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that comment about how you should not borrow grief from the future has saved me multiple times from spiraling into an inescapable state of anxiety. like every time i find myself thinking about how something in the future could go wrong i remember that comment and i think to myself: well i never know, it might get better. it might not even happen the way i think it will and if it does happen and it is sad and bad ill be sad about it then, when it happens. and it’s somehow soo freeing

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Today, Benjamin Lee Whorf would have turned 127.

Here a podcast on the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. Enjoy!

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id: screenshots from twitter thread by @shirilevari on common phonemes in swear words, linked here. the linked paper at the bottom is here. /end id

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So I officially whiffed my PhD apps this year. Didn't make it off the wait-list. I'm really bummed but after a couple days of mourning that effort, I'm starting to try and put together some plans for the next year.

I have a position teaching a class in my field at a community college this fall, which is good experience even though the pay isn't great. I'm going to spend the year networking, trying to do some independent research, and looking for more professional experience before I start applying again in the fall, hopefully to better results.

Sigh.

#studyblr #gradblr #linguistics

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i don't know who needs to hear this, but guilt, self-hatred and shame are not sustainable sources of growth and healing. you can't hate yourself into feeling better, or being better. you can't repeatedly punish yourself for your flawed humanity and expect wholesome results.

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I've been meaning to post this for a while now. It is aimed at language teachers, specifically if you're an English teacher as a foreign and/or second language. I found these resources here and you can find more articles and ppt presentations on the same website. I hope this is helpful for you! :)

Teaching Grammar for Communicative Competence

Understanding and Teaching Generation Y

Formative Assessment Strategies for the Student-Centered Classroom

Using Visible Thinking Routines in the Language Classroom

Meeting EFL Learners Halfway by Using Locally Relevant Authentic Materials

Minimizing the Chaos through Cooperative Classroom Management

Task-Based Reading Activities Using Authentic Materials and Skills

Drama-Based Activities to Improve Student Confidence and Motivation

Language Teaching through Critical Thinking and Self-Awareness

Encouraging Critical Reading in the EFL Classroom

Developing Grammar Proficiency Through Communicative Activities

Promoting Gender Equality in the English Language Classroom

Strategic Corrective Feedback in the EFL Classroom

Brain-based Strategies and Critical Thinking to Maximize Vocabulary Acquisition

Student-Centered Teaching in Large Classes with Limited Resources

Developing Teacher Leadership Skills

Climate Change Communication and English Language Teaching

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WHOA

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Linear Progress

I want to take a minute to reflect on what my path through academia has been, where I am now, and where I want to go.

I got good grades in high school, did my extracurriculars, scraped through to graduation despite missing a lot of school due to ED/depression.

I got accepted to a really prestigious college, which I had to drop out of before the end of my first semester due to ED/mental health issues.

Still believed I wanted to go to college, applied to colleges closer to home where my support network was. Screwed up my application and wasn't considered anywhere.

Took a single class at a nearby university to prove to myself I was still capable of learning.

Went to a nearby college half-time that happened to have a really strong program for my major. Fell in love with the college, applied, and got in.

I had a great time in undergrad! Worked to support myself, got all As, studied abroad but got sent home during COVID, graduated with a 100-page honors thesis under my belt.

Took a year off to take the GRE and apply to PhD programs. 9 total. Did great on the GRE because I'm a good test taker.

Rejected everywhere I applied. Managed to talk to the department of one university and finagled myself into their master's program for the coming fall.

Finished my master's in 3 semesters with a 4.0 while working to pay for school and rent, in a city where rent alone was over 60% of my income.

I could have applied for a PhD at that school during my first semester, but my adviser told me to hold off a year and use that extra experience to qualify myself for more prestigious PhD programs, since I want to be a professor.

I followed the advice, finished my master's, applied to PhD programs again. 7 total.

Rejected everywhere. Wait listed at my masters institution and waiting to hear back. Looking for research positions in the meantime so I can boost my resume and get myself out of the soul-crushing job I'm working now.

I still want to keep trying to get into a PhD program. All I want to do is spend my life researching and teaching what I am passionate about, within a community of like-minded people.

I'm still sitting with the grief of not having my next 5 years secured via a PhD program admission - not knowing where I'll live, where my health insurance will come from, where my paychecks will come from, or how I can improve my candidacy from here.

None of this can go in a PhD application essay. They don't care if my therapist told me I can persevere. I feel like it should matter at least a little bit, though.

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ok, this is amazing. I found a great site with short stories in 34 languages!

"WorldStories is a growing collection of stories from around the world. The collection includes retold traditional tales and new short stories in the languages most spoken by UK children.

We are adding new stories, translations, pictures and sound recordings every week. So keep coming back to enjoy new content!"

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Beware!

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the parasocial relationship between you and the guy whose article you cite the most in your paper

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shout out to everyone who participated in the january-february mass depressive episode

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these two months of 2024 have been five years respectively

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I was today years old when I realized "Acronym" stood for "Anyone Can Rationalize Obvious Nonsense You Moron"

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"We imagine that when we are thrown out of our accustomed grooves that all is lost, but it is only then that what is new and good begins. While there is life there is happiness. There is much, so much before us."

-- Pierre Bezukhov in "War and Peace,"

by Leo Tolstoy

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