#thank you teachers

[pyschedelics]

❤️

[joebustillos]

Gratitude Challenge: Day 27: Thanking My Teachers & Professors

For the month of November I’m participating in a daily gratitude challenge posted by the journaling app that I use, Day One, and here’s today’s prompt: What teacher or mentor has had a positive influence on my life? I’ve had a few teachers who have left a positive influence in my life. In elementary school one of the few male teachers I had, Mr. Marx, read chapter books to us like James and the…

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#2023 Gratitude Journal #daily random shit #educators influence #JBB&039;s Daily Reflection Prompt #thank you teachers

[nelliecomet]

Real Event from Earlier Today

Student: *Holds out (shaking) hand* “Look, my hand is trembling involuntarily!”

Teacher:

Student: “Ha ha. Finals.”

Teacher:

Student: *Tries to jump over desk and fails badly*

Teacher: “…Are you ok?”

Student: “Yep!”

#school #gen z stuff #finals #haha oops #it’s all fine #teachers #thank you teachers #trying my best #anxiety stuff #us schools #true story

[teapot-studies]

Random writing tips that my history professor just told during class that are actually helpful

Download all your sources or print them so you can turn off your wifi

Give your phone to someone

Just. WRITE. Writing is analysing, you’ll get more ideas as you write. It doesn’t need to be perfect, for now you can just blurt out words and ideas randomly. You can fix it later.

Create a skeleton/structure before writing.

Stop before you get exhausted. It’s best to stop writing when you still have some energy and inspiration left, this will also motivate you to get started again next time.

Make a to do list

Work in bite sizes. Even if it’s not much, as long as you put some ideas on paper or do some editing.

Simple language =/= boring language, simple language = clear language.

Own your words. If they are not your words, state this clearly in the text, not just in the footnotes.

STOP BEFORE YOU GET EXHAUSTED. Listing it again because it’s easily one of the best tips a teacher has ever given me.

#ive been studying for 4 years and rarely has a teacher actually given productivity tips #thank you Lies. #history student #history studyblr #essay writing #writing tips #history tips #paper writing #study blog #studyblr #adhd #neurospicy #university #college #study with adhd #study motivation #academia #studyspo #please normalise teaching students how to be productive #make studying accessible #accessibility

[dorr-township-library]

Happy World Teachers Day!

#world teachers day #teachers day #teachers #teacher appreciation #thank you teachers #dorr township library

[pixoplanet]

It's October 5th, 👩🏽‍🏫 World Teachers Day! The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) chose this day to celebrate teachers because on October 5th, 1966, it adopted the Recommendation on the Status of Teachers, which sets standards for teachers' initial preparation, education, recruitment, employment, further education, and teaching and learning conditions; and benchmarks regarding their rights and responsibilities.

Today is a day to celebrate how teachers are transforming education, but also to reflect on the support they need to fully deploy their vocation and talents, and to rethink the way ahead for the profession globally. The theme for World Teachers' Day 2022 is “The transformation of education begins with teachers.” UNESCO-organized celebrations will address the commitments and calls for action made at the Transforming Education Summit in September 2022, and analyze the implications they have for teachers.

Almost all of us have had a favorite teacher who went above and beyond to encourage us because he or she could see our potential. Matilda had Ms. Honey, Harry had Dumbledore, and Cady had Ms. Norbury. There's no debating that teachers work hard to help young people learn and grow.

World Teachers Day has been celebrated on October 5th every year since 1994. Considering that teachers mold future generations, taking one day out of the year to say “thank you” is the least we can do, isn't it? ☮️ Peace… Jamiese of Pixoplanet

#world teachers day #teachers day #teachers #education #teacher #happy teachers day #teacher life #teacher appreciation #school #world teacher day #teaching #thank you teachers #teacher day #thank you #hari gurus edunia #learning #thank a teacher #i teach #unesco #teachers rock #international teachers day #happy world teachers day #student #guru #children #wtd #teachers day gift #national teachers day

[themisterhip]

"Let me worship you..."

Fanart inspired by this fanfic (NSFW) made by @theomnicode (READ IT, IS AMAZING ( ⸝⸝´꒳`⸝⸝)) Also hey, I'm not dead :D (read the notes for info) Have a hot sneak peak:

#opm #one punch man #opm genos #opm saitama #saigenos #genosai #art #comic #digital art #doodles #intimate #hello! i'm here hehehe #the reason why i dissapeared is bc a bad experience in my career and a bad teacher too. Is nothing too extreme but i couldn't draw for a #while and i needed a break of everything #I'm still gonna do spiderverse/trigun and opm ofcourse #but i also gonna have to catch up with my comissions due to this break #i didn't want my accounts to die and omni's fic gave me inspiration #so i hope you all can forgive me for not uploading and #hope you like the drawing! #thanks and bye #<3

