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Unnecessary life update
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I have officially made it to the halfway point of this quarter. And I don’t mean to sound morbid but I didn’t expect to at all!
It’s just that I’ve recently learned that chronic sleep deprivation actually does lead to premature death and I’ve slept at three in the morning everyday since I started online schooling. (Though actual scientific evidence has always been available on the Internet, I found it easier to believe that this was a hoax.) But concerning as it may be, the past two weeks have been so demanding of my time and energy, resting didn’t seem like an option.
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Much to the dismay of Freshman Angel, most organizations in Ateneo require an interview as part of the application process. I remember signing up for three departments in my home org back then: I sweated my way through one screening, completely flunked the other, and ghosted the last. I also applied to be part of our hosting pool and made a run for it at the last minute: despite having spent only two weeks on campus, I easily found a secret passageway leading to the nearest exit just so that I wouldn’t have to run into the officer in charge of my audition.
Given the unfortunate display of cowardice, it’s hard to believe that this year, I found myself on the other side. I conducted several ICs (rebranded to individual conversations) in an attempt to welcome freshmen, give them a picture of what awaits them in ACTM, and hopefully serve as one of their first friends, if I built enough rapport with them.
The week after, I had to conduct interviews and screen all hopefuls who wanted to make it into my department. I only spoke with 13 of them through a screen but I had to go through three times more application forms, interview footage, and assessments to determine who would make it to our final line-up. One night, I binge-watched the recordings of all the interviews I conducted in chronological order and I didn’t know if I found my waning energy levels depressing or funny. Toward the last few, I refused to turn on my camera because I had gotten a sudden allergy attack.
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And as if the load I bear as an associate vice president in ACTM wasn’t heavy enough, I joined five other orgs last recruitment week. I wouldn’t go and call the quarantine a blessing because I’m not an asshole but these past few months have made me realize that I want to do and be so many things in life and I missed the opportunity to start on them earlier, since I spent the first few years of college hanging around with no end goal in mind. So in a fit of impulsiveness, I signed up for:
The Development Society of the Ateneo, where I will be working either as an advocacy or consultancy trainee under the research and development department (depends on how my interview this Thursday fares);
Ateneo Education Geared Towards Empowerment, where I will be gathering data from our partner communities to help the organization provide quality education given the online setting;
Ateneo Association of Communication Majors, where I will be under the research and development department yet again of MIRLab, their documentary production house;
Ateneo PEERS, where I will be part of a peer support program intended to help in my self-improvement, and that of others as well;
Project Kabuhayan, where I will be participating in initiatives geared towards empowering micro, small, and medium enterprises
I had general assemblies for most of them: had to ditch two for a midterm, and will be watching the recordings tomorrow. I didn’t even have to talk in any of them; simply watch the officers speak about their projects for the year then head on over to my designated breakout room. But the mere idea of being perceived by hundreds of Zoom call participants was already enough to drain my social battery.
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To top it all off, my major tasks for all three subjects I’m taking this quarter were due last Friday. I had a group podcast for Philosophy class which we had to shoot twice on the busiest day of my week. I wanted nothing more than to get it over with, so when we wrapped up our first attempt, we were ready to let it go through some rushed post-production and submit it without giving it a second look. But I couldn’t stomach the thought of submitting subpar work when the task is supposed to be easy, given enough discipline.
Another group I was a part of had a marketing plan (you’ll never guess which subject it was for) that proposed the rebranding of Adidas Originals to cater to an older target market, or “the active ageing”, as we liked to call it. We only found out a couple of hours before the deadline that our professor was not accepting anything over 10 pages just when we had hit the 40-page mark. All of our well-researched, comprehensive parts had to be cut down significantly, which was the equivalent of flushing many sleepless nights down the drain.
And of course, I had a case study and midterm to accomplish for Law. The minute I received the message confirming the submission of my answers, I plopped down on my bed and napped. Later on that night, I released all the pent-up tension in me by going on my first ever e-numan. I never got the logic behind drinking alcohol in front of my computer: I always thought it was a sad attempt to replicate the bustling nightlife of Katip or the intimate energy of barkada chillnumans in condominiums. But I guess all I needed was the right company, and some sweet-tasting Novellino.
Anyway, before this turns into a full-on advert for a brand that isn’t even sponsoring this post, let me move on.
Reading that probably exhausted you. As the one who had to live through all that, I can tell you: it was even more hectic than you think. Before this pandemic was a thing, my schedule was clear-cut. I could tell the days of the week apart, and appreciate the endless possibility brought by Friday evenings. I could wake up at eight on Saturday morning, smile to myself because of how early it is, and go back to sleep without any feelings of guilt.
Now, the line that separates work and home has been completely obliterated. The Internet promotes that I have to be at the top of my game all the time. Every moment spent in rest and recreation is a moment wasted when there’s so much to do, always somewhere to be even if I’m technically not allowed to leave the comfort of my own home.
I would sometimes report to my friends that I threw my circadian rhythm out the window, which would be met with the same well-meaning outcries. “What the hell! Drop all your commitments! Pace yourself! Sleep early!”. I think they know by now that this often falls on deaf ears. Ironically, whenever I observe or hear of friends falling into the same patterns as me, I’m often one of the first to reprimand. I sentence them to early bedtime like a stressed suburban mother of two, and check in on them constantly to see if they’re doing alright. I tell them not to pressure themselves to perform at their very best, while working myself to the bone, writing this ~2,000 word essay at half past two in the morning.
But one conversation I had with one of my friends stood out. He told me how proud he was of me: that even if I’m so busy juggling so many things, it all pays off in the end because I’m genuinely happy and fulfilled. I get to see the fruits of my labor and share it with the world.
Which is so true. I honestly enjoy the success that comes from this hyperproductivity, and take pride in the output that I manage to churn out. I’m willing to give up hours of sleep if it means getting to do what will help me make my pipe dreams a reality, or create something that sets my soul on fire.I don’t mind going out of my comfort zone if it’s to talk to new people who have the potential of being some of my greatest friends in the future, or advocating for causes that I’m passionate about.
In fact, I am so willing to prolong my period of working to welcome the new members of my department or create even more articles to talk about pressing cultural phenomena. It will be hard as hell while the sacrifice is still ongoing but I always know that it will lead to something greater and bigger than I am.
