#that’s class

[bitchsister]

completely random but do you have any hozier song recommendations ❤️ i see you take inspiration for your fic titles and the ones (IWCB & EYY) i’ve listened to so far are so good!!

OH ABSOLUTELY.

The whole Wasteland, baby! Album is so so good. He’s such a lyrical genius. My god I draw so much inspo from him and his songs.

But here’s my favorites

Be - so so good. Be love in its disrepute, scorches the hillsides and salts everyone root and watches the slowing and starving of troops. OH GOD. So many good lyrics in this

No Plan - there will be darkness again is one of my fav lyrics ever. So good. All time favorite hozier song for sure

Jackboot Jump - so good. The jackboot only jumps down on people standing up.

Blood Upon the Snow -it’s not my arms that will fail me, but this world takes more strength than it gave me. WHAT

Arsonist Lullabye - don’t you ever tame your demons, always keep them on a leash !!!!!!!!!!! Ahhhhhhhh

Run - oh my god

It Will Come Back - obviously. Don’t let it in, don’t feed it, it will come back.

Moments Silence - YEAH. A MOMENTS SILENCE WHEN MY BABY PUTS HER MOUTH ON ME

Eat your young - obviously. So good. Skinning the children for a war drum. Putting food on the table selling bombs and guns. HELLO.

In a week - so very visceral. Oh my god

I was within his top 1% of listeners last year. Absolutely love that man. Throw on anything of his and vibe. But my Rec is to start the Wasteland album and listen to the whole thing. So good. So very lyrically delicious my godddddddd I also recommend looking up all the lyrics to his songs and just reading them for what are. Genius.

[chiisana-lion]

[nando161mando]

[sylvies-kablooie]

i do unironically think the best artists of our generation are posting to get 20 notes and 3 reblogs btw. that fanfic with like 45 kudos is some of the best stuff ever written. those OCs you carry around have some of the richest backstories and worldbuilding someone has ever seen. please do not think that reaching only a few people when you post means your art isn't worth celebrating.

[cafffine]

my prof just explained on the syllabus that he’s included more points in the class than we needed to pass, so we could skip up like?? 20 small assignments/quizzes/participation!! and still get a very high grade!!

the idea was that we could focus on assignments that played to our strengths - only do the participation stuff if we like to talk out loud - only do the quizzes/readings if we want to do the class remotely - only do online discussions if we like to talk and share opinions but struggle with anxiety in class ect.

and that’s cool enough but then he pulled up DnD character sheets with drawings he’d done of these hypothetical student player classes and how our various accessibility needs could be gamified to ‘max out’ different aspects of the class to get high grades and like!!!!!

hell yeah!!!! let’s treat accessibility in higher education not just as a necessity but as the fun, engaging, and creative aspect of learning that it is!!! I love this!!

EDIT: For proper credit or further questions about his system please find my professor on twitter @/kurtishanlon

[thespectrehauntingfodlan]

A cartoon from 1914 that could have been written today

[politijohn]

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[dispatchesfromtheclasswar]

[disableddyke]

[thoughtportal]

[aerodaltonimperial]

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.

[stingrayextraordinaire]

Another year, another group of my delightful ninth graders trying to spell the word "tragedy" for their Romeo and Juliet assignment.

Last year's collection

[kermitspussy]

like where did it come from i was literally doing a silly little art and craft

[nando161mando]

Pro-homosexual forces stay winning

[damiel-of-real]

ive had this fuckig image in my brain for ages. i dont know what it means

[spacebarbarianweird]

I was expecting anything but not Bard