[froggtogs]

he probably doesn’t have to do taxes

#i did not have my eye on the time tonight #i was testing out brushes a lot with this as well #thanks to my old teacher for having a really cool instagram and letting me use her pics as reference #uhhhhhh #i didn’t know what to title this so random bs is what you get #yeah #anyways have a great day :) #froggtogs #art #fanart #legend of zelda #tears of the kingdom #totk link #totk #loz botw #loz totk #totk fanart

[dailyboatboys]

[40] throwback to that one time i ate a weed brownie in amsterdam

#daily boat boys #This was made while i was half asleep in math class #Everybody say thank you i nearly sacrificed myself out there #(My teacher nearly caught me) #smallishbeans #ethoslab #boat boys

[gay-impressionist]

Hi! I’m starting to learn French and one thing that’s both cool and weird to me is how everything is gendered in a way (referring to someone/whose saying the statement/etc.) and I was wondering how that relates to people who identity as non-binary or gender fluid in France? Are there equivalents to they/them pronouns or neo pronouns in French?

I do plan on doing my own research about this but I figured since I love your blog and you’re really open about different cultural lgbtq+ communities I’d try here first!

That's an awesome question... with a complicated answer lmao. So buckle up and bear with me !

Basically, you can't be non-binary in French. The community found ways to do it but it's not mainstream. Most of the time, they're going to get misgendered or will have to misgender themselves to get understood.

Some things I'm going to list here are not proper French. Actually, they can even be forbidden in some circumstances, according to the law (the use of inclusive language, and more specifically le point médian, was made illegal in schools in 2021 for ex) or simply because your company etc forbids it. So use this wisely, there is a time and place for inclusive language in France.

That said, things have greatly developed over the last two decades. Which was partly because of the queer community and mainly because of feminists, who are tired of the way French erases women. More and more people are using inclusive language, at least in some circumstances and circles (for ex, i wrote my master's thesis in inclusive language and it was accepted bc i was in a leftist faculty). And inclusive language is debated as a serious issue now, which is saying something.

So, how do you use inclusive language in practice?

There are different ways, as it's informal and mostly new. People are still testing new things and trying out various methods. You can stick to one or alternate or mix them up.

Pronouns

Officially, there isn't a gender neutral pronoun. We don't have an equivalent to they. You're either talking about a man or a woman. If it's both, you use masculine pronouns ("masculine trumps feminine" rule). Same thing if you don't know the gender of the person ("masculin générique").

The most common neopronoun is "iel" (plural : iels), which is obviously a contraction of the masculine pronoun "il" and its feminine equivalent "elle". It works for nb folks or to avoid talking about someone's gender or to refer to a group of men and women. So it's equally used by the queer community and feminists.

I'm pretty sure other neopronouns exist but I can't think of any at the top of my head.

Choosing the right words

Sometimes, inclusive language is just about learning to use alternatives.

Instead of using gendered words, you can choose to use gender-neutral words or words "épicènes", aka words which are identical in their feminine and masculine form. For ex, instead of "homme politique" or "femme politique", you can use "personnalité politique". Personnalité is a feminine word but it's actually gender-neutral as you can use it for women and men alike. "Élève" (student) is épicène, as a female student and a male student are both referred to as "élève". Although épicène words as a gender-neutral option only work in their plural form, as you have to choose either a feminine or masculine article for the singular ("les élèves" is inclusive but it can only be "un" or "une" élève).

As good as this method is, it can be quite limitating. Your vocabulary will be drastically reduced and it can be quite hard to master that kind of speech so you can reach the point where you don't have to think everything over for ages before you open your mouth.

With oral French, you can take it a step further by choosing words that sound the same even if they have a different spelling. Ex, friend is "ami" or "amie" but it's pronounced the same way so if you say it out loud, people can't know how you're gendering it (as long as there isn't a gendered article/word with it ofc).

It avoids misgendering people but the downside is that, as masculine is considered neutral in French, people will often think : no gender specified = masculine. Not even because they're sexist or whatever, it's just so ingrained in our brains that it's a knee-jerk reaction.

That's also why most feminists often prefer to use explicitly feminine words when talking about women. For ex, they prefer the word "autrice" to "auteure" (female writer) because the second one sounds the same as its masculine version "auteur". And as previously mentionned, out loud, people will assume by default you're talking about a man. It's a big debate though, lots of women prefer words that sound masculine - going as far as refusing to use feminine words at all! Which sounds cool and gender-bending as fuck but in reality comes from feminine words traditionally seen as less legitimate and serious. Even today, if you look up the word empress "impératrice" in a French dictionary, the first definition that comes up is "wife of an emperor". "Woman ruling a country" comes second. Using a masculine title to refer to women can also be a way to mock them and show they're not welcome (a french deputy got fined in 2014 because he called the female president of the national assembly "Madame le président" and refused to use the feminine title "Madame la présidente").

