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so back when i was teaching, one of the things i learned to look for were the "mood makers", as i liked to call them, of the classes. there were always 2 or 3 per class, and it was easy to find them in the first few days. you got those kids on your side, and it was a ripple effect with the rest of the students - they would all follow. so winning those kids over was huge when it came to how the year would play out. and from time to time, whenever the class was sort of faltering - middle of winter, of a big project, burn-out high - i would lean back in on those mood makers again to turn things around.

one particular class, when we had a big multi-month group project happening, were just... really struggling with getting their shit together lol. they were supposed to be practicing their presentations (english speaking class) and they were doing pretty much anything but, and their presentations were supposed to start the next class day. they were also PANICKING as i started giving out some feedback - which was NOT GREAT - as they were running through the lines they were supposed to be remembering. after realizing all of them needed so much extra work, i decided we needed to have a turn-around, so i invited one of the mood makers up to the front. i held out a cup to him, with two papers inside.

"one of them," i said, "says tuesday, and if you draw that, presentations go as planned. but one of them says thursday, and if you choose that one, everyone gets extra time to practice."

everyone was like OH SHIT. OKAY. THIS IS IT. and this mood maker, he was a big personality (they usually are) so i knew he'd really ham this up, and he did. we made a huge deal, with drum-rolls and everything, of him picking one out of the cup. he opened it up the paper and announced THURSDAY to a round of huge cheers. he was the class hero. everyone had TONS of motivation to work super hard on this gifted extra day, and really put the time in. their presentations were great. morale SOARED.

the plot twist was that both papers said thursday, because they all needed the extra time. my forever teacher advice: find creative ways to make things happen so that you get the buy-in from the class.

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I laughed so fucking hard at this

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HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS (2022) dir. Mike Cheslik

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well this is the most upsetting click bait I've ever received

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back to the future dash simulator

🪲 mickjaggermarryme24

Is George McFly’s son ok? I just went to one of his book signings and his son was double taking every time he saw the line. Does he not know who his dad is?

❤️ match-made-in-sp4ce

yeah lol Marty goes to my school and he’s always like that. He once blew off an invitation to get milkshakes at the diner after school bc he “couldn’t afford that”. Like honey your dad is a millionaire, you’re not fooling anyone.

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🩷 leia-organas-wife

ok but like, why is Lorraine Baines McFly kinda…

#not to be a lesbian but oh my god #holy fucking shit #not star wars

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🧶 fandom-news85

Apparently renowned Sci-fi author George McFly, is suing Lucasfilms for use of the name Darth Vader in the Star Wars trilogy (1977-1981). The author first coined the name in his first book Warnings from the Stars, published 1975.

#news #george mcfly #star wars #lucasfilms

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🧪 mad-scientist55

Marty is my best friend and is so much better MARTYSWEEP

🪇 dewey-louis

wait, was anyone gonna tell me the account I follow for science theories is IRL friends with George McFly’s 16 year old son???

#thats so random wtf #i thought you were so much older #ive followed you since 73 #so you’ve been on here at least 12 years #how did you two even meet?

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🎸 thisisheavyman

hi!! Im Marty McFly, im new on here. Check out hte new single my band the Pinheads released. It’s available on tape, cd and it’s gonna be on vinyl on March 17.

🌸 jenny-mercury

babe! You’re finally on here!!!

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💪 buff-tannen

incels are so dumb, if nice guys finish last then why am I, the worst guy, not getting any either?

#biff’s ramblings

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I think I’m going to think about this youtube comment forever

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Bad idea: Age gap discourse but in a fantasy land where there's multiple races who have vastly different lifespans and life styles.

Is it wrong for a 27 year old human to date a 140 year old stone elf, considering most stone elves don't get out of diapers till their 30s?

Is it wrong for a 80 year old dwarf to date a two year old fire wisp, when fire wisps only live up to 5 years (between the eruptions) and have memories of their past lives, so in a way they're "born" at age 400,000+? That octogenarian dwarf is way younger than the fire wisp that's only physically younger than some of the socks the dwarf has!

Is it wrong for a chronomancer who was never born to date, well, anyone? They are zero years old and infinity years old and negative one hundred and seventeen years old all at once. They look like an old human, sure, with the long white beard and the wrinkly skin, but as far as anyone can tell, they've always looked like that. We've seen the cave paintings.

Is it wrong for a 30 year old lizardman (that's old in lizardman years) to date a human who is 60 years old in biological years (because of aging spells), 26 years old in lived-experience years, but only 13 years old in calendar years? (ie, they were born 13 years ago, but spent some of that time in sideways timelines, so they've lived more years than have passed in their home timeline?)

Is it wrong for a 12,000 year old dragon date a pile of 400 kobolds when kobolds only live like 10 years on average, but reach full maturity in one year? And if you disagree, can you do anything about it? You do know what happened to the last policeman who tried to arrest a dragon, right? Their city is still smoldering, 50 years later.

Is it wrong for anyone to date the time worm? It's the same age, every year. So the age gap can only intensify. If you start dating the time worm when you're both the same age, when do you break it off because you've become too much older than them?

And most confusing of all... What about the fairies? They could be anything between a thousand and a day old, they would lie about their age either way, and they can look like whatever they want. There's fairies we know for a fact have been around since the founding of The City of Towers, who met the silent mother herself, and also look like they're at most ten years old. Is it wrong to date them, or just really uncomfortable for everyone who sees it? And on the other side there's fairies who are "born" (hatched? They come from plants, I'm not sure what the verb even would be. Seeded? Sprouted, maybe) this week who are already appearing like middle-aged men and dancing with widows in what looks like a scheme to run off with her fortune but they never take the money, because what would a fairy want with worthless metal discs? Maybe fairies have a hive mind or genetic memory or reincarnation with full memories, they'd never tell you or give you a straight (or consistent) answer anyway.

Stone golems are really the only inter-race dating situation anyone can agree on. They're unthinking & unmoving solid rock during the day, so those hours don't count. Thus their "real age" is a nice even half of their true age. So if you meet a stone golem who was dug out 30 years ago, watch out: that's a 15 year old, and if you're a 25 year human, that's too young for you, even though their dig-date is five years before your birth-date.

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Me @ everyone rn:

Dracula daily starts in just a couple weeks!

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Customer: DIE YUPPIE SCUM DMV: DIE UP SCUM Verdict: DENIED

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Psych 4x12

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you bottle Miette??

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ultimately the cheesecake factory menu fails to tell a queer narrative

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In the kitchen straight up "chopping it". And by "it" haha well. Let justr say. My vegetble

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This one is for everyone who gets a sinking feeling in their chest when they see mental illness positivity posts and think that they don’t mean you because of what your mental illness is and the symptoms you present.

I can say that I mean you. I mean all of you. Whatever your mental illness or symptoms are.

You are worthy, valuable and enough as you are. You are valid and deserving of compassion, love and acceptance.

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i think we should all consider getting emotional over this xkcd. as a group. let's get emotional about it

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had the incredibly unnerving experience of switching off the radio and getting out of the car only to hear the song keep playing before I realised that I wasn't in a movie this was just a petrol station also playing the same station and that is how radio works