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coffee-in-veins · 2 years ago

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Since we both want to forget about the DD tinfood; what do you think would be some good rations to take into a dungeon? What do heroes like/despise? Eating habits? Bonus points for the heroes' favourite foods, or some signature dishes from their homeland.

Thank you for this ask, and sorry for taking so long to answer! This ask actually allows me to share a lot of things I've looked into for my writing of "Restructured, refractured, recalled" - but it’s mostly background flavour work to add the text its flavour, and usually isn’t too noticeable. Still, I’ve spent quite some time reading and thinking about it. Hyperfixation at its finest, what do you do.

LOADS of ramblings are incoming! Thee hast been warned.

So the thing is, I have to admit that I'm biased in a way - I was researching it all from the perspective of my Heiress, and thus, the decisions made in the food provided (and the housing, technically, but that’s a separate story) are made with her personality in mind, that being cold, calculated and completely, utterly devoid of any understanding of empathy. Therefore, the sustenance was akin to solving a puzzle - how to feed the heroes without it being too costly.

The biggest number of heroes Hamlet could house at any given moment (provided there are fully repaired and upgraded barracks and we count one additional slot provided by Shieldbreaker DLC and no one is out on a mission) is 29. This is huge, considering that Hamlet, if taken in its most literal sense, is a tiny settlement, with a population of fewer than 100 people from what I could gather. Interestingly, “hamlet” is defined as “a small settlement that has no central place of worship and no meeting point, for example, a village hall”, but Hamlet in DD has a whole Abbey. Which I think is supposed to be bigger than mere church...? But frankly, I’m far from being a religious person, so I’m not sure how that is supposed to work or is it yet another “here’s a tin can, don’t think about it if you want your sanity back” thing. We might never know. If someone knows about it, feel free to write to me; I’d love to understand it.

The point of this tangent is that if we assume that Hamlet has a population of 100, adding 29 heroes is impossible for the town to feed on its own. That might explain the need to provide the sustenance for the expeditions out of the Heiress’ pockets at a full price instead of getting it as a tax, for example, from the lands she supposedly owns. And an argument could be made that it’s only a 2:100 ratio when we first come to Hamlet and that the first Vestal is from the Abbey itself, and the first PD is a scholar from a Sanatorium (hence them always being the first additions to your team that you get), and that the population of Hamlet increases with the infrastructure you re-build and the more monsters you clear out the more people come to Hamlet, thus making the food situation more manageable. Another argument can be made that Hamlet is merely a name that historically stuck, and the actual population is much higher than the name would suggest. The fact that even in its most dilapidated state, the town has stone buildings and bridges, and a working harbour, as well as noblemen with titles as high as Countess coming to the Estate in the past somewhat supports this idea. A small settlement wouldn’t be able to feed and support the revelry that Ancestor was supposedly having before your time. Then again, it’s very hard to understand what is a limitation of the game, what is a deliberate artistic choice and what is simply the rule of cool, here.

Now to the food itself.

First of all, there’s foraging during the expeditions themselves. Save for Ruins, there’s always a non-zero chance to find or get food if you know what you’re doing. A bag of herbs can cleanse enough things to sustain a party for at least some time. The real quality of said sustenance is dubious at best, but when the alternative is starvation, one cannot be picky. It’s hard to say for sure what can be found in each location but we can speculate. There’s fish, sea monster meat, whale meat (based on the corpse in one of the rooms) and seaweed in Cove; most likely wild game carcasses and gnashers in Weald (fun fact! rabies virus is extremely susceptible to heat, just 50 degrees Celsius is enough to destroy it, so technically, cooked gnasher meat should be safely edible for heroes); stolen food from surrounding farms and swine carcasses themselves (for completely desensitised heroes) in Warrens - based on the quest for stealing their food, humans and swine require the same or extremely similar sustenance, after all. Also, there are molluscs and barnacles in Cove, rats and mice in Ruins, Weald and Warrens, nuts, berries, acorns and wild greens in the Weald and lichen most likely everywhere, all of which can be used to stretch the rations for longer.

Second of all, Hamlet is sea-side which has a huge benefit we might not appreciate enough nowadays, that being - an abundance of relatively cheap (Hamlet seems to be in middle latitudes (despite there being surface corals, I hate it here, I hate it here so much), so salt extraction cannot be achieved by solar power alone and requires some fuel source; fortunately, Weald is in the convenient distance), available sea salt for any needs. Namely, for food preservation. Yes, one can argue that having fishfolk in the Cove increases the cost, but I'd argue anything in Hamlet is far from being monster-proof, so I assume that the possibility of being butchered by some eldritch horrors during work hours is simply included in the baseline cost.

Regardless, having access to the sea/ocean and a huge forest, as well as farms (we know they canonically exist because of the Bumper Crop event and well, Farmstead) makes salted meat and fish quite readily available for heroes during their expeditions. Moreover, salted meat, fish and lard can be used in cooking during camping and eliminates the need of salting the pottage it is added to, serving a double purpose.

Now, on the topic of something more affordable - such as bread. Bread in itself isn't as storage-efficient as it may look at a first glance - even if we're talking about denser, heavier "peasant" (that is, rye, oats or barley instead of more expensive wheat) wholewheat bread. However, considering there's a town which can be tasked with it, ordering the baking of hardtack and flatbreads specifically for the purpose of providing for the expeditions looks like a reasonable choice. They are cheaper (requiring no yeast, beer barm or beer), and need only water, flour and salt, all of which Hamlet has access to. And, well, this is one of the most sufficient, calorie-dense and cheap options - ideal for our heartless, calculating Heiress. Far more affordable than meat, for example. Furthermore, it can be used to thicken and enrich some sort of stew or pottage, and we can see some sort of (presumably?) stew, pottage or soup being cooked during the camping in the pot that heroes canonically carry with them. Providing hardtack instead of grains can even be considered being "merciful" or "caring" since cooking them in some sort of gruel is far easier, and the resulting dish is far more nourishing than having to deal with plain grains on the expeditions (by either making porridge/gruel out of them or having to make some sort of flatbread by themselves).

Also, an abundance of salt means we probably have pickled/brined vegetables as a part of the rations. Pickles are sturdy, easy to transport, don’t require refrigeration and again, have the added bonus of salting otherwise unsalted stew. What types of vegetables those might be is tricky to suggest, but it is known that onions, carrots, peas, beans, rutabaga and cabbage were used a lot during medieval times. Parsnips were used up until the 16th century, from what I can find, and considering other anachronisms, they are a safe bet to add. Dried beans and peas are easy to transport and can be used as a base for stews and pottages, especially combined with other ingredients. The inclusion of fresh vegetables is more up to debate since they require more prep work. But onions, carrots and other roots are quite easy to transport and deal with, even during the expedition, and should last the canonical week well enough while adding quite a lot of nutrition to the supposed pottage. Especially if we consider that cabbage, peas and carrots were the cheapest available options for nourishment - again, ideal for our Heiress, who is only interested in keeping her hired muscles fed, not fed well.

Then there are eggs. They have an added bonus of not requiring to kill the hen, and therefore are relatively cheap. Cheaper than chicken meat, that’s for sure (and yes, I am aware, that cockerels were mostly raised for meat, killing a hen was more flaunting wealth than anything else in medieval times). Raw eggs are rather fragile, however, fresh eggs can last a week or two without refrigeration making them a nice addition to the meal, if it was possible to carry them - because honestly, adding just a couple of eggs to the gruel adds a lot to its nutritional value. On the contrary, hard-boiled eggs only last a couple of hours before starting to spoil but are far easier to transport, possibly playing the role of some sort of "on the road" snack, for a lack of a better term. However, they are far better used as an ingredient for our next option.

And the option is pastry! There is evidence of pies being abundant in the medieval period and them being used as meals during the working day. Pies had a wide variety of fillings, from extremely expensive beef or veal and venison to much more affordable pork, to fish, to fruit. Pies are not considered long-lasting provisions, but they could’ve been used as a “food for the first day” sort of rations, while longer-lasting products or raw products that required cooking were kept for the last days of the expedition. Again, there were types of very bland pastry, basically water with flour and a bit of salt, which was merely a holder for the filling, and I think it would fit the type of food the Heiress could provide for her mercenaries. More costly fillings (such as meat or cheese) can be diluted with vegetables while providing more volume, thus lowering the cost even further. I’m not entirely sure what can be the thing that heroes fry during their camping. It can be some sort of root vegetable, chopped and cooked. Or can be some sort of pastry or dumplings that have probably gone stale during the expedition and are re-heated in molten lard to make them edible again. Honourable mention goes to halusky, a variety of dumplings cooked in the Central and Eastern European cuisines. These are small lumps cut from a thick flour and egg batter and dropped into boiling water. The lack of filling makes them – say it with me – cheaper and thus, more valuable as food to give to the mercenaries, however (and I can say it from experience) they are extremely filling, especially if combined with lard.

Also, one cannot forget about cheese as a product with high nutritional value, good shelf life and the added benefit of easy transportation. Cheese as a type of food was commonplace in medieval times, as were whey cheeses (cheeses made from by-products of the production of harder cheeses) due to having no other ways to increase dairy shelf life. Again, because there’s no need to kill the cow to get the cheese, the product was way cheaper than meat. It is dense, has a good nutrition-to-volume ratio, and can be used in stews or eaten by itself, making it very versatile.

Another way of sustenance that was mentioned before is lard and butter. Although butter production in large quantities is way more cattle-heavy, and thus less probable in Hamlet which is canonically situated in dense woods on the seaside. On the other hand, lard is way more available, especially if we consider that pork was the staple meat of medieval times, much like poultry is now. Lard can be salted and/or smoked, and preserves extremely well after it, while serving as a meal when combined with bread. Also, hot lard can be used for meat preservation and cooking, but since it’s liquid, I doubt any of it was used during expeditions. Lard itself, however, in its solid form, is far more viable, as a very calory-dense product, an oil source for frying (since we see some sort of a frying pan during camping) and as a reliable, relatively cheap ingredient.

Another way of adding sustenance was using mushrooms. There’s a history of mushroom consumption, and we even have some medieval recipes requiring mushrooms. Wild mushrooms can add nutrition to pottage or be fried with onions and leaks on lard as a separate dish. They also can be dried to last for a while. The problem is the bigger bipedal mushrooms of the Weald that wouldn’t mind reversing the roles and eating the mushroom hunters and the fact that they possess danger in themselves. While it would be bad enough to have food poisoning, having food poisoning in the middle of an expedition surrounded by eldritch horrors sounds like a very high-risk play. I have no doubt that mushrooms were given to Seekers (level 0 heroes) instead of meat when they were in-season as relatively cheap sustenance, but adding avoidable risk factors for high-level expeditions sounds like a bad investment. After all, high-level heroes are money sinks with their skills, gear and weapons. Therefore, they most likely got other foodstuffs instead of mushrooms.

One more good food that could’ve been used and is relatively cheap is dried fruits. Nothing fancy, though, something simple and readily available in middle latitudes such as dried apples, pears or plums. There’s a source called “Naturalis historia” which, while describing real-world Italy (which is undoubtedly far more southern than Hamlet’s position, not gonna lie), mentions twelve kinds of plums, thirty kinds of apple, forty-one kinds of pear, sorb, cherries and multiple nuts including chestnuts which would’ve probably been available in one capacity or another. Dried berries could also be added as long-lasting, easy-to-transport addition to rations. Namely, dried berries, including rosehip berries, were often used to simply eat or brew drinks.

If the topic of sweeter foodstuffs is touched, one cannot forget about honey. Sugar wasn’t readily available due to sugarcane not being grown in Europe until the mid-15th century and therefore was stupidly expensive. Moreover, sugar was considered valuable mostly for its “medical properties”. Honey, while also isn’t particularly cheap, was far more available for the population. It can last for years without the need for preservation or refrigeration, making it an enticing option for more valuable mercenaries.

On the topic of pottages, stews, drinks and basic sustenance, we cannot forget one crucial component without which no long-term expedition can be carried out – fresh water. In cooking, for drinking, water is required in expeditions, especially when there’s basically zero chance of finding it, like in the Cove or the Ruins. Therefore, the heroes would also have to carry waterskins with water. Said water would most likely be diluted with either wine or vinegar to prevent it from going bad. It is unclear whether Hamlet uses wells or the bridges we see are over actual rivers, but medieval settlements were seldom created without direct access to some source of fresh water.

Finally, there’s the question of flavouring. And while true, spices were extremely costly in the medieval period, costing a ludicrous amount of money, there were quite a few options to spice things up that could’ve been used – especially for preparing the food for longer-lasting, higher-value mercenaries (levels 4 and up let’s say) which Heiress would be interested to keep around at least as a money investment she had committed to. Such spice options include garlic, leeks, onion, rosemary, mint, thyme, horseradish, basil, oregano, sage, parsley, dill, lovage, marjoram and cilantro to name a few. Maybe ginger and some types of pepper (long pepper I believe) that were native to the east.

Thus, the average rations that could’ve been provided could include:

hardtack or flatbreads;

some sort of treated meat (most likely salted due to availability of salt, but cured and smoked, or processed into sausages are also an option);

lard;

cheap dried fruits (like apple, pear or plum);

cheese or whey cheese;

root vegetables (maybe pickled);

dried peas or beans;

drinking water in a waterskin;

additives (salt, flavouring, honey) if provided and/or available.

Again, we know that the meat is provided based on Reynauld’s paranoid barks (“Look, it's all pink. Cook it properly”), and we know that the bread is provided from Junia’s paranoid barks (“The Verses say nothing about fuzzy bread... hmmm...”). “Apples and cheese” and “Stale bread” are foods available in DD2 (as much as I hate to mix those two together, especially because of the potato mentioned there...) and the picture for Hunger shows us some bread, waterskin and sausages, so we know they were canonically offered to heroes.

Now, bonus round!

Please note that mostly I have headcanons for characters used in the fic the most (since the abovementioned work was done mostly for writing RRR), and some will be far less thought-through than others.

