#education subject

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

the fact that shakespeare was a playwright is sometimes so funny to me. just the concept of the "greatest writer of the English language" being a random 450-year-old entertainer, a 16th cent pop cultural sensation (thanks in large part to puns & dirty jokes & verbiage & a long-running appeal to commoners). and his work was made to be watched not read, but in the classroom teachers just hand us his scripts and say "that's literature"

just...imagine it's 2450 A.D. and English Lit students are regularly going into 100k debt writing postdoc theses on The Simpsons screenplays. the original animation hasn't even been preserved, it's literally just scripts and the occasional SDH subtitles.txt. they've been republished more times than the Bible

#due to the Great Data Decay academics write viciously argumentative articles on which episodes aired in what order #at conferences professors have known to engage in physically violent altercations whilst debating the air date number of household viewers #90% of the couch gags have been lost and there is a billion dollar trade in counterfeit “lost copies” #serious note: i'll be honest i always assumed it was english imperialism that made shakespeare so inescapable in the 19th/20th cent #like his writing should have become obscure at the same level of his contemporaries #but british imperialists needed an ENGLISH LANGUAGE (and BRITISH) writer to venerate #and shakespeare wrote so many damn things that there was a humongous body of work just sitting there waiting to be culturally exploited... #i know it didn't happen like this but i imagine a English Parliament House Committee Member For The Education Of The Masses or something #cartoonishly stumbling over a dusty cobwebbed crate labelled the Complete Works of Shakespeare #and going 'Eureka! this shall make excellent propoganda for fabricating a national identity in a time of great social unrest. #it will be a cornerstone of our elitist educational institutions for centuries to come! long live our decaying empire!' #'what good fortune that this used to be accessible and entertaining to mainstream illiterate audience members... #..but now we can strip that away and make it a difficult & alienating foundation of a Classical Education! just like the latin language :)' #anyway maybe there's no such thing as the 'greatest writer of x language' in ANY language? #maybe there are just different styles and yes levels of expertise and skill but also a high degree of subjectivity #and variance in the way that we as individuals and members of different cultures/time periods experience any work of media #and that's okay! and should be acknowledged!!! and allow us to give ourselves permission to broaden our horizons #and explore the stories of marginalized/underappreciated creators #instead of worshiping the List of Top 10 Best (aka Most Famous) Whatevers Of All Time/A Certain Time Period #anyways things are famous for a reason and that reason has little to do with innate “value” #and much more to do with how it plays into the interests of powerful institutions motivated to influence our shared cultural narratives #so i'm not saying 'stop teaching shakespeare'. but like...maybe classrooms should stop using it as busy work that (by accident or designs) #happens to alienate a large number of students who could otherwise be engaging critically with works that feel more relevant to their world #(by merit of not being 4 centuries old or lacking necessary historical context or requiring untaught translation skills) #and yeah...MAYBE our educational institutions could spend less time/money on shakespeare critical analysis and more on... #...any of thousands of underfunded areas of literary research i literally (pun!) don't know where to begin #oh and p.s. the modern publishing world is in shambles and it would be neat if schoolwork could include modern works? #beautiful complicated socially relevant works of literature are published every year. it's not just the 'classics' that have value #and actually modern publications are probably an easier way for students to learn the basics. since lesson plans don't have to include the #important historical/cultural context many teens need for 20+ year old media (which is older than their entire lived experience fyi)

[incognitopolls]

Negative experience with P.E. includes everything you could have disliked about it, such as teachers, relationship with peers, unaccommodated disabilities, the fact that it was graded, body image, etc.

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We ask your questions so you don’t have to! Submit your questions to have them posted anonymously as polls.

#polls #incognito polls #anonymous #tumblr polls #tumblr users #questions #pe #physical education #exercise #health #school #school subjects #polls about school #submitted nov 8

[xulips]

Okay hi it’s me again !! I saw u headcanon her as mtf so i’m sorry if my comment about her having transmasc/enby swag made u uncomfortable :( (also mtf Kohane is such a great hc omg we need more mtf hcs)

ITS ALRIGHT MAN!! i personally hc her as mtf but people who hc her to be enby / transmac is personally ok me! embrace your imagination! have fun!

#ask #req #kohane azusawa #azusawa kohane #an shiraishi #shiraishi an #prsk #project sekai #p.s. sorry if my interpretation of an enby transmasc kohane is wrong #i'm not educated enough on the subject but i hope it's alright! gen

[deservedgrace]

The lack of understanding and empathy for cult survivors is really alienating. Because the same people that (rightfully) get upset hearing domestic violence jokes or rape jokes will make jokes about starting a cult.

