that there are many young people here who are attracted to the high life. But you will see: the older men will always come looking for the younger one's to manipulate and that's how many homeless people become prostitutes."

I, a half-in-half-out of the closet lesbian, for the first time in my life, saw two happy gay men arm in arm and it was moving for me. I saw people having a good time. I'd already figured out she was full of shit. Now I was mad.

So we get back to the church we're staying at and I'm already having second thoughts about this visit to Canada. She tells us that our mission this week is to tutor some Somali kids in English and math.

... I feel... oncoming dread.

They didn't give us a lesson,plan or anything. Were supposed to just help them learn where they're stuck in their lessons. And then on Friday we'll have a trip to the museum of science and industry.

I was the only one in our group that had ever encountered a Muslim to know that Friday was their holy day. And that was when I realized that it was a conversion tactic. I asked her about it like... 'is Friday really a good time to do that?' And she was like 'well, it's the last day you'll be here and we want to celebrate don't we?'

And I was livid, but I was in a different country with a bunch of people who believed this woman's lies. And I didn't say anything to my friends because I was already kind of an outcast there, no one was going to believe me.

So I held my tongue, but from then on I lost a lot of respect for Christian-run charities and even now I'll always be looking for their angle.

[queer-whatchamacallit]

Weird little thoughts about the Berzatto family past

When Carmy was about 8 and Sugar was 15, she started trying to tutor him in math

After realizing that he just couldn’t manage to focus on what she was teaching, she tried to connect math with Carmy’s interest in food by assigning ingredients to different numbers

So now Carmy has a bunch of weird associations with numbers and has a hatred for certain numbers because it’s a bad combination

It ended up being too convoluted to actually get multiplication to stick, but it did lead to him spending a couple days trying and failing to figure out different ingredient-number associations that would work better

Mikey would go with Richie up to Lake Michigan a lot to just swim and drink and hang out

When they started getting a little older, he’d sometimes take Sugar and Carmy up with him too

The last time they all went together, Carmy was 16 and had just started asking about working in the restaurant, Sugar was 23 and had just moved back to Chicago after getting her law degree, and their mom hadn’t dumped the Beef onto Mikey yet who was 32

So Carmy, Sugar, Mikey, and Richie all drove up to the coast, and Carmy convinced Richie to pour some beer into a pop can Carmy just finished

Sugar would have never let them hear the end of it if she found out for sure, but it just ended with Carmy (who hadn’t eaten much that day) putting his head on her shoulder and sleep talking the whole ride home

I don’t know if this one necessarily lines up with the timeline of the show, but I think it could be fun anyway

It was Christmas Day after Carmy turned 21, and Richie and Mikey were joking around about how he could finally drink with them without worrying about getting caught

Carmy wanted to help his mom with the fishes, but he figured a couple drinks would help him loosen up a little

Eventually, she just kicked him out of the kitchen and swapped him for Mikey because he couldn’t manage to keep track of half the things she was telling him to

He hung around the Faks most of the night, but after dinner and cannolis and presents and such, Mikey and Richie dragged him upstairs instead of letting him go home

They just dicked around for a while and told stories, but at some point, Carmy just stood up and started walking toward the door, saying he needed to do something but not really knowing what

Mikey managed to convince him to put a coat on because it was completely freezing outside, and Carmy just walks into the yard and falls back into the snow

He seemed satisfied with this, and just stayed there for a while with Mikey and Richie shivering by the front door until Richie launched a snowball at his face

And that was how Carmy, Richie, and Mikey got a noise complaint for having a drunken snowball fight at about 10 pm on Christmas Day

Whenever Carmy got sick as a kid, he’d go to sleep it off, but at some point, he’d come out of his room and lay on the couch, oftentimes in the lap of whoever was on said couch

He doesn’t remember this happening, so it’s just a complete mystery of whether he was awake during these times

When Carmy was stressed about something, it made his stutter worse, and because his mom wasn’t exactly patient with him, she’d tell him to just write things down pretty often