Abomination/Bigby – he always gives me pause, so again, thank you, @engelsschwert for discussing him with me and offering help. Probably a very polite eater and tries to mimic someone whom he sees as “refined”, such as Alhazred, because he sees himself as eating “like an animal” otherwise. Rather territorial about his food and has food anxiety after being held captive by the cult. Probably loves stews and hearty, hot pottages because they feel “homey”. Doesn’t like fish because fish bones tend to stick in the teeth and make transformations even more unpleasant than they already are.

Antiquarian/Josephine – I can easily picture her loving sweet pastries of more expensive variety and especially those which included almond milk or almond puree. With saffron, if we want to make it extra rich.

Arbalest/Missandei – she is a girl of simple needs, those needs being a mug of good booze and a fine piece of roast fresh from the fire, still dripping fat. Her guilty pleasure is venison and bear meat. Probably used to be a poacher to satisfy them.

Bounty Hunter/Tardif – he loves tooth-rottingly sweet Turkish coffee (or the closest equivalent DD world has to offer). The problem is, despite the fact that Hamlet is a settlement with an operating harbour, I doubt he can enjoy that quite often. The price is simply too high for a mercenary. The idea of dairy makes him sick unless it’s used in baking. One of the few people in Hamlet who knows what carob is and what it tastes like. Prefers any fruits in dry form. Preferably in a pie. Uses kneading dough as an outlet for anger issues – he needs the process, not the result, but just throwing it away is wasteful, so he ended up taking baking as a hobby. Rey is wisely silent about cooking being “unmanly” when Tardif is the one doing it.

Crusader/Reynauld – he’s the only man in Hamlet who knows how to dance around Lent rules without technically breaking them, from arguing that barley geese are grains to guiding pigs into rivers to make them mythical waterhogs or asserting that beavers are fish, Rey knows what he’s doing and isn’t afraid to abuse that knowledge to the fullest when the need arises. Can cook for sustenance but would rather not, since it’s “women’s work”. Has a huge sweet tooth and love for snacks and is in even bigger denial about it because it’s “unmanly”. He spends time blessing every meal even when in a hurry, even for his teammates, and even when they would rather him not do it (eventually most heroes just accepted it as inevitability). Has access to Abbey’s alcohol stocks but doesn’t see much point in inebriation. I have to thank @engelsschwert for his fav food, that being “the poor knights”. Preferably with cream and marmalade with just a pinch of vanilla and cinnamon but he’d rather die of shame than ask for those.

Flagellant/Damian – tried almond milk because of Tardif. Flagellation has not been the same ever since. Actively denies loving it while Tardif nods in agreement and makes another batch of almond cookies. Which mysteriously disappear each and every time. Because of Rey and him, Tardif takes part of his mercenary wages in almond flour. Not that anyone but the Heiress would know. And live.

Grave Robber/Audrey – she would kill for spices. Literally. Ma girl is starved on spices she had as a noble lady. Cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, peppers, saffron, vanilla – all of those make her mouth water and rational decision-making take a backseat. Probably receives part of her wages in spices. Is extremely picky about her food if she has an option to be. Became friends with Rey because he always knows how to get adequate food during Lent. She loves custard tarts with spices and sugar.

Hellion/Boudica – canonically is fine about eating raw meat and cannibalism but is rather peer-pressured by the Spirits and tribe elders to follow the tradition than sees it as desirable on her own. Has a soft spot for animal and bird-shaped pastry. She sees complicated dishes as a show of weakness but is drawn to them out of curiosity and because they, well, taste good. Her favourite dish is a wild boar roast with cranberries and wild garlic and a slice of black blood bread.

Highwayman/Dismas – is utterly feral about his food and keeping it safe. Whenever he shares food, it’s a big gesture for him. If he actively caters for another person’s food preferences, it’s adoration. Food is basically his love language. Has a taste for meat, and yes, knows well how to cook rats – along with stray dogs, cats and whatnot. Can find food in the most improbable places. Desensitized to the point of being fine with eating cooked swine and fishfolk if it means survival. Loves jerky and needs to have some sort of emergency ration hidden on him to feel sane. Tried coffee once a long time ago and regrets not knowing what it was to look for more of it. His favourite dish is baked pork foreshank which was pre-boiled in dark beer with spices. Not that he can afford this dish often. Or at all.

Houndmaster/Willam – he loves some hearty pork pie, especially of gala variety. Preferably with a pint of nice ale. I wanted to give him some nice shepherd’s pie as his fav dish but it has potatoes which are blasphemy. Dunno why, he gives me strong Irish vibes. I can easily see him enjoying some crubeens and sharing them with Fergus. He’s a bad drinker and cannot hold liquor well but wants to keep up with others (namely Dismas), and usually, it ends badly for him. Has a habit of giving Fergus a bite of his own food and then finishing it, which some find endearing while others view as disgusting.

Jester/Sarmenti – has chronic lead poisoning from sugar of lead he was fed in the Court. Because of that he is irritable and has headaches and abdominal pains. He loves garlic and eats it demonstratively while showing off his Crimson Curse mutations to mess with people. His favourite dish is baked hedgehog with cameline sauce. He hates fruit pies because those were the ones which contained sugar of lead and he has had bad associations ever since. Overindulges in wine and has quite a taste for it thanks to Baldwin.

Leper/Baldwin – not gonna lie, ancient Israelite cuisine isn’t my strong suit. Probably milk- or broth-stewed meat with spices, from what I managed to find…? Veal meat was considered opulent, as was the meat of wild game hunted during the royal hunts. His eating habits most likely changed a lot after his illness, and now he simply prefers softer and lighter foods, which are easier to digest and usually reserved for the sick. Based on being an absolute unit of a man, eats quite a lot. Probably has a strong longing for olives. Has a softer temper and is willing to share but when stress mounts on him, snaps at people because of their table manners and their constant tries to cheat him out of his portion of rations since “he won’t be alive for long anyway”.

Man-at-Arms/Barristan – used to love rather opulent dishes back in his days of glory hounding, something like cherry chicken with rose water. Might enjoy stews and soups more now simply because they remind him of how he was humbled during his campaigns.

Musketeer/Margaret – canonically has a masochistic bark about loving Wraith peppers (a type of chilli peppers native to South America) and makes me cry in tin cans. No further comment.

Occultist/Alhazred – canonically likes or at least drinks coffee based on his masochistic bark. May have shown it to Dismas as a re-discovery. Has an affinity for consuming inadequate quantities of dried fruit, especially southern ones and tiny crumbly biscuits. Dislikes greasy foods because they leave stains on scrolls and books easily and he has a bad habit of absentmindedly eating whatever is in the vicinity while reading, and because of his concentration on the text, he doesn’t really register the taste or what exactly he’s eating. Once, someone placed a wax piece where his biscuits usually are as a joke. Alhazred didn’t notice and doesn’t know to this day why he had that weird constipation one time.

Plague Doctor/Paracelsus – she eats butter. No. You don’t get it. She just eats it as is. Plain butter. In chunks. Preferably from cold storage. Splintered in tiny frozen bits. Sometimes with a sprinkle of flaky unrefined sea salt. It’s her favourite. Says it saves time for more important things. Junia used to cook meals for them both, and Para doesn’t have the heart to throw away the jars and pots she used to bring food in. Now dragging Para to eat so she won’t die from her horrendous diet is mostly Audrey’s and Bigby’s job.

Shieldbreaker/Amani – again, ancient Turkish cuisine isn’t my forte but I can speculate. Because she is a woman in an ancient ottoman world, and an “object”, she probably didn’t get much meat to eat previously. And she might love her dolma, but the allure of breaking a taboo and eating pork is incredibly alluring, so she gets cheap thrills from that. Has a sweet tooth, even though you wouldn’t think that based on her physique and misses more intricate desserts dearly. Is disgusted by what people in Hamlet consider to be “tea” and would rather drink spoiled water. Is forced to eat in a specific manner as it is uncomfortable for her to hold the bowl and eat as most heroes do during camping due to lacking one hand.

Vestal/Junia – loves cheese, especially soft cheese and cream cheese. Especially loves to incorporate them into baking. Making cheesecakes is her passion, she ponders a lot about recipes and she silently respects Tardif for it and is probably the only person who can cook with him even if she is intimidated by him at any other time. Characters in her steamy novels often indulge in cheesecakes too. Is generally saddled with making church bread and cooking during camping much to her chagrin. Knows how to turn a stirring spoon into a weapon. Has a knack of taking grumpy and/or antisocial heroes and making them finally eat.

PHEW! This was a lot. Hope it answers all your questions :}

What’s my final score? ^^

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sylvies-chen · 3 years ago

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Chicago PD's Characters and the Role of Reform: an Analysis (???)

Hi everyone! The finales of One Chicago aired a couple of weeks ago by now but I've been preparing this post in my head ever since PD's finale aired. I wanted to talk/write about each character's (and maybe even the writers') interpretation of police reform and how it affects the plot. This will also talk about police reform in general. Before I start, I'd just like to state that this will be a bit long and probably biased since a lot of it is influenced by my own views on reform. I'm not interested in debating people on the internet, just putting out interesting perspective on an interesting TV show. Anyway, I hope you enjoy this and feel free to add thoughts of your own— as long as they’re respectful!

Chicago PD's handling of reform in this season was far from perfect but I did enjoy a few things they did with it. We had Kevin, a POC, stand up and fight back when even the people closest to him tried to shut him down. I did have some issue with the way they reduced Kevin's entire set of beliefs/morals to something so trivial and disrespectful as a "woke card" but I think the writers chose to do that on purpose to show how blinded white people can be sometimes. It's more the characters using that term, not the writers, which I thought was a good move since in both situations— Kevin v. Voight in 8x02 and Kevin v. Adam in 8x16– they made sure it's clear that Kevin is in the right. Voight may have been frustrated and Adam may have been spiraling over losing Kim (love me some #Burzek), but Kevin was still in the right. If only we could have some more varied representation on this show! That way, Kevin wouldn’t have to be used as the emotional punching bag all the time for these white characters and their misplaced frustrations with the system (added onto their personal frustrations which fluctuate on a episode-to-episode basis).

Now, onto the view on reform because this is where it gets interesting. I'm going to go ahead and say something that might be controversial: I think the majority of conflicts in this season have come from a gross misinterpretation of the concept of reform. This is especially highlighted in the finale when we see Adam saying he should be able to change/bend/break the rules to save someone he loves. It's also shown in the case with Miller's son Darrell and how they need to break the rules to save him, the case in 8x11 that Hailey considers breaking the rules for. It could even be loosely applies to 8x06 when Jay feels the need to break the rules only slightly in order to serve proper justice for their victim's father. Proper justice, in this case for Jay, being mercy towards the father and doing what's right in Jay's mind. Notice a common theme? These characters who are against reform (I know Voight was so good most of the season but he still falls into that category because of the first and last two episodes) all have one thing in common: the way they view reform. Voight, Hailey, and Adam, somewhere along the line (in my opinion), have all come to think of reform as a social push to get police officers to adhere to the proper guidelines when in reality, that's only a small fraction of an otherwise complex concept. Reform isn't all about getting police to follow the rules-- reform in and of itself is recognizing that the rules that are set into place aren't always effective. There are rules that are discriminatory, rules that are bureaucratic nonsense, rules that disproportionately affect specific groups of people, and rules that create roadblocks to solving real problems. Hell, the original police systems in North America especially were created to persecute minorities and maintain military power over citizens. The need for reform is referencing a larger systemic issue and getting police officers to follow the most basic procedures is just the tip of the iceberg. I don't want to get too much into the principles behind reform here because I am no expert. I recognize that because I am white I benefit from these rules/systems put into place so my voice shouldn't matter in the grand scheme of things, but I do think the majority of the tensions in this season of Chicago PD stem from the extreme oversimplification of reform. It surprised me too when I thought about it because they've managed to explore the grey areas/more complex aspects of it, but I think the writers are intentionally making that decision which makes it really interesting.

Throughout the season, I couldn’t help but feel that these characters considered reform as the push from the public to adhere to guidelines-- as they should, obviously-- but while ignoring the more nuanced principles of reform such as asking themselves questions like: is what I'm doing truly helping the communities we've sworn to serve and protect? Are the solutions us cops in Intelligence are offering permanent solutions? Should we be rethinking our principles of justice to be less retributive and more procedural-- or even more restorative?

This is all in reference to the characters, of course, not the writers. We have Voight, Hailey, and Adam resisting reform because they don’t see value in following the rules. But reform, in its purest form, is recognizing that the rules need changing, which is why it’s so interesting to see the “opposing side” against it even though they also believe the rules aren’t helping them. So I think it's really good and interesting how the writers have written these characters as having very complex and layered discussions/arguments about reform and about justice while still doing that. Because their contempt for the rules comes from a place of wanting to carry out justice, just like Kevin and all the others who push for reform, but they’re motivated by ideals closer to retributive justice and using their position of power to exact a more personal form of justice. Because of Hailey, Adam, and Voight’s more personal and intimate views of justice, their solutions always feel short-term. For example, Voight murdering suspects, bashing in cars, etc. This is all stuff that creates a temporary fix but their passion towards justice makes them care more about the personal, emotional release that kind of justice brings than the actual, long-term change. This is especially shown in that one scene where Hailey tells Jay the story about how a clerical error made an offender walk, which she sort of views as a reason why breaking the rules should be allowed whereas Kevin would view that as a reason why the rules need changing. Again, short-term vs. long-term.

This is not to say that Hailey, Voight, and Adam are evil, obviously. They're complicated, but they're far from evil. (Well, the jury’s still out on Voight. Haha!) What this show is portraying, however, is how the ideas of reform can be fleeting and temporary and all-around fickle in the minds of these characters when they reach a certain breaking point. They're able to throw this aside because they're all white, so it doesn't affect them personally. But right off the bat in season 8 we've seen it affect Kevin professionally AND personally in every single way. Others are almost viewing it as a social trend or a push to be a rule-follower though which is why both Adam and Voight, when put under emotional distress, are so easily able to downplay Kevin's push for doing things the right way. (Even though, really, he's asking for the bare minimum here of following the rules and not killing people.) Kevin, ever the conscience of the group, doesn’t put up with it and keeps people in check which can be extremely aggravating when you’re in a very emotional state and want to let your emotions lead you on a rampage. Hence, this is the root cause of the majority of tensions between the unit— in season 8 especially.

