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so here’s a quick lesson about having patience with kids.

I have a 6th grade student who isn’t really interested in doing her homework (big surprise). from my experience, kids who aren’t trying to do their homework usually fall into two general categories – “this is too easy and therefore boring” and “this is too hard and therefore i’m not even going to attempt”. it became clear by October that she fell into the latter group, but most of the staff chalked it up to “she doesn’t understand it”. I didn’t really believe it because she was a very smart, emotionally aware girl and it didn’t seem like she didn’t always want to try, just that she would rather do other things than struggle with her work. 

yesterday, she got sent to my office, just so that she would have a space away from her friends to focus on her work, and she asked me to help her with two questions. I looked at them and they were fairly straightforward, simple questions about the results of using various amounts of force on an object. I did what I always do – I read the question out loud first, and then tried to help her use recall to figure it out. she did in a snap. I did the same with the second question, and before I even finished it, she went “OH!” and started writing her answer.

that’s when it hit me – she doesn’t have trouble with the material, she just has trouble reading and processing what she’s reading at the same time. big difference! I asked her and she confirmed that it was easier to hear a question and understand it than to read it and understand it. so I got her phone out, pulled up her voice recorder, and told her to try reading the question aloud and then playing it back to herself so she could process it and she looked like i had handed her the holy grail.

the moral of the story is that sometimes you have to set aside what you think is a problem with a kid and just watch for what’s easier for them. will she be able to do that during a test? maybe not, BUT now that she knows that the issue is processing reading and that she’s an auditory learner, she’s in a better position to ask for resources to help her work better in school.

so i’m off to the school counselor to let her know so she can possible get more tools for auditory learners.  

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a quick study!

 thinking about how symmetra loves dancing and that post going around pointing out how a lot of symmetra’s poses are bharatnatyam moves made me want to draw an au where she’s a dancer . . 

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this early lucio concept is really, uh.really something

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genji’s old teammates were probably super weirded out meeting him as he is now since he used to be , uh , 

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overwatch didnt have to give us super sentai geek genji but they did. they did

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the dragons taking a liking to the cowboy and following him around like big dangerous puppies, basically

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lil continuation of this! and an extra bit under the cut tht got too long

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tiny gay aliens being gAy

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i tried doing the 80s anime thing in a ghibli style!!! using this this sm gif as ref and of course, @tamakid‘s tutorial 

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🠉 & 🠋 & ↻

The hype for Sonic Mania is REAL.

(HUGE thank-you to @artsyfeathersartsyblog for putting the lovely color on this animation!!  It’s always fun doing collabs with you, girl!)

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he’s not in a goober mood, sans

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Yes hello, I am an actual adult who still gets excited about the birthdays of fictional characters. :’) (If this looks rushed it’s because it is. I drew most of this today because I’m bad at planning, haha!)

P.S. Don’t engage in underage drinking, kids! Also, wear your seat belts!

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I like watching TV while upside down

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Pls draw winston

Sure here he is!!

just kidding, here is genji showing this exact drawing to winston