Besides, when I feel like I can no longer take it, I don’t think I’ll have it in me to force myself. It might not look like it but I am afraid of the serious health risks and will try to slot in more time for sleep if need be. But I have no plans of backing out of anything right now since I’m still on top of everything. Guess I’m fueled by a genuine desire to give/be/do as much as I can, while I still can.
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Where did this post even go, honestly… This was supposed to be a simple life update, complete with a pop culture recommendation to supplement my experiences. I did not expect it to spiral the way it did so now I have no idea how to transition from one part to the next in a way that isn’t entirely awkward. Oh well.
I managed to preserve my sanity these past two weeks by listening to only one artist. Anyone who follows me on Spotify must think that their Friend Activity tab is glitching but the rumors are indeed true: I have been listening to chosen songs from The Boyz’ discography on a constant loop, like an actual zombie. Count on me to get into a new K-Pop group during the busiest week of the quarter as a coping mechanism.
I was an anti of this group when they first debuted because they are home to a former Produce 101 contestant whom I hated. (Still do, up to now. Don’t know how to reconcile my conflicting feelings.) So you could say I was heavily biased from the start and refused to give them a chance. Thankfully, one of my best friends recently converted after watching them on Road to Kingdom and sent me some of their performances to reel me in. Since I am a girl with a working brain and pair of eyes, I was easily impressed. When they came back recently with The Stealer, I officially fell and made no active efforts to get up.
If there are any Deobis reading, (1) congrats, you are a person of taste; (2) please be my friend. My current favorite songs other than their latest title track are No Air, I’m Your Boy, and Break Your Rules. I’ve also started most mornings with their Danger live stage. Who needs caffeine when you have acrobatic stunts and good-looking men?
I also have a lot of exciting things coming up, which I just felt the need to share:
I’m going to be a panelist at a talk for Developh, an organization I’m a part of which leverages technology for social good. This Friday, October 16th, I’ll be joining three brilliant go-getters from different fields to talk about my internship at makesense Philippines (which warrants another blog post) as well as my experience as a freelance writer.
I have a couple of published pieces in the pipeline right now that I absolutely cannot wait to share! I honestly think they’re some of my favorites. Over the past few weeks, I have written about Internet study communities, the Subtle Asian Dating Facebook group, and unpaid internships. I’ve also pitched a couple more to my bosses and they’ve given me the green light at the same time so yes, once again, I am running on tight deadlines.
I’ll be applying for internships once this quarter is over and I’m already considering a couple of start-ups as good prospects. I’m making my personalized CVs for each company and saving the contact details of the designated point people in a neat little Notion spread for easy access.
Feels weird to end this post with stay safe and healthy, and don’t forget to rest. Maybe I’ll just make that a note to self.
Love and light,
Angel
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Once upon a time
I was an artist, and not a very good one. Unlike my brothers, I felt more at home playing videogames, or reading books, or writing, but I still draw from time to time, though its getting rarer and rarer for me to want to. I was digging through my closet o' crap when I found one of my old binders. Tucked inside was an assortment of doodles and drawings, both mine and my brother's. Before I continue, a (Very Long) bit of backstory. I learned to draw by tracing, and when I was ridiculed at around eight years old by peers for "cheating", I started drawing everything with visual aids. Instead of tracing a picture, I copied it by looking at it constantly as I drew. I didn't have very good internet access where I lived, nor did I have any concept of what "credit to the artist" or watermarks were, other than something that got in the way of tracing. Very rarely did I try drawing something original, because it never looked as good as my tracings. I rarely actually finished an original picture, because to me, they were never good enough. And the few that I did finish took hours, because it had. To. Be. PERFECT. One thing I always felt pretty good drawing, were dragons. Mostly side shots, and neck to head pics (busts? I think?) all of which had Zero depth and were as 2D as the paper they were drawn on, but I was proud of them. I lived in a small red-neckish/ hillbilly community in the mountains. I LITERALLY had to walk five miles uphill to school through snow, if rockslides took the roads out during the winter. I went to a school that only had 100 students, K-8th grade. One teacher, and an assistant, per classroom and each classroom holding 2 or more student grade levels; K-2nd, 3rd-4th, 5th-6th, 7th-8th. And I was bullied severely after people discovered I (a 3rd grader) had a crush on a 4th grade girl. It got so bad that my mother started homeschooling my siblings and I. I returned to public school in 7th grade because the greatest teacher in my life was coming out of retirement to teach 7th & 8th grade for two more years. Once again, I was bullied heavily because low and behold, the girl was in 8th grade. Despite losing interest in her YEARS ago... Everyone still picked on me, calling me a stalker and creating false scenarios that supposedly happened, only to get me in trouble. Meanwhile, I had started crushing on someone else. And she inspired me to start drawing. I would find a tree on the outskirts of school, or sit by the bathrooms if the pains-in-my-ass were in my field, and draw my heart out. I drew dragons, and her, and her with dragons, and her AS a dragon. I was falling hopelessly in love with her. We had so much in common, we loved to read, we loved sports and art, we were the top students in class, we were always the first ones in the classroom. But, I was at the bottom of the food chain, and she was at the top. Because of a stupid 3rd grade crush, I couldn't hang out with her in public without drawing in my bullies like sharks to blood. And only through a select art program for the "elite" (which I miraculously qualified for) could we hang out without drawing attention. We could be normal people, normal friends, normal. Had this been a book or videogame, I would have seen this coming. Only when life couldn't get better, does it get a whole... lot... worse. I was drawing at my spot by the bathrooms when I felt eyes on me. I slowly gazed up through my hoodie and saw the group of asshats I called "classmates" sitting at the outdoor lunch tables, across the basketball court about 30 yards from me. All of them were staring at me. They were led by a short, thuggish, all-star wannabe named Jacob, and his held-back-three-years, Neanderthalic, white trash first mate, Easton. These two people, are the cause of all of my bullying, I legit want to kill them in the most sadistic way possible to this day. Within seconds they resumed chatting amongst themselves, and I went back to my drawing. A minutes go by, I'm almost finished with my page, when a girl named Katherine walks up to me. I assumed she was going to in bathrooms behind me, but she just stood there. Defensively, I