Anyway, this is all to say that I think this season of Chicago PD has done quite a lot in terms of portraying reform and the need for systemic change while still staying true to their characters and delving into how their privelege has led to them misinterpreting reform. Which leads to the portraying of some fairly corrupt policing, but never condoning it. At the very least, they show how it's less important for these characters since they all have a breaking point where reform becomes moot whereas for a black man like Kevin, it's more firmly ingrained into him. That’s a concept that is all too common in the real world, and one I appreciated that they represented even though some things weren’t so great.

#abby trying to be meta? it’s more common than you think #chicago pd #hank voight #adam ruzek #hailey upton #kevin atwater #analysis #meta timeeee #meta #police reform #one chicago

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rkwendy · 5 years ago

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It’s The Endgame.

Coaching Solo for the Final Episode of MGA Season 5

Featuring: @rkmiya, @rksxngyeol, @rkkenta, @rkxbin, @yewonxrk, @jacksxnrk Special appearance: @rkchaeyoung @hyunark

Wendy’s lips couldn’t help but set into a firm line as she watched the results of the MGAs on TV. This wasn’t any good. The kids were going to have to redeem themselves if they wanted to prove that they truly belonged on that stage. The other companies’ performances may have outshined their teams. Part of her feels responsible for not doing enough as a coach. She shakes her head as she reads the notes the producers have handed her. The kids were going to have to think bigger and be a little more creative and daring as a one-last ditch attempt. It was go big or go home at this point of the competition.

She doesn’t have much time to spend with them this week because of her own commitments as a member of AND*ROMA and all the preparation that comes with it. However, she’s still trying her best to be a good coach and wants to be there for them as much as she can.

She’s also aware of the comments they had gotten in contrast to the other coaches. Perhaps some image reversal was in order? Especially now that the kids have shown improvement with last week’s military training.

Despite Sunmi unni’s best intentions and advice, Team Polaris seemed to have a mindset similar to hers in a more extreme fashion. Wendy had suggested to go bigger, bolder, and to think out of the box, but she wasn’t expecting them to go completely crazy. She had tried her best to retain some semblance of control, but her creative and ambitious side had been piqued as the rest of the team threw in more suggestions. As she imagines how everything will sound in her head, Wendy nods as she takes notes. She doesn’t want to dampen these contestants’ fire, now that it’s sparking back to life after a last-place finish. Sungyeol oppa is completely onboard as he even fuels their passion by suggesting special effects. Wendy only shudders as she thinks to herself as she starts sending Sunmi unni messages via Kakaotalk. Sunmi unni definitely wasn’t going to be pleased. She almost chuckles as she thinks of how she’ll have to finish mixing everything as soon as she finishes her own training for the day.

The concepts they had come up with were going to be impressive to watch if executed properly. Then again, that is what they’re there for: to make sure the contestants can pull this off. This is a high-risk, high-reward kind of thing, in Wendy’s opinion. She’s more realistic about things, but she also believes in what their team is capable of. Wendy then spends the rest of the night at the studio that she has come to call hers as cuts the songs according to the contestants’ requests. She also throws in the special effects that they asked for as she searches for royalty-free sounds on the Internet. The sooner she finishes this, the sooner the team can practice. In the meantime, she hopes they still do the exercises she taught them the week before.

With one singer less, Wendy then takes it upon herself to hit two birds with one stone: improve everyone’s singing and hopefully change the public’s perception of them as coaches.

“I trust that you’re still doing the planks and running in laps, yes?” She asks as greeting after presenting them with the final audio they’ll use for their performance. “Some of you have an issue with voice projection. I’ll give you some tips on that,” Wendy says to them as she settles on the chair assigned to her.

“You have to know how to open and close your vocal chords. The thing is, a lot of people want to look good while singing, so they don’t open their mouths properly. You need to lower your jaw and really open your mouth.” Wendy demonstrates it by opening her mouth wide enough to lower her jaw. “If you open your mouth like that, your vocal chords open up naturally. Let’s give it a shot, everyone.”

Once she’s satisfied, she continues talking. “I have another tip and this time, it’s for doing high notes. As scary and risky as they are, there’s only two things to keep in mind,” she says. “There are sounds that go inward and sounds that go outward. It has something to do with how you breathe when making those sounds. For example, I’ll be singing ‘그녀를 지켜라 날 잊지 못하게.’” She almost chuckles at how the song to come to the top of her head is a MYNAME song. She thinks of how the tune goes before taking in a breath and keeping that breath in as she sings the line and leans backward, pointing to herself. Her voice sounds like it’s being held back, and she hopes the kids notice it. “That’s an example of a sound that goes in. Meanwhile… 그녀를 지켜라 날 잊지 못하게~ It sounds way better, doesn’t it? ” She opens her arms like she’s doing the Baby Shark dance as she sings the line properly. She hopes Insoo sunbaenim doesn’t think she butchered his line if he ever hears this.

“When practicing high notes, remember to use sounds that go outward. Ah!” She demonstrates as she gestures for them to repeat after her. She keeps repeating the same syllable as she breathes outward, raising the pitch and volume as she goes. When they pull it off, she gently claps. “Great job! In fact, the sound you make when you’re angry is the best one to make for high notes. DAD, WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!” She yells as a demonstration before laughing. After calming down, she adds, “You may laugh, but that’s actually a good sound to make.” She smiles at each of them. “You can practice by being angry with me. I’m a big girl. I can handle it.” She senses some hesitation from some of them. “Think of this as your chance to get even for all you’ve been through last week.”

Wendy decides to pay extra attention to Kenta, who suddenly has more singing responsibilities now. She can trust Jackson to sing even in his sleep, so she’s not too worried about him. Kenta on the other hand has been promoted from sub-vocal to lead vocal. She is going to make sure Kenta can at least pull off what he has to by show time.

“Ah~” Wendy sings as she opens her mouth. She watches Kenta as he repeats after her. She nods.

“Just move your jaw downward, Kenta,” she instructs and points at her own jaw. She sings the note again. As he repeats after her, Wendy notices an improvement in his voice. “Just a little more, Kenta. Repeat after me.” This time she sings a higher note than the previous one. She gives him a thumbs up. Wendy decides to push Kenta to his limits by singing a really high note. She has to applaud his effort for trying, and that’s what she does. It may not have been perfect, but it’s a step up.

Meanwhile, Changbin comes to consult her for feedback on rap lyrics. She had liked what he had come up with, but she feels like rap is completely out of her depth. She tries not to show her internal panic as she turns to the nearest PD. “Am I allowed to phone a friend? Or two? I need backup!” At the PD’s nod, she then turns to Changbin. “I know a thing or two about lyrics, but I want to get you the best help I can, as rap isn’t my field of expertise. Let’s just hope they both take the call,” she admits with a laugh as she goes through her contact lists to look for two specific numbers.

She had actually wanted to ask Hugo oppa, who Changbin seriously reminded her of, but he’s busy with preparations for PER_SE’s debut. However, it will benefit Changbin to get help from two very different, but incredibly talented female rappers — assuming both people she calls pick up their phones.

“Chaeyoungie~ Are you busy?” Wendy asks as soon as the first of two people picks up. As she explains why she called, she puts her phone on speaker mode for Changbin to hear. “Hang on, I’ll send you the lyrics so you can read them as Changbin performs them.”

Wendy listens and takes notes as she listens to Chaeyoung give her feedback on the rappers. Her feedback is a mix of things Wendy had thought of, but there were some things Wendy sure how to do or correct as well. Phoning a friend had definitely been one of her better ideas. It was less risky than kidnapping Chaeyoung in the practice room and dragging her here.

When Chaeyoung’s done (or was forced to go back to practice, Wendy’s not sure), Wendy gently sings “Thanks, Chaeyoungie~ I owe you food later! See you when I get back~”

That’s not the only person she thinks of calling. She’s more sure of Chaeyoung’s schedule, as they literally live together. However, the second person she’s calling is probably not as free to take calls. Wendy decides to risk it all the same. She blinks at the cameras for comedic effect as the phone rings for the second time today.

“Hyuna unni~ Are you busy?” Wendy asks as soon as a familiar voice that’s not voicemail (thank God) answers. She doesn’t bother holding back a snort as she realizes that she may have called Hyuna unni while the older girl was resting from training. Her suspicions are confirmed when Hyuna unni says “You want my help? Okay cool uhm — let me get a coffee.”

Having Hyuna unni onboard is always a great help to Wendy. After all, when it comes to making music, the two of them are almost always on a similar wavelength. It’s one of the secrets to their teamwork. She knows this isn’t any exception. She’s desperate and is glad her friends pulled through.

When Hyuna unni is done (or wanted to go back to bed — again, Wendy’s not sure), Wendy sings “Thanks, Hyuna unni~ I owe you cookies! Love you!” before ending the call.

Turning to Changbin, she says, “I hope they were able to help. I definitely wouldn’t have thought of some of the things they said.” She hides her face in her hands as she laughs.

At some point, one of them brings up the question of the coaches’ own MGA experiences. Wendy’s genuinely surprised at this turn of events. This is the first time any of them had asked her about it. She chuckles as she thinks back to three years ago. She tells them about the things Team Nova did, as well as Ricky oppa’s high standards. “What I did to you guys is chill compared to the dance boot camp we went through with Ricky oppa!” she says with a laugh. “He was very hands-on and helpful with my team back then…”

On the night before the live performance, Wendy makes it a point to drop by the practice room. After all, she won’t be allowed to watch them live due to her own schedules. Once Sunmi unni is done with her pep talk, Wendy decides to give it a go. “I know Sunmi unni covered most of it, but I thought I should try this pep talk thing too. My figure skating coach used to tell me ‘You are the one thing in life you can control.’ Sure, you can’t control what the CEOs and the audiences will think of you, but you can control what you do up there tomorrow. What matters is that you have fun and give everything you have on that stage. No one can take that away from you. And if people see you love what you do, then it will be easier to win them over. After all, isn’t that what performing is? Despite what happens, I want you all to know I’m proud of you. Win or lose, you’re the best to me.”

Wendy takes turns holding onto their individually as she looks at each of them in the eye. “My coach used to do this right before I took the ice,” she says with a gentle smile as she shakes their hands as her coach used to do to her. “I believe in you. You’ll kill it up there,” she says before hugging each of them. “It’s been an honor coaching you guys.”

#rkmga5 #rkmga5finale #rkmiya #rksxngyeol #rkkenta #yewonxrk #rkxbin #jacksxnrk #ssw;itstheendgame #ssw;rkmga5 #[ special mention goes to:#rkchaeyoung #hyunark

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leoncillo · 7 years ago

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Okay, so idk if this is gonna turn into a theory or not I just need to...process things.

Why was Steven able to access Pink's memories?

When I think of the similarities between Steven's other emotional/spiritual reactions to gems, they all had one thing in common: the gems were feeling deep rooted negative emotion. When Lapis was still trapped under the sea with Jasper and fighting with herself and her purpose in the chaos, Steven found her through dreaming. When Steven started crying Blue's tears, Blue was shown to still be mourning. Then, in Jungle Moon, we see that was the exact planet and area Pink Diamond had her breakdown. Surprisingly..well not really, Steven has been able to soothe or eventually get the gems out of their moods. Lapis was freed, Blue finally got her trial, but what about Pink? Steven even helped the Cluster calm down!

Pink Diamond is defective.

She's significantly smaller than the other diamonds. While I was disappointed that she didn't look like what most of the fandom pictured, her characterization makes sense. As the youngest myself, I know what it's like to not feel equal to a sibling. People always say "Oh, someday it'll happen." "You're not ready yet." Yeah she's a brat, but she has reason to be. Gems are born with a purpose. All gems even diamonds. So imagine when you're supposed to be one of the most powerful beings known to your kind and you're born, in the eyes of others, as being less than so. Pink Diamond was supposed to have what they had because that's what she was born for, she knew this, and Homeworld never liked to deviate from roles you were supposed to be. Yet, they did so to her. Her mural making her look a lot stronger and mightier than she was was more than likely for propaganda purposes. So lesser gems didn't know a diamond could be born defective. That a diamond could be imperfect.

Pink and her gems obviously represent the "heart" of the gem civilization.

Gems created under Pink Diamond are fiery, strong, stubborn, and will fight for what they believe in. Noticeably more free...whether they used that freedom for good or bad varied. Think of the quartz soldiers at the Zoo, they acted more like a family than a military unit. Rose and all of her dates with Greg and making Steven, the flowers, strawberry fields, etc. Whereas gems created under the other diamonds seemed to be more accepting that they were just numbers to their diamonds. They were weak willed and did what they were told. Pink Diamond had power. Not through sheer force or size, but her heart. If Jasper, the most famous war hero known to gemkind on Homeworld (?), is any indication, then Pink Diamond's army was a real threat. Not just to organic life on potential colonies, but to the other armies of her sisters.

Do I think one of the diamonds killed her?

Not necessarily. I wouldn't put it past them to have had plans to take her down a notch. They definitely knew what power her gems held since Yellow took Jasper for herself and all the other Rose Quartz were bubbled as a precaution. I don't think they wanted to kill her, though.

Could she have shattered herself?

This theory is what's currently winning in my mind right now. For one, Pink shattered an image of herself in a window. When does the Crewniverse ever do something like that without meaning? Never. Although, the mere fact that her image shattered could've been just general foreshadowing to her downfall, but considering PD did it herself, I'm going with it being herself as the culprit. Also, only a diamond can damage a diamond. So if none of her sisters did, then she's the only other option. How the whole scenario could've went down for their to have been "witnesses" to see her get shattered with a sword, I don't know. Tbh, it doesn't add up at all at this point. So either someone is lying or forgot some very important details.

Why would Pink Diamond want to die?

We've all been there before. We've all idolized something or someone based simply on what we saw on the outside. Only for it to turn out to be a horrible job, title, etc. Take adulthood, for example. When you were a kid, you probably wanted to grow up really quickly. You wanted to get to stay out late, shave, date, drive, what have you. You never considered what else comes with growing up. Tons of emotion and heartbreak, bills, losses, TAXES (jk but not), money to pay for gas to drive that car. I could go on. While I wasn't exactly a perfectly happy child, adulthood still hit me like truck...especially when I tried to enter it too quickly.