#i logically understand that people actually mean commune or group or something innocuous #emotionally... all i can hear is 'i have a desire to abuse/harm a group of people' #and like. the same people that would balk at any other abuse joke don't think of it like that when it comes to cults #cults are not just a silly little group with weird beliefs teehee #they do actual harm #and I'm sick of people joking about subjecting others to the same trauma i went through #and i *logically know that people are just not educated* #it still deals psychic damage to see #ex cult #religious trauma #rape ment #i just #nobody feels safe when my trauma is free game to joke about

[ohitslen]

Part 1 of this thing that doesn’t actually have a steady flow

But wouldn’t it be so funny that the guy you get along with just fine is the brother of the guy that you feel like wanting to shower after making eye contact? Because I think it is

Apologies for the weird colors I did my best with the lighting I have 🧎‍♀️

#Vash and Wolfwood share an arts optional major #major??? SUBJECT OANEMW #Vash needed the credits and WW wanted to learn after a kid at the orphanage asked if he would be able to teach him how to draw #he saw it was possible for him to take it so he squished it in. he then found out how bad he is at painting big he does his best #and Vash helps him becasue he finds it awesome how a teaching/education major is trying to expand on his field #so he is always encouraging and patient. even if they like very different artistic movements #I also imagine WW being super organized with his notes #he is a generally organized person but he did not care about notes in his previous major #now his motivation are the kids so he really is putting the effort this time.they aren’t flashy but they look neat and do the work just fine #I also think he knows that those two HAVE to be related but is in severe denial until two weeks later after meeting Vash this happens #trigun #vash the stampede #nicholas d wolfwood #trigun stampede #vashwood #trigun fanart #vash #wolfwood #nicholas trigun #Nai saverem #millions knives #Trigun Uni! AU #lenssi draws #pen!

[ofbreathandflame]

guys…i need you all to walk with me for a second…

i need rhys stans to understand there is no ‘context’ to sexual assault. sexual assault remains sexual assault — regardless of the intention. and this is why i literally said people should really know when to separate fiction from reality. there is no adequate analysis that should include “context matters” in regards to justifying sexual assault.

there is no context in which absolves rhysand of his status as a sexual perpetrator. rhysand is not removed from that label; it does not stop existing bc rhysand apologizes or had ‘good intention.’ nor does the label stop existing bc it’s fantasy. it’s still sexual assault.

a rapist remains a rapist even after the deed is done. you don’t ‘apologize’ or ‘explain’ yourself out of such label. i need us to continue with this same rhetoric.

any analysis that refuses to call a spade a spade is not an analysis. nor is it valid.

complex characters can just be…complex. again - you DO NOT have to agree with everything a character does to like them as a character. to ‘defend’ a character by undermining the severity and the damage caused is nothing less than abuse apologism. and a bit disgusting. arguing that tamlin is abusive does NOT mean that you undermine the SAME qualities in rhys. to argue that rhys is not abusive bc tam is a dogshit argument and is literally disgusting. arguing that what rhys did is NOT sa or abuse bc ‘context’ is an insane hill to die on. i really need people to really break out those critical thinking skills. if you are going to defend rhys’s EVERY abuse…you are just as bad as the tamlin stans who you claim do the same. what’s not clicking here!??! you can’t say stanning tamlin is wrong and thennnnnnn turn around and defend rhys utm…that’s not how that works…

#anti sjm #anti rhysand #anti tamlin #throw them all away #if you are not educated on a subject…you should probably research said subject #before you reference them in any way in your argument #anti feysand #anti feyre

[twelfth-dykector]

CROWLEY AS AN RE TEACHER!!!! CROWLEY AS AN RE TEACHER!!!! I REPEAT!!!!! CROWLEY AS AN RE TEACHER!!!!!

#re is religious education btw #like religious studies teacher #IMAGINE IT #i was thinking about what subjects they would teach and OH MY GOD #a history teacher would be cool too #because shes LIVED through it #she'd teach her class a completely different (right) version of history #but miracle it they'd all get decent marks or some shit i dont know #and azi would be an english teacher obviously #BUT CROWLEY WOULD ALSO GO ON LONG RANTS ABOUT SPACE MALARKY #everyone would be kinda scared of her but also adore her #im trying to make my thoughts about re teacher crowley coherent but im failing miserably #good omens #ineffable fandom #ineffable idiots #crowley #aziraphale #ineffable husbands #what other tags exist #ramblings

[chorus-the-mutate]

This is an edited repost of the Erzsebet Bathory character analysis I wrote yesterday that I refuse to let go to waste. I tried doing the right thing and tagging all of the necessary trigger warnings only for this post to be completely hidden from the Castlevania Nocturne and Erzsebet Bathory tags. Since I can't afford to tag the proper trigger warnings without being punished please do not read this post if discussions of rape or sexual assault triggers or upsets you in any way. I don't take these topics lightly and they are vital to this analysis of Erzsebet Bathory.

