#shes a great teacher

[c-h-pictures]

Now that law is over, some of my favourite "my law teacher knows I'm an author and know random trivia facts" moments:

T: Chuuya, what do you think of when you read "occasioning"?

Me, not prepared for the game of word association I play when writing because I am not currently doing so: Uhh. Occasion.

T:

Me, brain doing the slowest word association it's ever done:.... Events... A wedding.

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Me: The language of the Offences Against the Person Act must be updated post haste.

T:

Me: Or forthwith.

T:

T: Are you doing that on purpose?

Me: Would the examiner find it funny?

T: Potentially.

Me: Then yes.

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(After we go to break) T: Are you actually going to say that in your exam?

Me: Should I not?

T: I think you should go for it. If you said no, I would have told you to do it.

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T: A good thing I don't see mentioned much when talking about the language is "actual". What synonyms do you all think of for actual?

T: Lyney?

Me, actually prepared this time: Tangible.

Class:

Me: Or real works too.

T: Can anyone think of a better word that would work in place of actual?

Me: Acute. That way they can keep the acronym.

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K: What's a listed building?

T: It's -

Me: I know!

Me: Sorry.

T: Alright, Chuuya. You can explain what a listed building is.

Me: A listing is a restriction on what you can and can't do to a building, there's different grades with different restrictions. Typically, it's stuff like you can't change the exterior, or interior, or you have to get permission before doing so. Town or guild halls are usually listed and you can't change the exterior -

K: What's a guild hall?

Me: Where farmers and tradesmen used to trade when markets were the primary source of everything. You can't change the exterior but can change the interior with permission which is why town halls always become art galleries. Something like York Minster is the highest listing and you can't change anything which is why there's a masonry on site so they can constantly repair and restore the building without risk of changing the design.

K: What's York Minster?

Me: It's... It's the biggest gothic.. cathedral in.. the country. I don't - I don't know what I'm supposed to...

T: K, at some point you have to look at the country's history yourself and stop relying on your classmates. Lyney, thank you for your explanation, does everyone understand what a listed building is now?

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T, reading a nuisance scenario: Chris owns a bird of prey centre.

Me: What species?

T:

Me: Some hawks, eagles, and falcons require registration to be owned, so if he's not got them registered, it would be breaking the law and could be considered a malicious act.

J: Who would go into their exam and know that?

Me: You want to be a barrister and you keep talking about that friend who's a lawyer. The registration requirement is from an act, so at some point I imagine it'll be relevant to a lawyer.

J: But why do you care?

T: It is actually a good point, because it could be relevant to the question, but let's see if it mentions the bird later in the scenario.

(Later in the scenario) T: Kevin attacked Amy's dog Steve. Kevin is a peregrine falcon. Kevin is not registered.

Me: *smug smile at J*

J: Why do they expect us to know that's necessary?

Me: Well, I imagine if it didn't matter, they wouldn't bother telling us. Also, it wouldn't attack a dog unless something had happened so it sounds more like Steve attacked Kevin first.

J: What is with you?

Me: If you'd prefer, I can not tell you anything and get a better answer than you because I know more.

[narwhalsarefalling]

my mother taught me to crochet when i was young. she was left handed, so she taught me how in the bathroom mirror so her hands would be in the right position.

she learned to crochet from her grandmother, who was right handed. her grandma was the one that originally used the bathroom mirror to teach her granddaughter properly.

i find something poetic about that. here in this bathroom mirror, through generations, we adapt to our young who have a different way of learning and interacting with the world

[2hoothoots]

been chatting with a friend who's playing through PN2 again and i want it to be known i will not hear anyone say a WORD about Hollis giving Raz a hard time at the beginning of the game. if anything she is OUTSTANDINGLY accommodating to this random ten-year-old who wandered in unattended off the plane in the middle of an extremely tense situation

[erinwantstowrite]

will peter be like an older brother to miles in lof ?

absolutely he is

there's about an 11 year difference between them (Miles is 14, Peter is 25), so it's a lot more like the older brother type of relationship that Peter has with Tim (despite Tim being his uncle). Peter has mentored(ish) other young heroes by this point (mostly in the Bats' universe) but since Miles is another Spider-Man, Peter takes up most of the responsibility in making sure Miles is safe and teaching him the ropes. That's HIS sassy child genius, thank you, and he's not a sidekick, he's Spider-Man.

