#classgroups

[explainlearning]

How a Class Group Can Serve as a Support System for Students

In today’s dynamic educational landscape, class groups are more than just study groups; they serve as vital support systems for students. Beyond academic assistance, these groups foster a sense of community, build confidence, and enhance the overall learning experience.

[toadifylackoffantasy]

Just a rando personal life update/rant

about 1,5 month ago now I started going back to school. I have a fashion degree and that industry sucks for autistic and anxious people, so I decided to get a new degree. (Won't specify cus it is small/rare and not many schools have it)

And I just want to say: for about the first time in my life, I can feel good in a group, and it's very uncanny and unsettling and " woah " but also really effing neat. The degree I do is like, peak destination of autistic people. The first few weeks, whenever I talked to a classmate (classgroup is ~50 people who started in september and ~10 who started in february, including me, with a slightly different curriculum), it went like this:

To the point that, when I see a rando classmate on the train, I just fucking go talk to them. Because I know it won't be quiet and weird and they'll just stare at me like I am a cockroach the moment I talk. No, instead we'll rant about disney live action remakes or something spontaneously. That's something I could've never done before and now I can because it feels like I've found my tribe and it makes me lowkey happy-cry. I've always been a weirdo, an outsider, the either too-quiet-or-too-loud girl who always accidentally does everything wrong and here I am like, cool??? Just another writing renfaire going nerd??? No, even a cool one - I am a front-row-sitter student council person people talk to. In the first week it was overwhelming to be amongst people again, but now that I've gotten used to it it's like...Damn, I am a popular girl™

The only disadvantage is tho, that the whiplash of going back to a situation where I am an outsider again in a group of neurotypicals is extra harsh, and a realisation hits: "How in the world did I allow myself to be treated like that for years? How did I just survive and go through with things when I didn't feel the way I do know socially for 24 years?"

[hibaportfolio]

8. Reflection first semester

Introduction: My first semester at school was full with new experiences. Using the Korthagen reflection model, I want to share my first semester.

Positive Experiences: Making friends in my class was a real highlight. It brought joy to learning and created a supportive environment. I also had just a very bad year and my new friends really helped me ift my spirits up. Being art of the student council also really helped me with this. While most classes went smoothly, the language courses posed a challenge, pushing me to study harder.

Motivation: The energy of engaging classes and the encouragement from friends helped me. Their support helped my determination to overcome obstacles, especially in the tougher subjects such as Chinese and law.

Essence: Looking back, my semester really was about building connections and facing challenges, particularly in language classes. It taught me a lot of discipline.

Strategy: I found enrichment in extracurricular activities like joining the student council. Developing effective study habits and seeking help when needed were important keys to navigating through my challenges.

Integration: As I integrated into my classgroup I formed a lot of friendships and deveeloped leadership skills. Balancing academic strategies with daily routines became crucial for me because I work a lot and this balance ws really important to me.

Overall I learned a lot this semester and formed a lot of important friendships. I blossomed into someone who is willing to make more connections and has a lot of motivation even though it was sometimes difficult to maintain this motivation.

[polka-spots]

I went to a Catholic primary school. My mum flat out told me that her biggest regret in regards to how she raised my brother and I is sending us there instead of one of the public schools. Here's a list of some of the batshit crazy stuff that my school did and got away with:

Told a class of 6 year old children that if they don't go to Church on Sundays they will go to Hell. Please note that I grew up in a very regional farming area and many of these students lived over an hour away. Also we were 6?? If our parents didn't want to go to Church we couldn't really do anything?

During Sex Ed we were told that if you have sex you WILL get pregnant. No discussion on contraception or anything. Basically sex = baby, no ifs ands or buts.

A teacher got fired for being pregnant outside of marriage.

The school school would send home permission slips to do First Holy Communion, this was an optional thing and most parents didn't do it and it was fine. However, because I was baptised (my parents aren't religious, but my it was important to my grandfather that I was baptised so they just went with it) the school kept trying to convince my parents to sign the form. My parents fortunately never did but the school also tried to convince me to convince my parents to sign the form. I thought this was weird and said no.

In our final year the kids who did First Holy Communion could do Confirmation and be accepted into the Church or whatever. This was also the year we did the Bishop's Test to prove that the school was doing a good job at teaching religion. I know for a fact that several of the kids who did Confirmation failed the test - they were joking about it after class - however they yet an A for religion because they did Confirmation. I got the highest score in my class and got a C. Because I didn't do Confirmation.

Taught pre-primary students in graphic detail how Jesus died and told angry parents who called to say that this gave their kids nightmares that it was good that they had nightmares because it meant that they had listened and understood Jesus' suffering.

One of the teachers taught his class that because God flooded the world the next cleansing of sinners (for want of a better term, think Noah's Ark 2.0) would be fire and it could happen at any moment. This wasn't my classgroup but one of my friend's and she was terrified for days.

The Church didn't have a heater or air-conditioning, so whenever we had to go to Church in summer kids would pass out from how hot it would get. Kids would be dropping like flies and no one thought that maybe a fan or air-conditioning would be a good idea. In winter it was just fucking miserable. Also the pews were so uncomfortable.

As a holdover from when churches used to run schools, many states in Australia legislate that the local church can come into schools to teach religion classes for an hour each week.