This post also contains major spoilers for this first season of Castlevania Nocturne.

This may seem presumptive of me to say but this thought has been stuck in my head for several hours: Erzsebet Bathory is the most rapist adjacent villainess I've ever seen without her actually being a rapist.

The first and smallest point against her is how often she mentions virgins. I know that Erzsebet's initial mention of virgin sacrifices is supposed to tie into the origin of her alter ego and consumption of Sekhmet but it's super fucking weird that it played into why she wanted to sacrifice Maria.

Next point against her is the lawyer's daughter. I'm not sure if this lady was a virgin but when she's first brought to Erzsebet she's already terrified and too dazed to fight back. It's obvious that she doesn't want to be there and that even if she did that she can't really express that desire. But Erzsebet still takes this lady out of a literal gilded cage, sits down and sits this lady on her dress to admire her despair before drinking her blood. The next time we see the lady she's still dazed. The only differences are that she's dolled up and seems more suggestible. Even with hundreds of people in this ballroom scene the lady is literally ignored by everyone except for Erzsebet who dances with her and parades her around for her own amusement. Everyone else knows that Erzsebet likes to make her victims suffer and they still refuse to acknowledge the lady because Erzsebet has made it clear that she's her possession. Hell the only person who is unhappy enough with Erzsebet to go rogue at this point is Olrox and he STILL IGNORES THIS LADY. When the lady is dragged outside to be fed on again without anyone batting an eye it reminds me of a rapist roofying their target and proceeding to do everything in their power to seem interested in their victim's well-being in order to take them to a second location. And no one speaks up since Erzsebet is the Harvey Weinstein, Prince Andrew or Thomas Jefferson of the vampire world; the embodiment of people in power getting away with abuse until the damage has already been done.

The last and biggest point against Erzsebet is the entire scene where she turns Tera into a vampire. For me personally that is just an allegorical rape scene and it's executed very well. Erzsebet makes her entrance at the abbey as a lioness of a woman, a literal predator who wants to take Maria as a sacrifice and turn her into a vampire to ensure Emmanuel the Abbot's loyalty. Tera protests and offers herself to Erzsebet instead. This is such blatant coercion that Tera refers to herself as the ram Abraham sacrificed to God instead of Isaac. And the only question or concern Erzsebet has at this point is if her sacrifice should be a virgin. The only reasons she accepts the sacrifice are Emmanuel's genuine love for Tera and the fact that Tera is a powerful sorceress. Once Erzsebet settles for Tera and physically lifts her to her level no one can stop her. Maria gets knocked out for trying and Richter gets bodied immediately after. Their only option is to get the hell out of there once Annette makes an opening and Richter rightfully runs for his life. Even Maria, the only person that could look back and see Tera turn, is knocked out and that feels like an intentional writing choice to give Tera one last shred of dignity. Erzsebet holds Tera really close in this sort of hug as she feeds on her and once she's fed she literally sits Tera on her lap for her turn to feed. Then Erzsebet cuts herself and the blood starts dripping down on Tera, starting at her skirt, going to her blouse and reaching her face. At first Tera doesn't react but then her body responds to the blood and she feeds even though she doesn't want to. Even though no one wants this for her. And that is exactly what it's like when someone has an unwanted orgasm. Tera's body is protecting itself the same way a victim of assault would and that paired with the blood on her skirt being reminiscent of the blood on a woman's thigh in the aftermath of an assault hammers home the rape allegory. It's very sad and uncomfortable to think of Tera's turn to vampirism this way but the thought lingers hours after like a grimy film on my brain.

I 100,000% believe that Erzsebet would have been an actual rapist if Netflix Castlevania didn't romanticize Lenore raping Hector and ending their relationship on friendly terms. Not to mention Sumi and Taka's sudden shift from allies to sexually assaulting Alucard out of spite. Castlevania Nocturne seems to shy away from rape and sexual assault in favor of allegories or moments so brief that I missed them unlike its predecessor. So I'm blaming the gratuitous depictions of sexual assault in Castlevania on Warren Ellis, the creator of Netflix Castlevania, who doesn't work on this show for a very good reason.

