#day forty eight

[187days]

Day Forty-Eight

The quarter ended today! That went by really fast!

As a thank-you, our admins bought coffee and breakfast treats, which was nice. I started the day by grabbing some from the main office. Then I went about cleaning my classroom, making photocopies, grading work as it came in, all of that.

When my first Global Studies students arrived, I took attendance and got them ready to finish the video about that hajj they'd started watching yesterday, but then Mrs. R came over to cover for me while I went to a meeting.

The meeting was heavy, but mercifully short.

I returned to my classroom before the bell, and did my best to shake it off. By that time, my students had finished the video and moved on to an assignment about how Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have impacted different aspects of culture. That went incredibly well in all four sections of the class, and it's especially fun because one of the questions in the assignment uses a picture of my older brother (showing terrible manners while deployed to Iraq because he didn't know any better). Students always like that.

In APGOV, we discussed the Bill of Rights because the SCOTUS cases they're learning about in this unit are all related to civil liberties. Initially, students did have many questions, but the more we discussed, the more they asked, which was cool. When we got into looking at specific cases, I started off by introducing them to Tinker v. Des Moines with a couple video clips from PBS and the ACLU. Then I had them read the Oyez explainer about that case and six other cases: Engel v. Vitale, Wisconsin v. Yoder, Schenck v. United States, Gideon v. Wainwright, New York Times Company v. United States, and Mcdonald v. Chicago. More lessons involving those next week.

I went bounding through the halls at 2:40 to get my cacophonous friends because we'd made plans for celebratory pizza and stuff since we all survived a quarter. Some of the newbies joined us, but not Mr. C, so he and I will have words on Monday. This job is way easier if you have back-up, and if you have fun together, rather than working too late at your desk and then going home.

#teaching #edublr #teachblr #education #high school #teacher #social studies #court madness #Mrs. R #Mr. C #the cacophony #day forty eight

[figtreeandvine]

A teacher at a Montessori school once described his first week as a teaching intern:

He showed up and they said, "Great! Build us a bookshelf." "But I'm here to teach." "Yeah, we know. Build a bookshelf for the 8-year-old class." "But..." "Trust us."

Two days later he was taking five kids on a field trip to the hardware store...and teaching them how to measure, add fractions, what a right angle is, and the "magic" of the Pythagorean Theorem. At the end of the week those kids knew that math underpins the world on a very real level. And they had a new bookshelf.

#children #education #montessori #That was the school I went to from age three to eight #I started the second term the school was in existence #I was visiting the school in my forties #it was wild listening to teachers talk about the “early days of the school”...that were after my time

[all-of-the-good-ones-are-taken]

Try | from The Lightning Thief (Bonus, cut) (2019)

#try #the lightning thief #percy jackson #the lightning thief the percy jackson musical #the lightning thief (original cast recording) deluxe edition (2019) #2019 #rob rokicki #chris mccarrell #kristin stokes #jorrel javier #the lightning theif musical #percy jackson musical #music #song of the day #i may fail you #two thousand four hundred forty eight miles

[dendrochronologies]

the number of books i am asking myself to read before term is astronomical. my friend gave me ANOTHER book last night because we were chatting about her home library and i saw it and GASPED because it was exactly what i've been researching, and then i found out i wasn't getting any results for carolyn merchant's books in the library catalogue because i was misspelling her name, but now that i've found her i have THREE MORE books reserved, and i still have NINE at home and EIGHT on libby that i haven't even STARTED yet, and term starts in nine days, and there are atill a bunch of documentaries i haven't seen, and WHY CAN'T I READ AND ENJOY AND LEARN THINGS FASTERRRRR

#today was a good day to spend with poetry BUT I HAVE SO MUCH LEFT TO DO + IM BACK AT WORK FULL TIME IN FORTY-EIGHT HOURS GOD HELP ME

[arkitecthaizara]

😽 De día a día. /

😽 From day to day.

#give me forty eight hours every day and ill draw you the moon #furry #furryart #furrycommission #furrycommunity #furryoc #mexicanartist #anthro #furrydrawing #lineart #digitalart #lesbian cats

[thevegetablewhichnoonedaresname]

can i just teleport to a fictional world and recuperate for two weeks and come back. i think that would fix me

#heck i'll even take one of the dangerous ones as long as i'm given the necessary weapons or superpowers #i just need about two weeks to worry about different problems than the ones i currently have #two days over the weekend or thanksgiving is not enough time to properly reset anything #i miss being 10 and having the leisure to just clock out and read for forty-eight hours straight if i so desired #pickle pontificates #i got up at EIGHT this morning so I could finally get stuff done and it's almost 1PM. #i have 1) drunk coffee 2) done daily commissions in genshin 3) taken a leisurely dump and 4) learned a new karaoke song #it snowed today and i just wanna go lay face down in it #but have done exactly none of the five projects i'm supposed to be working on and didn't do yesterday or friday #i have a presentation on tuesday another on wednesday and another on thursday #and a full day of school every day this week #so.