Because he was made to feel embarrassed and like he was taking up too much of her time already, he learned to write inhumanly fast and legible

While it didn’t exactly come from a good place, it’s almost become a sort of party trick (if he was ever given the opportunity to use it) that he can write about as fast as people normally talk and still have it be easily readable

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By: Brandy Shufutinsky

Published: Jan 23, 2024

Until about 160 years ago Black American labor was used to benefit the few, especially a small group of privileged white landowners. Today, we are still being used. Progressive academics, activists, and political leaders are constantly exploiting Black Americans as living, breathing excuses for policies that benefit progressives and their constituents but fail Black people. 

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has set his sights on eliminating high-achieving magnet schools in the name of equity. Currently, academically gifted students from low socioeconomic backgrounds are able to compete for entrance into high-achieving schools. One need not guess why some Black parents welcome this opportunity for their children. After all, only 17% of Black students are proficient in reading and even fewer (7%) demonstrate proficiency in math. Moreover, in 2022, fewer than 10% of Black third-grade students and just under 11% of low-income third-grade students could read at grade level. These dismal figures entail that a great many talented Black students in Chicago must suffer through classes geared not to them but to their illiterate and innumerate peers. Magnet schools offer these talented students a way out. One would think that policy makers committed to providing access to quality education for all students, not just the ones whose parents were able to send them to private schools, would increase the number of high-achieving schools, rather than eliminate them. 

So, why would Mayor Johnson want to eliminate one of the few opportunities for gifted but economically disadvantaged students to access quality education? Well, according to Chicago Public Schools Board CEO, Pedro Martinez, allowing gifted students access to quality education causes “stratification and inequity in Chicago Public Schools.” One has to wonder whether this excuse (as incoherent as it is) is sincere or whether it reflects instead a cynical push to discard selective schools that have proven to be top-tier nationally because these schools compete directly with the union-led public school system. 

In Portland, Oregon education leaders are planning to roll out a system of equitable grading that calls for teachers to consider “non-academic factors” when grading student work. Portland Public School Chief Academic Officer Kimberlee Armstrong, a supporter of the policy, argues that in order to address “biases” educators must, wait for it, engage in bias themselves, by “considering the diverse backgrounds and needs of students.” Just how does considering background rather than correct answers and knowledge acquisition reduce bias? 

Oregon’s student literacy rates are slightly better than Chicago’s but still fewer than half of students read at grade level, with Black student literacy hovering around 26%. Yet rather than provide students with the necessary resources to achieve basic literacy, Oregon policymakers are simply eliminating any method of measuring student achievement. 

We must ask ourselves, who gets lost in educational politicking? Students who desire a quality education are being sacrificed at the altar of progressive policies that do them more harm than good. When I was in the third grade my teacher suggested I be tested for the Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) program. I was attending an under-resourced, high-poverty school where the majority of students qualified for the free-lunch program, including me. My GATE score allowed me access to all of the resources that I would otherwise have missed because my socioeconomic circumstance did not allow for tutors or extracurricular activities, let alone private school tuition. Fast-forward a few decades and instead of providing support for students who find themselves in a situation similar to mine, policy makers are relegating them to mediocrity. 

Who benefits from policies that disenfranchise the most vulnerable students? Many organizations that claim to work to improve student achievement by using equity-based practices have sprouted up over recent years. They offer services to school districts, providing teacher training and curricular materials with a stated goal not of teaching students the knowledge and skills they need to succeed but of “building social justice starting in the classroom.” These organizations are very successful in using our public schools to build their client base and sell their obviously political goals of equity and social justice. When it comes to improving student achievement, however, their results are dismal. Policies that eliminate access to quality education, lower standards and reframe what knowledge is will not help Black students, it will harm them. Politicizing education by lowering expectations is a racist endeavor that denies Black Americans the credit they rightly deserve for overcoming obstacles and reaching the highest levels of success. It’s the bigotry of low expectations.

