#I'm an English teacher guys

[my-last-brain-cell-is-socrates]

So, after whining about the New Republic officers' dress uniform here, I decided to give Jaina Jedi robes as well

Jaina and Jacen Solo || Survivors

(The drawing is supposed to depict the two of them shortly after the end of the Yuuzhan Vong war)

#star wars #star wars legends #star wars eu #jacen solo #jaina solo #new jedi order #oh look #another sketch I'll never get to finish #don't mind the background #I'm an English teacher guys #my desk is always downing in assignment papers #stuff i made #my art

[bugsbenefit]

cannot begin to explain how badly i was just jumpscared by finn wolfhard on the living room tv, questionable german dub and all, with some interview for his new ghostbusters movie that's coming out tomorrow apparently, i was literally just watching a movie with my parents. i know the man has a career or whatever but people from my tumblr gifs should not be allowed to show up during prime time commercials, this is an even worse colliding of worlds than when my local radio jockey started fangirling about joe keery and interrupted a hit count down to play his music

#living in a non english speaking country it's so jarring whenever international celebrity culture leaks through when i'm offline #bc there's only small local celebrities to meet on the streets #and unless you're watching a celebrity gossip show you're not seeing interviews with bigger celebs #this is the first time i've Ever seen a bts interview with an actor as a promo commercial but okay go off ig good for him #extreme jumpscare though #this is like seeing your teacher at the store but it's guy who plays blorbo form the shows on the family tv #(also the joe keery jockey is still going on about him. keeps gushing about him too. he's playing him every other day alkdfjlakjfd)

[julictcapulet]

sometimes i think about how so many people have decided to base their entire personalities around their teenage years and it’s honestly so tiring at this point. “i don’t read the classics because high school english class traumatized me by forcing me to read books that i couldn’t understand” there are so many issues with the education system, but saying that it was traumatizing for you so you decided to swear off anything even remotely difficult to engage with and only settle for things that provide easy to digest entertainment in the name of “healing” when you’re in your 20s........you’ve got bigger problems that you need to address.

#anti intellectualism #tiktok #books #media criticism #media literacy #xoxo gossip belle #i'm sorry like i didn't understand math when i was in class so you know what i did when i got home? i practiced #like if a teacher isn't doing a good job at teaching you something 100% it's shitty but #1) maybe try developing some of those skills on your own #2) if you did try and develop those skills at all you wouldn't be sitting here at your big age of 25 saying 'hs english traumatized me' #3) sometimes the teacher did do a good job. you guys were just stupid

[insecateur]

thinking about him a lot these days so here's an alexander mahone doodles dump from when i did my rewatch back in january 2021

#alexander mahone #paul kellerman #prison break #samart #my wet little meow meow who made me trans </3 #first one is a redraw of a very old piece of fanart i did back when i first was in my prison break era #it is so funny to me. that the one fictional live action character who's stood the test of time in my heart. #is this guy. from PRISON BREAK. #my english teacher had no idea what she was going to do to my brain when she showed that clip from season 2 for us to study in class #she's the one who transed me actually. without her knowledge. #anyway i'm done rambling. shout-out to my little guy. he's sopping wet and very sick.

[hunsa-jars]

Aaaa hi hello howdy everyone! The chaos died down so expect the usual screeching tonight

#random squeak #the school year ending ceremony starts in 30 minutes so i have nothing better to do #funny thing is that i don't even have to be here (graduates already had this on their last exam day) #my english teacher insisted because the principal MIGHT mention the project i was part of #honestly i'm okay with it #can't wait to see the show #and like this is the last time i'm gonna wear this frickin uniform so why not :''') let's end it properly #oof i hope you guys are ready for the uncontrollable and unapologetic fnaf fixating that i've been rotating in my whole being #THE TRAILER THE TRAILER THE TRAILER 😭😭😭😭 #I'M NOT OKAY #also i'm planning to watch across the spiderverse this week that will destroy me i can feel it #hope i didn't miss too much moomtual shenanigans- i swear i didn't mean to stay away for this long

[indecisive-v]

i've heard many a crazy college story that made me think college would be at least a little fun, enough to ensure i still care and my brain isn't drifting off into outer space, but i'm nearing the end of my first semester and rereading a list of quotes from my senior year of high school and it's making me realize that year may have raised the bar a little too high

