#my classes

[npc5455]

Hey chat. If you can or can't tell, i fell behind on goretober due to schooling and what not. So, heres my current school assignment. A "recreation" or, "reimagined" version of Fransesco Hayez "Il Bacio".

My version is based off of a short story I wrote, depicting an artist, unhappy with himself and his work, slowly falling back in love with what he does, in a metaphorical sense. His art is depicted as a faceless, featureless woman, to represent what could be and what is to come.

Update: i ended up making his room look messier. Its a shame i did not take a picture... this is a sketch though so who cares :P hopefully, the final piece is much nicer.

Hope you all enjoy ~☆

[vending-deeper]

This One Time, At Fractionation Camp

Have you ever been fractionated? Why not swing by my fractionation round table on Sunday, June 25th at Beguiled? What will your story be?

[messenger-of-stupidity]

I hope Erik realizes the commitment I have to watch the new uploads are on a whole new level because he posts at 3 am here in Dubai 🥲

That is a level of commitment. Patiently waiting and watching the phone screen for that notification while your eyes are beginning to burn from the need to sleep. Or knowing that you're going to make tomorrow miserable if you need to wake up early. I really hope you're getting enough sleep.

[giveamadeuschohisownmovie]

I’ve realized that after taking “Property Law” and “Real Estate Transactions” that a career as a real estate attorney is just not in the cards for me. I can explain the different degrees of murder and what constitutes a proper fair use defense, but as soon as I have to deal with mortgages and covenants, my brain goes smooth.

[great-and-small]

Turdus aficionados of Costa Rica please know I love your national bird but this is objectively hilarious

[cafffine]

my prof just explained on the syllabus that he’s included more points in the class than we needed to pass, so we could skip up like?? 20 small assignments/quizzes/participation!! and still get a very high grade!!

the idea was that we could focus on assignments that played to our strengths - only do the participation stuff if we like to talk out loud - only do the quizzes/readings if we want to do the class remotely - only do online discussions if we like to talk and share opinions but struggle with anxiety in class ect.

and that’s cool enough but then he pulled up DnD character sheets with drawings he’d done of these hypothetical student player classes and how our various accessibility needs could be gamified to ‘max out’ different aspects of the class to get high grades and like!!!!!

hell yeah!!!! let’s treat accessibility in higher education not just as a necessity but as the fun, engaging, and creative aspect of learning that it is!!! I love this!!

EDIT: For proper credit or further questions about his system please find my professor on twitter @/kurtishanlon

[hiveswap]

my heavy smoker grandparents came over very briefly and the whole house smells like absolute shit now. So I (chronic tumblrina) got thinking.

[serial-unaliver]

SCREAM

[adooble]

midoriya-sensei art dump

[aerodaltonimperial]

so back when i was teaching, one of the things i learned to look for were the "mood makers", as i liked to call them, of the classes. there were always 2 or 3 per class, and it was easy to find them in the first few days. you got those kids on your side, and it was a ripple effect with the rest of the students - they would all follow. so winning those kids over was huge when it came to how the year would play out. and from time to time, whenever the class was sort of faltering - middle of winter, of a big project, burn-out high - i would lean back in on those mood makers again to turn things around.

one particular class, when we had a big multi-month group project happening, were just... really struggling with getting their shit together lol. they were supposed to be practicing their presentations (english speaking class) and they were doing pretty much anything but, and their presentations were supposed to start the next class day. they were also PANICKING as i started giving out some feedback - which was NOT GREAT - as they were running through the lines they were supposed to be remembering. after realizing all of them needed so much extra work, i decided we needed to have a turn-around, so i invited one of the mood makers up to the front. i held out a cup to him, with two papers inside.

"one of them," i said, "says tuesday, and if you draw that, presentations go as planned. but one of them says thursday, and if you choose that one, everyone gets extra time to practice."

everyone was like OH SHIT. OKAY. THIS IS IT. and this mood maker, he was a big personality (they usually are) so i knew he'd really ham this up, and he did. we made a huge deal, with drum-rolls and everything, of him picking one out of the cup. he opened it up the paper and announced THURSDAY to a round of huge cheers. he was the class hero. everyone had TONS of motivation to work super hard on this gifted extra day, and really put the time in. their presentations were great. morale SOARED.

the plot twist was that both papers said thursday, because they all needed the extra time. my forever teacher advice: find creative ways to make things happen so that you get the buy-in from the class.

[ophthalmotropy]

There aren't enough fucking hours in the day to get real good at chess, violin, piano, singing, crosswords, film photography, contemporary dance, literary analysis, writing, film criticism, historical analysis, political commentary, tennis, Latin, French, German, Italian, identification of invertebrates, programming, cooking, musical composition, watercolour painting, philosophy, stage acting, fencing, psychoanalysis, and sickoposting online.

[vending-deeper]

Are You Attending Beguiled?

I'll be there, and I'm presenting two classes:

On Friday I'll be co-presenting Music & Sound & Hypnosis & Manipulation with AndSleep ( @disco-volante-cityboy ) and on Sunday I'll be leading the round table discussion This One Time, At Fractionation Camp.

Please do swing by if you're interested!

[novaneondream]

Anyways what kind of music do you think Eri listens to

[shimmershy]

Happy 9th anniversary, Undertale.

You will be important forever and ever and ever.

[habken]

it’s a wrap!!