[july-19th-club]

the last book grandma ever read was agatha christie's "murder on the orient express," which was also the first book my mother remembers getting from her as a gift and not a hand-me-down from her siblings.

one of her favorite 'isms' was 'all things in moderation,' but she also had a plaque in the kitchen when my aunts were growing up that read "you have to kiss a lot of horny toads before you find a prince" and another tchotchke that featured a cherub swinging on a length of twine that said "when you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and HANG ON." like every nonna on earth before her, she ushered us to dinner with a "mangia" - which was also what it said on her favorite apron.

the last picture taken of her was her first picture with her great-granddaughter ellie, who's two months old and named after her. it was the first and only time they met.

#talked to mom for the first time since #i guess she was going to get the mail (she was ALWAYS going to get the mail even when there was no mail. bc dementia) #and everyone always figured that was her best way to get a little exercise #but she fell on the sidewalk. broke an arm and had a lot of injuries to her face . and probably chest? i dont know #but she just. it happened on tuesday and forty-eight hours later she was dead #and this is the first time i realized how bad pappy's dementia is because apparently. he keeps forgetting it happened #and assumes she's coming back to the house. calling hours and wake are monday funeral's tuesday #and my aunt still wants to celebrate pappy's birthday (wednesday) and a couple other birthdays on saturday #because she figures we'll all need a celebration #but i have no idea how we're gonna do ALL that and not lose our minds/get sick/something #still. we Always celebrate pappy and colleen and emmett's birthdays that week #just like we celebrate the december birthdays the day after christmas. which was grandma's #and we celebrate the july birthdays the week of mine because there's like six birthdays then #so . here we fuckin go i guess

[pritvolny]

nikolai dialogue is so easy, just imagine the most insufferable man on planet and give him a voice—

#(fictional) men's rights i guess #sometimes i be like. [closes my eyes] what would someone say at this point that would make me want to sock em in the face- #i. ( ooc. ) back by unpopular demand. #anyway unfortunately for everyone i am Here #i dont know if i'll write or just pass out in bed but i am Here and im Trying #man this reading slump is really. not the best #it feels so interlinked with my writing slump that im :/ #but my writing slump is also as a result of just... Hellish workload rn #my patient caseload increases every day and i hate that #i dont even get time to myself... to exercise and shit #i just come back home and flop on the bed #creativity has gone for a toss bc let's not mention post grad apps + commissions #forty eight hour workweek should be a crime. where's the online petition #sometimes i think another kos reread would fix me (im not wrong)

[chryzure-archive]

me and my obsession w buffy the vampire slayer simply bc spike is there. god bless <3

#memorie.txt #there’s something wrong w him and i need him sooo bad #*chrysijacksifies the whole relationship between spike and buffy* #like YEAH both chrysi and jacks would count the days they were separated <333 #the intimacy of it…! #‘how long was i gone’ ‘hundred forty seven days yesterday. hundred forty eight today’ AAUGH CHRYSIJACKSMOMENT….

[187days]

Day Forty-Eight

First quarter is over! Woohoo!

I was really busy during flex block because I was helping students who were revising papers, retaking tests, etc... And I was simultaneously overseeing the first meeting of the school’s new debate club (some of my seniors asked me to be the advisor, I said sure). Really, it was just a planning session, so I was able to work with other students while it was going on; the ten or so kids who were really interested in starting the club gathered to figure out how they wanted to run the meetings, topics they wanted to debate, how to advertise to get more members. I checked in every few minutes, made some suggestions, set up a space in Classroom for them. It’s very cool.

I was also really busy during my prep time because I was grading aforementioned retakes and revisions, fielding questions from parents, putting report card comments in PowerSchool, all the usual things. I managed to get it all done, though, so I didn’t have to stay late on a Friday. Go me. 

The end of the quarter is most exciting for the freshmen, who are now halfway through their first high school classes, and, I’m happy to report, doing quite well. I had them reflect on their experience in World thus so far, and a lot of them wrote that they were happy with their progress, or feeling like they’ve gotten better at particular skills, that kind of thing. So that’s awesome. 