slowly curled up over my art, trying to shield it from the now obviously prying eyes. It was too late. She proceeded to ask what I was drawing and I honestly told her. I was raised to give women, all women, the utmost respect. If they talk, I answer. If they need help with anything, I volunteer first. My mom raised me to be chivalrous, and it would be my undoing. I told Katherine that I was drawing a picture of a girl sitting on the roof of some store, eating a popsicle, as a dragon snuck up behind her. "Hey, isn't that _________?" she said, my heart sinking as I realised what I had done. Before I could answer, she walked back towards the tables. The crowd eagerly waiting for the information their spy had collected. Soon, I heard my crushes name, and popsicle, being said constantly, always followed by an uproar of laughter. Only now do I understand the innuendos, I was too innocent back then, but I was wise enough to know that my future would be bleak. And it was. My crush couldn't hang out anymore, it was just too awkward for her. Rumors flew that I had bugged her house with cameras, that I was secretly drawing pornography of her (though I had NO IDEA what that was at the time) and that's why I hung out near the bathrooms all the time. And that's not the tip of Antarctic sized Iceberg. I had to endure hundreds of "mediation" sessions for things I didn't do, places I've never been, events I wasn't part of. Mediation was when two students had a problem, a select staff member set time aside to mediate between them and solve the problem. You'd think after 2 or 3 sessions of me saying, "I didn't do this, I wasn't there, I had no part in this!" they'd take a hint, but no. I started drawing much less after that. And the bullying continued until my 8th grade field trip, but that's for another time. Back story over. Amongst the doodles and drawings I found my Master Piece. A drawing that I've been working on, off and on, for almost seven years now. I started it sometime after graduating 8th grade, when I was angry and depressed and alone. And the only thing that pulled me through was Skyrim. The very first thing that made me feel important, that I was something much more. Alas, it isn't complete. Yet. But it is complete enough in my opinion to post online. However, it is 2 am where I'm at, and I'm exhausted. So I'll post it sometime tomorrow, with some of my brother's art as well over the next few days. His stuff that I found is old, but if you wanna check out his newer stuff I'll leave a link at the bottom. And I'll consider sharing my world with you too. Thanks for reading this Super Long post. Sorry if I bored you or took up your dashboard. Layne324 http://fox-skylark.deviantart.com My bro ^^^^^
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Why Flipped Learning Is Still Going Strong 10 Years Later
Ten years ago two Colorado chemistry teachers unleashed a brash concept on a K-12 landscape where few questioned the age-old formula of lecture, homework, assess, repeat. It was the early days of YouTube (then two-years old), and it was getting cheap and easy to make and post videos, so the two teachers—Jon Bergmann and Aaron Sams—proposed shifting lectures to videos students would watch at home, and asking students to come to class prepared to problem solve with their peers. It became know as the flipped classroom—a modern, video-based version of a model pioneered by a handful of higher ed professors during the 1990s.
A few years later, the concept lit up like rocket fuel thanks in part to the catchy name, along with fast-growing home internet connectivity and a shout-out in Sal Khan’s popular TED Talk. Or maybe it stemmed from the fact that anyone could get the gist of the teaching idea in the time it takes to rattle off a sound bite. “It’s a simple model,” says Bergmann. “Simple designs work well, and simplicity makes things happen.”
Simple designs work well, and simplicity makes things happen
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Whatever the cause, it was a hit with teachers everywhere. By 2008 it had its own conference, FlipCon (which closed domestically, but not internationally, in 2016). A New York Times headline went so far as to call it a “Death Knell for the Lecture,” while other mainstream media outlets scrambled to cover the craze. Detractors predictably sprang up to call it an online video fad. And Bergmann, Sams and Khan turned it into a bonafide career path.
What was less certain then was that flipped would still be going strong a decade after those first bite-sized chemistry lectures appeared online, and that it would spawn a global movement, picking up devotees in dozens of countries around the world, or that edtech companies from EDpuzzle to PlayPosit and Schoology would still be making money off it long after that first news cycle came and went.
Of course, the flipped movement still has its critics. It can mean more work for students and teachers alike, it disadvantages students without strong home internet access and it’s all too easy for teachers to get it wrong, isolating students even further. “A kid who does not do their homework normally will not watch the lectures at home even if you hold them accountable,” educator Chris Aviles has written in a screed against the model’s hype.
But notably, a cohesive opposition movement has failed to materialize, in part because research on its impact in the classroom has generally been positive (or at least neutral). Perhaps also because as flipped learning has evolved, it has adopted much more of an open-ended definition. It has become hard to pin down as it finally begins to shake off the stigma of an online video fad.
“When you ask people what the flipped classroom is, they automatically go to the videos,” says Ryan Hull, a Kansas middle school teacher who has been flipping his social studies classes for the past six years. “I know that making a video is probably the most intimidating part for most people. But you’ll find the vast majority of my time now is dedicated to figuring out what in the world I’m going to do in a class period where I used to talk for 35 minutes.”
The promise of more time for active learning is key to the flipped appeal, its fans say. Equally important, the approach offers a readymade solution to a universal problem: In the information age, how do you teach students to think for themselves when so many answers are just a Google search away?
“We feel that everything is changing,” says Sigrún Svafa, a Danish-language teacher in Iceland who has traveled across Europe as a flipped-learning trainer. “I could be babbling about something trying to convince you to listen to me, but if you need this information you could just look it up. We have to do something about that, and it’s really a global issue.”
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Early this decade there was perhaps no one person—not even Bergmann or Sams—more associated with flipping the classroom than Sal Khan, due in no small part to the more than 140 million views his Khan Academy videos had racked up by 2012. But to hear Khan tell it, that association was little more than a coincidence of timing. Namely, his videos were approaching critical mass just around the same time as flipped learning was coming into its own.
“I kind of fell into this a little bit,” says Khan, in an interview with EdSurge. “Halfway through my TED Talk, I do say ‘flipped,’ but I didn’t even realize there was something called a flipped classroom movement when I said this. Almost by coincidence there was this flipped classroom movement and this meme—and it’s a powerful movement.”