#i need more teachers like the english 12 teacher and accounting teacher from my high school. those guys were peak #the vague familiarity i had with most of the students was probably also a big help though #like. even if we rarely talked we at least had gotten used to each other due to having to be in the same room as each other for years #so we could find it in ourselves to talk #but now i'm at square zero again and my confidence is falling #but also. maybe that's just my brain being stupid because it's past 10 pm lol

[professionalowl]

not reblogging the post because i know it's a flawed test (and infuriatingly poorly worded to wit) but the RAADS-R autism test is going around again and i got an 87, which is i think what i got the last time i took it and also tracks - i'm personally pretty certain that i'm not autistic, but (autistic) friends of mine have historically been split on the issue because apparently i 'act' like an autistic person and they're often surprised when i say i'm actually not

#my *closest* friends tend to think i'm not but - to quote one guy - '[i'm] very smart and smart ppl tend to have traits that overlap' #which is an interesting assessment (he's autistic tb clear) and i think i know where it's coming from #i'm very direct with comments; i often have trouble with empathy; i'm clever (or y'know 'clever' for a given value of the word); #i don't feel emotions particularly strongly - or immediately - and this comes across in my speech #which i've been told can come off as detached/disaffected/uncaring even when it's not trying to be; #i'm apparently quite difficult to read sometimes? or come off as intimidating per neutral expression; #uh. one time an english teacher told me that i'd taught her to 'think more logically' whatever the fuck that means; #these are i think stereotypical autistic 'smart guy' traits which do not actually map on to the majority of autistic people afaik #at least not as a package or all expressed the same way - but in this case i think it's a category error #interesting food for thought nonetheless. i spend some time thinking about it because people do ask me occasionally #and the general autistic mileu of tumblr.com has actually helped me be nicer to myself about those traits #(as well as check myself abt other people; i'm not going to pretend to be some kind of saintly autistic whisperer or w/e) #considered going back and taking the test with the 'most generous' and then the 'least generous' answers and comparing them #but i can't be bothered. add a button for 'in specific situations' or die by my hand #i WILL say that some of said autistic friends who were surprised to find out i wasn't #expressly thought i WAS because they drew a correlation between their behaviour and my own #so it's not just 'people are misreading me because of stereotypes about how autistic people act' although i do think that can be an element #let me know if this post is weird or w/e it is literally just speculating on myself and how people perceive me #as a consequence of tending to occupy circles otherwise occupied largely by neurodivergent people #('fandom' and 'archaeology and anthropology')

[vilelittlecritter]

You people are assholes and cruel I should have never fuckin said how old I am now go to hell.

I have had to endure the most strenuous types of bullying that shall leave scars on my psyche for the rest of my life

I hope you disgusting ruffians are pleased with your efforts to torment me as they have worked to high affect

I shall never doze away to escape from the troubling thoughts now plaguing my mind from this horrendous bullying

#man im tired as shit #i should have been asleep like two hours ago. #oh fuck i need to start studying for my exams so i can actually get out of school... #its not that bad. im only sitting two exams as i know because my school is basically just giving me the bare minimum to get me to fuck off #and its art and english. two subjects i love and that I'm good at #aswell as my art teacher is really cool and has been helping me with all my other work and has posted a bunch of stuff to help revise #hes cool i really like him #he can be a bit harsh but its because he wants to see you improve and hes stressed like 24/7 #he is genuinely such a cool guy #anyway night you fucking fucks #also if you somehoe couldnt gather i am joking about me being upset. i couldn't care less #honestly i find it funny seeing other people realise how old i am

[valkyrietookmoved]

I'm so right all the time I love being told that I am right <- just got the project involving translation back and has full marks so it's running high on happy chemicals

#utter rambling #I'm so right all the time guys trust my suggestion for translations are good #(this was english to soanish but like still I'm so right about everything) #please ignore me i really enjoy being told I am right when it cimes to this my head will calm down eventually #until then everyone should bow down to my skills because the teacher also had to see literally everyone elses tranlations before mine #which could have influenced his correction by seeing better ones or ones that he agrees with more #but he still gave me full marks so euther everyone else was good and I'm on oar with them #or they were worse than me or mine were that much better accroding to his taste #anyway I'm very happy and I've been feeling like shit the whole day so this is getting to me but I don't care<3 #I'll be normal again tomorrow

[a-passing-storm]

5, 7, and 8 <333

AH! Thank you for the ask! :D I'm going to assume that it's for the trans ask game.

5 - What is your favourite part about being trans?

