#No Teacher 🙄

[lilidawnonthemoon]

[icebluecyanide]

I think the funniest Yassen moment in the books that still cracks me up every time is when Cray is like 'what was up with the bullfight? I think you may have known he would survive' and Yassen is like 'I hoped he would', right to Cray's face, and gets annoyed with Cray for questioning his motives lmao

[cherfright]

No one is missing Gojo more than him tbh

[ilynpilled]

“two people that have been dehumanized rehumanizing each other” being essentially the core of a relationship dynamic in whatever form is truly peak to me when it comes to being drawn to ships. it can be executed in a plethora of ways and rehumanizing encompasses a lot like it is looking at someone holistically fighting the human tendency to reduce and simplify down in order to grasp and understand. watched movie with lin yesterday and thematic core semirelated yep rubins vase yep see both pictures yep ig im a little bigger than a picture yep

[kellyscabin]

spnblr standardised test….. best of luck friends 🫶

[hesterias]

oh, i’m fine. it’s nothing, really, just thinking about how alex probably taught miles how to play the piano and i’m just imagining them sitting thigh to thigh on the piano bench and alex being so patient with miles as he keeps hitting the wrong key bc his elegant, eager fingers are too long and keep overreaching. thinking about alex looking at miles the way he only looks at him and miles being so entirely focused bc he wants to learn but then there’s also the occasional banter that’s on brand only for them and alex saying something like “just watch me hands and follow me lead” with that soft, intimate tone in such close proximity i’m fine i’m not a mess at all

[syrupsyche]

Since Enjolras and Combeferre have known each other since they were in diapers, and Grantaire and Bossuet were childhood friends too, are there any others in teacher Au who have known each other that long?

And do Enj and Ferre, or Bossuet and R have any interesting stories from when they were small? 👀

HI EMILE!!!! 🫶

Hmm for now I believe all the other teachers met when they came to the school! We really only get these pairs of childhood friends because 1. Combeferre had recommended the job to Enjolras, who had a bit too long of an arrest record to hold onto any other jobs and 2. Grantaire lost a bet, which meant that he had to accompany Bossuet to apply for the job. He was extremely surprised when he got in.

As for childhood shenanigans, they all have a long looooong list of stories >:) perhaps I will explore them in future fics!! For now, they use their childhood connections in other ways...

[yannfredericks]

when I think about albus and polly becoming friends, I’m lowkey reminded of these two boys in my high school cooking class who got paired up and were like “miss noooooo!!! we hate each other, miss! no seriously, we don’t get on please don’t do this, put us with anyone else” and their friends being like “no, for real they’ve been picking on each other since year 8, don’t do this”

and then they proceeded to get on like a house on fire. like, after a week or two they were laughing and chatting the entire time and it was obvious to everyone that even though they still claimed to hate each other that they were obviously having a lot of fun and actually worked really well as a team. they were so proud of their baked goods 😭

anyway that’s polly and albus in like fifth year potions

[dinjoyer]

Sunday - Cranberries

[sofiaruelle]

Missed out on doing art studies last Sunday. So making up for it by making measurement diagrams for the class module. 😂

[guinevereslancelot]

fifth graders will look you right in the eye and say shit like "crap isn't a swear word" and "well our teacher lets us say it" and "no, mr. [name] says crap all the time and he lets us say it"

[fromtheseventhhell]

"The best calumnies are spiced with truth," suggested Qavo, "but the girl's true sin cannot be denied. This arrogant child has taken it upon herself to smash the slave trade, but that traffic was never confined to Slaver's Bay. It was part of the sea of trade that spanned the world, and the dragon queen has clouded the water. Behind the Black Wall, lords of ancient blood sleep poorly, listening as their kitchen slaves sharpen their long knives. Slaves grow our food, clean our streets, teach our young. They guard our walls, row our galleys, fight our battles. And now when they look east, they see this young queen shining from afar, this breaker of chains. The Old Blood cannot suffer that. Poor men hate her too. Even the vilest beggar stands higher than a slave. This dragon queen would rob him of that consolation." (Tyrion VI, ADWD) Should you reach your queen, give her a message from the slaves of Old Volantis." She touched the faded scar upon her wrinkled cheek, where her tears had been cut away. "Tell her we are waiting. Tell her to come soon." (Tyrion VII, ADWD)

I appreciate how George explicitly makes the point that slavery isn't just about the economic aspect and that it is, at its root, built on subjugation. Even the people who don't directly benefit from it will fight to keep the system in place just so they have someone beneath them. That's why all the criticisms of Dany not replacing the economy before abolishing slavery fall flat, because that wouldn't have worked either. The slavers would've fought to enforce slavery regardless because they enjoyed the power and privilege it granted them. We also get insight onto the slaves thoughts on Dany's revolution, which makes it feel like this perspective is only coming from the consideration of the slavers and not the people actually being subjugated. The slaves want to be free, they want Dany to free them, and that shouldn't have to wait until the people who think of them as property decide it's acceptable.