Khan makes no bones about the fact that both he and his nonprofit have benefited from the association. But he says Khan Academy has a “mixed relationship” with the term flipped classroom. “I always put an asterisk by it and I always say, ‘This is kind of just the start,’ he says. “It isn’t about strictly about saying homework in class and lecture at home: it’s doing what’s most appropriate in the right place when the student needs it.”
But if Khan was the face of the movement, at least to the outside world, Jon Bergmann has always been its heart. When flipped hit it big, he left the classroom to free up time to travel the world spreading the gospel of flipped (Svafa has seen him in Iceland—twice). Along the way he helped found the nonprofit Flipped Learning Network and, more recently, the Flipped Learning Global Initiative, an organization that combines research with a community of practicing flipped learning experts (and a new certification program).
A year and a half ago, Bergmann tasked his researchers with evaluating the flipped-learning movement, looking at both published studies and stories collected from educators over the years. In the end, the researchers came up with a handful of perhaps unsurprising conclusions: flipped learning is constantly evolving, has transformed class time into active learning time, attained a global following and is creating new job opportunities. Through examinations of classroom surveys such as Project Tomorrow’s Speak Up, the Flipped Learning Global Initiative estimates that around 16 percent of U.S. teachers are currently flipping their teaching, and 35 percent would like training on the subject; 46 percent of principals want new teachers who know how to flip a classroom.
But the exercise also determined that flipped learning wasn’t just another teaching strategy competing with other models, such as project- or mastery-based learning, but rather a kind of bait to get instructors interested in broader teaching philosophies. “We’re saying we need a simple way to move from active to passive learning, and the simplest way to do that is via flipped learning,” Bergmann says.
Think of flipped as the operating system of education
One of Bergmann’s favorite ways of thinking about this broader strategy comes courtesy of one of his research fellows, Robert Talbert, a math professor at Grand Valley State University, in Michigan. “He used a metaphor to describe this,” Bergmann says. “Think of flipped as the operating system of education. All the other active-learning strategies, such as project-based learning, inquiry and mastery learning—those are the apps. Flipped is a framework to make this all work.”
It’s Not About Video—Until It Is
Aaron Sams was one of the original co-founders of the modern flipped-learning movement, and, like Bergmann, he too has crisscrossed the globe giving talks and training teachers. Recently though, he’s taken a step back to pursue a PhD in STEM instruction, and he has begun to explore more general questions of what makes good teaching (as opposed to good flipped teaching).
“I used to talk a lot about the fact that flipping is not about the video, it’s about what you do with your classroom time,” explains Sams. “But the more I think about it, good teaching is about what you do with the classroom time.” Flipping, he says, is a tool to help move the classroom toward active learning, and a better use of face-to-face time. “So I would probably take a few steps back from what I said a few years ago—that it’s not about the video—and say, I think it kind of is.”
Khan suggests that while video-based instruction is inferior to human interaction, it still holds value as part of what he calls “micro-explanation,” whereby students can turn to their teacher’s lectures (or, say, Khan Academy videos) to reinforce concepts during the active-learning process, at the exact moment they’re ready to learn them.
Lecture still exists in a flipped model, but the way professors use it is far different. Once lectures are turned into a series of modular videos, students can consume them as needed. Ryan Hull, the middle school teacher in Kansas, practices what he calls the “in-flip,” where students watch videos in class, “so that when they have questions, I’m here.”
Cara Johnson, a former high school anatomy teacher in Allen, Texas, who now works as an instructional coach, has even seen students whose teachers have not adopted a flipped model approaching their peers in flipped courses to get their videos. “Now it’s just the expectation,” she says of flipped learning at her district. “Students know the power of having that just-in-time instruction.”
Students know the power of having that just-in-time instruction
Cara Johnson
Masters of Flip
Teachers who have been flipping their classrooms for a few years tend to follow a similar trajectory.
They might be nervous or skeptical in the beginning, flipping their class unit by unit as they collect enough activities to fill up class time. And at first many students resist. Research has shown that students sometimes have a hard time using passive video effectively, and often need help being more productive during active-learning time. “For students that have figured out the game of high school, it was like I was changing the rules, and that was frustrating for them,” says Johnson about the early days of changing her anatomy class.
“When I switched to mastery learning, I took away the due dates,” Johnson explains. “I said, ‘Look, here’s what I expect you to learn, and here’s everything you need to learn it. Go learn it, but I’m not going to tell you to learn it by this date.’ All of the students took a sigh of relief.”
Mastery- or competency-based learning is one of those fuzzy pedagogical terms that is open to interpretation. Khan calls it a “loaded word” that educators use in different ways. To him, mastery learning is simply not pushing kids ahead when they’re still struggling. “It just means that you have multiple tries to make sure you don’t have debilitating gaps.”
Part of its appeal to flipped educators is that the mastery-based approach carries the Bergmann-Sams seal of approval. Before Bergmann began thinking of the flipped classroom as “the glue that holds it all together,” he and Sams promoted the idea that within a flipped classroom, entire units could be given to students at one time to learn at their own pace. And still, within a mastery-based flipped learning classroom, there would be time to spare for projects, genius hours and Socratic seminars galore.
“Applying the concept of mastery learning to the flipped classroom just makes sense,” says Hull, who like Johnson, has introduced the concept to his middle schoolers. When his students are ready to move on, they must show him they’ve mastered at least three-quarters of the material. At that point, if they want better grades they can always go back to past material they struggled with and try again.
Really, Hull says, he’s pulling from the work of researchers such as Benjamin Bloom, who advocated a mastery approach more than forty years ago. “Education runs in circles,” Hull says. “Mastery learning worked back then, and now we’re coming back to it, and it’s still working.”
Johnson, Hull and even Svafa, the Danish teacher, have all run classes that seem positively Montessorian. Hull boasts that on any given day, students in his class can be working on five or six different things. Svafa, who teaches adults returning to high school, gives her students an enormous amount of flexibility to work on the areas where they feel weakest during class time. And Johnson is helping with a project in a physics teacher’s classroom where students are spending the entire period figuring out how to create an enormous Mondrian painting from a tiny model.
But the same three teachers have also spent class time giving short lectures on topics they love, teaching students how to be better independent learners and hosting group conversations on topics in the news. The secret to making it all work, they say, has nothing to do with eliminating direct instruction from class. Rather, it lies in the true flexibility that the flipped-classroom provides.
