#my timing is impeccable

[187days]

Day Forty-Three

My day did not start out very well, but when news breaks over the weekend that one of your former students has been arrested for crimes involving your current students, well, that's to be expected. Thankfully, The Superintendent was able to notify all the district families before the press got hold of the story. And, today, the Principal sent an email to our students and staff as a follow-up. He also got on the intercom after the morning announcements to address the issue.

I had to talk to two of the students in my advisory about their response to that, and their behavior didn't really improve from there, which was stressful. My classes were good, though. Everyone came in with a positive attitude, did the work, it all went super smoothly. I'd been bracing for it to be very different, so that was a relief.

My Global Studies students read an article about Islam and used it to add to the charts they've been making to compare and contrast the "big three" monotheistic religions. Then they did a bit of research on the Five Pillars of Islam, which we'll go over to start the next lesson. It's one of the many simple yet effective lessons I've got in my repertoire, and I was happy students found it engaging. I hardly had to do any redirecting- just pointed them in the right direction to find information here and there- and the timing was darn near perfect.

Also perfect: the APGOV lesson I did on presidential campaigns and elections. I knew I'd get a bunch of questions, so I purposefully left room for them; most were about the electoral college, but I also got quite a few about caucusing and about party conventions. I had to Google a handful of the answers because I didn't know them off the top of my head, but that's fine. Students had just enough time, when the discussion wrapped, to vote in the PBS NH mock election. They got stickers for voting, and if you're thinking juniors and seniors are too old to be excited about stickers, well, you would be wrong!

[nostalgic-bee]

The fact that its been a year since i first watched TOH feels fake-

idk i vividly remember sitting in my dorm room procrastinating all my assignments because i was just so invested i couldn't imagine doing anything else until i finished this show

and i got so invested so quickly which hasn't happened with a show in so long but i found it so easy to get invested in the characters, the relationships and the story

I have a lot i could say but alas my brain refuses to let it happen

I wish i watched it sooner but I'm glad that i watched it at all, Lumity is incredibly important to me and I'm so happy a ship like them exists in media today, they are just so sweet and well written, I love all the sweet platonic and found family relationships we get.

This show deserved better, I have so much respect for the crew for making season three as engaging and as good as it is especially considering they had to keep it to 2 and a half hours, but it deserved to have a full season.

Anyway TOH is a good show and I’ve met the coolest people bc of it, this show deserves the hype it gets, it’s a beautiful show and I’m thankful to Dana and the crew for creating it <3

[naferty]

The first time I queue a post in ages and it's an ao3 link only for ao3 to be down lmao what timing

[cromakopia]

bro it’s my last day at this job and they announced that next week they’re transitioning from hybrid to fully in office….

[jerichoes]

i've decided to mod cyberpunk *more* and get some clothes and cyberware options. so of course i've decided to do it two days after a big patch. and of course the list of additional mods to make it all work is huge. and of course i've installed a bunch of them only to get to the last one and see that that one *specifically* isn't updated and is causing crashes now. so i can't play cyberpunk at all until this one mod updates.

[omgkayplays]

I had just put on 'Don't fear the reaper' cover by the spiritual machines, only to have @cinamun's latest update grace my dashboard...I'M NOT OKAY

[tetsunabouquet]

When you're working on your first OOAK doll and the internet has exploded due to the Barbie trailer... I swear, cosmic forces run my art project schedule.

[postmanlinksbootyshorts]

@thesentdowngirl replied to your post “i should reread yarichin bitch club for the 15th...”:

Bringing back some ancient memories rn

​i wish i could agree but i read it for the first time last year 💀

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

The indescribable tension between an overworked and underpaid smut writer, and his biggest fan hater.

(for @frummpets)

[soranker]

DEEP💥SPACE💥PLANET💥FUTURE💥GUN💥ACTION❗️

[187days]

Day Forty-Two

Alright, so it's been A Week, and the Very Serious Thing is still looming over us, but today? Today was pretty good.

My Global Studies students worked together to fill in a chart comparing Judaism to Christianity, and I wasn't sure how it was going to go- group work tends to be a hit or miss thing with ninth graders- but it was so good. They got the work done, they asked some great questions as we went over it, there was just enough time afterwards to preview the upcoming lessons on Islam and show a video clip of a day in the life of a Muslim imam. They like this video series, and they're getting a lot out of it, and the ones who find reading/writing-heavy days challenging consider it a treat. All of that is good stuff, and a teaching lesson that just works- and across multiple sections, too- is such a mood-booster.

Rather than going straight to lunch after my third section, I went down to Ms. B's room to get a quick observation in. She'd asked me to come see that particular class because it's her most challenging, and I had a ton of praise for the lesson she was doing because it was going so well, and she was making so many good choices in terms of how she'd structured it, how she was encouraging more students to participate, and so on.

So I had a lesson work, I got to see one of my new teachers having a lesson work. Then I got to wrap up the day with APGOV, which is always fun. Today, I summed up what they'd learned about the legislative branch on some slides, had them do some MCQ practice, and gave them the remainder of class- about thirty minutes- to use as they wanted. They have to read Federalist 70 by next Wednesday, they have a paper due on 11/4 (about the candidates running for President or in either of NH's congressional districts), there's always vocab to study, etc, etc... So it was a laid back end of the day and the week.

And now it's the weekend! Whew!

[bananakarenina]

me: chapter 4 of the romcom au is finally finished! i will add clever little end notes! now to preview and post!

ao3: 503 error :( 503 error :( 503 error :(

me: :(((((((((((((((((((((((

[mcworm]

Fic art for Asphodel by @thornsword (I am unsure if this is the same person as the ao3 account...we'll find out!)

I would also pick up a smoking habit (again) if I lived through Jon's day (again. and again and again and again)

[cornercritter]

WOOOOOO!!!!!

are we there yet

as i clicked on your ask i literally saw it tick over. well done. well done. you and your fellows completely ruined my notifs again

[ivyithink]

posting this little thing, while I’m neck-deep in iwtv wips…

[livmoorez]

Mabel, you stayed faithful to the podcast. You should take the lead.