Recently the tendency and official guidelines have been to feminize words, so I'd say go with that by default, but respect other people's choice if they specify how they want to be called.

Anyway I'm getting off-track but what I meant was that in French, if you avoid talking about gender, you're automatically erasing women (and nb people). So if you want to include everyone, you need to make it obvious.

Inclusivity as a statement

The most common way to make women and men equally visible is the "point médian" rule, which you can also use to refer to non-binary people as it avoids picking a specific gender.

Basically, it means pasting together the masculine and feminine forms of a word and using dots/middle dots/hyphens/parentheses/capital letters to create an inclusive word. For ex, instead of saying acteur (♂️) or actrice (♀️) for actor, you'll write "acteur.ice". For the plural form, there are two schools of thought : either you separate the feminine and masculine form AND the suffix used to signify the plural, or you don't. Aka, "acteur.ice.s" or "acteur.ices". Personally I prefer the second option because less dots makes it easier to read and faster to write, but it's an individual choice, both work.

There are two major downsides to this method : it only works in writing + it isn't doable for every word, as feminine and masculine words can be quite different and pasting them together that way would be unintelligible. Ex, "copain" and "copine" (friend or boyfriend/girlfriend depending on the context) would give something like "cop.ain.ine"...

You can work around that by choosing alternative words (as previously stated!). And it's still a pretty good method, especially as it works for any type of word (adjectives etc). Some people argue that it's hard to read and ugly but personally I think it's just a matter of habit (although it does pose a problem for people using screen readers). Be aware that it is the most controversial version of inclusive writing, as it's the furthest structure from how languages typically work.

If you don't like dots or want an alternative for oral speech, you can also straight up create new words that sound both feminine and masculine, making them gender-neutral. To use the previous example, "copain" and "copine" become "copaine".

Obviously, this only works if it's obvious which words they're based on. I think it's a great way to make French more inclusive but I'd advise against using it with uninitiated people as it would probably confuse them more than anything. This method is still quite niche.

An inclusive, yet binary language

As you've probably figured out, inclusive language remains quite binary in the way we approach it. It's more about making things both masculine and feminine than transcending gender and creating gender-neutral alternatives. Probably because inclusive language was more often a will to stop women from being erased rather than a non-binary friendly gesture.

Which means, there are also some rules that were created to avoid the "masculine trumps feminine rule" but don't allow room for non-binarity at all. I'll still explain them because they're interesting and you might encounter them at some point.

The proximity rule ("règle de proximité") is one of these. It existed in Ancient Greek and Latin but was dropped in Modern French in favor of the masculine trumps feminine rule. Basically, you gender things according to what's closest in the sentence instead of systematically using masculine words to gender a mixed group. For ex, instead of saying "Les hommes et les femmes sont beaux" you say "Les hommes et les femmes sont belles", as the subject "femmes" is closer to the adjective "beau/belle" than "hommes".

Another method is to systematically use both masculine and feminine words (which I personally find excruciating to write and read). Meaning, instead of writing "Les étudiants mangent à la cantine" (students eat at the cafeteria), you'll write "Les étudiantes et les étudiants mangent à la cantine".

This is mainly for the subject of the sentence : adjectives and such are gendered according to the masculine trumps feminine rule. The point is to explicitly include women, not to make the sentence unintelligible or gender-neutral.

When following this method, you also have to pay attention to whether you put the feminine subject first or the masculine. The rule is to follow alphabetical order. For ex, in "l'égalité entre les femmes et les hommes", "femmes" comes first because F comes before H. But in "Les auteurs et les autrices de roman", "auteurs" comes first because E comes before R. Etc.

This method is common as it's the only inclusive language you can get away with, given that it's a valid way of speaking French. It's even mandatory in some situations now, like in job descriptions for the french administration, in the spirit of gender equality.

So, how do I gender a non-binary person?

In short, you can use the pronoun iel + avoid gendered words and/or use the point médian and/or make up new words.

But keep in mind that if you're not talking to someone familiar with these rules, you'll have some explaining to do. And looots of people are still very anti inclusive language, because they're sexist and/or transphobic, ignorant, language purists, etc. A few years ago it was the thing to be angry about for conservatives and anti-feminists so it's still very controversial. But if you're in a trans inclusive queer space or talking with intersectionnal leftists, go for it !