“I say to people, ‘It’s not forbidden to have a good lecture in class,’” Svafa says. “That’s really nice sometimes—just to talk about something you love. But if you record all the boring stuff, there’s so much more time for all the amazing stuff.”
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31 celebrities who smashed the stigma surrounding mental illness in 2016.
It may not seem like that big of a deal when a celebrity speaks up about their experiences with mental illness. But it is.
Throughout 2016, dozens of actors, authors, artists, and athletes trailblazers we’re used to seeing smiling on red carpets or snagging gold medals on TV shared the personal battles they’ve faced behind closed doors. It was a groundbreaking year.
It levels the playing field,” Aaron Harvey says of the many public figures who chose to speak up. Harvey is the founder of Intrusive Thoughts, a group set on humanizing those living with mental illness. Suddenly, you realize the same struggles that you have might be the same struggles that someone you really idolize have. And that [makes it] OK.”
The stigma surrounding mental illness is taking lives. Many millions of people living with conditions like depression and anxiety are shamed into believing there’s something inherently wrong with them that they’re weak, for instance, or even dangerous to others. They suffer in silence because of it.
When a person with a platform becomes a face others can relate to, it becomes a little bit easier for someone else to follow in their footsteps, talk to someone, and get the help they need. Speaking up can save a life.
Here are 31 celebrities who spoke out in 2016 some of them for the first time about their experiences living with a mental illness:
1. Actress Kristen Bell wrote about why you can’t trust all of your thoughts when you’re battling depression.
“For me, depression is not sadness. Its not having a bad day and needing a hug. It gave me a complete and utter sense of isolation and loneliness. Its debilitation was all-consuming, and it shut down my mental circuit board. I felt worthless, like I had nothing to offer, like I was a failure. Now, after seeking help, I can see that those thoughts, of course, couldnt have been more wrong.” Kristen Bell, on living with depression
2. Singer Selena Gomez reminded us that you never really know what’s going on in someone else’s head.
“I had to stop. ‘Cause I had everything, and I was absolutely broken inside. And I kept it all together enough to where I would never let you down, but I kept it too much together, to where I let myself down. I don’t want to see your bodies on Instagram, I want to see what’s in here. [puts hand on heart] I’m not trying to get validation, nor do I need it anymore. … If you are broken, you dont have to stay broken.” Selena Gomez, on living with anxiety and depression
3. Musical artist Kid Cudi got candid about the limitations that living with a mental illness put on his own life.
“My anxiety and depression have ruled my life for as long as I can remember and I never leave the house because of it. I can’t make new friends because of it. I don’t trust anyone because of it and Im tired of being held back in my life. I deserve to have peace. I deserve to be happy and smiling. Why not me?” Kid Cudi, on living with anxiety and depression
4. Actor Wentworth Miller opened up about becoming the butt of a body-shaming joke amid his struggle to survive.
“Now, when I see that image of me in my red t-shirt, a rare smile on my face, I am reminded of my struggle. My endurance and my perseverance in the face of all kinds of demons. Some within. Some without. Like a dandelion up through the pavement, I persist.” Wentworth Miller, on living with depression
5. Actress Hayden Panettiere shared with fans that they might be seeing less of her because, first and foremost, she needed to prioritize getting well.
The postpartum depression I have been experiencing has impacted every aspect of my life. Rather than stay stuck due to unhealthy coping mechanisms, I have chosen to take time to reflect holistically on my health and life. Wish me luck!” Hayden Panettiere, on living with postpartum depression
6. Singer Zayn Malik penned an essay on why he had to cancel performances due to severe anxiety.
“The thing is, I love performing. I love the buzz. I dont want to do any other job. Thats why my anxiety is so upsetting and difficult to explain. Its this thing that swells up and blocks out your rational thought processes. Even when you know you want to do something, know that it will be good for you, that youll enjoy it when youre doing it, the anxiety is telling you a different story. Its a constant battle within yourself.” Zayn Malik, on living with anxiety
7. Artist Lady Gaga revealed a secret about her own battles at an event benefitting young homeless teens in New York.
“My own trauma in my life has helped me to understand the trauma of others. I told the kids today that I suffer from a mental illness. I suffer from PTSD. I’ve never told that to anyone before, so here we are.” Lady Gaga, on living with post-traumatic stress disorder
8. NFL wide receiver Brandon Marshall explained why organizing with one another not hiding away is crucial for those living with a mental illness.
I thought, How many others are out there suffering? I tell people all the time, you know, where were at in [the mental health] community is where the cancer and HIV community was 20, 25 years ago. So we have to galvanize this community. Brandon Marshall, on living with borderline personality disorder
9. Actress Rachel Bloom showed us why we shouldn’t let stereotypes about medication dictate whether we should get the proper help we need.
“I had gone to therapists, but for the first time I sought out a psychiatrist. In his office I finally felt safe. I told him everything. Each session improved my life. He diagnosed me with low-grade depression and put me on a small amount of Prozac. Theres a stereotype (I had believed) that antidepressants numb you out; that didnt happen to me.” Rachel Bloom, on living with depression
10. Musical artist Justin Vernon of Bon Iver got real about what a panic attack can actually feel like.
It was like: Oh my god, my chest is caving in, what the f**k is going on? I dont like talking about it, but I feel its important to talk about it, so that other people who experience it dont feel its just happening to them. Justin Vernon, on living with panic attacks and depression
11. Singer Demi Lovato pointed out the importance of consistently staying on top of your health for the long haul.
“Its not something where you see a therapist once or you see your psychiatrist once, its something you maintain to make sure that you want to live with mental illness. You have to take care of yourself. Demi Lovato, on living with bipolar disorder
12. Actress Lena Dunham opened up about how anxiety affects her day-to-day routines.
Ive always been anxious, but I havent been the kind of anxious that makes you run 10 miles a day and make a lot of calls on your BlackBerry. Im the kind of anxious that makes you like, Im not going to be able to come out tonight, tomorrow night, or maybe for the next 67 nights. Lena Dunham, on living with anxiety
13. NFL guard Brandon Brooks discussed the difference between game-day jitters and the type of anxiety he experiences.
I wanted to get to the bottom of whats going on. Basically, I found out recently that I have an anxiety condition. What I mean by anxiety condition [is] not nervousness or fear of the game. … I have, like, an obsession with the game. Its an unhealthy obsession right now and Im working with team doctors to get everything straightened out and getting the help that I need and things like that. Brandon Brooks, on living with anxiety
14. Actress Evan Rachel Wood spoke out about how our world’s tendency to overlook or dismiss certain groups can complicate a person’s mental health.