Pink was the baby sister. She didn't have a single colony, planet, army,...pearl?... anything. Honestly, did any of the other lesser gems even see her outside of murals until she got a court and entourage? Probably not. So what you have here are all the things to entice someone to want to grow up too quickly. Not treat them as an equal (sometimes you can't in human standards with age, but in gem standards your role was supposed to be absolute), isolate them, and tell them "someday" and "because I said so".

So one or all of the other sisters probably relented and got her a tiny little planet to look after. For all we know, she probably got some fancy limb enhancers to make her a little taller like she's putting on her sister's heels. She got a palaquin and apparently a pearl and entourage. Although something still seems off about that...Did they even give her guards? They should've and you would think they would've, but did they?

Anyway, after a few centuries/millennia on Earth, Pink probably became disenchanted with the whole idea of being a diamond and ruler. She didn't think it'd be that much work or she just wasn't agreeing with Homeworld's mentality. Something happened. Maybe she came to love the planet and the organic life, love her gems as more than just servants (who we've yet to hear say anything bad about her and Big Bad Jasper seemed genuinely distraught just thinking of her). Maybe she didn't want her gems caught up in Homeworld crap and thought they deserved better and deserved to be whatever they wanted to be. However, her colony was creating the best soldiers, you think her sisters would just let her stop?

So maybe Pink decided to secretly fight back and became close with Rose who shared her same views of the world. Correct me if I'm wrong, but Rose was already labeled a criminal before Pink was shattered. Maybe she sent Rose to "rebel" and disrupt gem activity on Earth to not only stop Homeworld from draining Earth but to take a stand. This could've backfired in her face when her sisters truly believed she didn't have a grip on the situation and sent their soldiers to correct the issue.

Pink seeing she effed up and just put her gems and world in danger, probably freaked out. There was probably bickering amongst them Y: "This is why we didn't give you a colony!" B: "You weren't ready!" P: "I don't want to do this anymore! It's wrong!" Her sisters probably wanted to wipe Earth off the map or at least start over with someone else at the helm, but Pink wouldn't risk it. She loved her first and only colony. It was small, but it was hers. She found her OWN place and purpose.

Idk what events would lead up to her shattering herself (and I'm pretty sure her shards are bubbled somewhere ready to be healed). But maybe she did set up a clever scheme to make it look like one of her own did it. The sisters would hesitate if gems from Earth could take out one of their own and back off. Or maybe it wasn't a scheme and she was found on the verge of doing it herself and the gem that found her couldn't stop her in time. She wanted the responsibility not knowing what all it entailed, what all she would feel, the pressure (did I just make a gem joke?), what all she would wanna fight for. She just wanted to be important like them for so long and when she finally found herself but wasn't accepted for it...she couldn't take it anymore.

#steven universe #su #su theories #pink diamond #why do these always turn out so long?#im sorry its so long #cant read more on mobile

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voightsgirl · 8 years ago

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Your Voight post made me think, and I think CPD doesn't get enough appreciation re: how they seem to effortlessly go against a lot of toxic masculinity. Like, there's been any issues with the guys crying or expressing their love for each other, and it's never made into a joke or followed with a no homo reaction or smthn like that and idk I guess I really appreciate the male friendships in CPD. Even the rest of the franchise doesn't do so well as this imo (not counting justice bc it's still new)

You know I started replying to this and then I realised that I’ve never really thought about the male characters in that much depth…I’m the first to sing about how amazing Erin and Burgess are, as well as male characters individually, but when I really thought about how well the men have been created, I ended up with an entire essay so apologies it’s so long but I just love this show and these guys. Also since there’s been a lot of negativity in light of *cough* recent events, I thought it would be nice to show my appreciation, so here goes. Feel free to add examples/contradictions/points/other ideas etc!!

Something I need to say before beginning: I find it really, really difficult to empathise with male characters. It’s just harder for me to really relate to their issues. And I think a huge reason for this is just that being a female character in these shows and these professions is just harder. And therefore there are a certain amount of fundamental difficulties that each female character has to face, and since being a female in general involves a lot of these struggles, it’s much easier for other women to look at these characters and see themselves in them. Look at Erin and Burgess struggling to keep their hard work and intelligence a more valuable feature to their unit than their bodies. Look at April and Maggie trying not to be undermined by their male, more qualified co-workers - and Manning being a single, working mum. Look at Gabby beating the odds and becoming a firefighter even though no one thinks she can do it because she’s small and female.

And I love that this show can do that: take these vital professions and give them amazing, well developed, multifaceted female characters whose constant struggles are so relatable for any female watching because we’ve all been there.

But what PD does that I just don’t see so much in the others (Fire does it to an extent, but I can’t really think of any examples in Med - although it’s my least favourite and so I’m probably not the best person to make analyses based on it, feel free to correct me if I’m wrong) is do the same with the males. And it’s something that I have never seen on a TV show before. There’s no “no-homo” bullshit, there’s no reservations around being friends. They hug each other when they’re worried about them, they do the friendly shoulder squeezes and arm-punches and fist-bumps. They go out for drinks together. They trust each other and look out for each other and they talk to each other about how they feel. And it’s really, really nice to see.

People go the extra mile when writing female characters (although admittedly, as a teenage girl I’m probably not using the widest sample range of TV shows) because they know that either a) their audience is mostly female, or b) they’re worried about sexist accusations. Women have always been victims of horrible media tropes, so I’m so, so glad that they do go this extra mile - I love seeing female friendships more than anything else in the world - but because people are so aware of the issue surrounding female characters, they’ve taken that into consideration, while assuming that there isn’t actually a problem with their male characters.

What Chicago PD does that I think is incredible from a characterisation point of view is they take these archetypal cop characters - the dirty cop (Voight), the by-the-book cop (Antonio), the shell-shocked veteran cop (Halstead), the old-cop young cop (Ruzek and Ollinsky) and the gentle giant (Attwater). **there are more, such as Attwater arguably being the “token minority” and Ruzek being the “fair cop” but you get the idea. They all seem to represent one of the main tropes that are almost always present in cop shows (at least all the ones I’ve watched).

And the show doesn’t subvert the tropes, not exactly - even though doing so would be so much easier - but they three-dimensialise (idk if that’s a word just roll with me here) all the characters on top of these fundamental archetypes. ie:

Voight is a dirty cop. He kills people in the name of justice, he’s used dirty money and lied under oath and done things that probably should have lost him his badge a million times. And yet, he works tirelessly for the protection of his city. He loves his son with everything he has, and his grandson, and his daughter-in-law. He took in a 13(?) year old who’d been hooked on heroin and arrested for solicitation and loves her like she’s his own daughter. He made amends with the guy who put his son in jail. He always, always fights for the underdog and doesn’t let the system take advantage of them. He treats his unit as if they are his “family” - literally his words - and he has formed relationships with every single one of them, bending the rules and putting his neck and badge on the line if they ever do anything wrong or against the rules. (Example: 3x05)

Antonio plays by the rules, that’s just who he is. He believes in the system more than Voight does, arguably because he’s always been on the right side of it. But that doesn’t mean he’s not willing to make compromises if those he really cares about are on the line - he is more than willing to turn a blind eye to other people’s ‘interpretations’ of the law, and he will do everything in his power to fight his way using the rules of the system before he breaks them. (1x02, 3x01)

Halstead’s military history I think is one of the most interesting aspects of this show because he had the potential to turn into a “cold sniper” as I think is the norm with ex-military characters, and yeah, he was affected in ways that we don’t even know - and may never fully understand - by what he saw and did in his tour(s). But he’s so selfless and sweet and supportive. His PTSD and general commitment issues mean that he can’t open up to everyone but he still lets them open up to him, being Erin’s #1 supporter, and he’s finally started to work on looking after his mental health properly and learning how to ask for help. He’s kind and caring and understands the importance of sacrifice and, like Voight, is willing to bend the rules a little bit - even if he’s always there to question Voight’s methods. (3x17, 4x18 - deleted scene)

Ruzek is the token rookie of the show, and the audience is placed in the same boat as him when initially learning the ropes of the unit and how everyone fits. He’s the young and attractive one (I mean….), and he does exhibit those typical rookie traits: he’s rash and reckless and cocky and definitely not as cynical as any of the others, but at the same time he has a huge heart, he’s sweet and caring, and he can be as tough as hell when someone he loves is in danger. He doesn’t have the “tortured romantic” side to him and he has a typical cop family tree, but he’s the person I feel like most people can probably relate to - someone who puts themselves in harm’s way every single day for no reason other than he wants to make a difference. (1x01, 1x11)

Ollinsky is the other dirty cop, although he functions more as an assistant to the dirty cop. He has the tough coldness about him that you would probably expect Jay to have instead, if following these tropes by the book, and he comes across as very sinister and quite scary. And yet he is an absolute darling around Lexi and Michelle and when Lexi died and Meredith was kidnapped, he totally lost control. Despite all the coldness and being closed-off he is perhaps the most emotional of them all, grieving and crying and not caring about how tough he is when someone he loves is threatened. (4x16)

Attwater is the gentle giant of the show and although this doesn’t need much more explaining, he, alongside Erin, is also the token minority of the unit (even more so now that Antonio’s left and Burgess has joined Erin in Intelligence) and although this trope is constantly seen as a bad thing, using a token character to avoid criticism of being racist in casting choices, in PD Attwater opens the door to addressing cases of police racism, corruption and brutality against ethnic minorities, and the episodes in which they do deal with this, Attwater is quick to express his opinion on the matter and challenge within seconds everything that’s wrong with the institution and their society. But on top of all that, he has relatives in prison, he’s expected to be a big tough “scary black man”, but in actuality he looks after his two younger siblings and does stand-up comedy and probably gives the best bear hugs ever.

And the support system that these six men have together (or five, now that Antonio’s left) is incredible to watch. They understand barriers, they know when to push and when to give each other space, they all work together so well in such a potentially toxic environment without even a hint at this hyper-masculinity that is so huge in other cop shows. They’re all just bros.

What’s also great is that even though there’s a lil bit of that bro-masculine culture especially when Erin goes undercover and dresses up all nice, they’re never anything but perfect gentlemen. There’s no teasing and no sexist remarks about her legs or whatever, they all just seem genuinely impressed by how pretty she looks and how well she does her job. Adam even says things like “there’s about a thousand things I could say right now but won’t” because they all respect Erin and Burgess and support them as much as each they do each other. They don’t care if the women do better jobs than them, or save them, or shoot more accurately than them, and they’d never dream of undermining their femininity while doing so.

Other examples of the bros being bros:

Antonio getting Jay into the unit in the first place as a thank you for helping out Gabby (Chicago Fire, season 2 sometime, mentioned later when Antonio leaves)

Voight literally crying on Alvin’s shoulder after Justin’s death

Every single one of Jay and Mouse’s interactions, especially when they talk about their time in the military and Jay realises how much he cares about his friend when Mouse wants to re-enlist and when Mouse is taken hostage (4x05, 3x03)

Antonio and Voight’s entire friendship and the fact that Voight would go to such measures to help Diego even after Antonio was the one to put the cuffs on and send him to jail

Attwater and Ruzek being bros until the end and *sniff* the whole best man thing

They all buy Antonio a zimmer frame when he gets shot isn’t that just beautiful

Ruzek hugging Al after Lexi’s death and his little “I don’t know what to say” and “can I hug you?” - like he knows Al might just want space but he has to let him know he’s there for him

They all get so upset when Jay is taken. Just watch the scene where they see the video of his torture and their faces break me. They can’t handle the idea that someone so close to them - their brother - is in so much pain. (3x01)

Seriously tho just look at these bros

So I was just gonna write a few paragraphs and sorry this is so long but feel free to add more!! I want to know what everyone else thinks!

#meta #cpd meta #jay halstead #hank voight #ruzek #antonio dawson #cpd #cpd appreciation #cpd positivity #asks #anon #my meta

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I just read "personality disorders aren't a diagnosis for life because people change" on a local psychiatric hospital's website and I wonder, what do you think about this? I've read before that for example BPD symptoms get less extreme around the age of 35/40 or so (a lot of people just don't make it that far, unfortunately) but do you really think that people change in their core SO MUCH that a PD "wears off"? Isn't it just a shit ton of adjusting? What about SZPD, do we get old age empathy?

I’m not sure, for a proper answer it’s probably best to ask someone with a degree in psychology for this.

Still, I don’t think that’s even supposed to mean that PD’s can just vanish in time or switch from one polar opposite to another. Which doesn’t necessarily make that phrase false (though it’s still a doubtful one).

Because people do, in fact, change with time. Personalities are naturally affected by age, life experience, hormonal changes, adaptation mechanics, etc. They don’t change all that much, though. Not like you start off as hardcore schizoid and then at some point you’re hysteric or just NT with no specific tone to it.

But you can very well start off like, e.g., young sensitive schizoid, then run through normal manifestation while being a depressed void-of-all-feels schizoid. Then at some point you adapt and it turns out things aren’t exactly all that doom and gloom, that there are some feels, maybe a bit weird ones, but still.

Human psychology is a dynamic thing. It can’t really be absolutely static for long. So there isn’t really an option to just stay the exact same way you are now through your whole life. Something will change, for better of for worse, one way or another. I wouldn’t expect such drastic changes as getting rid of PD completely, but it still can be something noteworthy.

As for old age empathy — maybe some variation of well developed “cognitive empathy” that comes with more experience. Maybe some better accepting yourself without going into radical polarized black-and-white options. Like, learning that there are shades between not feeling anything and feeling like everyone else. Developing a bit of conscious control over your emotions, learning how to dig them up from your own schizoid brain and to understand what they are; to accept them for what they are. And, probably most importantly, eventually learning that humans aren’t the source of all problems, are not the thing to be avoided in every possible scenario out of principle, learning to interact with them despite szpd, etc.

That’s more or less how I see this “character development” some virtual typical schizoid might go through during their life — or at least one way to go with it (another popular option being just running away to live in the woods or something). Now, applying it to myself, I’d say I’m pretty far that line. But still nowhere near the final step of accepting society as not-so-bad thing that is not out of the question to deal with. Not sure if I ever get there. Or if it’s even worth to aim for. Still, it’s one of the options.