I hope I covered everything (fellow french, don't hesitate to comment!) and didn't put you to sleep lmao. If you want to see some examples, you can look it up on Wikipedia or check #bagaitte on tumblr (it's the french queer tag) 😉

#it's a slow but steady effort! #the fact that it was accepted by my uni teachers shows how far we've come already #a decade ago it would have probably been dismissed #i don't even know if i was aware this existed a decade ago #😅 #anyway THANK YOU for this ask #i hope it was comprehensive and helpful #ask #language inclusif #écriture inclusive #inclusive language #upthebaguette #bagaitte #french #languages

[fluffypotatey]

just a quick thing bc it bothers me and i wanna get this off my chest

*pulls down presentation screen*

yes, both Miguel O’Hara and the Spot are antagonists to Miles

how-ever,

Miguel is an antagonist and a hero while the Spot is an antagonist and villain

that is all, thank you

#atsv #atsv spoilers #spiderman atsv #across the spiderverse #miguel o'hara #spiderman 2099 #the spot #miles morales #this has been fluffy’s mini lecture about literary narrative terms #Antagonist and villain are NOT the same thing #can they be? yes but that is all dependent on the narrative and who the protagonist is #Protagonists and heroes are NOT the same thing #Can they be? Yes but like with antagonists it is all dependent on the perspective of the narrative #we are USED to seeing protagonists be heroes because many stories are in the PERSPECTIVE of heroes not villains #thank you for coming to me Ted talk #if you disagree with me go take it up with your lit teacher

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Honoring Teachers with Acrylic Nameplate Holders for National Teacher Appreciation Week

Honoring Teachers with Acrylic Nameplate Holders for National Teacher Appreciation Week

May 1st through 8th is National Teacher Appreciation Week, and Tuesday the 3rd is Teacher Appreciation Day. Both are more deserved than ever after the trying events of the past two years. And even in the best of times, teachers still work long hours, face difficult challenges, and are often underpaid. So be sure to thank those who dedicate themselves so selflessly every day in the classroom! The…

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#Acrylic Name Plate Holder #Acrylic Nameplates #Cardstock Nameplates #Nameplates #Printed Nameplates #Teacher Appreciation Week #Thank a Teacher #Thank You Teachers

[notthesaint]

Fun fact: my recent art style was inspired by queruloustea and arty-cakes

Also this is a gift for @queruloustea, HIHI I LOVE YOUR ART SO MUCH

#if you are reading this. thank you so much because your art is the reason why i drastically improved. #i have been studying and observing every single of your artworks #I took some features that i liked about your art and i implied into my own style #I drew quirrel and monomon bec they are your fav blorbos #enjoy! #hollow knight #hollow knight art #hk quirrel #quirrel #hollow knight quirrel #monomon #monomon the teacher #quirrel and monomon are not my favorite characters but i enjoyed drawing them bec of you #this is on queue btw #my art

[arrowmaker15]

(Duke approaching Jason as the latter sips coffee, Steph is on the table beside him)

Duke: Hey, Jason?

Jason: Yes, Duke?

Duke: So, I have a finals project I have to do, and I wanted your help.

Steph, curious: Why is that?

Duke: Well, uh, the teacher said the best paper he ever got was from a kid named Jason Todd, and described Jason, so I decided to get his help.

Steph, whirling around to look at Jason: Mister Finger's favorite paper was yours!? And you never told me!?

Jason, calmly: Steph, when you would have taken his class, I was an active supervillain who was number one on the Justice League's most wanted list. And I hated all of you fuckers. You wouldn't have gotten my help even if you knew it was my paper.

Steph: Oh.

Duke: Back to the question, will you help me?

Jason: Oh, sure. I'll help. Give me an hour and another cup of coffee.

#dc comics #incorrect quotes #incorrect dc quotes #batfam incorrect quotes #jason todd #stephanie brown #duke thomas #jaysteph #english #bill finger #is a teacher in the DC universe #you can't convince me otherwise #thanks to #thepandaredd #for the idea #Jason Todd is an English genius #all of his English teachers loved him #Mister Finger cried when he learned of Jason's demise #Damian will ask him in a few years

[cubur]

サスナルの日 7/3

Big collaboration with @snow124-art ！ It wasn't planned but here are many lovely pieces for sasunaru day ^^！ Thank you for giving me another opportunity to draw with you！！Words cannot express how much it means to me…✨❤️

#7/3 #sasunaru #naruto #sasuke #Naruto Uzumaki #Sasuke Uchiha #sns #collab #sketches #I know i promised before that i wouldn't strangle you once again #but you don't know what it means to me to draw some stuff with you #So just... thank you for giving me this opportunity again!! #it was a great pleasure for me to work with my snowycat teacher hoo~ #my art #(and not my art) #Thank you Snow!

[dorr-township-library]

#teacher #teacher appreciation #teacher appreciation day #thank you teachers #teach #dorr township library