#Engaging children in learning

[blujayonthewing]

if a human asks a gnome when gnomes reach adulthood, they'll probably pin it somewhere between 20 and 40, depending on how they're interpreting the question; if an elf asks, they'll say "oh, we don't"

[helenstudies]

not to be controversial on side but I hate it when people tell you to watch/read children's stuff for language learning. it's extremely excruciating for my brain to have to subject to those because I feel like I'm being talked down to. and it's worse when the "morals" are actually so bad it's not even a little bit entertaining. I'd much rather look for graded stuff made by adults for adults. this is also why I study a lot because when you get to an intermediate level, you don't have to deal with those anymore. you can just dive right in and actually enjoy engaging with the language via media.

[writterings]

Your post about South Park really does hit the nail right on the head for why the hell this show has a fandom that I've never seen anyone acknowledge, at least not on this fucking webbed site. Instead mosts stance is along the lines of "why are you shipping the racist children" which ignores. That they have INCREDIBLY strong characterization, to the point that even side characters personalities are able to be pinpointed with a lot of accuracy, enough for there to be subsets of fans for those guys even. The show is primarily about putting those fucking circle guys in situations and people who like to see them in situations are like. Man. I could totally come up with some situation for these guys to be in. And they don't even have to be weird and centrist about it like the creators. (Not to say plenty of fans don't still land there. If Cartman is included you really have to decide whether you declaw him and either answer gets dicey unless you get him. And some people really don't and it gets. Bad.) It feels a lot more generous seeing someone actually clock the appeal of the show for what it is rather than stopping at Matt and Treys wild ride of very very mixed messages and leaving it at that so thanks

no like literally i only started watching the show as a background noise type of deal after i finished family guy (in my "watching every adult cartoon" type of beat) and then just got. enthralled.

like i genuinely would not recommend the show to anyone who doesn't have the stomach for gross out humor, frustrating political takes, and even satire that often actually is progressive and even straight up anti-discrimination at times but can be packaged distastefully -- especially since i feel like the show can only be truly enjoyed if you watch the entire 26+ seasons and movies and play the games.

but like matt and trey are unfortunately VERY good writers so i totally understand why the show has a legit, functioning fandom with popular headcanons (shoutout to marjorine) and AUs. like oftentimes the fans are also just Putting The Circle Children Into Situations. or they're playing around with the Situations the Circle Children were already put into in the show, like expanding on tweek and craig's canonical relationship via fanart or exploring kenny's canonical trauma of being repeatedly killed and reincarnated as himself.

but yeah happy to provide my input on this when asked! glad you liked my take

[cartoonchaos]

“gee i wonder why there’s still so much more fanfiction about male characters” “we need more morally complex female characters” “i love relationships that are doomed by the narrative” “more stories need to treat mentally ill characters with compassion and respect” “all his problems could’ve been fixed if he only went to therapy” you fuckers can’t even handle the ending of fionna and cake

[hussyknee]

So. Anyone else feeling a little unhinged rn?

[mishkakagehishka]

Because horror writers write about what scares them the most, and one of my fears is actually trusting a person so much that i wish to marry them only for it to turn out that i've misjudged them and got myself stuck in a situation i can't really get out of.

And so, soulmate aus with a dash of horror, childhood friends tied with yand, etc etc etc. Yand in general, even, but that's just because the whole thing is naturally terrifying to most, i'd say.

[theres-whump-in-that-nebula]

Nothing pisses me off more than when people talk about my friendships with mid-support needs autistics and other people with differently-wired brains as if I am descending to help them because I’ve taken them on as a charity case. That is NOT true. Oh they’re a burden because they’re neurodivergent? WELL GUESS FUCKING WHAT: SO AM I! THE REASON I HAVE SO MANY FRIENDS WITH SO MUCH SHIT WRONG WITH THEM IS BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF SHIT WRONG WITH ME. WE ATTRACT EACH OTHER! WE LIKE EACH OTHER! IT’S NOT THAT FUCKING HARD TO UNDERSTAND!