Brandy Shufutinsky is a social worker, writer, researcher, and advocate. She holds her Doctorate in International and Multicultural Education from the University of San Francisco, her MSW from the University of Southern California, and her MA in International Relations from the University of San Diego. Dr. Shufutinsky has worked towards advancing the rights of victims and survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault through practice, education, and research, and is now focusing her advocacy on developing intercultural and academic opportunities to enhance liberal democratic ideals as the director of education and community engagement with the Jewish Institute for Liberal Values. Follow her on Twitter.

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This is what "equity" does. In order to force everybody to have equal outcomes, it has to eliminate the ability for people to overachieve or exceed others. Because that would make people jealous and would be "unfair." It can't make everybody an Elon Musk, but it can make everybody a Joe Schlub. And so "equity" always results in the lowest of the lowest common denominators. When you inevitably use force to ensure that happens, that's how you get Russia and China.

The people activists who are putting in these policies are the exact same people who put in the policies that caused this illiteracy and innumeracy in the first place.

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Bus tour anon back! Sending hugs! Just wanted to check in, it's been a while! 🤣I finally did some maths and the tour I worked on just as the industry came back to life after COVID had more mileage between shows than any other tour I've worked!

In other news the wedding is hurtling toward us and as yet no one suspects a thing but jfc wedding planning is hell.

Kiddo is thriving minus the waves of grief about her dad now she's understanding more. She has an ADHD diagnosis and a consistent tutor so she is actually learning rather than getting berated for reading too fast!

Chicago from LT2 in my head is a chat I'd love to have with my best friend (kiddos dad) cause life isn't going the way we thought it would and I almost wanna check I'm doing what he wanted for her!

Hope you're doing okay!! Your fic recs are beyond amazing!!

Hi darling! So nice to hear from you. And I’m glad things are going well. Very excited for the wedding!! Yes, wedding planning is a nightmare. 🙃 And good for you for getting a diagnosis for her — it made such a difference for my kids. Be well. Keep in touch! ❤️

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🌹Robaire🌹

He’s 20 years old. He is the second oldest member of 4*TOWN. The members and fans call him mum because he’s below Jesse in the age ranking 😀

Robaire was very popular in high school. He had lot’s of dating drama with girls. Many people assumed he dated a hell of a lot of girls in HS, but in fact he dated a total of 2, (one of them he still likes and can’t get over them 🤭)

He’s the most romantic boy of the group, beating all the members with experience in flirting and sensuality. With these skills he makes himself to be an excellent performer and engages the audience quickly with his charm!

He really, uh, enjoys sex songs. He’s a big daydreamer, so whenever he listens to songs containing lyrics about sex he thinks about doing “things” to his crush 😻

Moved a lot when he was kid, he was born in Toronto but moved to other countries around the world before he decided to go ahead with singing. His parents work forced them to move quite a bit.

One day, when Robaire moved to the U.S, he told his parents he wants to start a band, but they didn’t accept his choice, and scolded him for it. That night, he climbed out of his window and bought a computer with his money, and started a website for the auditions and the competition. He told his parents that he entered an after school math club and they believed him, but he got a room at school to host the auditions.

At one point, people in school found out about it and tried to audition as a joke but none of them were accepted 💀

He gives off major libra vibes. They are extremely flirty and romantic people, but he’s got a lot of earth in his chart.

He’s definitely an ENFJ, end of story.

Loves RnB.

🌊Jesse🌊

Had two kids, but it wasn’t planned. His girlfriend who had the kids forced Jesse to deal with them and left him in the dark. He had to leave art school because he worked full time and had to take care of the kids at the same time. He still loves them to bits.

He was scouted by numerous modeling agency for his tall, blonde and handsome appearance. But he didn’t listen to any of them until Robaire was on the street asking people to audition to join his band, and he seemed quite intrigued by him, so he signed up. Jesse already had an amazing singing voice and Robaire immediately accepted Jesse into the band!

Fans know he has two kids, and they know the whole story of what happened. They didn’t bash him for having kids because he told them early on in the band.