“For so long, I was ashamed. Youre dealing with the shame that the world has imposed upon you, and then on top of that, the shame of identifying that way. Youre totally looked down upon in and out of the LGBT community. A good way to combat that and the stereotypes is to be vocal.” Evan Rachel Wood, on living with depression and coming out as bisexual
15. Actress Cara Delevingne got real about her early struggles living with a sense of hopelessness.
“I’m very good at repressing emotion and seeming fine. As a kid I felt like I had to be good and I had to be strong because my mum wasn’t. So, when it got to being a teenager and all the hormones and the pressure and wanting to do well at school for my parents, not for me I had a mental breakdown. I was suicidal. I couldn’t deal with it any more. I realized how lucky and privileged I was, but all I wanted to do was die.” Cara Delevingne, on living with depression
16. Comedian Patton Oswalt laid out the difference between living with depression and surviving the devastation of losing a loved one.
Depression is more seductive. Its tool is: Wouldnt it be way more comfortable to stay inside and not deal with people? Grief is an attack on life. Its not a seducer. Its an ambush or worse. It stands right out there and says: The minute you try something, Im waiting for you. Patton Oswalt, on living with depression and the grief brought on by his wife’s death
17. Singer Kesha opened up about what led her to a rehab program focused on treating eating disorders.
“I felt like part of my job was to be as skinny as possible and, to make that happen, I had been abusing my body. I just wasn’t giving it the energy it needed to keep me healthy and strong.” Kesha, on living with an eating disorder
18. Author John Green wrote about the dangers of romanticizing mental illness.
“Mental illness is stigmatized, but it is also romanticized. If you google the phrase ‘all artists are,’ the first suggestion is ‘mad.’ We hear that genius is next to insanity. … Of course, there are kernels of truth here: Many artists and storytellers do live with mental illness. But many dont. And what I want to say today, I guess, is that you can be sane and be an artist, and also that if you are sick, getting help although it is hard and exhausting and inexcusably difficult to access will not make you less of an artist.” John Green, on living with depression
19. Musical artist Halsley discussed her attempt at suicide as a teenager.
I had tried to kill myself. I was an adolescent; I didnt know what I was doing. Because I was 17, I was still in a childrens ward. Which was terrifying. I was in there with 9-year-olds who had tried to kill themselves. Halsley, on living with bipolar disorder, and once staying in a psychiatric hospital
20. Prince Harry addressed the problem with assuming people who seemingly have their lives in order aren’t struggling with an invisible issue.
You know, I really regret not ever talking about it. … A lot of people think if youve got a job, if youve got financial security, if youve got a family, youve got a house, all that sort of stuff everyone seems to think that is all you need and you are absolutely fine to deal with stuff. Prince Harry, on living with grief after his mother’s death
21. Actress Rowan Blanchard explained why living with a mental illness can be a learning opportunity.
“I learned this year that happiness and sadness are not mutually exclusive. They can exist within me at the same time in the same moment. While also becoming more forgiving of myself and my emotions, I became more forgiving of others, specifically other teenagers.” Rowan Blanchard, on living with depression
22. Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps spoke candidly about why even gold medals couldn’t truly make him happy.
I went in with no self-confidence, no self-love. I think the biggest thing was, I thought of myself as just a swimmer, and nobody else. … I was lost, pushing a lot people out of my life people that I wanted and needed in my life. I was running and escaping from whatever it was I was running from. Michael Phelps, on living with mental illness
23. Actress Jenifer Lewis talked about how the AIDS epidemic led her to realize she needed help.
“Sometimes I suspected that something was not quite right. Especially during the time when the AIDS epidemic was at its height and my grief was pretty much out of control. No one was talking about bipolar disorder and mental illness back then. I had lost so many friends and loved ones. My spiral into depression was overwhelming; I could not function. Thats when I couldnt ignore the fact that something was wrong anymore. Jenifer Lewis, on living with bipolar disorder
24. Singer Adele highlighted why not each form of mental illness manifests the same way in every person.
“My knowledge of postpartum [depression] or post-natal, as we call it in England is that you dont want to be with your child; youre worried you might hurt your child; youre worried you werent doing a good job. But I was obsessed with my child. I felt very inadequate; I felt like Id made the worst decision of my life. … It can come in many different forms.” Adele, on living with postpartum depression
25. Actor Jared Padalecki launched a new “I Am Enough” campaign, selling shirts to support initiatives that fight depression and self-harm.
I am enough. And you are enough. … I know I can keep fighting and I know that Im trying to love myself, but sometimes you feel like youre not enough. So this message is helping me kind of understand that I am enough just the way I was made. Jared Padalecki, on living with depression
26. Actress Amanda Seyfried nailed why we should be treating mental illness just as seriously as any other disease or condition.
“Im on [antidepressant] Lexapro, and Ill never get off of it. Ive been on it since I was 19, so 11 years. Im on the lowest dose. I dont see the point of getting off of it. Whether its placebo or not, I dont want to risk it. And what are you fighting against? Just the stigma of using a tool? A mental illness is a thing that people cast in a different category [from other illnesses], but I dont think it is. It should be taken as seriously as anything else.” Amanda Seyfried, on living with anxiety and depression
27. Musical artist Keke Palmer opened up about how her own mental illness postponed the release of a new album.
I stopped trying all together because I allowed people to make me believe that being an artist meant having big budget music videos and big record producers backing you. When in reality, all being an artist means is to be fearless in your creative pursuits. My anxiety, caused by the habit of unconsciously holding my breath, coupled with the stress of my personal life at that time created a lot of hard years of depression for me. Keke Palmer, on living with anxiety
28. Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones said she’s in a good place right now, thanks to identifying her struggle and finding the help that was right for her.