After they wrote those reflections, they did a quick peer review of another student’s religion/philosophy essay (I made copies without names, put them in Classroom, had everyone choose one; they had to tell me what they learned from it, and what they thought the author did well and/or could improve). And after that we started a new unit! I gave a basic overview of what they could expect in the coming weeks, explained how and when they would be assessed, and gave vocabulary notes in my usual, old school style. I got a little bit behind in my Block 2 class, so I was going to save the last third of the notes for Monday so as not to cut into silent reading time, but the students took a vote (fitting, as the new unit is about government and history, and one of the terms is democracy) and decided they wanted to finish today. So that’s what we did. In Block 3, my timing was spot on, so it wasn’t even an issue. It’s always easier the second go-around, and I’ve said in past entries that the students in that section tend to complete their work more quickly.

My GOV students spent their class time working on Major Case Projects, which are looking really good. I think most groups have finished gathering the requisite information, so on Monday they’ll polish their presentations and actually practice speaking. I could’ve imposed a tighter deadline, had the projects due Monday instead, but I want them to have that practice time. Even for seniors, sometimes, public speaking is hard. Heck, even for me it can be hard! Preparation is the key. 

Oh, and there was this convo with one of the captains of the football team:

Student A: You guys have a play-off game on Saturday? FB Captain: Yup. And we’re gonna win. Me: Against who? FB Captain: It’s against <Opposing Team Name> Me: Oh, kid, I’m really sorry, but you’re gonna get crushed. FB Captain: Come on, Miss M, don’t say that!  Me: They crush us in every sport. Didn’t they crush you guys last season? FB Captain: ... Okay, yes. It was 45-0. But it’s a new season! Student A: Yeah, Miss M, it’s a new season! FB Captain: Gotta keep the faith. Winning mentality. Me: Alright, alright. I’ll keep the faith. Go do it. FB Captain: That’s right. We’ll revisit this Monday, Miss M.

I absolutely love the optimism and the fire. And we will, indeed, revisit this Monday!

#teaching #teachblr #teacher #edublr #education #educhums #football #high school #the quarter is ending #day forty eight #debate club

[p0ssywhippedcream]

you need help like mental help

i need to be dicked down is what it is actually

#forty eight days with dick and i’m starting to loose vision in my left pickle toe #oph.posts #oph.answers

[blujayonthewing]

obsessing over my dnd blorbos and secondhand vibrating over someone else's blorbos and now I've just been reminded we're playing dnd tomorrow and I gotta try and?? pump the brakes??? on my entire brain to make room for aubree but HOW

#the downside of being in forty eight campaigns or whatever is that just because USUALLY none of them run at all #doesn't mean that SOMETIMES two of them won't run four days apart from each other #with something Big And Important happening in at least one of them and both having wildly different vibes #one time justin did the most earth shattering thing that's ever EVER happened to me in dnd #and then less than a week later I had to snap out of Existential Trauma Aubree back to MELLIWYK #possibly the most severe OC vibe shift I have possible fdhjgkdfh #anyway now I gotta shift focus from Big Narrative Weekend to aubree is getting shot with arrows #at least for aubree I don't have to try and scrape too many braincells together :'D #it's just about the emotional state and 1) hers has been pretty much the same for A While #and 2) this campaign runs SO infrequently that like... the emotional momentum isn't really there anyway #if I can't match the energy I left off with literally no one would notice but me so :') #but still. still. ach #about me

[redmoonrises]

idk about y’all but i deadass just want to exist

#i don't want to have to work forty hours to survive #working eight hours a day leaves me barely able to enjoy the things i like #i'm basically sacrificing five days every week just to actually exist on weekends #it'll be more once busy season at my job starts and we're all working overtime #even most weekends i'm just enjoying the day as much as i can saving my energy for the next week #but hey at least i can afford my expenses and maybe buy some extra shit now! #it shouldn't have to be one or the other #gen rants #vent #ok to rb

[teaboot]

One time I read that post that goes "once upon a time an adult put you on the ground and never picked you up again" and it made me sad so now I lift everyone. I'm 5'3" and kinda dumpy but the trick is to plant your feet, get 'em in a gable grip low near the hips with your knees bent, and then just tuck in your Elbows and straighten your legs. Gets those fuckers right on up there. I'm the oldest of eight and also the shortest but that sad shit lives with me so I'm hauling around these kids around like it's nothing. My little brother is a hockey player and a full head taller. I carried him around when he was a baby and I carried him around last weekend. My Papa is a 230lb Bavarian man who watches Stargate in a bath robe, he's smoked a pack a day for forty years. You think I haven't lifted him? I have. He said I couldn't do it but I did. God didn't give me social skills but I'm full of love and jacked as hell and he's not here to stop me

[thecapitolradar]

From today's AP Digest, a day to remember.