I like that I can more or less do whatever I want when it comes to my presentation and pronouns. I have a very, very long name list that's a little over 130 names. I have a few neopronoun sets. I also, in addition to my name list, have a list of epithets for myself. It's really fun! The epithets can come off as a little pretentious, but what I like about being trans is that I don't really take my gender too seriously. The Herald of Fall enjoys hoarding dice and making bad puns. It's silly. It's so fun and freeing to not be constrained to binary gender norms, but also just to other social norms, like... I dunno not having epithets for yourself.

7 - What is a specific positive memory related to you being trans?

Shoutout to my freshman English teacher, I guess, and also my Latin teacher.

Freshman year was the first time I was out as trans at school, and I really had no clue what to expect from teachers regarding that. I didn't know if they would be respectful of my pronouns or name, if they'd be dismissive of me, or if they'd be receptive—and to what extent. Should I expect my teachers to accommodate my changing pronoun sets?

Cut to my English teacher! The first day of school, along with all the standard Getting To Know New Students questions on a Google Form, he asked us about our pronouns and preferred name. Most of my teachers asked about pronouns to some extent, I think, but after class, since I had put something along the lines of "he/they, but it switches around," my teacher asked me specifically if he should alternate between pronouns, pick a set to use for a day, etc.. I told him that I was genderfluid, and my preferred pronouns switched around kind of arbitrarily. I was probably a little apologetic about it, like "oh you can just pick a set I know switching pronouns can be a hassle" or something like that, but my English teacher told me that I could just let him know when it changed, and it wasn't a hassle at all.

I guess on the Where The World Ideally Should Be spectrum, it wasn't a big deal, but it really helped set the tone for my expectations from teachers. I got that, hey, this guy was respectful of my pronouns, so all of my other teachers can and should be, too. And I'm still really appreciative that he went out of his way to make sure he was using the best pronoun set for me at any given time.

I actually mentioned how impactful that whole experience was for me at the end of the year, and he said that he still remembered one time on the first day of school that he used the wrong name for me and he still felt bad about it. To be honest, this still amuses me to this day. Usually, the axe forgets but the tree remembers and all that, but I genuinely had no recollection of it (also it was the first day of school he was probably going off the attendance sheet) and I think it's a little funny that he did.

I feel like that's a very long story, so I shan't go into the Latin teacher stories too much, but I will say that I only had that English teacher for one semester, and I've had my Latin teacher for four. I have so many cool stories from my Latin teacher being ally as hell.

8 - What is something you wish to tell cis people about being trans (in general or specific to you)?

HAVE FUN WITH YOUR GENDER!!! YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE TRANS TO CHANGE YOUR NAME!!! YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE TRANS TO DRESS IN A GENDER NON CONFORMING WAY!!! DO YOU LIKE THAT DRESS, MR. DUDE??? WEAR IT!!! HAVE FUN WITH IT!!! I guess this doesn't strictly have to do with being trans, but it's something that I feel like cis people should be told, and I'm in a position to tell them, being trans and all.

#ask tag #dante dicit #trans #transgender #long post #i'm sorry you guys send me asks and i write essays #my latin teacher #my english teacher doesn't have a tag :( rip #<- if i ever mention him on this blog again that's his tag now #positive #all caps

[saltedsolenoid]

i will never forgive my english teacher for making two timed writings essential to pass the class

#bastard WHAT IF THEY AREN'T THERE #WHAT IF THEY (i) HAVE A DISABILITY MAKING IT SO THEY CAN'T TYPE AS FAST #DIPSHIT #sorry #you're a very nice guy english teacher #but. grrrrerrrrrr #YOU'RE THE REASON I'M GETTING KICKED OUT OF HONORS ASSHOLE

[kachulein]

Sometimes I remember that in school choir, vocal group, and vocal lessons, I've sung songs in English, German, Swiss German, French, Italian, Latin, Spanish, Afrikaans, and Swedish and it frankly speaking makes my mind explode🤡

#i still remember how i sat there with my vocal teacher with this swedish song in front of me #and i was like 'so wait am i supposed to sing that?' #and she first had to go over the pronunciation with me and i had absolutely no idea what i'm doing #and to this day i hope i did an okay job singing it because i had no clue😭 #and our choir teacher always giving us songs in afrikaans because he speaks the language and is often in africa #and all of us just following after him hoping we're pronouncing it correctly #i also remember how my vocal teacher had to write a pronunciation guide into my english songs when i was a kid #because i didn't speak english back then and had no idea how to pronounce the words correctly #oh man you guys that as something else🤡 #kachu rambles

