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Alice in Wonderland concept art by Mary Blair

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You can like both art and science and become a medical or scientific illustrator.

Most science programs - especially pre-med are literally BEGGING for humanities majors.

There is an ART and SCIENCE to every field. Become well rounded versus solely focused. Better people-making is the result.

you can like both humanities and STEM.

you don’t have to “pick a side” and completely discard the other field after choosing your major.

you can like both science and art, and none is better than the other.

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How And Why To Keep A “Commonplace Book”

-Actually writing the stuff down is crucial. I know it’s easier to keep a Google Doc or an Evernote project of your favorite quotes…but easy has got nothing to do with this. As Raymond Chandler put it, “When you have to use your energy to put those words down, you are more apt to make them count.” (Disclosure: for really long pieces, I’ll type it up and print it out). -Don’t let it pile up. A lot of people mark down passages or fold pages of stuff they like. Then they put of doing anything with it. I’ll tell you, nothing will make your procrastinate like seeing a giant pile of books you have to go through and take notes on it. You can avoid this by not letting it pile up. Don’t go months or weeks without going through the ritual. You have to stay on top of it.

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I hope I can find this in myself again

tfw you realize that your really challenging class that was making you doubt your abilities is just full of a bunch of kids that need somebody to look them in the eye and say, “i’m not going anywhere.”

this job is HARD, but also, it’s so important. 

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School was supposed to prepare me for life, but never once was I ever shown how to pay a bill.

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Gregory Peck on set of Beloved Infidel directed by Henry King, 1959

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Hot Take: If you’re going to be a teacher, you have to like kids or teens.

You have to like kids WHEN THEY’RE BEING KIDS. You have enjoy the weird little moments and the big angry moments and the need for attention. You have to like swimming in the hormone ocean and the 12 personalities a day. You have to like being anywhere from a tiny, insignificant blip on a few students’ radars to the most important person other students see.

You can’t just like kids when they’re nice to you, or cooperative, or paying attention. You are working with tiny mammals who are learning to be people. Kids who come from many backgrounds, many situations. Kids are not worse than when you were growing up, our society is not more evil and crumbling around us. “Kids weren’t like this when I was growing up,’ yes, they absolutely were. 

The things I see on Facebook about “kids these days” are responses to the systems being built around them. The minimum wage stagnation and the rising costs of goods and services mean families have to choose between food or pencils. “But they have those new Jordans!!!!! Checkmate!!!!” I’m sorry, do restaurants have signs that say “no pencils, no shirt, no service?” Do you need pencils to walk your little brother to school? Give the kid a damn pencil! 

In conclusion, @boredteachers can shove it. @teachermisery can shove it. Those “Your kid is the reason I drink” glasses can shove it. If your problem is the paperwork, then say so. If your problem is your administration, then say so. But don’t take those issues out on the kids. If the actions of your kids truly shock, annoy, and horrify you, then leave the profession. “Kids these days” need “teachers these days,” not “back in my day” educators.

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yknow if romeo had just Cried on juliets corpse for a couple hours instead of drinking poison Right Then they would have been Fine

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Goals.

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Patriots

My students quickly figured out that our 2017 knee jerk definition of a patriot is way different than a 1770 patriot. But we had a good discussion about how being on the right side of history often means being on the wrong side of public opinion. 

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I want a story about a king whose son is prophesied to kill him so the king is like “whatever what am I supposed to do, kill my own kid wtf is wrong with you” so he just raises him as normal, doesn’t even tell him about the prophecy, and instead of some convoluted twist of events that leads to the king’s murder the son grows up and when the king is very old and dying and in excruciating pain the kid is just like alright I'mma put him out of his misery.

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I have had at least two students who always made me think of Jimmy Fallon. And, it's because of their "smiles too much" and insatiable desire to make others laugh, regardless of the situation. And I have always counseled these kids to follow their path and seek out a career in comedy.

Jimmy Fallon On The School Of ‘SNL’ And His Tendency To Smile 'Too Much’

It’s not uncommon for comics to be influenced by depression, anxiety or troubled childhoods, but Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon insists his comedy doesn’t come from a dark place.

“I was always a happy kid,” Fallon says. “I remember there was a report card from kindergarten and the comment from the teacher was, 'Jimmy smiles too much,’ which was very interesting. … I think I would smile even when I was getting yelled at.”

That tendency to smile has stayed with Fallon. On The Tonight Show, his brand of humor is decidedly upbeat — even during tragic news cycles.

“We follow the news on most channels … and then it’s our job to make fun of whatever we can make fun of, and just make you laugh as you doze off,” Fallon says. “That’s kind of my goal: My goal is that you have sweet dreams.”

Fallon also has a new children’s book, Everything is MAMA, which is a follow-up to his 2015 book, Your Baby’s First Word Will Be DADA. The father of two says he loves being a dad and especially enjoys reading with his young daughters: “It’s really interesting. I’m literally watching someone learn how to read in front of me.”

Photo: Theo Wargo/Getty Images for NBC

PS. In case you missed it, Terry was on the Tonight Show this summer.