He was also adamant that Miles tell his parents immediately, and gets along great with Rio and Jeff.

Which is HILARIOUS to me because at this point in time, Peter has built up a persona for the public eye just like the Bats did. In Rio and Jeff's eyes, they're gobsmacked that the clumsy, scatterbrained, and "scaredy-cat" kid that Tony Stark adopted a while ago is Spider-Man. (Technically, none of this is a lie. Because Peter is a terrible liar unless it's For the Jokes, and often comes across this way even if he hadn't meant to.) They're wondering how he pulled that off since he's the same age as Spider-Man, who is known to be an Avenger, and associates in the same circles as Peter. It helps that Peter and Spider-Man have been in a social media war, and that Peter works at the Daily Bugle that is known for disliking Spider-Man. Peter's been taking lessons for years atp to keep his identity safe. Which is also bonus points to Peter, because the two can tell that secret identities mean everything to him, but he told them who he was in a heartbeat (literally the very first thing he did when he found Miles).

In other words: Peter was ecstatic to become a teacher for his own matching superhero kid and it's one of the most important bonds in his life. That's his baby brother now!!

[poirott]

Geraldine McEwan as Miss Marple

AGATHA CHRISTIE'S MARPLE (2004 - 2013) → Season 1

[good-advice-ganondorf]

any advice for those of us returning to school?

[bibxrbie]

One Star Wars headcannon you will have to pry from my cold hands, is that Luke absolutely made Leia carry him on her back when she decided to pursue Force training.

[hazellevessque]

MET SOMEBODY WITH A HYPERFIXATION ON SOLANGELO TODAY GOD BLESS

[iloveacronix]

This is all I got💔💔

[suja-janee]

LISTEN, some MK11 men are kinda fine-

Nah trust me I know, I have a preference for the mk11 kuai liang over the mk1 version

[gelatinous-globster]

Globby and that cat get off to a rough start in s1e3 "Big Roommates 2", but by s2e16 "The Globby Within" they seem to get along just fine, so I like to think there was some behind-the-scenes development there :)

[39tn39]

An angel!

I watched the entirety of GTO if you didn't know.

[melveres]

wizzy was down for maintenance so I drew my Young Wizard while I (impatiently) waited

[greenerteacups]

Hermione, in both canon and often in fanon, seems to have predominately male friendships and kind of difficult time building strong relationships with women (Lavender, Fleur, etc.). Even initially with Luna, Hermione was particularly skeptical and had a rocky start.

What's your theory on why this is?

Hermione, especially in the early books, is written by an author who treats her unfemininity as a quality that makes her different from, and superior to, other girls. Hermione is self-serious, intellectual, and decisive, which are classically masculine virtues, which Hermione (and the author) are aware of; and so Hermione eschews femininity in any number of ways. The other girls at Hogwarts, meanwhile, with the exception of Ginny, are often portrayed as shallow, vapid, flirty (count the number of times Lavender or Parvati "giggles" or goes "oooh"), hyperemotional, and boy-obsessed. Meanwhile, Hermione is intense, driven, and oblivious to other people's feelings — in many respects "boyish." Not until the later books, when both the characters and their writing starts to mature, is humanity offered to people like Cho Chang or Fleur Delacour — and even then, Lavender's arc in sixth year is this remarkably mean subplot where a sixteen-year-old girl becomes the butt of endless jokes because she has the audacity to... act silly around her crush. (If you think "Won-Won" is a bad nickname, you need to go see what actual teens in relationships call each other, because I'm telling you, Ron has it easy.)

The narrative wants you to know that Hermione is special, and her specialness is underscored by her difference from other women. In canon, she buys into that specialness, which leads to a degree of disdain for other girls that's fueled by a superiority complex and internalized misogyny. I say this as someone who adores her, and adores her in her complexity: Hermione has trouble forming friendships with women because she believes that she is Not Like Other Girls, and her author agrees with her.

[housederiva]

I’m at the game awards rn???? Hello???

[ravenlilyrose]

One of my absolute favorite Gotham vigilante/rogue dynamics is when it's like:

Rogue helps Robin with his homework while holding him hostage.