“Finding out that it was called something was the best thing that ever happened to me! The fact that there was a name for my emotions and that a professional could talk me through my symptoms was very liberating. There are amazing highs and very low lows. My goal is to be consistently in the middle. Im in a very good place right now.” Catherine Zeta-Jones, on living with bipolar disorder
29. Actor Devon Murray used World Mental Health Day to share his own ups and downs with fans on Twitter.
“I’ve been battling depression in silence for ten years and only recently spoke about it and [it] has made a huge difference. I had suicidal thoughts this year and that was the kick up the arse that I needed! Open up, talk to people. If you suspect a friend or family member is suffering in silence [reach out] to them. Let them know you care.” Devon Murray, on living with depression
30. Musical artist Jade Thirlwall discussed a dark time in her life that looked picture-perfect from afar.
“My periods stopped and things were getting out of control, but I don’t think I really cared about what was happening to me. I felt so depressed at the time that I just wanted to waste away and disappear. … It should have been a really happy time my career was successful, ‘Black Magic’ was doing well, and we were traveling and performing. On the surface I was happy, but inside I felt broken.” Jade Thirlwall, on battling anorexia
31. Musician Ellie Goulding explained how her panic attacks often came at the worst possible times.
“I was skeptical [of going to therapy] at first, because Id never had therapy, but not being able to leave the house was so debilitating. And this was when my career was really taking off. My surroundings would trigger a panic attack, so I couldnt go to the studio unless I was lying down in the car with a pillow over my face. I used to beat myself up about it.” Ellie Goulding, on living with anxiety and facing panic attacks
Many celebrities have helped bring the conversation around mental health into the mainstream. But it’s on us to make the real change happen.
While its amazing to have celebrities out there blazing trails and introducing a radical new transparency,” Harvey notes, “the most important thing is that individual sufferers communicate with their everyday connections. If we really want to make an impact on stigma, it cant just be a headline.”
If you need help, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1800273TALK (8255). If you want to learn more about mental illness, visit the National Alliance on Mental Health.
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Day 14 (2/1): Trump Said There Would Be A Shake-up in Washington… He Wasn’t Expecting It to Come From #TheResistance
Featuring: - The Resistance Report- Avoid Resistance Burnout Be Strategic- Upcoming Meetings/Actions-
It’s been almost 2 weeks since the inauguration and most of us have been protesting, calling, writing, emailing, and shaming our elected (and, in the case of #PresidentBannon, unelected) officials in the government like our lives depend on it… and they certainly do. Yet it seems like every time we turn on the TV, more and more demoralizing shit goes down which leaves us wondering… is this even working? In the long term will this have any affect? And the answer so far is YES and YES!
This Report Is Dedicated to my Brothers and Sisters of the Resistance Movement. Their Amazing Resolve and Selflessness Inspires Me To Keep Fighting Every Day.
- RESISTANCE REPORT- WE’RE STARTING TO SHAKE UP WASHINGTON
The large scale protests are working and we are something #PresidentBannon and co didn’t plan for! And there are some pretty tangible FACTS of how #TheResistance movement is having an impact:
- Trump’s visit to Harley Davidson was canceled because they were afraid we would show up. They were probably wise to do so because we would have been there!
- We’ve woken up the Democratic party, to an extent, and given them the confidence on the Federal and State level to show some gumption and take on Tyranny!
State Democrats are pledging to fight Trump’s Immigration #MuslimBan EO. And Republicans Joined in as well! That’s right, Republicans! If you have a minute this week give them a call, tell them you are a democrat and you support them opposing the ban! We will need them to win.
The Senate Dems boycotted 2 votes of Trump’s Cabinet yesterday and Today they boycotted Scott Pruitt’s EPA confirmation hearing. The Republicans may have so shadily changed the rules to vote them on anyway, but the Dems digging their heels in is a good sign for the #resistance.
However, it’s not all peachy on the Dem side. These senators are still voting through Trump’s Cabinet picks. If these are your senators it’s time to pay them a visit at their offices, jam the phone lines and fax machines, and tell them to get with the program. NYC seems to have gotten Schumer on the right track by holding “What The F$#k Chuck” rallies and protests outside his house and office weekly. Let’s get these others into the fold!
- New York City Yemeni-run grocery stores will shut down from 12pm-8pm tomorrow in protest of the immigration #MuslimBan.
- Federal hiring freeze is reversed for VA (Veteran Affairs).
- Courts order Partial stay of the immigration ban for those with valid visas.
- Green card holders can get back in country… for now. Bannon still wants this in the ban.
- Uber pledges $3M and immigration lawyers for its drivers after #DeleteUber trends on Twitter.
- Obamacare (Affordable Care Act) enrollment ads are still aired despite order to cancel.
- The ACLU raised $24M over the weekend (normally 3-4Mil/year). So we can consider spreading the love now.
- HHS, EPA, USDA gag order is still in place, but EPA contracts and grants were released
- EPA climate data is no longer scrubbed from the whitehouse.gov website.
- More people of different career/religious/economic/race backgrounds are considering running for political office than ever before.
- MOST importantly, since we live in a participatory democracy, the people are engaged.
THIS IS WORKING! These Mass Protests are amazing, and the show of force that we’ve been able to display nationwide is insanely important when combatting #alternativefacts about: public approval, amplifying our voices, and passing this presidency off as polotics as usual! Continue to fight for what is right out of LOVE for our fellow citizens, LOVE for our neighbors, LOVE for humanity, and LOVE for our country.
-AVOID RESISTANCE BURNOUT: BE STRATEGIC & GO DEEPER ON KEY ISSUES!
For many of us, this is the first time we have EVER participated in activism at this level. Which is great, but, how do we make sure our efforts are actually going to bring about change? This is the million-dollar question groups all over the country are working on. Luckily we don’t have to re-invent the wheel because there are minority activists, LGBTQ activists, environmental activists, etc. who have been doing this for DECADES, and luckily they are on our side.
One thing I’m quickly discovering is that participating solely in events at the Macro level can A) start to fatigue you very quickly and B) bring about some small wins that give us instant gratification, but still fail to address the root cause of the problem (i.e. ACLU was granted a stay for the immigration ban, but it only prevented people with Green Cards from being deported. There will be a larger and longer fight that is needed to get the full ban amended). Local Level/ Grassroots Activist Groups affect policy change long term and allow for you to keep up the energy to fight over the next 4 years.