These 'scripture teacher' roles generally do not require any formal education training, and can be filled by just about any random off the street, which means that for one class a week Australian students are subjected to some of the most unhinged people on earth teaching them all kinds of made up stuff with zero supervision.

Aussies: This is a free thread to reply with the stories of the funniest things your scripture teachers said or did when you were a kid.

[cepheusgalaxy]

*i dont mean just like, disconsidering your grades because you misbehaved or giving you more opportunities when you were well behaved. I'm meaning it like, the Good Behavior is a literal part of your evaluation that gets quantified and goes into your final grades.

[maggyoutthere]

"I can- I can work. I am a functional -almost- adult. I can finish a school assignment, I can send a Gmail to a teacher. I can... I-I can...

ok but Nova and White are so pure wtf💙🤍"

- me trying to focus

[fifthclump]

Intro

Hi! We are the fifth group in Auditing 1 class of 4 Accounting 8, UNSIKA. The members are:

1. Aprillia Dwi Fatma

2. Nabilla Nur Azizah Aprilyanti

3. Pauline Cielo

4. Zahra Nazira

[learning-to-think]

Well, today uni was blocked. So I didn't get to go to my Arabic class. But I studied a little! I opened my textbook on Macbeth, opened my literature course... and then opened Sparknotes. Love Sparknotes.

Yesterday I was at another school in town and more specifically in the library... I was there to talk about the exhibition my classgroup created last year, and I mentionnes Occitan, then saw an Occitan children book, and the librarian was like "follow me, I'll show you children literature upstairs" and I left with three books!!

I'm so happy about them!! I found a book that was more novel-length, even if short novel, and I hope I feel good enough about my Occitan to read it later!

[veenlijken]

The Roy siblings brainstorming in the first episode feels like every classgroup project discussion ever

[explainlearning]

Class Group Strategies: Turning Ideas into Action

This article will explore various class group strategies and how Explain Learning can support your group’s success.

[simpychocochan]

Mornin

I am super tired. And I had a horrible nightmare

I dreamed that I was still in my old school and ppl found out that I love Leon. They changed the classgroup icon to Leon and made fun of me loving him.

When I called them out at the teacher, they all screamed at me, how nobody loves me and what a monster I am.

I ran out of school and took the next train to nowhere

[caisjunlis]

Vic's back to school shenanigans - First day Edition

I have a total of 3 hours today.

Thought I was very late but as it turns out I wasn't

the prof sent a mail that never reached me

Now the 3 hours have been reduced to 2 hours.

i don't know anyone in my classgroup and i am pretty much terrified

[petty-revenge-stories]

Say it with flowers.

So, this happened well over a decade ago when I was still in highschool. Now, what you need to know about me is that I've been bullied most of my schoolcareer. Pretty severely too. But that is a story for another sub. The reason I mention it is because my actions are a direct consequence over my own experiences.

When I was about 15/16 years (F), I had managed to form a group of friends with other 'outcasts' from differents classgroups. We were pretty much the 'misfits' of the school. One of us was H, a rather shy girl who was so slender you could use her as a key (so to speak). She was severely bullied by her female classmates who all looked like wardrobes where someone put clothes on the outside instead of the inside. (Think principal Trunchbull)

One day we were chilling outside when these bullies come up to us and begin threatening H over somthing completely absurd. I was furious. Despite being a victim of bullying myself, I was ready to fight them then and there. Apparently my face said it all because I had two friends covertly grab my jacket from behind and whisper to me to remain calm. After this H was in tears and kept appologizing to us for having to witness that.

I did not plan on letting those ..... (insert word of choice here) get away with it. So I began planning. And one of our school traditions came in very handy. You see, once a year we could send a rose to someone anonymously or with a little card. The roses where delivered in class, in front of everyone. It cost maybe 1€. I got the rest of the group in on it and we put our money together and sent her 5 roses (most students got nothing or maybe one rose), along with a soppy message that read 'When you are all alone in the dark, we will come and turn on the light". (Hey, I was a teenager!)

Since H was the only one of our group in that particular classgroup we did not get to witness the result but H gladly filled us in afterwards. She positively glowed when she thanked us (we never told her we were doing it) and told us that maybe one or 2 others got a rose. She was handed 5 roses and apparently her classmates nearly choked in their jealousy as they could not understand that the 'classmouse' was suddenly the most popular one.

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Many years have passed since and we all kind of drifted apart. But I still fondly remember that. Not only did we hurt those bullies where it hurt them the most (their popularity) but we also gave H a big confidence boost.

(source) story by (/u/animavivere)

[cepheusgalaxy]

*i dont mean just like, disconsidering your grades because you misbehaved or giving you more opportunities when you were well behaved. I'm meaning it like, the Good Behavior is a literal part of your evaluation that gets quantified and goes into your final grades.

[lowresolutioncryptid]

PUT A FINGER DOWN IF YOU’RE CONSTANTLY TORN BY THE LOVE OF SEEING BITS OF HISTORY IN THE STAGE OF A MUSEUM BUT HATE THE BLOODY AND GRUESOME COLONIALIST HISTORY IT REPRESENTS TO EVEN BE ABLE TO PUT THOSE PRICELESS SACRED ARTFACTS ON DISPLAY FOR CLASSGROUPS ON FEILDTRIPS THAT NOT EVERY STUDENT IS ABLE TO ATTEND. 🤟🏻

[buckyrevolution]

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