Anyone else has thoughts about how szpd would change with age, feel free to add up.

#actuallyschizoid #szpd #manifestation #aging #time #coping #Anonymous

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Flipping Awesome Physics with an Asynchronous Flipped Gameful Mastery Learning Classroom

Jonathan Thomas-Palmer on episode 298 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis

Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter

Jonathan Thomas-Palmer teaches physics. Students start with a zero and level up as they use videos, one on one help, and game-based mastery to master physics.

Advancement Courses has more than 200 graduate level online PD courses for K-12 teachers. Go to advancementcourses.com/coolcat and use the code COOL20 at checkout for 20% off any course.

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Flipping Awesome Physics with an Asynchronous Flipped Gameful Mastery Learning Classroom

Link to show: www.coolcatteacher.com/e298 Date: April 25, 2018

Vicki: Today we’re talking with Jon Thomas-Palmer from Michigan about physics.

Now, Jon, you have recently implemented an asynchronous, flipped, gameful, mastery learning classroom.

OK. Let’s break it down.

Jon: (laughs)

Vicki: That is a really long set of five words there.

Jon: Yes it is.

Vicki: Help us understand. What is it?

What is asynchronous, flipped, gameful, mastery learning?

Jon: OK. So I flipped my classes starting in 2013.

The basic concept there is you’re taking the lectures and you’re putting those at home, and the stuff that is normally done at home is now done in class. That’s the basic idea of a flipped classroom.

One of the things I was searching for with a flipped classroom was how that was eventually going to change my classes. It took me a long time to find it.

I found it in the idea of gameful learning, so we’ll start with that piece… which is… (sigh)… (laughs)…

Gameful learning…

School is already a game. It’s basically admitting that school is a game and making it very clear to the students what the rules of the game are.

So at the start of second semester, I laid out the five or six rules of the game.

The first one is that everybody starts out with a zero… which is an entirely different way of looking at grading.

So everybody starts with a zero, and you add points. Rather than getting percentages on assignments, you get points on assignments.

Your grade never goes down. Your grade only goes up.

This necessitates knowing every assignment that is going to be assigned for the entire semester, and providing the students with all of those assignments right at the beginning… which was one of the major challenges of this.

(laughs)

Vicki: Yeah! And how do you give parents a progress report…

Jon: Yeah, right so well when…

Vicki: … when you’re halfway through, and they’re only at a 50 or whatever?

Jon: Yeah, we’ll get there.

So basically they know how many points they need, in order to get what particular grade.

They have mandatory assignments, and then there are optional assignments.

There’s a recommended order to go through all the assignments in, and there are different levels. So there’s the “Work and Energy” level, the “Power and Work Due to Friction” level, the “Momentum and Impulse” level as you can imagine.

The asynchronous part…

So students go through the level, and they then decide what assignment they’re going to do every day. So that’s the asynchronous part. We’re no longer all doing the same thing at the same time. The students come in, and they decide what they’re going to do.

It was interesting. For the first two weeks, I would still have students ask me, “What are we doing next time?” Or, “Is it OK if I do this?”

And my answer was always, “I don’t know. What do you think, because you are now in charge of your own learning.”

(laughs)

This has been a challenge for some students, but really, I think, “freeing” for a lot of students, but it’s taken a little bit of time for them to understand that concept.

Vicki: OK, so Jon, I would think this would not only blow the minds of the students, but also your colleagues and maybe your administrators. Is that true?

How did your administrators and colleagues react to this?

Jon: I was very careful to go to my administration before… actually even before I started really working on it. I did some research about it and really learned about it and knew that I wanted to do it, but I made sure that administration was on board before I began actually working on it.

I’ve had some conversations with colleagues, and for the most part, people are very excited about it, because it’s a very different way of looking at education.

And it’s freeing for students as well, because there are no due dates. So students get to decide when an assignment is done, and turn it in.

Vicki: But would you still have certain expectations that they have to meet.

Jon: Oh, yeah! Yeah!

Vicki: You’re keeping them on track, though, right?

How do you monitor student progress?

Jon: Oh yeah! So every day I check in — as you can imagine, I have now more time in class to talk individually with every student. So I check in with every student every day, seeing what they’re doing, and where they are, and whether they’re “on target” for where they need to be.

(laughs)

I had one student last week who was like, “Can you just tell me when things are due?” (laughs)

And I said, “No. But how about you and I sit down with all of the assignments and come up with a schedule for you?”

So we sat down. We printed out all of the assignments for the next, you know, couple levels… and decided, “OK, by Spring Break, you want to be to this point… So let’s figure out what you have to do.”

And he just needed somebody to help him figure out what his schedule was going to be.

I had other students who sat down at the very beginning when I first gave the assignment, they printed out every assignment and decided what to do and when for the entire semester. That was the first thing they did.

Vicki: Do you feel like they’re learning physics better?

Jon: Flat out, yes. I’ll start there. I’ll give one example.

We haven’t done the asynchronous. Let’s just do the flipped.

I’ll get back to your question in just a second.

So the flipped portion is now all the lectures are available, and they can do them wherever they would like. So sometimes they do them at home, but sometimes they do them in class. So it’s interesting how it’s actually brought some of the lectures back in class.

I use EdPuzzle for all of my lessons…

Read Why I Use Edpuzzle: An Edpuzzle Review

Vicki: Oh! Love it.

Jon: … so I know who has watched what and when, which is awesome..

How do you track mastery?

So the mastery part is one of my favorite parts, which is that they have to get an 80% on the quiz, which comes at the end of every level in order to level up and be able to move on to the next level.

And I’ve always struggled with those students who do OK in class, but they struggle with the quizzes because… that’s just something they struggle with. They struggle with being able to show that they know what they’re doing.

So I have a couple of kids that fit in that category. All through first semester — because I switched at second semester — they were struggling.

So it’s been an, “OK. You got a ‘D’ on the first quiz.”

But it’s no longer an issue of, “That’s a bad thing.”

It’s NOT a bad thing! You know what that means?

“You get to sit with me now during the next class, and I’m going to help you make sure you understand everything that you did there.’”

And after you do quiz corrections — which they work on with me, and I make sure that they understand everything that they’re doing — if you have above an 80%, they can earn back half the points with the quiz corrections.

If you get above an 80%, you get to graduate that level and move on to the next level.

If not, you retake the quiz, and once you get above 80%, you’re good. You can move on.

So… it’s actually been really helpful because it’s targeted those students who are really struggling,and given me more time to work with them.

It’s been really… (laughs)… It’s been really fun!

Vicki: So Jon, do you have some students, though, who like to work together? And do you think they’re — you know, they’re — honest as they do that?

What do you do about students who prefer to work together?

Jon: OK, so one of the great things is that the majority of the work that they do is working together in class. So I’m with them, and constantly checking in with them, and they’re asking me questions.

They’re working together, but… OK, they’re working side by side, I’ll say. But they’re each working individually on their assignments.

Basically, because a lot of the time that they spend working on it is in class with me, I can basically make sure that they’re doing it.

Vicki: So, Jon, what’s the most shocking result of this transformation?

What’s the most shocking result of this?

Jon: (sighs)

Most shocking…

Ahhhh. I would say how freeing it is for the students with their busy schedules.

For example, I have a student who had to be gone for three weeks to do auditions for colleges for music. He’s going to college for flute performance. He had to go to eight different colleges and do auditions. He was gone for three weeks. And so… he’s not behind.

Vicki: Hmm!

Jon: He was able to do a lot of this stuff on his own. And, even though he’s not quite with the rest of the class, he’s not behind because there is no schedule. He’s just catching up right now.

Vicki: Hmm.

Jon: I have another example of a student who (laughs) — actually it was a couple of students who knew they were going to be absent on a particular day. So they actually worked ahead so that they could, on a particular day, do the lab before they left. So that they could work on it while they were gone.

Like that was shocking to me that the kids would have the foresight to say, “OK. We know we’re going to be gone. So let’s work ahead on our own, come in, ask a few questions, and then do the lab.”

Vicki: Wow.

Jon: That’s just awesome.

Vicki: As we finish up…

If you were stuck in an elevator with a teacher who was considering this method of starting at zero and you know, gameful learning, mastery learning…

What would be your 30-second elevator pitch for why this is a great way to run your classroom?

Do you have an elevator pitch for moving to this method?

Jon: It is a great way to run your classroom because it transfers the ownership of the student’s learning to the student. Once the student realizes and comes to term with the fact that they are in control of their own learning, they are much more invested in their own learning and interested in learning.

Vicki: SO!!! This is quite a mouthful.

Asynchronous flipped gameful mastery learning.

Jon: (laughs)

Vicki: It is a fascinating concept, and it is truly a Wonderful Classroom Wednesday today.

I hope that we all think about it. It’s certainly something I’m fascinated with, Jon.

Thanks for sharing it with us!

Jon: Thank you, Vicki. This was a lot of fun.

Vicki: OK!

Transcribed by Kymberli Mulford [email protected]

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Flipping Awesome Physics with an Asynchronous Flipped Gameful Mastery Learning Classroom

Jonathan Thomas-Palmer on episode 298 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis

Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter

Jonathan Thomas-Palmer teaches physics. Students start with a zero and level up as they use videos, one on one help, and game-based mastery to master physics.

Advancement Courses has more than 200 graduate level online PD courses for K-12 teachers. Go to advancementcourses.com/coolcat and use the code COOL20 at checkout for 20% off any course.

Listen Now

Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher

Stream by clicking here.

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Enhanced Transcript

Flipping Awesome Physics with an Asynchronous Flipped Gameful Mastery Learning Classroom

Link to show: www.coolcatteacher.com/e298 Date: April 25, 2018

Vicki: Today we’re talking with Jon Thomas-Palmer from Michigan about physics.

Now, Jon, you have recently implemented an asynchronous, flipped, gameful, mastery learning classroom.

OK. Let’s break it down.

Jon: (laughs)

Vicki: That is a really long set of five words there.

Jon: Yes it is.

Vicki: Help us understand. What is it?

What is asynchronous, flipped, gameful, mastery learning?

Jon: OK. So I flipped my classes starting in 2013.

One of the things I was searching for with a flipped classroom was how that was eventually going to change my classes. It took me a long time to find it.

I found it in the idea of gameful learning, so we’ll start with that piece… which is… (sigh)… (laughs)…

Gameful learning…

School is already a game. It’s basically admitting that school is a game and making it very clear to the students what the rules of the game are.

So at the start of second semester, I laid out the five or six rules of the game.

The first one is that everybody starts out with a zero… which is an entirely different way of looking at grading.

So everybody starts with a zero, and you add points. Rather than getting percentages on assignments, you get points on assignments.

Your grade never goes down. Your grade only goes up.

(laughs)

Vicki: Yeah! And how do you give parents a progress report…

Jon: Yeah, right so well when…

Vicki: … when you’re halfway through, and they’re only at a 50 or whatever?

Jon: Yeah, we’ll get there.

So basically they know how many points they need, in order to get what particular grade.

They have mandatory assignments, and then there are optional assignments.

The asynchronous part…

It was interesting. For the first two weeks, I would still have students ask me, “What are we doing next time?” Or, “Is it OK if I do this?”

And my answer was always, “I don’t know. What do you think, because you are now in charge of your own learning.”

(laughs)

This has been a challenge for some students, but really, I think, “freeing” for a lot of students, but it’s taken a little bit of time for them to understand that concept.

Vicki: OK, so Jon, I would think this would not only blow the minds of the students, but also your colleagues and maybe your administrators. Is that true?

How did your administrators and colleagues react to this?

I’ve had some conversations with colleagues, and for the most part, people are very excited about it, because it’s a very different way of looking at education.

And it’s freeing for students as well, because there are no due dates. So students get to decide when an assignment is done, and turn it in.

Vicki: But would you still have certain expectations that they have to meet.

Jon: Oh, yeah! Yeah!

Vicki: You’re keeping them on track, though, right?

How do you monitor student progress?

(laughs)

I had one student last week who was like, “Can you just tell me when things are due?” (laughs)

And I said, “No. But how about you and I sit down with all of the assignments and come up with a schedule for you?”

And he just needed somebody to help him figure out what his schedule was going to be.

Vicki: Do you feel like they’re learning physics better?

Jon: Flat out, yes. I’ll start there. I’ll give one example.

We haven’t done the asynchronous. Let’s just do the flipped.

I’ll get back to your question in just a second.

I use EdPuzzle for all of my lessons…

Read Why I Use Edpuzzle: An Edpuzzle Review

Vicki: Oh! Love it.

Jon: … so I know who has watched what and when, which is awesome..

How do you track mastery?

So I have a couple of kids that fit in that category. All through first semester — because I switched at second semester — they were struggling.

So it’s been an, “OK. You got a ‘D’ on the first quiz.”

But it’s no longer an issue of, “That’s a bad thing.”

It’s NOT a bad thing! You know what that means?

“You get to sit with me now during the next class, and I’m going to help you make sure you understand everything that you did there.’”

If you get above an 80%, you get to graduate that level and move on to the next level.

If not, you retake the quiz, and once you get above 80%, you’re good. You can move on.

So… it’s actually been really helpful because it’s targeted those students who are really struggling,and given me more time to work with them.

It’s been really… (laughs)… It’s been really fun!

Vicki: So Jon, do you have some students, though, who like to work together? And do you think they’re — you know, they’re — honest as they do that?

What do you do about students who prefer to work together?

They’re working together, but… OK, they’re working side by side, I’ll say. But they’re each working individually on their assignments.

Basically, because a lot of the time that they spend working on it is in class with me, I can basically make sure that they’re doing it.

Vicki: So, Jon, what’s the most shocking result of this transformation?

What’s the most shocking result of this?

Jon: (sighs)

Most shocking…

Ahhhh. I would say how freeing it is for the students with their busy schedules.

Vicki: Hmm!

Jon: He was able to do a lot of this stuff on his own. And, even though he’s not quite with the rest of the class, he’s not behind because there is no schedule. He’s just catching up right now.