[corvid-language-library]

Today on "you never know when a word is going to come in handy":

In one of my italki lessons I was telling my tutor about the World Bazaar event I went to recently where there were people dancing on unicycles. Of course I didn't know the world for unicycle, but he helped me out (it's 一輪車 = ��ちりんしゃ). Pretty easy to remember actually but I was like, I'm probably never gonna use this word again lol.

Fast forward to today and I ask the kids what their hobbies are. This one girl told me her hobby is "一輪車". I blink, sure I've misheard her. "Unicycle?" I ask, and I draw one on the board. She gets excited and starts nodding. I teach her how to say the word "unicycle" (and take a moment to teach them some etymology using the words "bicycle" and "unicorn").

[northlight14]

@ everyone going back to school, especially all my fellow neurodivergents and specifically those with special interests or hyperfixations, there is no wrong way of revising! It doesn’t matter if it seems “unusual” to other people, if it works for you, use it!!

I just finished collage and because of my funky brain, I can have a difficult time remembering information, especially things like names and specific details. And considering a lot of the classes I was taking required me to remember a lot of different theories, that was proving to be a bit of an issue. Cut to when we were getting up to our A level mocks and my English literature teacher at the time starts going round the entire classroom asking everyone how they revise one by one. Everyone’s saying the usual stuff of “I reread the material” “I use flash cards” “I make notes” etc. All stuff I’ve tried to do in the past but just never worked for me because my brain functions differently. She then gets to me and asks how I revise and I explain that I’ll try and make connections in my brain between the thing I’m studying and whatever my interests are. I’ve always found this to be useful for me because it keeps my brain interested in what I’m studying by using my special interests and also requires me to actively think about and analyse what I’m studying so that I can make those connections. However, my teacher just looked at me with the most condescending smile on her face and asked “does that really work?” Obviously I got uncomfortable and said “yeah it does” but she then proceeded to ask “do you do anything else?” And making it out as if I was an idiot for doing something like that and just making me feel embarrassed in front of the class. Eventually, I just said one of the generic answers everyone else had so she’d leave me alone.

However, I’m petty as hell so when it came to the mocks I used that method to memorise one of my theories for media studies. Cut to that theory being the one that stuck in my head the most, just proving to me that this method my teacher decided “doesn’t work” without actually listening to me, does in fact work for me. Fast forward to my actual A Levels and I used that method again. Ace Attorney had just become my new special interest/hyperfixation so I used that for a lot of the theories. Specifically, one of the theories I linked it to “The Steel Samurai”, a tv show within the Ace Attorney universe. Then when I went into my exam I saw a theory question. For those who don’t know, for theory questions they just ask you to apply a theory to a specific text but they only name the theory, they don’t tell you what the theory includes. While at first wasn’t sure what the theory was and went to answer another question, I then quickly remembered “the steel samurai” and even wrote down “the steel samurai” next to the question as a reminder for myself for when I went to answer it and it helped a lot as a prompt. Once again, the method my teacher decided “didn’t work” was the very reason I was able to answer that question and passed my media exam

Again, it doesn’t matter what other people’s opinions are on how you revise, if it works for you, please use it! You know your brain better than anyone else. Do whatever helps you understand the material and keeps your brain engaged

[theshadowrealmitself]

I did say I was gonna try to kill that prude in my head, so today we’re talking about student/teacher kinks

Obviously, I wouldn’t go for it in real life, combination of a lot of things like: never actually been attracted to any of my teachers, terrified at the thought of being in a relationship with someone who holds power over me, would absolutely be devastated if people thought my grades and academic success were because I was screwing a professor, etc

And I do feel like mentioning why I wouldn’t do it in real life is important to this discussion because I feel like it influences how I enjoy that kink, I’ve always been a bit of a teacher’s pet who wants to excel and be recognized for excelling

(still a bit of a pet in that regards, had a workshop this week where I showed up extremely prepared, engaged with the ta by answering questions and actively listening to the mini lecture, and when I asked for help with a tiny part, she took over my laptop and wrote down a shit ton of suggestions for me because she was happy I was trying while the rest of the class was just kind of ignoring her, I will be riding this high for awhile)

So obviously I’m not really into the s/t where the dynamic is degradation, I’m not a “bad student” that needs to be “punished” (I’d cry if I was called a bad student honestly), and I’m not into “student screws professor for better grades”, because again, for me, it’s about succeeding on my own and being recognized for that, so I’m only into it when the dynamic is praise kink stuff

Which unfortunately brings me to my final problem, so much praise kink stuff heads into kind of,, is infantilizing the right word? that kind of area, like yeah, I wanna be called a good girl/boy, but again, the point is that I’m competent, that the prof is impressed with me, I don’t wanna be treated like a kid or a dog, I wanna be treated like a competent, succeeding student that they want to reward so badly and they also find me attractive, but that takes backseat to everything else

So yeah, those are my thoughts on that kink from the perspective of someone who used to be a huge teacher’s pet (and now only kind of has moments of that)

[bylertruther]

byler + santa clarita diet au where will is sheila and mike is joel. you nod and clap and agree because you know that it fucks severely and fits them perfectly, yes

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