#so gotta set up classes for that

[flickeringflame216]

blessings roll call! add on in the tags if you so wish <3

[feline-evil]

Never gonna be over how unutterably pathetic and in dire need of ANY kind of companionship or friendship that doesn't revolve around their band the entirety of dethklok are. I love these horrible idiots who are so devoid of any real connections outside of themselves that they will latch onto anyone unfortunate enough to get too close to any one of them! And GOD help anyone they latch onto!!

[casualfr1days]

Me because I just finished the demon school anime

[omanu]

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[widevibratobitch]

i hate my uni sm lol i dont want to be heeeeere let me out let me out

[appleonjust-ice]

putting kasane teto into my computer science homework because literally nobody will stop me<3

[skxrbrand]

[sk2lton]

we have a guest speaker in math class to talk to us about coping w stress as if this class isn’t the reason i felt like shitting myself this morning😭😭

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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[carbonateddelusion]

socializing can be fun sometimes but it has never stopped being stressful JEHKSBSJSJS

[cartelheir]

some quick facts about pat in the  runaway verse  because it’s one of my faves:

she moves in with her brother matteo initially,  taking advantage of the fact that it’s not common knowledge that they’re siblings so no one comes looking for her there.   in her canon that’s new york,  but that can obviously be changed for plot convenience.   she has enough money to go much farther and it crosses her mind to do so,  but she needed some familial support.

cuts her hair short,  hates  it with a passion for the first couple of months before she gets used to it.

is overall having a big existential crisis,  which is to be expected after losing her job,  her family,  her friends,  her home,  and all her purpose in life basically.

has a ragdoll cat named patrick.

does a few gigs as a pianist at fancy bars and restaurants,  not because she needs the money,  but because she needed a distraction and performing makes her happy.

eventually she misses the life of crime and gets in touch with a former associate in new york,  who’s happy to have her as arm candy at parties and events.   this helps her meet new criminals and slowly build herself a new network.

the prize on her head in mexico is ten million dollars  ( too little in her opinion ),  so she’s careful about her identity and lives under a fake name:  sofia brancato.

[karomiiz]

i literally just want to get into graduate schooolllllllll

[hardyorange]

my students who are struggling in my math class are also the ones struggling with not just media literacy but literacy in general

considering the material you were given, what questions are being asked about the material, and how you might approach the material to justify reaching a particular conclusion are all steps in solving math problems AND in being critical of media

maybe, as adults, we could finally stop pitting school subjects against each other, and instead recognize that the devaluation of any one subject ultimately serves as justification for underfunding or eliminating public education as a whole?

Having media literacy is more important than being good at math prove me wrong

[arodrwho]

octavia butler GOOD

[catstar91]

hey i saw your tags!! they make clear vertical holders to showcase both sides of an image!! this ones on amazon listed as a "Azar 152726 4-Inch by 6-Inch Vertical Double-Sided Stand Up Sign Holder, 10 Count" which is SUCH a long name but lajfadfa i immediately thought of these and got excited about your dp keychains note lmao <3

Oh my god, thank you! I didn’t even consider this before! I’ll look into getting one then!

[teaboot]

This is gonna sound rather conceited but I feel like it highlights an issue we have in Art.

I'm good at art. I've never had a hard time making art. I started using crayons before I could walk. Painting, Beadwork, sculpture, sketching, stippling, whatever- once I have a feel for the material, it doesn't take long to start doing what I want with it. It's been a common theme my whole life.

(Y contrast I'm awful at things like dancing, performance, sports, etc- in all things there is balance, right?)

Now, I've taught myself to use so many artistic mediums now that I KNOW how to most efficiently integrate them into the brain database. Once you really *understand* a material, it's much like memorizing the layout of your house, or flexing a muscle, or something in-between- it becomes PART of your brain in a way I cant quite articulate. But to get there involves just fucking around for a bit doing nothing in particular.

And I've found, especially in group settings, that nobody seems to be able to see you make something badly and leave you alone. Even if you say you're fine, you don't want help, you're happy, you're having fun, it's fine, they gotta ride your ass and hover.

I was at a class the other day for something I hadn't done before. The medium was one I've never used, so once the instructor told us the basics I started experimenting with weight, gravity, texture, viscosity, saturation, temperature, etc. The instructor had given enough info to know what was dangerous and what was safe, and beyond that I just wanted to absorb what I could about it.

And no insult to the instructor, but they kept checking in. Which was fine the first few times.

But then, without asking me what I was trying to do, started giving tips. That I told them I was grateful for but didn't really need just yet. If I had a question, I'd ask.

But they kept coming over. And touching my shit. And manipulating my project. And touching my hands. And using my tools. Without fucking asking.

And this happens every time. EVERY TIME. And by now I know the best way to get them to fuck off is to make something way beyond their expectations so they know I'm capable, then go back to doing what I want.

So I did. I wanted to keep having fun and learning, but instead I made something beautiful that I really didn't want to make, and wasted my time, and really didn't learn what I wanted to learn at all. I knew the formula to create a beautiful thing, so I followed that formula the same way I have a hundred times before, and didn't get to try anything spontaneous or ugly or exciting, just so I could be left alone.

And I know when I was a kid, I was aware aware people saw me puttering alone on something ugly assumed I had a special issue and treated me like I was stupid because of that. (I was neurodivergent.) And at at time I knew that I could do a neat trick for them like a trained pony and they'd go, "Oh, surely they aren't defective if they can do something like that!" And piss off.

But what if I hadn't known how to do that?

What if I hadn't been talented, or "special"?

What if I'd been just any other average kid trying to learn, and I couldn't pop something pretty out of my ass to get them off my back?

My problem my whole life has been that I haven't been allowed to make anything ugly in peace. I'm capable of beauty, so I have to make beauty, or get stepped on. And once people see what I can do, they get loud about it. "Look at this! Look what they did! We all know who the best is, don't we?". And that used to feel good, but it's tiring.

And how many people like me just wanted to play? Just wanted to have fun and experiment? Who were having fun with no goal in mind, or just took longer to learn, who gave up because of all the obnoxious helpers breathing down their neck with no way to shake them off?

How many of us are made to feel defective because we aren't doing things beautifully?

I have a lovely piece of art I didn't want to make.

I think I'm gonna frame it.*

(*I think I'm gonna burn it in my yard.)