Vicki: Hmm.

Vicki: Wow.

Jon: That’s just awesome.

Vicki: As we finish up…

If you were stuck in an elevator with a teacher who was considering this method of starting at zero and you know, gameful learning, mastery learning…

What would be your 30-second elevator pitch for why this is a great way to run your classroom?

Do you have an elevator pitch for moving to this method?

Vicki: SO!!! This is quite a mouthful.

Asynchronous flipped gameful mastery learning.

Jon: (laughs)

Vicki: It is a fascinating concept, and it is truly a Wonderful Classroom Wednesday today.

I hope that we all think about it. It’s certainly something I’m fascinated with, Jon.

Thanks for sharing it with us!

Jon: Thank you, Vicki. This was a lot of fun.

Vicki: OK!

Transcribed by Kymberli Mulford [email protected]

Bio as submitted

Blog: http://flippingphysics.com

Twitter: @FlippingPhysics

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Flipping Awesome Physics with an Asynchronous Flipped Gameful Mastery Learning Classroom

Jonathan Thomas-Palmer on episode 298 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis

Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter

Jonathan Thomas-Palmer teaches physics. Students start with a zero and level up as they use videos, one on one help, and game-based mastery to master physics.

Advancement Courses has more than 200 graduate level online PD courses for K-12 teachers. Go to advancementcourses.com/coolcat and use the code COOL20 at checkout for 20% off any course.

Listen Now

Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher

Stream by clicking here.

***

Enhanced Transcript

Flipping Awesome Physics with an Asynchronous Flipped Gameful Mastery Learning Classroom

Link to show: www.coolcatteacher.com/e298 Date: April 25, 2018

Vicki: Today we’re talking with Jon Thomas-Palmer from Michigan about physics.

Now, Jon, you have recently implemented an asynchronous, flipped, gameful, mastery learning classroom.

OK. Let’s break it down.

Jon: (laughs)

Vicki: That is a really long set of five words there.

Jon: Yes it is.

Vicki: Help us understand. What is it?

What is asynchronous, flipped, gameful, mastery learning?

Jon: OK. So I flipped my classes starting in 2013.

One of the things I was searching for with a flipped classroom was how that was eventually going to change my classes. It took me a long time to find it.

I found it in the idea of gameful learning, so we’ll start with that piece… which is… (sigh)… (laughs)…

Gameful learning…

School is already a game. It’s basically admitting that school is a game and making it very clear to the students what the rules of the game are.

So at the start of second semester, I laid out the five or six rules of the game.

The first one is that everybody starts out with a zero… which is an entirely different way of looking at grading.

So everybody starts with a zero, and you add points. Rather than getting percentages on assignments, you get points on assignments.

Your grade never goes down. Your grade only goes up.

(laughs)

Vicki: Yeah! And how do you give parents a progress report…

Jon: Yeah, right so well when…

Vicki: … when you’re halfway through, and they’re only at a 50 or whatever?

Jon: Yeah, we’ll get there.

So basically they know how many points they need, in order to get what particular grade.

They have mandatory assignments, and then there are optional assignments.

The asynchronous part…

It was interesting. For the first two weeks, I would still have students ask me, “What are we doing next time?” Or, “Is it OK if I do this?”

And my answer was always, “I don’t know. What do you think, because you are now in charge of your own learning.”

(laughs)

This has been a challenge for some students, but really, I think, “freeing” for a lot of students, but it’s taken a little bit of time for them to understand that concept.

Vicki: OK, so Jon, I would think this would not only blow the minds of the students, but also your colleagues and maybe your administrators. Is that true?

How did your administrators and colleagues react to this?

I’ve had some conversations with colleagues, and for the most part, people are very excited about it, because it’s a very different way of looking at education.

And it’s freeing for students as well, because there are no due dates. So students get to decide when an assignment is done, and turn it in.

Vicki: But would you still have certain expectations that they have to meet.

Jon: Oh, yeah! Yeah!

Vicki: You’re keeping them on track, though, right?

How do you monitor student progress?

(laughs)

I had one student last week who was like, “Can you just tell me when things are due?” (laughs)

And I said, “No. But how about you and I sit down with all of the assignments and come up with a schedule for you?”

And he just needed somebody to help him figure out what his schedule was going to be.

Vicki: Do you feel like they’re learning physics better?

Jon: Flat out, yes. I’ll start there. I’ll give one example.

We haven’t done the asynchronous. Let’s just do the flipped.

I’ll get back to your question in just a second.

I use EdPuzzle for all of my lessons…

Read Why I Use Edpuzzle: An Edpuzzle Review

Vicki: Oh! Love it.

Jon: … so I know who has watched what and when, which is awesome..

How do you track mastery?

So I have a couple of kids that fit in that category. All through first semester — because I switched at second semester — they were struggling.

So it’s been an, “OK. You got a ‘D’ on the first quiz.”

But it’s no longer an issue of, “That’s a bad thing.”

It’s NOT a bad thing! You know what that means?

“You get to sit with me now during the next class, and I’m going to help you make sure you understand everything that you did there.’”

If you get above an 80%, you get to graduate that level and move on to the next level.

If not, you retake the quiz, and once you get above 80%, you’re good. You can move on.

So… it’s actually been really helpful because it’s targeted those students who are really struggling,and given me more time to work with them.

It’s been really… (laughs)… It’s been really fun!

Vicki: So Jon, do you have some students, though, who like to work together? And do you think they’re — you know, they’re — honest as they do that?

What do you do about students who prefer to work together?

They’re working together, but… OK, they’re working side by side, I’ll say. But they’re each working individually on their assignments.

Basically, because a lot of the time that they spend working on it is in class with me, I can basically make sure that they’re doing it.

Vicki: So, Jon, what’s the most shocking result of this transformation?

What’s the most shocking result of this?

Jon: (sighs)

Most shocking…

Ahhhh. I would say how freeing it is for the students with their busy schedules.

Vicki: Hmm!

Jon: He was able to do a lot of this stuff on his own. And, even though he’s not quite with the rest of the class, he’s not behind because there is no schedule. He’s just catching up right now.

Vicki: Hmm.

Vicki: Wow.

Jon: That’s just awesome.

Vicki: As we finish up…

If you were stuck in an elevator with a teacher who was considering this method of starting at zero and you know, gameful learning, mastery learning…

What would be your 30-second elevator pitch for why this is a great way to run your classroom?

Do you have an elevator pitch for moving to this method?

Vicki: SO!!! This is quite a mouthful.

Asynchronous flipped gameful mastery learning.

Jon: (laughs)

Vicki: It is a fascinating concept, and it is truly a Wonderful Classroom Wednesday today.

I hope that we all think about it. It’s certainly something I’m fascinated with, Jon.

Thanks for sharing it with us!

Jon: Thank you, Vicki. This was a lot of fun.

Vicki: OK!

Transcribed by Kymberli Mulford [email protected]

Bio as submitted

Blog: http://flippingphysics.com

Twitter: @FlippingPhysics

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Flipping Awesome Physics with an Asynchronous Flipped Gameful Mastery Learning Classroom

Jonathan Thomas-Palmer on episode 298 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis

Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter

Jonathan Thomas-Palmer teaches physics. Students start with a zero and level up as they use videos, one on one help, and game-based mastery to master physics.

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Flipping Awesome Physics with an Asynchronous Flipped Gameful Mastery Learning Classroom

Link to show: www.coolcatteacher.com/e298 Date: April 25, 2018

Vicki: Today we’re talking with Jon Thomas-Palmer from Michigan about physics.

Now, Jon, you have recently implemented an asynchronous, flipped, gameful, mastery learning classroom.

OK. Let’s break it down.

Jon: (laughs)

Vicki: That is a really long set of five words there.

Jon: Yes it is.

Vicki: Help us understand. What is it?

What is asynchronous, flipped, gameful, mastery learning?

Jon: OK. So I flipped my classes starting in 2013.

One of the things I was searching for with a flipped classroom was how that was eventually going to change my classes. It took me a long time to find it.

I found it in the idea of gameful learning, so we’ll start with that piece… which is… (sigh)… (laughs)…

Gameful learning…

School is already a game. It’s basically admitting that school is a game and making it very clear to the students what the rules of the game are.

So at the start of second semester, I laid out the five or six rules of the game.

The first one is that everybody starts out with a zero… which is an entirely different way of looking at grading.

So everybody starts with a zero, and you add points. Rather than getting percentages on assignments, you get points on assignments.

Your grade never goes down. Your grade only goes up.

(laughs)

Vicki: Yeah! And how do you give parents a progress report…

Jon: Yeah, right so well when…

Vicki: … when you’re halfway through, and they’re only at a 50 or whatever?

Jon: Yeah, we’ll get there.

So basically they know how many points they need, in order to get what particular grade.

They have mandatory assignments, and then there are optional assignments.

The asynchronous part…

It was interesting. For the first two weeks, I would still have students ask me, “What are we doing next time?” Or, “Is it OK if I do this?”

And my answer was always, “I don’t know. What do you think, because you are now in charge of your own learning.”

(laughs)

This has been a challenge for some students, but really, I think, “freeing” for a lot of students, but it’s taken a little bit of time for them to understand that concept.

Vicki: OK, so Jon, I would think this would not only blow the minds of the students, but also your colleagues and maybe your administrators. Is that true?

How did your administrators and colleagues react to this?

I’ve had some conversations with colleagues, and for the most part, people are very excited about it, because it’s a very different way of looking at education.

And it’s freeing for students as well, because there are no due dates. So students get to decide when an assignment is done, and turn it in.

Vicki: But would you still have certain expectations that they have to meet.

Jon: Oh, yeah! Yeah!

Vicki: You’re keeping them on track, though, right?

How do you monitor student progress?

(laughs)

I had one student last week who was like, “Can you just tell me when things are due?” (laughs)

And I said, “No. But how about you and I sit down with all of the assignments and come up with a schedule for you?”

And he just needed somebody to help him figure out what his schedule was going to be.

Vicki: Do you feel like they’re learning physics better?

Jon: Flat out, yes. I’ll start there. I’ll give one example.

We haven’t done the asynchronous. Let’s just do the flipped.

I’ll get back to your question in just a second.

I use EdPuzzle for all of my lessons…

Read Why I Use Edpuzzle: An Edpuzzle Review

Vicki: Oh! Love it.

Jon: … so I know who has watched what and when, which is awesome..

How do you track mastery?

So I have a couple of kids that fit in that category. All through first semester — because I switched at second semester — they were struggling.

So it’s been an, “OK. You got a ‘D’ on the first quiz.”

But it’s no longer an issue of, “That’s a bad thing.”

It’s NOT a bad thing! You know what that means?

“You get to sit with me now during the next class, and I’m going to help you make sure you understand everything that you did there.’”

If you get above an 80%, you get to graduate that level and move on to the next level.

If not, you retake the quiz, and once you get above 80%, you’re good. You can move on.

So… it’s actually been really helpful because it’s targeted those students who are really struggling,and given me more time to work with them.

It’s been really… (laughs)… It’s been really fun!

Vicki: So Jon, do you have some students, though, who like to work together? And do you think they’re — you know, they’re — honest as they do that?

What do you do about students who prefer to work together?

They’re working together, but… OK, they’re working side by side, I’ll say. But they’re each working individually on their assignments.

Basically, because a lot of the time that they spend working on it is in class with me, I can basically make sure that they’re doing it.

Vicki: So, Jon, what’s the most shocking result of this transformation?

What’s the most shocking result of this?

Jon: (sighs)

Most shocking…

Ahhhh. I would say how freeing it is for the students with their busy schedules.

Vicki: Hmm!

Jon: He was able to do a lot of this stuff on his own. And, even though he’s not quite with the rest of the class, he’s not behind because there is no schedule. He’s just catching up right now.

Vicki: Hmm.

Vicki: Wow.

Jon: That’s just awesome.

Vicki: As we finish up…

If you were stuck in an elevator with a teacher who was considering this method of starting at zero and you know, gameful learning, mastery learning…

What would be your 30-second elevator pitch for why this is a great way to run your classroom?

Do you have an elevator pitch for moving to this method?

Vicki: SO!!! This is quite a mouthful.

Asynchronous flipped gameful mastery learning.

Jon: (laughs)

Vicki: It is a fascinating concept, and it is truly a Wonderful Classroom Wednesday today.

I hope that we all think about it. It’s certainly something I’m fascinated with, Jon.

Thanks for sharing it with us!

Jon: Thank you, Vicki. This was a lot of fun.

Vicki: OK!

Transcribed by Kymberli Mulford [email protected]

Bio as submitted

Blog: http://flippingphysics.com

Twitter: @FlippingPhysics

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Flipping Awesome Physics with an Asynchronous Flipped Gameful Mastery Learning Classroom

Jonathan Thomas-Palmer on episode 298 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis

Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter

Jonathan Thomas-Palmer teaches physics. Students start with a zero and level up as they use videos, one on one help, and game-based mastery to master physics.

Advancement Courses has more than 200 graduate level online PD courses for K-12 teachers. Go to advancementcourses.com/coolcat and use the code COOL20 at checkout for 20% off any course.

Listen Now

Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher

Stream by clicking here.

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Enhanced Transcript

Flipping Awesome Physics with an Asynchronous Flipped Gameful Mastery Learning Classroom

Link to show: www.coolcatteacher.com/e298 Date: April 25, 2018

Vicki: Today we’re talking with Jon Thomas-Palmer from Michigan about physics.

Now, Jon, you have recently implemented an asynchronous, flipped, gameful, mastery learning classroom.

OK. Let’s break it down.

Jon: (laughs)

Vicki: That is a really long set of five words there.

Jon: Yes it is.

Vicki: Help us understand. What is it?

What is asynchronous, flipped, gameful, mastery learning?

Jon: OK. So I flipped my classes starting in 2013.

One of the things I was searching for with a flipped classroom was how that was eventually going to change my classes. It took me a long time to find it.

I found it in the idea of gameful learning, so we’ll start with that piece… which is… (sigh)… (laughs)…

Gameful learning…

School is already a game. It’s basically admitting that school is a game and making it very clear to the students what the rules of the game are.

So at the start of second semester, I laid out the five or six rules of the game.