Everything from her size as Sekhmet to her tendency to torture women and girls before killing them contributes to the allegory of Erzsebet being the vampire equivalent of a rapist. She exudes power and not only does she enjoy making others feel helpless she's also great at it. She is a sadist without honor, willing to parade her lady victim of choice around vampire high society or hang a young girl on hooks to drain dry rather than let any of them die a quick death. The dragged out, needless suffering Erzsebet inflicts along with her preference for women and virgins frames her feeding as something more sexual in nature than the other vampire nobles who simply indulge in their gluttony. Even Olrox feeding on his former boyfriend isn't framed sexually, it's framed as a desperate, romantic gesture to keep his lover alive. And every vampire I remember from Castlevania has their feeding framed as a tool for political power or sheer, simple gluttony. Even the vampire general Cho was shown to be more of a tyrant or a general sadist clinging to power in Japan than a deviant.

Erzsebet's sheer sadism actually contrasts quite well with Dracula's humanity and restraint. He understood humanity, only feeding to survive or strike down the merchants who slighted him. (He probably also used feeding as a tool for political power but I don't think we saw that directly.) Dracula ultimately came to understand humanity so well that he fell for Lisa Tepes, the exemplar of what it means to be human. And that love is why I believe he respected Lisa's wishes and let her keep that humanity instead of turning her into a vampire. And after Lisa's death Dracula stopped feeding entirely, hoping to extinguish his life and take out as many people as he could because he believed that humanity should've been better. He believed that the people who lived alongside Lisa would've stood up for her and they betrayed her out of a mix of fear, religious reverence and apathy. Meanwhile Erzsebet doesn't care about humanity, seeing people like the lawyer's daughter as possessions or people like Tera and Emmanuel the Abbot as pawns to further her own rule. She might be taken aback by Drolta's death once she learns of it but there's an equal chance that she wouldn't even bat an eye.

So what do these points of analysis mean for Erzsebet and Tera's future dynamic as master and pawn? The one thing that's certain is that Tera has been fundamentally changed, forced into an unprecedented nightmare scenario that will drag her down a dark path. But I'm an optimist and I believe that Tera will ultimately be redeemed. She may never be human again but her humanity, her love for her son and daughter will save her soul. Ultimately I hope that Tera lives and recovers from the trauma of Erzsebet turning her. I hope that she goes home to her children and is taken in with open arms. But if Tera dies she will die as Tera, not as a pawn, and that is because Erzsebet could never kill her humanity.

#castlevania nocturne #castlevania nocturne spoilers #please heed the preamble #this post still discusses dark subject matters so I want you guys to be careful #erzsebet bathory #tera #tera renard #tera castlevania #dracula vlad tepes #anti lenore #sumi castlevania #taka castlevania #I really want to know what you guys think #and please forgive me if I've read way too much into Erzsebet #I just can't stop thinking about her lack of regard for most anyone #this could contribute to the colonization allegory with Erzsebet but I don't have the background or education to contribute to that talk #long post #ash rambles

[wikitpowers]

As an official Kit enthusiast what do you think his favourite school subject is?

IS THAT MY TITLE NOW? BC IM IN LOVE AHAHAHA! THAT’S THE COOLEST!

official kit enthusiast by order of the queen🎖️

↳ that was silly i apologise (but not really,,, i'm funny as hell what can i say)

ANYWAYS KIT'S FAVOURITE SUBJECT HMM i gotta say he seems like he would be into the more artsy subjects like music and art like he would slay it for sure and he definitely has a lovely singing voice!

OH! but i also really wanna say he would absolutely crush history and english lit purely bc he has the best supportive parents ever (jessa rules) and they help him w/ his homework + kit actually enjoys learning about it a lot and i get the feeling he probably gets the best grades in his class lmao

#like tessa for sure educates him on all the classics bc she was around when they were released im- #that's so funny and wholesome oml #petition for kit to take up violin at school so he can makes jem feel all lovely and warm #that would be so cute and jem would be so chuffed awwww #I also like to think he draws fairly well #and he brings some of his school work back for mina to look at #ALSO YES IK HE WOULD ACE PE #BUT THAT SEEMED TOO OBVIOUS #HE'S A SHADOWHUNTER C'MON #so i just went with the other subjects :] #kit herondale #the wicked powers #twp #tsc #asks

[connecting-the-st4rs]

WHY do pjsk fans love ai covers sm im losing my mind over a spotify podcast poll because so many people are in favor for the podcaster to upload ai covers

I THOUGHT WE HATED THAT BITCH WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU GUYS

