Just a self-reminder that even though I'm incredibly fed up with complex people irl, and I have little to no sympathy for criminals, they can be pretty damn amazing and heartbreaking in fiction.
Reblogging especially for the last part: if you teach your class right, you don't need homework.
That is even more so when you have EIGHT hours of school. Here in Italy, teens have 5 or 6 hours of school every day. If they have 5 hours, they go to school on Saturdays; if they have 6 hours, they have free Saturdays. But the amount of class hours must always be the same. We teachers do assign homework, but good teachers mainly focus on good quality lessons and a consistent programme, so that homework is just a bunch of quick exercises to keep the kiddos fresh and trained: that's why I never charge my students with homework, it's pointless. I just try to make my lessons interesting so that they are more likely to remember as much as they can. Exhausting them won't do any good.
hi, sorry what’s happening rn in italy? Which are the updates?
All ‘unnecessary’ businesses are now shut down as part of the complete quarantine. That includes everything from clothing shops, bar, restaurants, cafes, ‘unnecessary’ factories to beauty parlours and hair salons, along with schools, universities, museums, gyms, etc. Pharmacies, supermarkets, banks, police stations, mail services, public transport and ‘basic necessity food shops’ (such as delicatessens and fish sellers) can stay open.
As before, people are allowed ‘short walks outside as long as they’re on their own’, but are now banned from leaving their village/hometown, except for work commutes (which they have to prove). Other than that, they can only go outside for emergencies, necessities (eg groceries) and health reasons, and have to present a self-certification document if stopped by the police – false claims are punishable by jail time (3 months). No public gatherings, no visiting people/relatives/friends, and yes, police are patrolling. People have to stay at home. Outside, minimum distance from each other is one metre.
We are now at 12.462 Covid 19 cases, 827 deaths and 1.045 recoveries. Hospitals in Northern Italy are seriously struggling because there’s not enough ITU for everyone. Doctors have to prioritise who to cure, based on how likely they are to recover. If the number of cases rise in other parts of the country, the entire healthcare system will risk a collapse. So, if you can, please donate to the following hospitals - if not, please spread the word:
Ospedale Niguarda (Milan)
Ospedale Maggiore (Cremona)
Ospedale Fatebenefratelli (Naples)
Policlinico di Catania
ASST Lecco
Ospedale Sant’Anna (Como)
Ospedale San Matteo (Pavia)
Terapia Intensiva di Padova
Azienda Ospedaliera Pugliese-Ciaccio (Catanzaro)
GOM Reggio Calabria
Santa Maria Nuova (Reggio Emilia)
Ospedale Cotugno (Naples)
Ospedale Umberto I (Enna)
Piedmont crisis unit
Novara’s hospital (Piedmont)
Ospedali di Messina
In this Twitter thread, you will find several other links to donate to.
After 4 years of silence and utter writer's block, I have updated my Sleepy Hollow fanfic "Of Ghosts, Witches, and Beating Hearts". I wrote chap. 11. I BEGAN PART 2.
everybody is so bored while stuck inside bc of covid-19 that i just got an ff.net alert that a fic from 2009 i was following updated with a new chapter for the first time in FIVE YEARS