[timehascomeagain]

im about to start fucking crying over brighton rock by graham greene this shit is HORRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! STupid school book for REAL. What the fuck is “The soured false age, the concentrated and limited experience of the Brighton slum drained out of him. He wished he had Cubitt there and Dallow. There was too much to tackle by himself at seventeen. It wasn’t only Spicer. He had started something on Whit Monday which had no end.” I will KILL YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#i am getting so overwhelmed by this book. i can feel it in my gut #like i've entered this era where i'm so easily overstimulated by enjoying a book it's actually horrible like i can't just appreciate it i #literally shut down and have to close the book bc my brain firing so much so fast is too overwhelming for me #i need to delete tiktok and stop watching films and stop listening to music except on my mp3&cd players and chill out and then I will be Ok. #i want to talk to my english teacher about pinkie but idek what i'd say. i just need to tell someone how moving i'm finding him as a #character and i dont even know what it is. there's just something so compelling about him like the intensity of his every feeling and #the amplification of each emotion to something bigger than all comprehension. Dies #Like i literally keep opening winesburg ohio which is such a lame book to get overwhelmed by but the last time i picked it up there was such #a beautiful passage and i didnt know how to deal with it so i just had to speed through the rest of the chapter and put it down and like #open tiktok like it was HORRRIIIBBLBLLEEE #i think the pinkie thing is the kaz brekker effect tbh. He's like if kaz was like an actual misogynist who was actually kind of a horrible #person. Do you guys remember when kaz was like I cant be no superhuman but for you Inej i'll be superhuman

[theloveinc]

read so many books as a kid that i basically taught myself how to write... and now i always run into the exact same problem in every single writing class i’m ever in, which is that.... i genuinely want someone to pLEASE teach me how to write using a formula😔😔😔😔😔😔😔and no one ever will :((( 

like... i don’t wanna write conceptual, interesting, thematic, literary short stories ... i wanna write janet evanovich style harlequin fanfictions. that’s IT. 

#im dead*ss serious too #*deep voice* F*CK GOOD WRITING #i literally begged my english teacher situationship guy to give me rules to follow #and he was like 'mmmm no u gotta learn to write freely now' #and i was like *scream* I ALREADY DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO #like please just teach me how to write long fanfictions someone please #and my current fiction writing prof said the same thing and i was so smh #can i just turn in a fanfic and call it ironic or purposelly over exaggerated #purposefully* #PLEASE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING EVEN IF THE STORY IS GOOD #and i just bring this up bc when ppl are like 'i sat down and wrote 1k words in one hour :p' i'm like #*stressed meme bloodshot eyes* #you mean you don't labor over every single word to the point of insanity? #SWEATING #like i admire that (speed) so much ' #but it was interesting to me to find out this is why genre writing is so difficult for me #cuz my style is literary #but why wont they teach me anything else #where are the romance classes #also it means i can't write academically at all but ppl think i can #and im just like. haha. no #caitie blabs

[thelastsirenssong]

I love y'all fr and I'm chill asf but just know if you're under 20 following my page thinking bc I'm chill that I'm gonna let it slide? This isn't the blog for that.

#baby I'm a Bakugou stan what isn't clicking LMAO #like super respectfully yk but it's clearly in my pinned and in my rules #I don't play about my comfort on my blog fr #just an fyi #especially the like adults under 20 like guys I know you're... 'grown' LMAO BUT #my rules are still my rules. if you can read well enough to enjoy the writing you can read well enough to understand my rules #AND AGAIN I mean that so respectfully #hearing in the distance the 'ur an mha fan' shit I can already hear it #do me a favor look at my age in bio and then see how old the show is. yeah. thanks #like in my mind Bakugou grew with me and struggles with shaving his patchy ass beard LMAO that's a GROWN man #anyway I'm rambling #have a nice night ily #woulda been an english teacher if I wanted to teach you mfs how to read #I digress though this time fr #is.... this too mean #eh read my first tag I'm going to bed LMAO

[none-ofthisnonsense]

dreamt i got asked out for some reason?? and it was in my primary school library? and with my whole Terminale class (including the English teacher) there?

#apparently within the dream it was after a party we'd all gone to #where [the guy who asked me out] expressed interest in dating me? we're already friends btw #and for some reason the English teacher was teasing him about it (i was in the room) #and he asked me out to go see “a planet that ends with an h”? and he meant a sci-fi movie? #anyway weird dream #also I'm aroace which makes it even weirder because i have No interest