#eight hour day #forty hour week #union strong #workers rights

[starlightkun]

lmao i saw this on my dash and was wondering if you felt this way

https://www.tumblr.com/16woodsequ/727490027584667648?source=share

cause you rarely write drabbles, everything you write is like full fic length and takes longer and i see you posting little progress updates and little notes about each fic without spoiling. as someone who likes to talk (may or may not be the adhd idk) i cant imagine being in your position like WEREWOLF SUNGCHAN! EXISTS! IN MY MIND! AND ON THIS DOCUMENT THAT YOU CANT SEE! BUT HE'S REAL!! HE'S REAL TO ME!! like how do you do it? having no one to scream to about your fics when you're writing? and having to wait until its completed and uploaded to have people to talk about it with? like especially with all the crack fics you're writing atm, i would be BURNING with the need to show people how funny your writing is

p.s. medication update: im going to switch from methylphenidate to dexamphetamine tmr because apparently im intolerant to ritalin and i think you're on dexamphetamine rn? im hoping that i see some benefits from it. btw your success is keeping some of my spirit and motivation up despite how abysmal ritalin was for me so thank you for posting about how Adderall was for you i really appreciate having someone experiencing meds alongside me 🫶🏻

-✨anon

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LMAO sometimes that's me and sometimes i'm writing and i'm like "im never letting another living human see this abomination im writing rn this is the worst thing i've ever written and the only penance for what i've done is to throw myself off a cliffside" like there is no in between im either SO EXCITED FOR IT AND ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT AND AM SO AKSEGKJHKJGKTR or i think it's awful and consider deleting it almost immediately after like this scene for changer2 im writing rn like literally as i got this ask (im not gonna delete it but she is gonna b HEAVILY EDITED)

it's fr so hard having werewolf sungchan AND hockey player sungchan BOTH IN MY MIND RN LIKE 🤪 screams everyday i put on my uniform to go fight in the idgaf war on the side of gaf 🫡🫡🤪🤪🫡🤪🫡🤪🤪🤣🤣🫡🤪🤪🫡 lest we also not forget that single dad kun is in here too and some other fellas that yall dont know abt like its soooooo bad in here for me

sometimes i contemplate posting random one-liners or snippets when i write things that make me teehee extra hard or r like rlly 🔥🔥🚨🚨🚨 but i always get worried about spoilers versus teasers soooo i keep it locked away all to myself and maybe go a lil crazy idk who's to say so i do more vague type stuff like talking about how there's a 2.6k makeout scene without posting any actual lines from it, or saying that one of my favorite character bits that i think is genuinely super funny is in dr. magic but not saying what it is, etc., etc., OR also doing ask games like word in a wip where y'all can try to get some lil snippets from me (which i feel i am always very generous with lol)

p.s. to ur p.s.: very happy to hear that you're getting switched off the meds that weren't working for you! i'm on "amphetamine salts" (generic adderall) which is a combo of dextroamphetamine and levoamphetamine, but pretty much yeah it's the big one in the amphetamine class of adhd meds. it has a sightly different effect than dextroamphetamine alone since it has levoamphetamine as well, which lasts longer and can produce better results in some people (pls go w ur dr on this im not giving medical advice omg just what i learned in my psych classes and the information i've been given). i actually just saw my dr today to check in on how i was doing on the adderall (reg check-up appt). i was rlly worried bc the initial good results i saw in the first days were practically gone after like the first week and i was practically back to normal (i.e., bad. my kitchen is a fucking mess again) and when i told him that he was like "lol that's fine! that was just the trial dose! so we can up you to a normal dose now since you saw good results at first" so hopefully i'll be functioning again 👍 so i love this for us 🫶 rooting for us 🫶🫶

#and in some GREAT news for the chronically ill girlies: i haven't had a migraine in FORTY-EIGHT DAYS #ALMOST 50 DAYS MIGRAINE FREE #THATS THE LONGEST IVE GONE MIGRAINE FREE IN LIKE OVER A YR AT LEAST MAYBE SINCE I WAS DIAGNOSED??? #LIKE ARE YOU KIDDING ME??????? #WOWOWOWOWWO #answered #✨ anon #talk #text #mine #writing tag #ALSO ALSO thinking abt doing word in a wip soon? for dr magic baby fangs changer 2 phantasma1/2 and the bite? #ANYWAY I HOPE U HAD A GOOD DAY <33 #entirely unrelated but i wish a happy bang chan day to everyone who celebrates btw #i will continue to celebrate chris day tmrrw bc itll b 10/03 where i am and we r soulmates who share a birthday #so i will b celebrating OUR birthday tmrrw <33