WE DID IT FELLAS
I'M OFFICIALLY A SENIOR NOW 🥳
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Curious, because my husband and I are trying to help our 8th grader get shit organized and apparently we had VERY different approaches as teens:
In middle/high school, how often did you throw away graded work (homework, quizzes, etc) from your classes? If it varied (by class, year, etc), go with what you did most often.
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So there's this burden of perspective that the Bad Kids struggle with and it's definitely because they live in a genre where nearly all the adults in their lives -- especially at their special school -- are failing them. They have to or there is no plot but the farther I get from high school and college, the more I want to shake teenage and younger protagonists and just go:
None of this shit fucking matters. It is not your job to save the world all the fucking time. Please just phone a fucking adult who loves you.
But again, not the point of the story.
However, the Bad Kids are stuck. They've been stuck saving large groups of people since their freshman year of high school. Fighting Kalvaxisis should not have been their responsibility and yet...
Retrieving the crown of the Nightmare King should not have been their responsibility and yet...
Now they are doing what teenagers are supposed to do -- throwing a stupid, dangerous party -- and then something weird starts going on with a goddess and because they know that adults are unreliable, looking at you, Arthur, large amounts of people are in danger, if they don't act, probably no one will.
And it just isn't fucking fair.
And yet this group of mushroom stompers practically have the same skills and abilities as they do, but they gained them safely, under adult supervision, without incurring near the amount of trauma, and their Completed Rogue Junior Year On A Technicality teammate has the audacity to say groups like the Bad Kids (and probably the Seven if we're being honest) get special treatment?
My head would explode, too.
But I'm glad Sandra Lynn pointed out that high school doesn't really matter. Because it doesn't.
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im so mad that this is a side blog account and not a main account. i started this blog when i was still relatively new to tumblr and i think i was… like. fourteen years old or something. i never thought i would continue for this long, and i never knew so many people would like the content i put out here (i have over 9k followers which is literally mind-blowing, like wow….).
because this isnt a main account, i cant respond to replies left on my posts, i cant really reply to anyone unless i reblog !! i cant even follow people with this blog, it just comes up as my main blog (which is not pjo-related… rip my failed attempts at organising my fandoms to different blogs). so my avenues of interaction with a lot of you are seriously impeded.
so i just want to say i am so thankful for all of you, i read every single person’s tags who reblog my stuff, i read all of your replies and every time im crying screaming rolling around on the ground in agony over the fact i CANT REPLY!!
i know my posts are super inconsistent these days, im glad so many are still here! i think i may change some of my content eventually (never gonna get rid of the incorrect quote stuff, i’ll just be adding some other things like pjo headcanons or analyses or something), just to spice some stuff up on here.
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(i'm going to blaze this post because teachers report to campus in 22 days and students return after we have five days of PD and prep).
Regardless of age, grade, subject, etc. would y'all mind sharing your perspectives on classroom environments and design?
I started at my current campus in February after the school cycled through three other teachers, and the room I inherited was mostly full of garbage (not hyperbole or sarcasm). I very much believe in co-creating spaces with students, but my prep period is at the tail-end of the day and once school starts it's like being launched on Disney's Hollywood Studios' "Rockin' Rollercoaster," except the ride lasts 180 days and there's no continuous soundtrack.
There also is a dominant teacher aesthetic that ranges from chevron everything to pastel bohemian to various interpretations of rainbow - it's great if you like that! But it can become expensive (purchasing materials or printing out decoration files online) or just straight up overwhelming.
Think back to your time in school - what made certain classrooms more inviting or easier to learn/focus in? Things to consider:
- Colors and patterns used in dècor
- Seating arrangements and options
- What was on the walls? Educational or inspirational content? Student work? Nothing at all? Your teacher's quirky obsession?
- What was your favorite room in school? Your least favorite? Why?
- Did the decorations or theme change throughout the year or stay the same?
- What do you wish you had in your classrooms growing up that you've come to appreciate or need now?
For context, I teach middle school media studies, which include journalism, yearbook, and a literary magazine. Class sizes of 20+. I teach in the desert and oh! My room doesn't have any windows!
***I can write grants and thrift, but I can't afford Loop earplugs for every kid, etc. Also - fire code (I know some folks really love the sky covers for fluorescent lights, but they're a fire hazard)!
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