youtube shorts is just tiktok without being on the app the amount of "i'm a [qualification] and [misinformation]" could make one turn their skin inside-out in protest. "i'm a board-certified OB-GYN & it's only been about the last hundred years that women have actually experienced menopause. We didn't live long enough to experience it" how can you be so incredibly wrong about something so integral to your practice. King of the Hittites Hattusilis III was told in 1250 BCE that his sister was too old to reproduce at age 50+. Aristotle wrote in the 4th century BCE that women stopped menstruating between ages 40 to 50, common menopause ages today still. i cannot begin to tell you how 4th century & 1250 BCE don't really count as "the last hundred years" unless that -s is doing a lot of heavy lifting. waiter waiter more misinformation laws.
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one of the things about being an educator is that you hear what parents want their kids to be able to do a lot. they want their kid to be an astronaut or a ballerina or a politician. they want them to get off that damn phone. be better about socializing. stop spending so much time indoors. learn to control their own temper. to just "fucking listen", which means to be obedient.
one of the things i learned in my pedagogy classes is that it's almost always easier to roleplay how you want someone to act. it's almost always easier to explain why a rule exists, rather than simply setting the rule and demanding adherence.
i want my kids to be kind. i want them to ask me what book they should read next, and i want to read that book with them so we can discuss it. i want my kid to be able to tell me hey that hurt my feelings without worrying i'll punish them. i want my kid to be proud of small things and come running up to me to tell me about them. i want them to say "nah, i get why this rule exists, but i get to hate it" and know that i don't need them to be grateful-for-the-roof-overhead while washing the dishes. i want them to teach me things. i want them to say - this isn't safe. i'm calling my mom and getting out of this. i want them to hear me apologize when i do fuck up; and i want them to want to come home.
the other day a parent was telling me she didn't understand why her kid "just got so angry." this woman had flown off the handle at me.
my dad - traditional catholic that he is - resents my sentiment of "gentle parenting". he says they'll grow up spoiled, horrible, pretentious. granola, he spits.
i am going to be kind to them. i am going to set the example, i think. and whatever they choose become in the meantime - i'm going to love them for it.
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=> Martyn: Proceed
You proceed to flip right out.
Mumbo: …so it can't be called a "waste of lapis", thank you very much.
Tango: Mmm debatable!
Joe: And never forget! You can't put a price tag on-
Martyn: You've got to be KIDDING me!
Tango: eeeek!
Mumbo: goodness
Skizz: Dude are you ok?
Martyn: Obviously NOT. Have you seen the messages? There are people in the Nether already!
Skizz: There are?! Yeah baby!
Skizz: Uh
Skizz: I mean, what's so wrong with that?
Martyn: What's wrong? I'll tell you what's wrong! A bunch of hotshots are trying to steal my thunder! And they're led by Scar!
Martyn: Scar!
Skizz: Geez sorry i asked
Tango: You sure you aren't overreacting a teensy little bit there?
Martyn: I'm overreacting?!
Martyn: You just wait till they're gloating about beating the bastion!
Martyn: And hoarding the enchanter!
Martyn: Then we'll see who's overreacting!!
Joe: Woah there, let's all take a deep breath and think positively.
Joe: After all, it's no guarantee they'll survive.
Tango: Yeah- wait what
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Start Over -- Go Back
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I really do love how this manga talks about education and the process of learning in such a heartfelt way… it’s so sweet
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