So how can you prevent Burnout?
1) Prioritize
I know FOMO is real, but you cannot go to every protest, every rally, every meeting, etc. (OMG I sound like my mother). So it’s important to pick and choose what you can make it to, while still maintaining your personal responsibilities and obligations. There are literally Resistance related activities planned every day for the month of February in NYC (full list at end of post). If you couldn’t drop everything and go to JFK or Battery Park, that’s ok! You can make another one that will be equally important.
2) Join A Local Activist Group
These activist groups are full of experts who know exactly how to mobilize, organize, and connect with surrounding working groups to make a lasting impact. Some groups are set up where they are tackling multiple issues, and some are more strategic focusing on a singular issue (like healthcare, immigration, etc.). Up to you to choose which one suits you best.
Groups can also help keep you apprised of other actions that are going on that you can participate in as well as connect you to other resisters who are taking part so that you don’t have to go at it alone. They also have resources to tap into if you want to take a particular action and need some help. Most importantly, this is a great way to help stay grounded and focused on the mission, and find support from people who are as outraged as you are that want to do something about it.
So how do you find a group? Go to Move-on.org and sign up for notifications or TheIndivisibleGuide.org. I used the indivisible guide to find the group I’m in called Rise & Resist NYC.
3) Choose 1 Issue to Go Deeper On
Just like with your protest itch, you fight the urge to try and fight every single issue the Trump administration is rapid firing our way! It is impossible. That being said, it is important to focus your energy on the topics you feel most compassionate about while being confident in knowing others are doing the same for the other important issues. Remember we’re all a team and we can divide and conquer.
My Rise & Resist NYC group contains several different working groups designed to tackle specific issues. I joined the “2018 Midterm Elections” action group focusing on New York State Congress! Our goal is to make sure we flip every red district possible in New York, and turn all the “light” blue districts dark blue. If this is something you are passionate about, consider joining Rise & Resist NYC. OR, if you’d rather work on the Federal Level with the national midterm elections, consider joining United Thru Action, as they are working on this right now
4) Work at Wearing Down Your Representatives
One of the big reasons we’re seeing a shift in the democratic party is because we make it a point to hound our Senators every week. We go to their offices, their homes, and public events they attend to remind them of what we (their constituents) think is best for us, that they work for us, and that we will not go away. From a strategy standpoint this is key! This is how the tea party singlehandedly help win the republicans the House and then the Senate this last year.
So consider joining a rally at your Republican or Democratic Senator’s office. Moveon.org organizes one every Tuesday for #ResistTrumpTuesdays, find out when the next one is by signing up for alerts here. In person visits are the most powerful, but calls are also effective. And if they turn off the phones, you can try writing a letter or faxing them, yes you heard that right, fax them. Find your Senator’s Contact INFO HERE and FAX numbers HERE. When you write or call, state your name and zip code and then question them on their voting records, which you can find here, and let them know if you are disappointed and how it affects you personally.
Also consider rallying at one of your Federal or State Congressman/woman’s next town hall meeting to speak up and discuss issues. This is an angel’s living database of all upcoming Town hall meetings for all Congressmen/women. People with Republican Reps or Senators, it is crucial that you join groups doing this so you can remind the Republicans this is NOT Politics as usual, so stop acting like it. Attend when you can. I guarantee you will not be alone.
5) Every Little Bit Counts: Donations Will Continue to be BIGLY. This is a 4 Year Fight:
The same logic applies to donations! Again, you cannot donate all your money to every cause, that would be extremely unwise, especially with this administration because you would be poor and they would just kick you to the curb. So consider funding local grassroots movements who are fighting tactically at the local level on your behalf. Some NYC Groups to Consider:
- DRUM (Desis Rising Up & Moving)
- CAIR (Counsel on American-Islamic Relations)
- IRC (International Rescue Committee)
-ACTIONS- AS A CONSTIUENT YOU HOLD ALL THE POWER!
ACTIONS FOR TODAY & TOMORROW AM (INSANELY IMPORTANT THINGS GOING ON THIS WEEK)! CALL, FAX, GO TO SENATOR’S OFFICES! Find you Senator’s Contact INFO HERE. Find a local protest event HERE. Find FAX numbers HERE.
CRUCIAL UPCOMING CABINET VOTES
1) Jeff ‘too racist to be an Alabama Fed Judge’ Sessions committee vote is TUESDAY 1/31 at 10AM! ANYONE Dem or Republican who votes yes for this guy deserves to be on your SHIT LIST FOR LIFE. Never forget who thought this was ok. ASK FOR A DELAY! HE wrote some of the language in the Muslim Ban!
2) Betsy ‘Guns should be in Schools to fight Grizzlies’ Devos- Department of Education. WE ONLY NEED 1 MORE REPUBLICAN TO FLIP TO GUARANTEE SHE DOESN’T GO THROUGH. She is unfit to serve.
3) Andrew Puzder- Department of Labor: Hates the Department of Labor, yet wants to run it… to DESTROY IT.
4) Rick Perry- Department of Energy: Vowed he wanted to get rid of it, was nominated for it, had no idea what it did, acknowledges he’ll have a learning curve, but still wants it… hmmmm this position involved looking after our Nukes… hmmm. *Palm to face*
UPCOMING DEMONSTRATIONS & TRAININGS- Join Events in Links
NYC- Cick Here for a Full LIST of NYC events and Trainings. There is literally something every day because NYC is awesome!
Washington DC
1/29 (SUN) 10am: Oppose Betsy DeVos! Columbus Circle, Washington DC
4/15 (SAT): Tax Day Rally to demand Trump turn over his Taxes. Everywhere. Link will show you where your local march is
4/29 (SUN): People’s Climate March
5/6 (SAT) 10am-5pm: The Immigrant’s March on Washington
6/11 (SUN) 10am-6pm: National Pride March
Podcasts To Follow: (Actively Stay Informed)
POD Save America (Formerly Keeping it 1600)
POD Save the World
Robert Reich Resistance Report Facebook Videos (He posts everyday on his Facebook page so follow it!)
Dan Rather’s new Media Page “News And Guts”
"Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small, large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense"--Winston Churchill.
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