#ai #COME ON PEOPLE #FUCK ai art #project sekai #i guess ?????? #I CATN EVEN DO ANYTHING THEY DONT LINK SOCIALS AND SPOTFY AS A CHARACTER LIMIT FOR COMMENTS… #all i can say is a few words of ‘hey dont do this it hurts artists’ and pray. #also if ur still reading this. dont use ur education of the subject as an dxcuse #if u feel like ur not educated enough to have an opinion #EDUCATE YOURSELF!! #please i cannot do this yall

[gawrkin]

Philosophia et septem artes liberales, "philosophy and the seven liberal arts." From the Hortus deliciarum of Herrad of Landsberg (12th century)

#the seven subjects needed to master sorcery #according to arthuriana #also is apparently something both nuns AND Clerks need to learn as requirement #*side-eyes all those arthuriana that make guinevere convent educated* #seven liberal arts #morgan le fay #medieval #queen guinevere #arthuriana

[hueberryshortcake]

some of you have real life happening and i need that to stop

#my subjects should be toiling away in the duckblr dash fields but instead theyre “getting educations”

[oifaaa]

When I was younger I used to get so pissed off by high-school aus specifically bc no matter where the original story takes place the au would always be set in an American high-school and American High schools confuse the hell out of me

#Like there's several examples I can think of #But the most weird one had to be merlin #They're all English why are we in America #Anyway thinking about this rn #Bc I'm reading this cute book about a jock that falls in love with a cheerleader #And I kinda want to draw some steph cass jock cheerleader art now #But it also just reminded me of those old aus #And how I still think the American education system is weird #Why do split math up into 5 subjects #It's math #It's one subject #The number subject #Where I went to school there was just two types of math #Basic math and further math #Same math #Just difficulty difference

[rotzaprachim]

anyway the construct of the US as a monolingual anglophone nation is on multiple levels a white supremacist construct long before it is a reality

#all usamericans are monolingual! ok friend have you ever visited uh.... the city of LA? #there's a difference between a state being monolingual on a POLICY level and on the level of... actual speakers #some of you casually repeat republican talking points with casually reaffirming the definition of a usamerican as a monolingual english #speaker for clowning purposes. or something #another topic is the fact that the US's terrible track record of a) heritage language transmission and b) teaching children NEW langauges #are results of active policy changes #schools don't teach children langauges because they are not GIVEN money to teach children languages because langauges are not registered as #essential subjects on a national policy level #affecting disproportionately poorer public schools #furthermore outright english only legislation which in many states actively prevents bilingual education #finally: the idea of a united states that's english speaking at ALL is the result of the land theft and genocide of indigenous peoples #many indigenous communities are working to reclaim their languages and have to face the monolingual english policy and funding allotment

[ohitslen]

College (uni??) AU catering to my own interests as it should always be hehe :)

#projecting my major on Vash because them mfs who have changed from the med field majors to that one have some tragic things to tell #and also because I think that Vash would be such a wonderful designer I don’t know why it’s a gut feeling #Nai the law major because of course he would have you seen the guy #he would be a personal injury lawyer because lore #fun fact Nai rested for a semester after the incident with Vash while Vash took two.He never told Nai he would be changing majors #so it was a big big shock for him. they fought again but yk I’ll explain more on that if anyone is interested #as to Kni and WW I thought it’d be funny if they shared a common subject that required a lot of team assignments #and they can NEVER work out together. being an absolute nightmare to the rest of their group #separately they are great to work with. even if Kni can come off as too bossy sometimes he is actually a great leader #and WW would always deliver things on time exactly as it was asked from him #but Kni and WW just never really matched. Kni was too rude at times when WW made a mistake and WW would always clock him if he passed a line #like insulting his reasons for wanting to study security #one day Kni tells him at the beginning of a new semester where they both have unfortunately landed on a shared subject again #“you are not suited for that sort of job Wolfwood. you should simply give up and why don’t you go play role model to your little kids’’ #then WW beats him again and then is like hey yk what you’re kinda right. and changed majors and he feels so much more at home studying #education/teaching than security. he fucking hates some things but the end goal makes it worthy #Trigun Uni! AU #because I don’t know how differently a college and a uni work #trigun #vash the stampede #nicholas d wolfwood #trigun stampede #vashwood #trigun fanart #wolfwood #vash #Nai saverem #millions knives #lenssi draws #pen!

[alivehouse]

can anyone rec me some good like educational type podcasts. trying to not lose my mind on my long drive to work 🙏

#any subject idc #educational = will relay a decent amount of new information about a subject in a relatively short period of time. if that makes sense #i dont like podcasts where its mostly just people hanging out i cant pay attention to them sorry. im boring