[2024skin]

Lmfao @ the idea that it's possible to raise children religiously in a healthy way

[theoryofarson]

normally the 11th hour "this random side character was actually your BIOLOGICAL FATHER!" twist would be dumb contrived drama fare, but...I think it actually kind of makes sense for the warp effect.

as other people have mentioned, ultimately it's a show about how alex has passed pain on to other people due to his OWN sexual trauma and mental blocks. and of course, that trauma had to come from somewhere - we already knew it came from his mother and religion, but it's very interesting to learn that THAT started as his mother's response to being betrayed by a man and left to fend for herself.

now we can plainly see a huge web of parallels, or better, repetitions. alex's sin is the same as the sin that begat him. and alex's guilt is the same as teacher saran's guilt. to an extent, alex's unwillingness to forgive teacher saran is the same as jean's unwillingness to forgive alex.

i'm not sure yet how those stories of forgiveness (or lack thereof) play out. but what's clear is that this show is telling us about the responsibility we have for others. loving someone, being with someone, puts responsibility on all of us to take care of them. otherwise, it creates hurt, especially for those who are often cast in a more critical light by society (women, queer people), and that hurt carries forward into the lives of our children.

[nozomijoestar]

Typical to see as I read some assigned essays for school that people in the U. S. have always been fucking stupid by and large about treating their children with any respect to the point it actually hurt their literacy skills

[dragons-and-yellow-roses]

Just found out my two siblings are in my mom's will, but not me. Also my grandpa has told the entire family about his engagement. Except for me. Also my dad told my siblings that he and my mom bought a plot of land. Can you guess who they haven't told?

[bumblingbabooshka]

Since you don't have a boop button, I'd just like to thank you for all the amazing Tuvok content 😌

I do it out of pure love for him so thank YOU [all] for consuming it~!!!!! And for sending me nice encouraging messages and being excited about my ideas etc etc. You're all very sweet and it always motivates me to keep going~!!

[silent-partner-412]

Seeing a “worst character design in FE” thread on Reddit and I’m like. It’s Nowi, or Nyx as a runner up. Even the worst and most unappealing character designs on initial impressions like Hortensia or Alear have grown on me enough that I don’t find them absolutely repulsive. Also I can see on some level the artistic vision with them, and can imagine perfectly normal people enjoying them unironically. But if I met somebody who told me they like how Nowi or Nyx are designed that is a massive fucking red flag. You just shouldn’t design characters like that, it’s gross and bad.

[mearchy]

Haven’t been on tumblr since last September or earlier so I’ve added Zionists to my blog’s DNI list. A long time coming I just always thought things like racists, Zionists, etc were a given. Evidently not. However long we’ve known each other/been mutuals, if you can’t see your way to the right side of this I want you to walk away from my blog and not come back.

- Donate to MSF, UNWR, Anera, MAUSA

- Read the news when you have the capacity. Share it when it’s accurate, never stop talking about what’s happening.

- Fuck NYT, fuck Washington Post, fuck CNN, fuck Le Monde, fuck franceinfo, FUCK CNN.

- Don’t stop learning, loving, dancing, creating. The fight only holds strong for as long as we do.

I’m not arguing with anyone about this. I will give you plain old source links if you genuinely want sources, places you can read more. I am not and will not play the “but what about-” game with anybody. I don’t care what your points are, I’ve heard them all. Go sit in your safe warm house that isn’t being carpet bombed.

[mxtxfanatic]

What do you make of the "not liking jc/ calling yzy abisive is racist" bullshit? Brought to you by the person who straight up lied about the function of ancestral halls.

Look, I’m Black. I can talk every day of every year about racism in fandom. I can talk all day about racism in this fandom. It’s in how people consume content created by creators of color while disparaging said creators and their cultures and their knowledge of their own cultures. It’s in how characters of color are treated like fetishes or dirt, no in-between, and pointing it out is grounds for harassment. It’s about how fans of color are chased out of fandom spaces for not falling in line with the most popular opinions. It’s how some fans of color would rather throw the rest of us under the bus for white approval than either admit that they don’t hold the popular view or just stay out of a discussion they do not understand.

Uwu tsundere!jc and tiger mom!yzy are some of the MOST popular fanons in mdzs, but somehow saying that this isn’t canon (and is actually offensive but—) is racism. This is racist, but not bullying fans of color who don’t like these characters, calling us racist for sticking to canon, calling Chinese fans from the country and in the diaspora fake for saying that this is fanon, and also arguing that Chinese culture just “naturally” celebrates child abuse is the “true racism” that these people are trying to protect fandom from?

Hm

[karmaphone]

I bring a nuanced vibe to the conversation around cheating at school that other radicals don't really like