Jesse is 22 years old, he is the oldest out of all the members. Most people expected him to be around 25 but he’s a lot younger. He’s known as the dad of the band.

He gets a long really well with Tae Young and they often hang out to go museums and sanctuaries/zoos.

Jesse was born in Düsseldorf, Germany, but moved to Chicago when he was 12 years old. He’s got a small accent but it’s barely noticeable.

He gives off Sagittarius vibes, I feel like he just has that energy. The part of the movie where he kissed his hand it’s just RADIATES sag vibes.

He’s probably an Estp no shit

🍄Tae Young🍄

Tae Young was born in Busan, South Korea, he learned English at home and with help of special tutors, because at the time K-POP was rising, but he felt they didn’t treat the idols properly, and he aspired to become big in the west, so he decided to become fluent in English.

Tae young is the youngest, he’s around 16 or 17 years old, and he’s the cutest of the group. He might be the cutest to outsiders, but he’s not all that innocent.

He was searching everywhere for auditions to bands or entertainment agency’s, when he stumbled upon Robaire’s flyer online, so he immediately signed up to it. When he went to audition, his angelic voice and dance moves amazed Robaire and he was casted into the group. At first he had to compete in a round with 5 other contestants but he was the one who had the most skill out of all of them.

One day he was visiting Yellowstone National park, and he fell in love with the wildlife and the birds, so his parents let him get a pet bird. He absolutely adored his bird and volunteered in an animal rescue shelter helping the wildlife.

He radiates cancer energy end of story.

Tae is definitely an INFP, there is no other explanation lmao

🌤Aaron T🌤

Aaron T is 17/18 years old

He’s Brazilian, but moved to Australia at the age of 1 when his parents got new jobs. I can see him moving to Sydney first and then Melbourne when his parents jobs switched cities. He was quite a light skinned boy compared to his parents but he became extremely interested in surfing and skateboarding, so he spent the 90s outside in the harsh Australian sun, so he eventually became olive because of the amount of time he spent outside.

In primary school, there was a local dance centre in Melbourne near his school, so he signed up to it and learned how to dance and sing, which really aided him in his career. He became really interested in singing and rapping, and began practising every day in his room.

He was always a bright, outgoing boy. Even though some people didn’t like him, he still kept positive. People at school liked him a lot, and was chill with him. He mostly had friends who he met at the skate park at st Kilda, one of the few areas that became available in Melbourne for skating.

He speaks Portuguese at home and has a moderate Aussie accent.

Unfortunately one day when he was 16 his parents informed him they had to move to the U.S.A because they found new jobs, which upset him because he grew up in completely different environment than the U.S. he had to accept it eventually.

When he was surfing the web, he saw Robaire’s flyer of his band audition, so when his family was visiting the city it was in, he secretly went and auditioned and got in!

Radiates Aquarius or Gemini energy.

He’s definitely an ENFP or ESFP

🌙Aaron Z🌙

He’s 19 years old

Aaron Z was born in New Orleans and then moved to New York when he was 4 years old because his parents wanted him to grow up there.

When he was in high school, he fell in love with the NBA, and it became his main interest to become a professional basket baller. But one day, his parents encouraged him to sign up to a theatre program at school, and he found he has a talent for singing. Fun fact, the first time he sang, people were expecting nothing much since he was a little bit of a loner when he was younger, but he blew them away with an angelic voice.

He was a very shy boy in school, but since he was on the basketball team, a lot of girls liked him for his stoic attitude. They found him mysterious and like him for that.

He's definitely a virgo or taurus. radiates ISTP vibes for the stoicness

When he was walking through the hallway one day, he heard some classmates talking about a person holding a singing competition to audition in a band, and he stopped and asked them who was holding it. They told him his name was Robaire and he was finding people to become members of his band. Aaron Z immediately signed up to the audition, and when he got there he got along well with Robaire at the very start. He gave Robaire an amazing performance and Robaire was blown away, he knew Aaron Z was the right one for the band.

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