The first one is that everybody starts out with a zero… which is an entirely different way of looking at grading.

So everybody starts with a zero, and you add points. Rather than getting percentages on assignments, you get points on assignments.

Your grade never goes down. Your grade only goes up.

(laughs)

Vicki: Yeah! And how do you give parents a progress report…

Jon: Yeah, right so well when…

Vicki: … when you’re halfway through, and they’re only at a 50 or whatever?

Jon: Yeah, we’ll get there.

So basically they know how many points they need, in order to get what particular grade.

They have mandatory assignments, and then there are optional assignments.

The asynchronous part…

It was interesting. For the first two weeks, I would still have students ask me, “What are we doing next time?” Or, “Is it OK if I do this?”

And my answer was always, “I don’t know. What do you think, because you are now in charge of your own learning.”

(laughs)

This has been a challenge for some students, but really, I think, “freeing” for a lot of students, but it’s taken a little bit of time for them to understand that concept.

Vicki: OK, so Jon, I would think this would not only blow the minds of the students, but also your colleagues and maybe your administrators. Is that true?

How did your administrators and colleagues react to this?

I’ve had some conversations with colleagues, and for the most part, people are very excited about it, because it’s a very different way of looking at education.

And it’s freeing for students as well, because there are no due dates. So students get to decide when an assignment is done, and turn it in.

Vicki: But would you still have certain expectations that they have to meet.

Jon: Oh, yeah! Yeah!

Vicki: You’re keeping them on track, though, right?

How do you monitor student progress?

(laughs)

I had one student last week who was like, “Can you just tell me when things are due?” (laughs)

And I said, “No. But how about you and I sit down with all of the assignments and come up with a schedule for you?”

And he just needed somebody to help him figure out what his schedule was going to be.

Vicki: Do you feel like they’re learning physics better?

Jon: Flat out, yes. I’ll start there. I’ll give one example.

We haven’t done the asynchronous. Let’s just do the flipped.

I’ll get back to your question in just a second.

I use EdPuzzle for all of my lessons…

Read Why I Use Edpuzzle: An Edpuzzle Review

Vicki: Oh! Love it.

Jon: … so I know who has watched what and when, which is awesome..

How do you track mastery?

So I have a couple of kids that fit in that category. All through first semester — because I switched at second semester — they were struggling.

So it’s been an, “OK. You got a ‘D’ on the first quiz.”

But it’s no longer an issue of, “That’s a bad thing.”

It’s NOT a bad thing! You know what that means?

“You get to sit with me now during the next class, and I’m going to help you make sure you understand everything that you did there.’”

If you get above an 80%, you get to graduate that level and move on to the next level.

If not, you retake the quiz, and once you get above 80%, you’re good. You can move on.

So… it’s actually been really helpful because it’s targeted those students who are really struggling,and given me more time to work with them.

It’s been really… (laughs)… It’s been really fun!

Vicki: So Jon, do you have some students, though, who like to work together? And do you think they’re — you know, they’re — honest as they do that?

What do you do about students who prefer to work together?

They’re working together, but… OK, they’re working side by side, I’ll say. But they’re each working individually on their assignments.

Basically, because a lot of the time that they spend working on it is in class with me, I can basically make sure that they’re doing it.

Vicki: So, Jon, what’s the most shocking result of this transformation?

What’s the most shocking result of this?

Jon: (sighs)

Most shocking…

Ahhhh. I would say how freeing it is for the students with their busy schedules.

Vicki: Hmm!

Jon: He was able to do a lot of this stuff on his own. And, even though he’s not quite with the rest of the class, he’s not behind because there is no schedule. He’s just catching up right now.

Vicki: Hmm.

Vicki: Wow.

Jon: That’s just awesome.

Vicki: As we finish up…

If you were stuck in an elevator with a teacher who was considering this method of starting at zero and you know, gameful learning, mastery learning…

What would be your 30-second elevator pitch for why this is a great way to run your classroom?

Do you have an elevator pitch for moving to this method?

Vicki: SO!!! This is quite a mouthful.

Asynchronous flipped gameful mastery learning.

Jon: (laughs)

Vicki: It is a fascinating concept, and it is truly a Wonderful Classroom Wednesday today.

I hope that we all think about it. It’s certainly something I’m fascinated with, Jon.

Thanks for sharing it with us!

Jon: Thank you, Vicki. This was a lot of fun.

Vicki: OK!

Transcribed by Kymberli Mulford [email protected]

Bio as submitted

Blog: http://flippingphysics.com

Twitter: @FlippingPhysics

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Flipping Awesome Physics with an Asynchronous Flipped Gameful Mastery Learning Classroom

Jonathan Thomas-Palmer on episode 298 of the 10-Minute Teacher Podcast

From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis

Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter

Jonathan Thomas-Palmer teaches physics. Students start with a zero and level up as they use videos, one on one help, and game-based mastery to master physics.

Advancement Courses has more than 200 graduate level online PD courses for K-12 teachers. Go to advancementcourses.com/coolcat and use the code COOL20 at checkout for 20% off any course.

Listen Now

Listen to the show on iTunes or Stitcher

Stream by clicking here.

***

Enhanced Transcript

Flipping Awesome Physics with an Asynchronous Flipped Gameful Mastery Learning Classroom

Link to show: www.coolcatteacher.com/e298 Date: April 25, 2018

Vicki: Today we’re talking with Jon Thomas-Palmer from Michigan about physics.

Now, Jon, you have recently implemented an asynchronous, flipped, gameful, mastery learning classroom.

OK. Let’s break it down.

Jon: (laughs)

Vicki: That is a really long set of five words there.

Jon: Yes it is.

Vicki: Help us understand. What is it?

What is asynchronous, flipped, gameful, mastery learning?

Jon: OK. So I flipped my classes starting in 2013.

One of the things I was searching for with a flipped classroom was how that was eventually going to change my classes. It took me a long time to find it.

I found it in the idea of gameful learning, so we’ll start with that piece… which is… (sigh)… (laughs)…

Gameful learning…

School is already a game. It’s basically admitting that school is a game and making it very clear to the students what the rules of the game are.

So at the start of second semester, I laid out the five or six rules of the game.

The first one is that everybody starts out with a zero… which is an entirely different way of looking at grading.

So everybody starts with a zero, and you add points. Rather than getting percentages on assignments, you get points on assignments.

Your grade never goes down. Your grade only goes up.

(laughs)

Vicki: Yeah! And how do you give parents a progress report…

Jon: Yeah, right so well when…

Vicki: … when you’re halfway through, and they’re only at a 50 or whatever?

Jon: Yeah, we’ll get there.

So basically they know how many points they need, in order to get what particular grade.

They have mandatory assignments, and then there are optional assignments.

The asynchronous part…

It was interesting. For the first two weeks, I would still have students ask me, “What are we doing next time?” Or, “Is it OK if I do this?”

And my answer was always, “I don’t know. What do you think, because you are now in charge of your own learning.”

(laughs)

This has been a challenge for some students, but really, I think, “freeing” for a lot of students, but it’s taken a little bit of time for them to understand that concept.

Vicki: OK, so Jon, I would think this would not only blow the minds of the students, but also your colleagues and maybe your administrators. Is that true?

How did your administrators and colleagues react to this?

I’ve had some conversations with colleagues, and for the most part, people are very excited about it, because it’s a very different way of looking at education.

And it’s freeing for students as well, because there are no due dates. So students get to decide when an assignment is done, and turn it in.

Vicki: But would you still have certain expectations that they have to meet.

Jon: Oh, yeah! Yeah!

Vicki: You’re keeping them on track, though, right?

How do you monitor student progress?

(laughs)

I had one student last week who was like, “Can you just tell me when things are due?” (laughs)

And I said, “No. But how about you and I sit down with all of the assignments and come up with a schedule for you?”

And he just needed somebody to help him figure out what his schedule was going to be.

Vicki: Do you feel like they’re learning physics better?

Jon: Flat out, yes. I’ll start there. I’ll give one example.

We haven’t done the asynchronous. Let’s just do the flipped.

I’ll get back to your question in just a second.

I use EdPuzzle for all of my lessons…

Read Why I Use Edpuzzle: An Edpuzzle Review

Vicki: Oh! Love it.

Jon: … so I know who has watched what and when, which is awesome..

How do you track mastery?

So I have a couple of kids that fit in that category. All through first semester — because I switched at second semester — they were struggling.

So it’s been an, “OK. You got a ‘D’ on the first quiz.”

But it’s no longer an issue of, “That’s a bad thing.”

It’s NOT a bad thing! You know what that means?

“You get to sit with me now during the next class, and I’m going to help you make sure you understand everything that you did there.’”

If you get above an 80%, you get to graduate that level and move on to the next level.

If not, you retake the quiz, and once you get above 80%, you’re good. You can move on.

So… it’s actually been really helpful because it’s targeted those students who are really struggling,and given me more time to work with them.

It’s been really… (laughs)… It’s been really fun!

Vicki: So Jon, do you have some students, though, who like to work together? And do you think they’re — you know, they’re — honest as they do that?

What do you do about students who prefer to work together?

They’re working together, but… OK, they’re working side by side, I’ll say. But they’re each working individually on their assignments.

Basically, because a lot of the time that they spend working on it is in class with me, I can basically make sure that they’re doing it.

Vicki: So, Jon, what’s the most shocking result of this transformation?

What’s the most shocking result of this?

Jon: (sighs)

Most shocking…

Ahhhh. I would say how freeing it is for the students with their busy schedules.

Vicki: Hmm!

Jon: He was able to do a lot of this stuff on his own. And, even though he’s not quite with the rest of the class, he’s not behind because there is no schedule. He’s just catching up right now.

Vicki: Hmm.

Vicki: Wow.

Jon: That’s just awesome.

Vicki: As we finish up…

If you were stuck in an elevator with a teacher who was considering this method of starting at zero and you know, gameful learning, mastery learning…

What would be your 30-second elevator pitch for why this is a great way to run your classroom?

Do you have an elevator pitch for moving to this method?

Vicki: SO!!! This is quite a mouthful.

Asynchronous flipped gameful mastery learning.

Jon: (laughs)

Vicki: It is a fascinating concept, and it is truly a Wonderful Classroom Wednesday today.

I hope that we all think about it. It’s certainly something I’m fascinated with, Jon.

Thanks for sharing it with us!

Jon: Thank you, Vicki. This was a lot of fun.

Vicki: OK!

Transcribed by Kymberli Mulford [email protected]

Bio as submitted

Blog: http://flippingphysics.com

Twitter: @FlippingPhysics

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I'm 20 years old and have been driving for 4 years now. As of recently, I own a RX-8 05' (1st Car), No prior accidents, never gotten a ticket. Nothing negative what-so-ever with vehicles or finances. I'm paying $1600 and change every six months including discounts such as Military, anti-lock brakes, etc. Insurance company is Gieco. I took in to account that I am in fact a young male with a race car but with no intentions to drive reckless. Its a car that I plan to have for a few years and enjoy driving it before I get something more economically sufficient. My question is... Is this a reasonable payment? Do perks and lower rates come the longer your with a company and continue safe driving?""

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The auto is insured, and the driver is authorized to drive it. Got speeding ticket and showed proof of insurance for auto. Went to get deferred adjudication and included copy of insurance card where authorized user but now being asked for insurance on driver.""

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Ok so Ive spent quite some time googling this but to no real answer ! My question is, what is the cheapest insurance available for a newly passed 18 year old male? From this i mean: What care gives the cheapest quote? What insurer is the cheapest? Of course i know there is no one cheapest insurer/car but a general type of answer would be helpful. like saying what your insurance was at 18 on what car and with what insurer! Thanks very much !""

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Which minivan has the cheapest insurance for a NEW driver?

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What are the cheapest insurance companies in Canada?

""If a male at the age of 20 started driving, would the cost of insurance be cheaper then it would for him at 16?""

If a male at the age of 20 started driving, would the cost of insurance be cheaper then it would for him at 16?""

Am I still eligible for unemployment insurance if I move out of state?

I currently receive bi-weekly unemployment checks. I live in California, but in a few months, I will be relocating to Texas. Basically I just need to know if I will be receive insurance from another state. Thanks!""

Low cost healthcare insurance for kids?

Are there low cost healthcare insurance for kids other than Healthy Families? I had healthy families but due to sending my premium late, they disenrolled my kids. I am covered by my employer through Kaiser but there is a significant amount of money deducted if I cover them. Thanks in advance.""

Im considering getting a bmw m3 e36 as my first car how much does it cost and where can i find one in Canada?

also how does insurance cost and is it a good idea to get it as a first car or should i get a integra gsr or civic si

How can USA force me to buy health insurance?

It's incredibly unconstitutional and uncapitalist If I find a way to self-fund my healthcare and don't need to rely on an insurance company, Govt can FORCE me against my will with fines and penalties to engage in business with big insurance?????? Are you kidding?!!!! What country are we living under?""

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its a 2007 50cc motorbike which i would like to insure in aberdeen, kept in a garage and locked. im 16 and have passed my cbt but not full lisence, the cheapest quote i could get was 480, and that was third party cover only. is their anything i can do to lower the cost and where can i get a cheaper quote http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/1898234.htm < the bike""

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Is it against the law to drive without insurance?

Been driving for 30years clean here in Canada with know accidents, until I got into my first incident a few years ago, my insurance went up more then doubled!!, The insurance company RBC didn't want to forgive me on my first accident told me I had too wait 6 years, I I feel this is extortion, Im almost tempted to drive with out insurance is this recommended?""

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Is comprehensive and collision all you need to have full coverage ? I pay 250 a month for my car's insurance and decided to look around . I came across a progressive quote after I put down all my information , and it asked if I wanted to pay already. It came out to be 70 a month . It has a collision and comprehensive coverage included along with roadside assistance and a few other things on the side . Should I just get progressive or do you think there may be something they're not telling me ? I just don't want to get it , and it turns out my cars not as covered as my current insurance . 250 a month just seems like a waste for a car that's not even my daily driver .""

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I just got my license and my dads making me pay for my insurance. How much is that? He said he's just putting me on the insurance and I have to pay whatever the price that is added because of me. How much would it be? We already have two people. My mom and dad. We have and SUV, a big van, and a small sports car. How much is the insurance gunna go up? Give me a range. Please and thank you:)""

What happens to money at the end of life insurance term?

As a young child and teen, I remember my mom saying on a few occasions that she bought term life insurance when I was a baby. It was a 30 year plan for 100,000. She said that the term would end when I turn 30 years old and if she doesn't die by the time it ends....then SHE would be able to collect on the plan (getting the 100k) Now, I am 30 years old..and want to by term life insurance so my child will be taken care of incase I die. I'm thinking off getting a 20 year term. MY QUESTION - is it so that in 20 years...if I don't die, then I will be able to collect all that money? I'm doing research on it and finding that with regular term life insurance, you don't get any money at the end of the term.....but I remember my mom saying different. What do you know about it? (it isn't possible to ask my mom about it)""

""If you were non-insured for health coverage, what would you prefer?""

Would you rather be under a government-run option that decide who you could see, what procedures are allowed and when you were allowed to have those procedures done? Or would you prefer a tax credit that would allow you to choose a private plan that you want, that allows you to see who you prefer, have the coverage that you need and treat you in a timely fashion? Today the Republicans have proposed an option that would give you such a choice, but Democrats have shut them out and don't want Americans to know that they have such a choice in healthcare.""

How much can I expect my insurance to be?

Alright, I'm seventeen, I'm looking at a 1992 Acura Legend L, I'll be on my parents insurance (three other cars: pickup, SUV, and muscle car; no crashes that I know of), I'm a great student (top tenth of my class). I have to contribute my share of the insurance so I was wondering how much that might end up being? Anything else you need to know?""

What is the cheapest insurance for a teenager?

I'm currently 18 looking for the cheapest possible insurance on my car

Has anyone sign up for the Affordable Health insurance?

There are all these news about too much traffic to the site, but has anyone actually signed up for health insurance through healthcare.gov?""

How much is car insurance.?

what car insurance for a new driver ,lady 27 .for a 6 seat car ,value 1.000 . from a small nottingham town ng177JEM""

""How can i insurance my car, for only 3 months?

im finishing my college... i bought a car in us... for the year i was here... bour my car insurance expire.. like 2 months before i finish... and im not gonna buy other 6 months of insurance... cause i will be using it only 2 months more... WHAT I CAN DO!!

Is Safe Auto cheap car insurance?

Especially for a driver who is 18.

I am 6wks pregnant. Insurance companies wont accept me now. What do I do?

I am afraid to call other places and tell them I am pregnant b/c i know they wont accept me. I need to find a place that will cover me and my baby. I don't know where to start to look. Help please to point me in the right direction.

Is everyone that gets insurance through work getting their notifications that insurance is going up?

Has anyone else noticed a great number of questions complaining about ins going up. These people are getting insurance through work. The notices must have gone out this week?

Do I have to include my husband on my auto insurance policy?

Without him on it, my monthly bill would only be $44. With him on it, it's $135. Do I legally have to include him on the policy?""

Anybody know anything about NYS car insurance?

My car insurance lapsed and I didin't know about it, because I misunderstood my policy. My car is registered in my name, but my boyfriend still has current insurance for both of us through his (Geico.) Am I still covered? I'm scared I've been driving around uninsured, but I'm also scared to call the DMV, because I don't have an alternate means of transportation to work and school events. Please answer only if you're sure of your answer, this is a nerve racking situation. Thanks for the help!!""

Use my insurance to pay for high repair costs?

My vehicle was vandalized and due to that I have Many scratches and dents to the sides of the car. My insurance estimate 2100$ worth of repairs in which I pay 300$. Initially the representative told me that my insurance would not go up monthly because I don't have a.bad history of claims n the incident was not my fault. But that was before they appraised the car so now they would have to give me 1800$ and im.not sure whether I should go through the insurance or not I don't want to affect my monthly payments. Any suggestions?

Cost of car insurance for a 20 year old male in california?

What is the best car to buy with cheap insurance for a 17yo? ?

as above, UK only thanks in advance""

What is the average cost to deliver a child without insurance?

Why should we pay CAR insurance?

I know it is made to protect us from being sue, I understand this. BUT if we are MADE to pay insurance to drive a car then the Car insurance companies should be MADE to include Car replacement as a STANDARD pack for both Full and Liability coverage(Why should I lose my car because of a BAD driver) If your car is totaled and you are still making payments then you lose a car. If you paid off your car and it is totaled, you lose a car. Lastly, we who pay insurance and don't have an accident in six months(or one year)should be given a choice of a lower premium, cash returned or a loan.""

How can I get the best and competitive online insurance quotes?

Can insurance cost less on a motorcycle with a restriction kit ?

I want to know will insurance cost less on a 600 bike if you put a restriction kit on it. Also will it make a 600 a good first bike to start on. I know some motorcycle licenses have 33 HP limits and people still can get 600's and put restriction kits on them to keep the power down to make them good first bikes.

Where's the best place to get health insurance?

I was hoping that someone with experience could tell me whether buying insurance through the Maryland offered program or through a direct insure such as united healthcare or blue cross blue shield would be the better deal. Looks like a 80/20 silver plan is about $205/month trough Maryland with a $1500 deductible. I'm hoping to find an affordable 90/10 plan or better. If you have any suggestions or know recommendations please let me know! I'm new to this health insurance stuff...

How do i find the cheapest car insurance ? can i go for 6 months rahter then 12 ?

i would insure 3 year old astra, my first car in uk, i have EU driving license for over 10 years""

Will my gf's car be taken away if I don't have any car insurance but I have my driver's lisence?

I am a young adult and I recently obtained my Driver's License last year on the day before Thanksgiving. After that, I have been driving my gf's car and was wondering what ...show more""

Car Insurance dilemma?

My boyfriend bought a car but placed it under my name because his credit was not good enough. I am on the title as the buyer and he is down as the cosigner. He makes all payments and he is the primary driver. I have a car of my own and my own insurance co. Do I have to be under his car insurance as well even if I have my own? Does it depend on the insurance agency? thanks for the help!

Switching insurance companies to get the car fixed?

The accident was not at my fault. Had a police report. Contacted both insurance companies. Got a rental car and check ($1500) from other party's insurance company (NJ Skylands) as decided to go through them. Brought the car to body shop and found out NJ Skylands wants to cheat and pay less. So I called my insurance company (State Farm) and reopened the claim to go through them. State Farm took deductible and issued a check for $1788. Body shop wants to get $2788 for repair. Can I still use that check for $1500 to cover the rest of expanses?

Insurance Question??????

hey i am a 17 year old female and i got my g2 a few days ago. i was wondering if anyone could tell me about how much insurance would cost for me if i was added as an occasional driver on my parents' insurance -we have two cars: 2005 toyota corolla and a 2009 mazda 3 -i have had no accidents/demerit points....my driving record is clean -my parents have no accidents, etc (idk if that helps) -i completed driving school and was certified for it -i only hve my g2""

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My father just bought a mercedez sl 500 convertible. Its a 2000. We got it on saturday. Call the insurance to transfer myself onto the car on monday. todays wednesday and still no word. How long will it take for them to rate the car and post me on the insurance?

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I'm currently 18 looking for the cheapest possible insurance on my car

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My car was taken to the compound on friday in the uk when the driver was found to have no insurance.....?

However i have got insurance and so when i go to the station to have the form stamped so i can go to the compound and collect my car back, The police tell me i have to produce my licence as well...problem is i cant find it.. so i go to dvla internet site and order form to get a new licence....But this can take 3 weeks to come back and unfortunately the car gets crushed in 2 weeks, But the law says i can continue driving even tho i havent got my licence card ...because i do have a licence but its been lost and im waiting on my new one coming.A Please dont answer if you are only speculating on what you think you know i havent got time to read brain dead answers from all you dick eds on here. Nor do i want your personal opinion on the situation as it is a Question.. put on a Question Board wanting an answer...Not a message board asking for your opinion so use the board as it should be used and stick to the rules...answer the question ...if you cant ...then dont waste my time and yours""

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Can I use medicaid as a secondary insurance?

Hello. I live in the state of florida. I just found out im still covered under my mother's health insurance because Im under 24 and I am a full time student. I also qualify for and have pregnancy medicaid, but I want to go to a doctor with my moms insurance because I used this specific doctor for my last pregnancy. My question is, could I still use my medicaid to cover my co-pays with this ob/gyn?I called the office and they said they could send the bills to medicaid for what my mom's insurance doesnt cover. I dont have a job and can't afford to pay the co-pays/lab fees/hopsital fees. thanks""

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yea just want to know.... and if so how much extra it will cost? thanks

Lower Home Insurance Quotes?

Would having a new roof, windows, garage door, updated kitchen. increase or decrease homeowner insurance quotes??""

Insurance on a 1.4 car for a 17 year old.?

I recently purchased a saxo furio and was wondering what the insurance would be like for a 17 year old with 0 NCB ect. I haven't passed my test yet and I'm 16 at the moment so cant get insurance quotes. Any ideas?

How do insurance companies insure replica cars?

i am looking to buy a replica lamborghini because i don't have an extra 200,000 dollars layin around. but i know that insurance is a ***** if you own a lambo. The one i am looking at has a bmw V12 engine. so would it be considered a bmw or...?""

In case of an accident where someone in a motorcycle is badly hurt will liability insurance cover?

Say there is an accident involving a motorcycle and a car. The person in the motorcycle is badly injured how much will liability insurance cover? The insurance would be from the person responsalbe for the accident this case the person in the car. Would there be a big difference if you have full cover isurance?

Will car insurance effects right away when you call them?

I just bought a car, well imma get it tomorrow I have Infinity Insurance (not the car brand) I will get my car tomorrow, I was wondering If I call them tomorrow when I get car, to add my new car to the insurance car list will the insurance effects right away or later, because I'm going to call them not talk to them in person thank you""

Health insurance question for California.?

I am sixteen and my mother is low income. Is there a state program for health insurance in California?

Cheap cars to insure at 18?

Im looking for some cheap cars to insure for an 18 year old. Stuff like 106 quicky's, gti's, corsa,punto,saxo,clio. Ive been wanting a clio williams but there very dear on insurance if u can give me a price for any of these cars from the top of your head it would help thanks.""

Who will give car insurance with a drivers permit?

My DL was suspended and I restored them today due to parking ticket but I have to start all over so I have a permit so who will give me car insurance with a permit need A.S.A.P

Can I drive my friend's car if I am NOT on their insurance?

In the state of OHIO, I want to know would I be able to drive a friend's car if I am NOT on their insurance, but I have my own insurance?""

How much is good car insurance for a uk driver?

I am looking around at car insurance comparison websites, and I want to know if the quotes I'm getting back are reasonable. How much would a reasonable monthly insurance payment be for a UK driver with more than 15yrs experience? Also, how much would it be if you added a newly qualified driver as secondary driver to that. The car is a 2006 Ford Galaxy. I know it depends on the other extras etc, but I just want to get a rough idea of what would be a reasonable amount to expect for this, on average.""

""Female, over 25, 9 years driving experience needs CHEAP CAR INSURANCE?""

Hi, my previous insurance was less than 350.00 for third party, fire and theft (in london). My new car is similar but I am getting quotes for 800+ for third party fire and theft. This is ridiculous. I am in my late twenties and have been driving almost 10 years. I would really appreciate names of small insurance brokers. 10 points.""

""Can i drive on indian driving licence,and how much the cost for first car insurance?""

i am a international student,i have two years visa.i am 23 years old""

What makes insurance rates for coupes higher than sedans?

Tell me how it is right that insurance companies charge young adult males more than female for car insurance?

The answer I seem to get is it can be statistically proven that males are more aggressive,speed and get into more accidents. That may be the case, but I am sure you can prove that a particular ethnicitiy gets into more accidents too, or that people with a particular eye color get into more accidents or that people with an IQ below 100 get into more accidents. So why don't they charge them more for car insurance too? You can say insurance companies have the right to charge more if an event is more likely to happen, like Earthquake insurance is more expensive in California than it is in Michigan. The difference there is that when you charge Californians more there, you are basing it on an uncontrollable act of nature that is almost certain to happen, but when you charge that male more for car insurance you are making judgements about a person's character, making assumptions about his future behavior and financially punishing him for it before he has even done anything. Tell me where I am wrong""

Should people be required to have health care coverage like they do for car insurance?

That way if someone's not covered the hospital can refuse to treat them just like a car insurance company can refuse to cover someone who didn't have coverage with them. Problem solved, no need for the gov to intervene. Only those over 65 years old should be allowed to apply for medicaid, all other working age bodies should buy it themselves especially if they can all afford monthly cell phone and internet bills and clothes and vacations and stuff.""

""I'm only a student & working part time, where can i get cheap car insurance...?""

I'm only working part time and i need to find a good insurance company, preferably one that won't charge me too much as i'm not earning a lot of money.""

Is it your own fault if you are in the USA and have no health insurance?

I am in the UK, and the impression I get is that many people in the USA blame the 46 million or so people in the USA who have no insurance for not having any. Is it your own fault if you have no health insurance?""

Where can I get cheap bike insurance?

I'm having trouble getting a decent quote for my ZX7R, due to my no claims being void becase I haven't ridden for 4 years. Can you help?""

How much should car insurance cost?

i am 17 and live in London. i have just passed my driving test and i'm looking for a car and insurance. i am not bothered about how bad the car is but i can't find insurance anywhere which i can afford. does anyone have advice?

Coordination of Insurance Benefits?

Our health insurance company thinks we have more than one insurance and they are denying our claims. We only have insurance through my husband's company and don't understand how they thought we are trying to pull a fast one. How do we prove that we only have ONE insurance? Thanks!

What is the cheapest insurance for a teenager?

I'm currently 18 looking for the cheapest possible insurance on my car

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/where-can-i-find-affordable-health-insurance-my-son-who-terry-raymond"

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What is “public domain” content exactly ? Public domain content is any published work or material that is no longer protected by copyright. These include images, books, articles, audio recordings, magazines, movies and more. And because they’re no longer copyrighted, you can tap into this content to profit, legally and ethically.

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